J.R. Rain > Quotes

“A marriage shouldn't have to be so much work. Love shouldn't crush your soul. A relationship should add to your life, not take away from it.”
― J.R. Rain, American Vampire

“If I hear any more loud voices, you will both be auctioned off on eBay. I could use the extra money.”
― J. R. Rain, Vampire Dawn

“I surveyed the others, who had all stopped in their tracks. "So what was the plan, boys? You were all going to get a fuck in? The very definition of sloppy seconds - hell, sloppy thirds and fourths and fifths. Than what? Slit my throat? Leave me for dead? Let some school janitor find me stuffed in a dumpster? You would deny my children their mother for one night of cheap thrills?”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Dance

“So are we stalking your ex-husband?”
“I’m a licensed private investigator,” I said. “I’m licensed to stalk.”
“Really?”
“In most cases.”
“What about this case?”
“In this case,” I said. “We’re stalking the hell out of him.”
― J.R. Rain, Vampire Moon

“My philosophy is this: Life is too short to work another minute at a job you don’t love.”
― J.R. Rain, Vampire Moon

“Dedication This book is dedicated to mothers everywhere: Our amazing, selfless, unsung heroes. Love you, ma.”
― J.R. Rain, Rainy Nights, Four Novels

“What the fuck is a scone?
It’s Irish, I think, for stale bread.”
― J.R. Rain, Elvis Has Not Left the Building

“Hell hath no fury like a man embarrassed by a woman”
― J. R. Rain, Vampire Dawn

“If the listener is not ready for the truth, it will fall upon deaf ears.”
― J.R. Rain, Moon River

“I opened the bag of Oreos and commenced my training, bulking up with one Oreo after another. I washed them down with swigs from the bottle of scotch, as a real man should. When I was tired of the Oreos, after about the thirtieth, I took out a cigarette and tried like hell to give myself lung cancer.”
― J.R. Rain, Dark Horse

“Sleep is a blessing.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“You're never alone, Sam. Ever. As hard as life might seem, there's always hope. There's always a way, and there's always love. Always.”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Child

“Kingsley got up, and as he did so, he flashed me the goods. Whether he meant to or not, I don’t know...but holy sweet Jesus. Did I really just see that? My God, how did he walk around with that thing? Kingsley, defense attorney, werewolf—and now, apparently, pervert—sat next to me and gave no indication that he had just given me the mother of all peep shows. “I’m going to let you in on a little secret,” he said, and knocked back the rest of his wine like it was booze-flavored Kool-Aide. “It’s not a secret,” I said. “And it ain’t little.” “Excuse me?” “Never mind.” But I caught the smallest of shit-eating grins on his face. “Go on,” I said, shaking my head. “And this time try to keep the robe closed.”
― J.R. Rain, American Vampire

“She wasn’t always a demon,” he finished. “She was my mother once.”
― J.R. Rain, Vampire Sun

“Silence speaks louder than words.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“What can I say? I’m a straight shooter who’s never cared to dance around the pink elephant in a room, and had no intentions of doing that two-step now.”
― J.R. Rain, Treasure of the Deep

“When you’re sick and dying, the ego is and should be the first thing to go. I know there’re gurus who teach people how to release the ego, to conquer the ego. I get it now, but I didn’t back when I was healthy. It’s moot now. The guy who falls off the toilet and knocks himself out no longer has an ego.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“Men tend to think all of their points were good, and they sure as hell didn’t need me to boost their already inflated egos.”
― J.R. Rain, Rainy Nights, Four Novels

“When you’re sick and dying, the ego is and should be the first thing to go.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“I try not to think that death might really just be losing one’s mind forever. So scattered that it never comes back.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“We all know more than we give ourselves credit for. The problem is, there’s too much surface shit that gets in the way, too many clouds obscuring our thoughts, filling us with worry and doubt and fear. It stops us from tapping deeper within ourselves.”
― J.R. Rain, Samantha Moon Boxed Set

“Or maybe losing so much blood somehow cured him. You know, starve a cold, bleed a zombie.”
― J.R. Rain, Zombie Patrol

“To mortals, the water would be nothing more than a black swatch in the center of town. But to my eyes, oh, to my eyes, the lake was teeming with life and energy and vibrations, with flowing particles of light that pulsated along the surface of the water—and just under, too. Light that wasn’t really light. It was energy, I knew. The energy that powered this Earth, this universe, energy that flowed over everything and anything, constantly, unendingly, flowing, flowing. From where it came, I did not know, but I had my ideas and a single word appeared to me now as I sat there in my front seat. God. Or something close to God. The Creator, the Source, the All That Ever Was. And each light particle was, I suspected, a part of God, to be used and gathered and collected as we see fit, to be harnessed as we see fit. It is the driving force of creation. It is the thing that holds our world together, keeps its place in its orbit around the Sun, and the Sun in its place in our Galaxy, and our Galaxy in its place in the known Universe. It is creation and love, and it flows and is there for all of us to be used, or not used, to experience or to not experience. It is inspiration. It is love. It is life. It is health. It is great ideas. And it is always there, flowing, moving, adapting, growing. And”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Shadow

“Once I study up on them and the case, I always feel closer to the victims. That closeness drives me to find them or their killers. As if the dead speak to me from within the pages of the case files.”
― J.R. Rain, Silent Echo

“He also had a cop’s mustache. He would have looked better without the mustache, but it wasn’t was my place to suggest so. Besides, who better to wear a cop mustache than a cop?”
― J.R. Rain, Rainy Nights, Four Novels

“I guess us folks in California are kind of straitlaced and old-fashioned."
Hahaha, I thought on the way downstairs. I never thought I'd say those words with a straight face...”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Bayou (Samantha Moon Case Files, #1)

“Is that all?” asked the butler. His slightly melodic accent was nearly impossible to place. It could have been British, but it wasn’t any British accent I had ever heard. The words Old English came to mind, too. As in old, old English. This, I’m certain, was a psychic hit, but I could have been wrong. Just how old Franklin was remained to be seen. “Thank you, Franklin. That will be all,” said Kingsley, waving him off. The butler nodded. “If you and the lady need anything else, please do not hesitate to rouse me from a deep and satisfying sleep.” “We won’t, Franklin. Now, off you go!”
― J.R. Rain, American Vampire

“All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem.
Besides me, of course.”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Bayou (Samantha Moon Case Files, #1)

“The grumbling in my stomach kept my ears busy, while images of Janice occupied my thoughts. No, not those images. You pervert. I mean, the ones with her clothes on where we’re having a serious relationship. What”
― J.R. Rain, The Vampire Club

“If I hear you say, ‘I drank responsibly’ again, I’m going to homeschool you for the rest of your life.”
― J.R. Rain, Moon Dragon