Tunnels Quotes
"With every shovelful, it's like we're traveling back in time."
"It's more than that, it's so warm and calm down here."
"I used to think that when you bought a house, you owned everything under it as well."
"No point in banging our heads on a sandstone wall!"
"Why do we do it, Will?" "The digging is the point."
"If there are any gases you'll notice a difference in the way it burns."
"Who'd have ever expected to find anything like this?"
"It's absolutely bone-dry. And the air's sort of sharp, too."
"There's something written on the bricks. All of them!"
"You're good for nothing, you pathetic fossil!"
"I'm sorry, but… there's something else you should know."
"It's like I can't remember if it's what I said or what I thought."
"We found a way in here, and we're dead straight going to find a way out again."
"I just hope I haven't gotten them in trouble, too."
"I don't have any grandparents. They're all dead!"
"You're not scaring me with all this, you know."
"I'm going to be sick… please… I'm going to be… I feel faint… please."
"Food, Chester. Come on, you'll feel better once you've eaten something."
"We're never going to see home again, are we?"
"It's like… like… I honestly don't know what it's like."
"That one's a few volts short of a full charge."
"…to lose one family member is unfortunate… but to lose two is downright iffy."
"The only light in the room came from a muted public television program, the cool blue light pulsing intermittently and causing the shadows to jump and jerk."
"What should she do? Pretend to be asleep? Or lie quite still so the intruder wouldn't bother her?"
"A calm and collected voice in her head told her with absolute conviction, 'They are not ghosts.'"
"Finding energy from nowhere, she summoned the superhuman strength of the desperate."
"As the figures lost their grip on her and fell backward against one another, she found the ground with her feet and swung her arms behind her like a downhill skier."
"In the stillness that followed, Rebecca crept down the stairs and flicked on the hall light."
"The earth is the Lord's, and the followers thereof, the earth and all that dwell therein."
"The surface of the earth is beset by creatures in a constant state of war with one another."
"Nothing remains on the soil or in the great oceans that shall not be hunted, disturbed, or despoiled."
"The earth and all that dwell therein give our eternal gratitude to our Savior, Sir Gabriel, and the Founding Fathers for their shepherdship."
"Once Sarah set her mind on something there was no budging her."
"Nobody insults my family, Walsh. Step up to the scratch."
"The Division uses stalker dogs — bloodhounds — around here."
"My dad would've loved this. I bet this was a—"
"These people were pretty spooky, weren't they?"
"They formed some sort of secret society there."
"Just had a quick dip!" Will shouted, laughing weakly.
"At last I've seen them," he whispered to himself.
"I'm not going near it. I can't — not with that stench."
"It smells wrong. It must be against the laws," Cal said with complete conviction.
"No," Cal said, digging in his heels. "I'm staying right here!"
"Because it is the law," the old Styx answered.
"Banished. You will be escorted as far as the Miners' Station."
"I saw him. It was all so clear and real," Will said, his voice breaking.
"This place is full of hate — you can smell it everywhere."
"Topsoil isn't what I expected," Cal said.
"They didn't have time to think, their minds frozen with blind panic."
"The fireworks continued, exploding fireballs of light high into the cavern."
"He knew he was no match for this unstoppable hellhound."
"Get up! Get up!" Cal was shouting as he helped Will to his feet.
"The boys ran blindly, Cal grunting with the effort of carrying both packs."