Seanan McGuire Quotes
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Seanan McGuire Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I WAS DONE. No. That wasn't quite right. I was a hundred miles past done, cresting into the Fjords of Nope, heading for Fuck-That-Ville.
You know what, honey? You're right. It's time to change my approach. Can you give me one of those nice concussion grenades?
You'd challenge me and lose. You know it, I know it, but you'd still do it. Sometimes your sense of honor confuses the hell out of me.
You want to go back, and so you hold on to the habits you learned while you were traveling, because it's better that admitting the journey's over.
I didn't love him, but there was a time when I might have, and that was enough to move me forward. I needed to be needed. This wasn't the right way.
First, check your ammunition. Then, check your escape routes. Finally, check your hair. - Frances Brown
Lindworms are a sign of a healthy ecosystem," I said, straightening. "Now let's get out of here before the healthy ecosystem eats us.
Expectations are dangerous things. They've probably killed more people than any creature or cryptid you care to name.
Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside.
Then he looked back to me, and smiled. It was a terrible expression, filled with edges, and with knives.
If anyone was going to get themselves murdered to guarantee they would remain the center of attention, it would be him.
Now, if you will excuse me, a dead woman is trying to convince me to drink something that comes in layers.
I kissed her like she was my Annabel Lee, and in some ways, in some places in my heart, I think that I'm kissing her still.
Actually, yes, I would say something like 'there may be bears here.' Bears are not a pleasant surprise for most people.
Tybalt's what we call 'Cait Sidhe' - the fairy cats. Which explains the attitude. And the eyes."
"Meow," said Tybalt, deadpan.
"Meow," said Tybalt, deadpan.
I don't like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.
But sometimes the pieces fall together the way they want to, and you can't change the story; all you can do is try to ride it out.
Verity didn't mind bogeymen - they were pretty nice, mostly, if you didn't let them talk you into doing anything you weren't supposed to do - but
Everything has a cost, October; remember that. It may be a long time before the bill comes due, but everything has a cost.
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Going to straight-up fucking murder you, and drink a latte out of your skull." "You forgot to mention poison," I said, taking
It wasn't easy, but like I've always said, if you can't lie to yourself, who can you lie to? The food
Istas, please don't eat my mice. They're very important to me, and besides, it's rude to eat anything you've been introduced to.
I dislike the dead returning to life," said Etienne, his shoulders slumping again. "It's untidy and inappropriate.
She could have flirted forever. It was just the things that came after flirting that she had no interest in.
We don't teach you how to dwell. We also don't teach you how to forget. We teach you how to move on.
This was always the difficult part, back when she'd been at her old school: explaining that "asexual" and "aromantic" were different things.
If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.
You know, just once, I want a beautiful woman to exploit me for something other than my magic and dangerous political connections.
I'm an idiot. All I could do was hope that I wasn't already too late. Sometimes hope is the cruelest joke of all.
It's better to act than it is to react. Acting gets you in trouble. Reacting all too frequently gets you dead.
There was peace in stillness, a serenity that couldn't be found anywhere else in this hot, fast, often terrible world.
Call me a sucker for a man who had a great ass who knows how to bake a macaroni casserole and can tolerate six hours of Sesame Street a day.
I would greatly prefer it if you didn't put a bullet into my brain; it would complicate my plans for life, most of which involve not being dead.
It's easy to say that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few when no one's holding a gun to your head.
That probably wasn't the smartest thing you've ever done. Points for style, I guess. Points off for being too stupid to live.
I have a swizzle stick shaped like a little monkey," announced Rose. "Let's help the dead man with his problem.
Is there any time in your life when you do not feel the need for caffeine?"
"Sure. Sometimes I'm asleep.
"Sure. Sometimes I'm asleep.
This, too, was part of losing Fran: watching all the things she'd made better with her presence fade blacker than they'd been before she came along.
There's no such thing as a normal life. Some lives are just more interesting than others, and we shouldn't judge people for being boring.
She can stop traffic with a smile. I can stop traffic, too. I just tend to do it by crashing my car into something.
Don't be careful. Be courageous. Don't be safe. Be strong. Don't be a victim. Be the one who makes it home. - Evelyn Baker
Grandma Alice insists he's alive, and my mother raised me never to contradict anyone who regularly carries grenades).
Who would come for her?" he snarled, rallying.
Behind me, a voice shouted, "Tybalt, King of Cats. My claim precedes yours.
Behind me, a voice shouted, "Tybalt, King of Cats. My claim precedes yours.
I just feel like we're starting to interfere on a level that's sort of ... extreme." "But that's what heroes do.
She was a woman with something to protect. That made her more dangerous than they could ever have suspected.
The greatest joy is the joy of discovery. Followed closely by the joy of a discovery that doesn't kill you. - Enid Healy
They are as intelligent as their shapeshifting mates, because smart sharks is exactly what the ocean needed.
Every time I think my family has plumbed the depths of stupidity, somebody goes and finds a goddamn shovel." - Jane Harrington-Price