Lilith Saintcrow > Quotes

“Better to be strong than pretty and useless.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“I guess since the groin is the center of a guy's world, he rarely guesses it isn't the center of yours.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, The Devil's Right Hand

“So you're a dom, huh? Nice." I stabbed my pancakes again. "Kinky."

"You're the one who ties people up, babe.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals

“People don’t really want to know anything about you. They just want you to fit into their little predetermined slots.

They decide what you are in the first two seconds, and they only get nervous or upset if you don’t live up to their snap judgments.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“I'm getting really tired of bleeding. Someone stop the world, I want to get off.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Night Shift

“Now," Graves finally said, "anyone else want to piss me off? Anyone else think this is a goddamn democracy?”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals

“His shoulder bumped mine again. "Can I ask you something?"

I didn't answer. He was going to ask me anyway. People don't say that if they don't want to pry something out of you.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Jesus, you've got a death wish."
"Right now I have a bathroom-and-sleep-somewhere safe wish, kid.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Oh, the testosterone. You could have cut it with a cafeteria spoon.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals

“Hello, Officer? Can you help me? My dad got turned into a zombie. You know, we’ve been travelling around getting rid of things that aren’t real, and this time they hit back. I really need someplace to stay – but can you make sure I have some holy water or something wherever it is? And some silver-jacketed bullets? That’d be sweet. Yeah, that’d be totally cool. Thanks. And while you’re at it, can you tell the guys with the straitjackets that I’m really sane? That would help.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“What do you say when someone takes on a really bad ass, murdering sucker for you? There just aren't words for that.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“The smell of apple pies didn't quite fill the house, but it was there, a thread under everything else. It was kind of hard to take Christophe seriously when he smelled like baked goods. I wondered if other djampjir smelled like Hostess Twinkies and sniggered to myself.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Almost sure wasn't good enough. Almost sure, in my experience, is the shortest road to oh fuck.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Dead Man Rising

“Go fuck yourself. Or get spayed. Either would an improvement.”
― Lilith Saintcrow

“People don’t really want to know anything about you. They just want to put you into their little preordained slots. They decide what you are in the first two seconds, and they only get nervous or upset if you don’t live up to their snap judgements. That’s the only way the normal world’s like the Real – it all depends on who people think you are. Figure that out, play to what they expect, and it’s clear sailing.”
― Lilith Saintcrow

“I got a washed out version of Mom’s curls and a better copy of Dad’s blue eyes, The rest of me, I guess, is up for grabs. Except maybe Gran’s nose, but she could have been trying to make me feel better. I’m no prize. Most girls go through a gawky stage, but I’m beginning to think mine will be a lifelong thing. It doesn’t bother me too much. Better to be strong than pretty and useless. I’ll take a plain girl with her head screwed on right over a cheerleader any day.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“He hadn't told me everything, but I'd left him for dead. I guess we were just about even.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Are you listening, little bird?”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals

“I thought I'd pay you a visit, my dear. Since you're so interesting."

My mouth shifted into high gear, leaving my brain behind. "You know, you're the second guy in a few days to call me that. You should be more creative.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“First you find out what you have , Dad would say. Then you figure out how to make it work for what you need, 'cause you don't get what you want. You get just what you have and no more. ”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals

“Graves scooched a little closer to me, and I didn't even think about it. I put my arms around him and hugged. I didn't care if it hurt my arm and my ribs and my neck and pretty much every other part of me, my heart most of all. When you're wrecked, that's the only thing to do, right? Hold onto whatever you can. Hold on hard.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Would I be as strong as that once I did that thing Christophe was talking about? Blooming? Would I smell like a bakery item? Or was that just him? Did he use pie filling for cologne?”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Dru Anderson: Thanks.
Graves: No problem. First one’s free. Look, you really can’t go home? What happened.
Dru Anderson: You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.
Graves: Try me.
Dru Anderson: I just can’t go home, not until tomorrow.
Graves:Do you need a place to sleep?
Dru Anderson: I’ll find somewhere.
Graves: I know a place.
Dru Anderson: Why is it there’s always a guy who thinks he can get something out of the new girl? Every goddamn town, it’s the same thing. Some guy thinks he’s God’s gift to the displaced.
Graves: I just asked if you wanted a place to sleep, Jesus.
Dru Anderson: Sorry.
Graves: No problem. So, I’ll take you someplace you can sleep tonight. Someplace safe. Okay?
Dru Anderson: How much?
Graves: I keep telling you, first one’s free. You want to play some air hockey? Good way to get your mind off stuff.
Dru Anderson: Sure.
Graves: Cool. You finished?
Dru Anderson: Yeah, I guess. Graves?
Graves: Huh?
Dru Anderson: Thanks. Nice gloves.
Graves: Hey, you know. Chicks dig guys in gloves.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels

“Sometimes you meet a girl and it's like matter and antimatter. You just hate each other for no damn reason.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Jealousy

“Who. Hit. You?”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Jealousy

“It truly sucks to doubt your friends when you only have one or two of them, I realized.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Working for the Devil

“Christophe, with the careful tone of an adult telling a kid not to pet the nice foaming-rabid pooch.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Betrayals