Cebelius > Quotes

“No. I cannot in good conscience take your life after you've brought me such wonderful news. I'm a cursed monster, not a complete bitch.”
― Cebelius, Mask of the Template

“But she recognized the value in giving pleasure, rather than taking it. She understood that friendships were built on favors, piled up on either side. Favors remembered, but never counted.”
― Cebelius -, Carnival of the Soul

“If you don't make people pay for the wrong they do, they simply do more wrong,”
― Cebelius -, Forsaken

“Unlike your kind, mine do not get stronger simply by
lifting heavy things or making repetitive movements. Our physical power is largely innate and comes to us as we mature."

"That's unfortunate," he said as he turned away from her and moved around his desk to retrieve his suit and overcoats. "Strength that gets earned the hard way actually means something."

She smiled grimly as he met her eyes again and said, "I was hatched as part of a clutch of over ten thousand. I am one of twenty-two survivors. Trust me when I say I did in fact earn my strength 'the hard way.”
― Cebelius, Velise

“Why my blood? Don't vampires prefer virgins or something?"

Shiro's smile showed a single, needle-sharp fang as he said, "This isn't a fairy tale. Virgins are relatively common, no matter how decadent human society becomes. After all, 'virgin' is your default state of being. Heroes, on the other hand? They're a rare vintage.”
― Cebelius, Velise

“... if I do fall a little bit in love with you because you — oh I don't know — kept me from starving, pledged to support me when I had no one and nothing, amused me with your cheap and yet somehow endearing attempts at manipulation, and renewed my sense of purpose when I hadn't anything left to believe in ... don't hold it against me, okay?”
― Cebelius, Mask of the Template

“gorgeous”
― Cebelius -, Sword of the Tyrant

“I learned a long time ago that dating and sex is all a numbers game. You put yourself out there, get used to hearing no, then every so often someone says yes and good times ensue.”
― Cebelius, Origins

“I'm a monster. You're a hero. You're supposed to fight monsters, not fuck them. Yet somehow, that hasn't registered with you. So instead you just wander into my life and start making all my dreams come true. I don't get
it. I don't understand!”
― Cebelius, Mask of the Template