Michael Siemsen > Quotes

“She spoke throught her teeth. "Almost, dear. What were the real words you used? The bad words. It's okay to say them again, just this once."
I shrugged, "fine. I said'. . . just 'cause Daddy wants you to suck on his ding-a-ling.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Warm Place to Call Home

“After a week passed it had dawned on me what I was and, more importantly, that I needed to do a little more research before climbing into one of you people.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Warm Place to Call Home

“After a week passed it had dawned on me what I was and, more importantly, that I needed to do a little more research before climbing into one of you people. For one, certain religions will make life a living hell for a demon. Exorcisms are obnoxious. I mean, who the hell are these grown men believing in a fucking invisible entity occupying human bodies? To me the concept of a demon should be no different than any other monster myth out there—Yeti, Chupacabra, Robert Pattinson. Disregard for a moment the fact that I happen to exist. No one should believe in me. It’s stupid. There’s as much evidence to support my existence as any other silly legend. And yet, someone decided there should be trained “professionals” dedicated to the holy mission of pissing me off.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Warm Place to Call Home

“One’s time is their greatest gift to another.”
― Michael Siemsen, Exigency

“It is a fascinating human characteristic the ability to instantly change one’s priorities, or rather, to instantly adapt as they are altered by circumstance. I think it’s both an indication of our natural flexibility and our true insignificance—simply kelp swaying as the tide demands.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Demon's Story Omnibus

“uber-complicated”
― Michael Siemsen, Return

“Now I feel guilty about him feeling the way he should about what he did!”
― Michael Siemsen, The Dig

“Also by Michael Siemsen: The Dig (Book 1 of the Matt Turner Series) The Opal (Book 2 of the Matt Turner Series) Return (Book 3 of the Matt Turner Series Exigency A Warm Place to Call Home (a demon’s story) The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp (a demon’s story)”
― Michael Siemsen, Matty

“I scoured my memory for every instance of my good, if not pure acts, while maintaining convicted reassurance that none of it mattered anyway. I am a fucking demon and this is what I do.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Demon's Story Omnibus

“You see, the problem with human existence is problems. When you have them, you must deal with them, because if you don’t you will suffer the consequences—potentially for the rest of your lives.”
― Michael Siemsen, A Warm Place to Call Home

“If Minnie were somehow still alive in an EV at that moment, adrift or settled into some crazy high elliptical orbit, would she want to go on living? To have survived this long would’ve meant purifying and drinking urine, gathering condensation, or possibly having had the forethought to kill her podmate on day one, thus keeping all water and solid sustenance for herself.”
― Michael Siemsen, Exigency

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”   -Marcel Proust”
― Michael Siemsen, The Dig