Christopher Golden > Quotes

“I find it most remarkable that we who are so intimately involved in the battle between good and evil are even more involved with the shades of gray in between them.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sons of Entropy

“What is it with you and the Wizard of Oz references? Zombies and werewolves and vamps, oh my. Zombies and werewolves and...”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween Rain

“The ugliest parts of history are the most important parts to remember.”
― Christopher Golden, Road of Bones

“We're all leaving now", Blue Eyes whispered to her. "Together. Out the front door. Scream, and we'll kill you here and now.
"Or later", Willow suggested nervously. "Later would be a big improvement on that idea. We could meet back here in, say, an hour, and you can exhibit your homicidal tendencies then, okay? That would be way better for us.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2

“She was the Slayer. Normal teen angst didn't stack up to fangs at your throat.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween Rain

“Yo, zombie guys, pay attention. When it's Simon says, that means you have to do what I say. Let's be more direct. The Slayer says die, like, forever.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2

“Xander Harris: Hair. Red. Red is good. Fire engines are red. Porsche's are red.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2

“...she yanked open her shoulder bag and pulled out a stake. Boy Scouts and vampire slayers should always be prepared.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween Rain

“And that noise! It was enough to make that happy mailman on Mr. Rogers go postal!”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween Rain; Bad Bargain; Afterimage v. 2

“Is your faith such a fragile thing that it can be so easily shattered?”
― Christopher Golden, Dragon Secrets

“Sometimes Drusilla forgot she was really there, a tangible creature and not some ghost of a memory, drifting about the world, only observing.”
― Christopher Golden, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru - Pretty Maids All in a Row

“There were things violence could solve—you couldn't be a soldier and not believe that—but this wasn't one of them.”
― Christopher Golden, Tin Men

“He whispered, breaking the silence because he could no longer bear it, daring to make a noise because a whisper was better than a scream”
― Christopher Golden, Dragon Secrets

“He had learned that sometimes there was no safe path, no decision from which one could emerge unscathed. In those cases, he had been taught to take the path of honor, even if it led to pain or death”
― Christopher Golden, Alien: River of Pain

“Whatever solace TJ Farrelly sought, he would have to find it on his own. She had racked her brain until she had realized the truth: she had none to give.”
― Christopher Golden, Snowblind

“Good!” Ripley said, standing again. She was tall, imposing, and she liked the way a couple of the guys winced a little when she shouted. “That’s because I blew it out of the airlock.”
― Christopher Golden, Alien: River of Pain

“the real world.”
― Christopher Golden, Sons of Anarchy: Bratva

“Nothing in these woods could be more dreadful, more terrifying, than the selfish cruelty of ordinary people.”
― Christopher Golden, All Hallows

“Millions of people around the world learned to speak English as a second or third language, or sixth, and fluently. He’d always thought they envied his country, maybe wanted to live there, but now he wondered if they just liked English-language movies and TV shows. And maybe, just maybe, they learned English because most English speakers were too lazy or arrogant to become proficient in other languages.”
― Christopher Golden, Road of Bones

“why would you think such a dangerous endeavor would be fun?”
― Christopher Golden, Dragon Secrets

“Only tragedies arrived with such urgency in the small hours before dawn.”
― Christopher Golden, Road of Bones

“The dead bolt made a heavy, satisfying thunk as he turned the lock, and Jake found that he liked that sound. He liked it very much.”
― Christopher Golden, Snowblind

“Whoever had given LV-426 its new name had”
― Christopher Golden, Alien: River of Pain

“Nothing could stay perfect, but if you were lucky and diligent, you could steal a few perfect moments in your life.”
― Christopher Golden, All Hallows

“I used to be more refined but at my age, you start to realize all that politeness doesn’t get you very far. Better to be honest and direct, even if it does piss off a few people along the way.”
― Christopher Golden, Modern Magic: Twelve Tales of Urban Fantasy

“Sex makes me the kind of happy that I usually only manage to be in dreams.”
― Christopher Golden, Snowblind

“Whatever people give you, give it back to them times ten. Be ready, always, to take everything to the next level. Someone's nice to you, make it your job to improve their day, give them a laugh or a pat on the back. But someone comes at you with attitude, or looking for a fight, you drop the fuckin' sky on their heads. Be ready either way, every day.”
― Christopher Golden, Road of Bones

“All my life, when children have asked me for money, I've told them to fuck right off. But you've taught me that there's a positive side to charity. Thank you.”
― Christopher Golden, Hark! the Herald Angels Scream

“I have a life, goddamit. One life. I've seen too many people give theirs up, to drugs or suicide or even depression... fuck, even just lazinesss. I've seen lives wasted.
I'll be damned if I'm going to waste mine.”
― Christopher Golden, Of Masques and Martyrs

“Humans, it seemed, were like cockroaches. Determined enough, they could thrive anywhere.”
― Christopher Golden, Road of Bones