Jamie Sedgwick > Quotes

“I was going to get smart, and I was going to change the world. I was audacious enough to believe it, too. Fortunately it takes that kind of audacity to accomplish anything significant.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter

“I look like a monster, I thought cynically. How long until Amanda  learns that real monsters don’t look scary at all? Most of ‘em wear suits and ties and talk to you like they’re your best friend.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“Life ain’t about learning a lesson, it’s about winning.” She stood back and stared at me. “And how does one win life?” “By not losing.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“Often, children who’ve been touched by the fae are never quite normal again. They take on unnatural interests. They develop a deep longing for the woods and the quiet places of the world. They grow fascinated with nature and magic. They spend ridiculous amounts of time reading silly fairy stories and fantasy books, and often they develop a fondness for swordplay and renaissance fairs and costuming.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Murder in the Boughs

“So this was how the other half lived. The nobles. The criminals. The people we trust to keep us safe. This was all the proof I needed that crime does pay.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“The cops had torn the lab apart. Apparently, they had been looking for something. Maybe a clue as to why Gordy had been killed. Or maybe not. Maybe they just tore the place apart because they had an excuse. I’ve seen them do that sort of thing before.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“ “If I get killed, I’m suing you both,” Dwana whispered.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“I was beaten and wounded, dead tired, and trying to sneak through the front room of a brightly lit mansion. A six-foot-six ogre sneaking around in plain sight, leaving a trail of blood everywhere he goes,”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Murder in the Boughs

“Hobgoblins are a hybrid species that can’t produce females. Only males. No matter who they mate with, the offspring is always a male hobgoblin, and it’s always a pureblood.” “How’s that that possible?” I said. “Genetics don’t work like that.” She rolled her eyes again. “I thought you were smarter than that, Sam. We’re talking about the fae. Since when the do the principles of human science apply to fairy creatures?”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“And when he was beating on you, you thought he loved you then?” She straightened her shoulders. “I took it,” she said proudly. “I took it like a woman.” “A woman or a punching bag?”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“It was better to risk everything and be dead than to risk nothing and be a slave.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Blood and Steam

“The wireless internet works just fine because the high elves love their online gaming. You’d think a bunch of arrogant little wizards would have something better to do with their time, but I guess not. They love online role-playing games”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Murder in the Boughs

“authority has to be taken just as much as its earned. People who get ahead in this world don’t just wait around for somebody to promote them.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter

“If there’s one thing a goblin hates more than being poor, it’s being dead.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

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― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter

“They say money is the root of all evil. That may be true but if it is, love comes in a close second.” -Hank Mossberg”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“I counted to ten and went back to work on the tires, repeating over and over in my mind: Murder is not okay… murder is not okay…”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Killer in the Shadow

“I’m not really the talk-about-my-feelings kind of guy. In fact, I don’t understand the whole sensitive, emotional, metro-sexual thing at all. When I’m feeling something in particular, it’s usually obvious from the look on my face.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Murder in the Boughs

“In the days that followed, he became deeply depressed. He could hardly find a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Knowing that he was going to die, knowing that there was no way around it, made him apathetic about even trying to live. What was the point? It was a chronic disease. He was going to die, no matter what.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Raven King's Chair

“they were all basking in the glory of a cool, foggy night. Nights like that are opium to the fae.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“the fog closed in around me, smothering the hills like a familiar old blanket.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“There’s nothing like San Francisco at night. Most big cities never get quiet, but this one does. It gets quiet and the fog rolls in and the lights flicker and glow. It’s almost like you’re not in a human city at all. It’s almost like the undercity, but topside. Sometimes it’s enough to send a shiver down my spine because it’s so magical. No, San Francisco’s not like a human city at all.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“I faced my fears and I refused to accept my fate. I chased my dream despite obstacles that seemed to be insurmountable. Eventually, I succeeded, and in the process, I changed the world. I’m proud of that fact.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter

“I sent the cart full of reams of paper, files, and envelopes rolling straight towards the exit. Nobody even seemed to notice. It’s not like a cart rolling around by itself is much of novelty in a mall full of fairies, elves, brownies, and dwarves.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“There were a dozen times that I could have turned aside from my quest, moments that I could have taken the prudent course instead of the dangerous one. And I can say with the utmost certainty that if I had done this even once, the world would not have been the same. I’m not bragging or being arrogant, I’m simply stating it the way that I believe it happened.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter

“They’re built like professional wrestlers, they have nasty dispositions, and they’re not too smart, which makes them perfect for security and police jobs. They can be told what to do with no worries that they’ll try thinking for themselves.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“Reality has a way of kicking you when you’re down.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“It seems the fae are always racing to outdo humanity, though when it comes to depravity and decadence, humans always seem one step ahead.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, Death in the Hallows

“Only six months to go.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Killer in the Shadow

“No, it wasn’t just that he was gone forever. We were gone. That magical spark between two people who love and understand one another explicitly was gone forever from my life, and it left me less than whole.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, The Tinkerer's Daughter