You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

- Poppy Z. Brite

I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy …

- Poppy Z. Brite

I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows …

- Poppy Z. Brite

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

- Poppy Z. Brite

When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vamp…

- Poppy Z. Brite

I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

- Poppy Z. Brite

Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

- Poppy Z. Brite

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

- Poppy Z. Brite

They discovered that even in the face of pain that seems unbearable, even in the face of pain that wrings the last drop of blood out of your heart an…

- Poppy Z. Brite