A House at the Bottom of a Lake
Josh Malerman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“What was dark but the absence of light?”
“As long as nobody knew what it was, nobody could take it from her.”
“Sometimes things just got too complicated. Something unwanted was added to something wanted and blew the whole thing apart.”
“Yet, there was nothing. No images, no stories, no rumors. And with every dead-end she met, she experienced a little relief. If nobody else had a story about the house … didn’t that mean that, in a way, it still belonged to Amelia and James? And if they never talked about it with anybody else, if they forever kept their secret, wouldn’t it always remain theirs and theirs alone?”
“Other feelings, outside forces, fears. These were the enemies of a good thing. These were the problems people faced.”
“For the first time in either of their lives, they were falling in love.”
“Something unwanted was added to something wanted and blew the whole thing apart.”
“She’d heard of people, adults usually, intentionally turning a good thing into a bad thing. When things were going good, adults liked to ruin them. Her own mom called it a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy.’ And you did it to prove to yourself that it wasn’t so good to begin with.”
“She flipped once more and her flippers struck the wall and the wall opened and Amelia gasped, within her mask,”
“He looked at her. “That’s possible, right?” he asked. “I mean … underwater … people can do that?” “I think so.” Both seventeen. Both virgins. But both saying yes.”
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Book Keywords:
horror, lake, young-love, novella, house, life-relationships-complicated, teenagers
