Carrie Vaughn > Quotes

“I'm a werewolf trapped in a human body."
"Well, yeah, that's kind of the definition."
"No, really. I'm trapped."
"Oh? When was the last time you shape-shifted?"
"That's just it - I've never shape-shifted."
"So you're not really a werewolf."
"Not yet. But I was meant to be one, I just know it. How do I get a werewolf to attack me?"
Stand in the middle of a forest under a full moon with a raw steak tied to your face, holding a sign that says, 'Eat me; I'm stupid'?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf?”
― Carrie Vaughn

“Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“A fucked-up family's a fucked-up family, whether or not werewolves are involved.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes a Holiday

“All you know is what you think you know, but that isn't always what's real.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty's Big Trouble

“You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you."

So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes a Holiday

“So, Cormac, have you ever dealt with a PMSing werewolf?'
No.'
Well, it's a real bitch...”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I cold defeat that I could save the world.”
― Carrie Vaughn

“I punched to line. "Yes? What?"
"Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“Next caller. Betty, you're on the air. What's your question ?"
"Hi, Kitty. I just wanted to know, are you going out with that Cormac guy from last month?"
My jaw dropped. "What?"
"Are you going out with that Cormac guy?"
"We are talking about the same Cormac who tried to kill me on the air, yes? the guy who hunts werewolves for a living ?"
"Uh-huh."
"And you want to know if I'm dating him ? Why on earth do you think that's a good idea?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Silver Bullet

“You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes a Holiday

“All right. I'll bite. Here's what I think, with the caveat that I may be wrong. I think we're here to make the world a better place than we found it. I think we don't always deserve the cards we're dealt, good or bad. But we are judged by how we play the cards we're dealt. Those of us with a bum deal that makes it harder to do good -- we just have to work a little more is all. There's no destiny. There's just muddling through without doing to much damage.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Silver Bullet

“cope or go crazy”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty's House of Horrors

“I grinned at him. 'Jealous?'
He grinned right back. 'That's a trick question. If I say yes you'll accuse me of being paranoid and unreasonable, and if I say no you'll make some defensive crack about how I don't think you're worth getting jealous over.'
This is what I got for hooking up with a lawyer.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

“It’s only a scratch, don’t cut my arm off!”
― Carrie Vaughn, Steel

“Damn stupid vampires and their stupid sense of stupid superiority-”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Raises Hell

“I started a new page and wrote a title at the top: "Ten
Ways to Defeat Macho Dickheadism." Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I could defeat that I could save the world.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes a Holiday

“Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over the world?” “I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making corrections to the entries of historical figures I’ve known.” I blinked at him. “Really?” “No, Kitty. That was a joke.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Raises Hell

“Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Steals the Show

“... We're werewolves. We don't get to judge 'crazy.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Goes to War

“I looked at my two wolves. When I knelt they came to me rubbed against me smelling me and I stroked them. "Thank you for believing in me " I said and maybe they understood and maybe they didn't.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Silver Bullet

“Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?"
 
"Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?"
 
"Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“To be a DJ was to be God. To be a DJ at an alternative public radio station ? That was being God with a mission. It was thinking you were the first person to discover The Clash and you had to spread the word.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“1980's: not a time period but a state of mind.”
― Carrie Vaughn

“...I'd killed my self-defense instructor. Shit.

I ran to where he lay and stumbled to a crouch at his side, touching his shoulder. "Craig?"

His eyelids fluttered. A few panicked heartbeats later, he opened them. Then he grinned.

"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! You gotta learn to hit people." He was breathing hard. He had to gasp the words out. I'd probably knocked the wind out of him. "Now, never do that to me again."

-Kitty and her self defense teacher”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

“Cormac interrupted. 'Maybe I oughta shoot you both, put you both out of your misery.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes a Holiday

“A lot of what we're doing here deals with perception rather than truth. Many would argue that reality depends more on the former than the latter.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty's House of Horrors

“It doesn’t bother you that your canine brethren are being paraded around show rings like slaves?”
“My canine brethren?” I said. “I don’thave any canine brethren.”
“How can you say that! You’re a werewolf.”
“That’s right. I’m a werewolf, not a poodle. What makes you think I have any kinship with dogs?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand