“Cats never listen. They’re dependable that way; when Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.” — Seanan McGuire Cats Copy Share Image
Beneath the Sugar Sky' is an homage to the portal fantasies of my childhood: it is the portal running in reverse. — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“The family stayed put for a few years, largely due to issues involving a contract with a demon, an open dimensional rift,… — Seanan McGuire Family Copy Share Image
“Don’t be careful. Be courageous. Don’t be safe. Be strong. Don’t be a victim. Be the one who makes it home.” —Evelyn… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I didn't look back. Sometimes, not looking back is the only mercy the world has left to show.” — Seanan McGuire Compassion Copy Share Image
“Grave robbing was still viewed as socially inappropriate, and doing it when the sun was up was generally viewed as unwise.” — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as a normal life. Some lives are just more interesting than others, and we shouldn't judge people for… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Ï'm a genius of infinite potential and highly limited patience. People shouldn't try me so.” — Seanan McGuire Genius Copy Share Image
“Hope hurts. That's what you need to learn, and fast, if you don't want it to cut you open from the inside… — Seanan McGuire Hope Copy Share Image
“We’re teenagers in a magical land following a dead girl and a disappearing girl into a field of organic, pesticide-free candy corn,”… — Seanan McGuire Candy corn Copy Share Image
“Love is love. It’s rarer in Faerie than it used to be—rarer than it should be, if you ask me. If you… — Seanan McGuire Faerie Copy Share Image
“I whirled, fighting a wave of dizziness as I pointed at Sylvester and snapped, "Don't you 'October' me. He is my family… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I am clearly coming around too often and putting up with too much of your monarchist bullshit, because you seem to have… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“We came here because no place would take us after our momma died. They all said go away, come back when you're… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I'd never seen the King of Cats fight before. He was suddenly everywhere, made of nothing but fangs and claws and fury,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
James Reed is inspired, if he is inspired by anyone specific, by P.T. Barnum. He's set up to be the ultimate American… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“My skin is a riddle not to be solved, and even letting go of everything I love won’t offer me the answer.… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Children have always tumbled down rabbit holes, fallen through mirrors, been swept away by unseasonal floods or carried off by tornadoes. Children… — Seanan McGuire Adulthood Copy Share Image
“Fran blinked. Fran removed a biscuit from her bag, taking a thoughtful bite and chewing slowly before she swallowed. And finally, Fran… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“The van doors were closed and—as I learned to my dismay when I tried to wrench them open—locked. I slapped my pocket… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“The humans aren’t stupid, no matter what the purebloods say; they’re just blind, and sometimes, that’s worse. They put their fear in… — Seanan McGuire Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“Jacqueline ran like she had been saving all her running for this moment, for this place where no one could see her,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“This was always the difficult part, back when she'd been at her old school: explaining that "asexual" and "aromantic" were different things.… — Seanan McGuire Asexual Copy Share Image
“There were police everywhere, bustling back and forth, murmuring in the barely audible whisper used only by cops and children. There are… — Seanan McGuire Children Copy Share Image
“I've never liked being looked at like I was a hero. I always wind up letting someone down. Sometimes I get lucky.… — Seanan McGuire Hero Copy Share Image
“The horror and venom that infused her final word was practically visible, dripping from her mouth and running down to the floor… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“We went down, and at the bottom there was a door, and on the door there was a sign. Two words. BE… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I like artificial stimulants,” I protested. “They usually mean nobody’s trying to kill me. Unlike the natural kind.” — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I smiled. I know how creepy I am when I smile. Whoever came up with “skin as white as snow, lips as… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Chelsea's not near here," I said. "Do whatever hoodoo you need to do to know if Raj is nearby." "Hoodoo"? said Tybalt,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Nobody gets to tell me how my story ends but me, she thought, and the words were true enough that she repeated… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I can't. I'm not a good influence on him. I keep getting him shot. I swear too much, I don't brush my… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“You can live your life in "should" and never change anything. What's done is done. We buried our dead. I went home.… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“This thing wants to spread, Henry. It wants to get bad enough—” “—to attract a Prince,” I finished grimly. “Some opportunistic son… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Promises bind our kind as surely as iron chains or ropes of human hair. The fae never swear by anything we don't… — Seanan McGuire Fae Copy Share Image
'Seanan McGuire' is my real name; if I'm being silly and third-person about it, she's a frequently cranky, foul-mouthed Disney Princess on… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Faerie may not always have been the kindest place to live, but it was still my home. I owed it to Gillian,… — Seanan McGuire Faerie Copy Share Image
“A cake’s a cake, whether or not it’s been frosted,” said the stranger primly. “You are not a cake, you are a… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“There are worlds built on rainbows and worlds built on rain. There are worlds of pure mathematics, where every number chimes like… — Seanan McGuire Mathematics Copy Share Image
“I do so love how all magic comes with its share of dire warnings and unclear requirements," sighed Tybalt. "It's like being… — Seanan McGuire Typhus Copy Share Image
