# Quote — John Gardner, Grendel

> I am not the only monster on these moors.
>
> I met an old woman as wild as the wind
>
> Striding in white out of midnight's den.
>
> Her cloak was in rags, and her flesh, it was lean,
>
> And her eyes, her murdered eyes...

- Author: [John Gardner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-gardner.md)
- Book: [Grendel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-gardner/grendel.md)
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## More from this book

> "Poor Grendel's had an accident," I whisper. ''"So may you all."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-gardner/grendel/poor-grendels-had.md)

> Grendel, Grendel! You make the world by whispers, second by second. Are you blind to that? Whether you make it a grave or garden of roses is not the point. Feel the wall: is it not hard? He smashes me against it. Hard, yes! Observe the hardness, write it down in careful runes. Now, sing of walls! Sing!

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-gardner/grendel/grendel-grendel-you.md)

> Terrible, he whispers. Terrible. He laughs and lets out fire.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-gardner/grendel/terrible-he-whispers.md)