Marta Acosta > Quotes

“Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Sometimes you suffer for the things that are important to you.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Who are we without our memories?”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“It really turns me on when you talk geek.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“It's a mystery to me why extraordinary young women insist that they're normal.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Slim and neatly groomed, he looked like a really sexy mathematician unaware that he was a prime number. I wanted to unbutton his shirt, muss his hair, and exclaim, "Good heavens, Professor Dracula, you're stunning!”
― Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

“I'm driving so it's your job to make small talk."
"Oh."
"Not that small." He waved at the security guard as we left the club. "Make medium talk.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“He was muttering now and I could barely make out his words. "I'm going to die without ever feeling a woman's tits."

"Go ahead," I said. It was about time I used the power of my chichis for good and not for evil.”
― Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

“I said his name softly to myself. Lucky. Lucian Radcliffe. His name must come from the Latin lucianus, meaning light, and that's what he was, golden and bright.
I didn't care what Jack's name meant. Probably Jackass.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“You know, I've always hated those stories about princes and princesses with some extraordinary ability, special because they're born special.'
'Like me?' He smiled wickedly, making me laugh a little.
'I didn't see how those were happy stories, because life has given princes and princesses enough unearned advantages. I'd rather believe that anyone can accomplish remarkable things when she really tries. Maybe her accomplishments will never be recognized, but simply loving and caring for someone else, that's miraculous to me.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“I used a light hand with my makeup because I wanted to look good without looking like a good time.”
― Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

“I've created a monster"
"No you just released one.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Tell me something in your native woodland language.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Anyone can ride a bike," Jack said. "Even an elf." The corner of his mouth went up in amusement. "She can ramble through the grove, her natural habitat, and visit her animal subjects.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“I took one look at his composed face and know he doesn’t understand,
because if he did understand, he would be weeping, too, for this boy who loved a world that never loved him.”
― Marta Acosta, The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove

“The potted plant could have been knocked over intentionally or accidentally, or maybe one of the animals that lived here broke it somehow.
I thought of the impossibilities and improbabilities. Jack would say that elves had broken it when they came to take me back to the wood.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“Lily, the girl who’d talked back to the jock, said, “I want to get as far away
from my parents as possible. We’re like potassium and water.”
The other kids laughed and I said, “Huh?”
“If potassium comes into contact with water, it instantly combusts,” Lily
said slowly so if she was talking to a child.”
― Marta Acosta, The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove

“But how do you tell someone your genius ex-boyfriend invented microscopic nanobots to retrieve wayward sperm? You don’t.”
― Marta Acosta, She-Hulk Diaries, The

“Jane, this young man is Jacob, my oldest son. It’s no secret that a
headmistress’s biggest challenge is her family. Jacob, say hello to Jane.”
“Hello to Jane,” he parroted, pulling out the pockets of his shorts in a silly
curtsey.
I couldn’t decide if it was the dumbest thing I’d ever seen, or the funniest,
so I stared back at him.”
― Marta Acosta, The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove

“A very ladylike bosom,” she said, approvingly.
“There’s nothing there,” I complained.
The clerk grinned. “I have been fitting bras for twenty-five years and no
one ever thinks her breasts are good enough,” she said. “You’ll save yourself a
lot of unhappiness if you accept and enjoy what you have. Neat little breasts are
very chic.”
― Marta Acosta

“And I know what you are. You’re a heartless, soulless waste of human life. When I’m older, I’ll make sure that your license is revoked.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“One day blurs into the next, one week is indistinguishable from another. Their existence consists of waiting for the weekend, then waiting for retirement, and then waiting for death.”
― Marta Acosta, The She-Hulk Diaries

“Inside every man is a teenage boy, and we're -all- crazy in love with Shulky.”
― Marta Acosta, The She-Hulk Diaries

“She raised her eyebrows, then said, "Good morning, young lady. You look mildly less ghastly today."

Being serious doesn't mean that you have to tolerate abuse. "Gee thanks. I'll cherish your compliment forever," I said as I poured a cup of coffee.”
― Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

“extraneous”
― Marta Acosta, Mad Dog Down the Road

“You know, talking to you is as satisfying as smashing my fingers with a hammer.”
― Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

“I believe you’re in denial about her situation. Hasn’t she been asked to step away from those greater issues and resolve problems that are smaller in scope, like overturned vehicles and commuter tie-ups?” I hated his passive-aggressive technique, and I wasn’t going to say that, yes, Shulky had been demoted to a superstrong meter maid. Fake smile. “Shulky is a proud resident of New York and is delighted to be able to assist in matters great and small. Rest assured that she will act without hesitation to protect the inhabitants of this great city, state, nation, and Earth, including you, Dr. Alvarado.”
― Marta Acosta, She-Hulk Diaries, The

“When you love someone, they live in your heart, existing in memory and emotion, and also living wherever else they are, in people’s hearts and memories,”
― Marta Acosta, Mad Dog Down the Road