Heard Quotes by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Beginning authors often get in their own way … They forget that they’ve been telling stories since they could talk. … The important thing…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

“Turned out there was some big, bad Wolf in my good boy after all.”

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

“Straightening, I asked, "What do you believe in?" "Old love songs, best friends, the collected works of J.R.R.Tolkien, crispy pork egg rolls with just…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

Bridget adds, "Did Anyone bring a weapon?" "Confiscated," Zach admits for both of us. Vesper holds up her metal fingernail file. "They didn't take…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

“You ate the police?! I exclaimed.”

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

That's when it happens. Maybe it was my argument. Maybe it was my scary zeal. Whatever the reason, as soon as Megan whistles, the…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

Vampires don't live at all," she points out, "neither do we." She has me there. "Fine, I'll go. But when Kurt leads his minions…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided.

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

I may be heaven-sent, but I'm not perfect.

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

“I like it,” I said. “The material’s so heavy, though. I may turn into a sweat monster.”

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

It was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died.

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

“She seems to think being cryptic is some kind of substitute for having a decent personality.”

— Cynthia Leitich Smith