Jennifer Rainey > Quotes

“The office itself was windowless and lined with shelves stuffed to the brim with books each sporting titles more Hellish than the last. Chicken Soup for the Damned Mephistopheles Money and You: Finances in Hell One Born Every Minute: A Novice Demon's Guide to Tempting Humans ...The Complete Works of Jane Austen.”
― Jennifer Rainey, These Hellish Happenings

“The living do not truly mourn the dead. They mourn the plight of those left behind. The real victims of tragedy are the survivors.”
― Jennifer Rainey, Binding Dante Lovelace

“Mythology, however, has a tendency to make the unpleasant something wondrous. Life is unpleasant. It is up to Man to soften the blow through creation stories, myths, and legends.”
― Jennifer Rainey, The Last Temptations of Iago Wick

“And at once, they were upon them: four decidedly perturbed vampires wearing various shades of red. They were terribly fond of the color, it seemed. Iago thought it a tad obvious, but these gentlemen did not look as though they would take criticism well, even if it were only sartorial in nature.”
― Jennifer Rainey, Iago Wick and the Vampire Queen

“It was a secret society, and so it was a vastly unpleasant affair, as most secret societies tend to be. They acted out of intolerance and hatred, and let it be said that nothing good was ever born from hatred—save for perhaps insecticide.”
― Jennifer Rainey, The Last Temptations of Iago Wick

“Humans think everything demands ritualistic sacrifice, the morbid creatures,” Dante sighed. “It’s not always that difficult.”
― Jennifer Rainey, The Last Temptations of Iago Wick

“Thank you. I made it. I invent. It’s… fun. I do believe it’s the reason Mr. Frye hired me in the first place,” Thomas Atchison said and, without taking a breath, continued, “This is the finest and most accurate book on the subject of vampires that I know.” Locksley took the book. The worn brown cover was blank, but within was a title page which read: The Vampyre and Instructions for Hunting and Tracking with Introduction and Copious Index by The Great Frederick Faust. It was surely a hundred years old. “Accurate, you say?” “In terms of the lore, of course,” Thomas Atchison said with a snort. “They’re not real, Mr. Locksley. The vampire is a creature which fascinates man, and so, many stories have been written. It’s not the case with other monsters which… supposedly… stalk the night. We speak very little of ghouls, demons.”
― Jennifer Rainey, Iago Wick and the Vampire Queen