Lilith Saintcrow

“Who. Hit. You?”

— Lilith Saintcrow

Are you listening, little bird?

— Lilith Saintcrow

“God and Hell both damn it,”

— Lilith Saintcrow

Some days, a killing spree seems like a good idea.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“I dislike the thought of damage to you.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

There was a hole inside her, and it twisted.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Meine Wurst!” Better your sausage than your life, man!”

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Go fuck yourself. Or get spayed. Either would an improvement.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

“I'd rather get eaten by an epileptic shark.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

What you can't run away from, you have to face

— Lilith Saintcrow

Someday, Dante, I will discover how your mind works

— Lilith Saintcrow

I'm getting really tired of bleeding. Someone stop the world, I want to get off.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Tristan. The killspell is meant for him. Protect him, just as he would protect you.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“I dislike the thought of damage to you. I will take steps to avoid it.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Sometimes you can pick who buys you, and for how much. That's what power really is.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

Jesus, you've got a death wish." "Right now I have a bathroom-and-sleep-somewhere safe wish, kid.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“—leave me," Japhrimel snarled. "You will not leave me to wander the earth alone—breathe, damn you, breathe!”

— Lilith Saintcrow

Oh, the testosterone. You could have cut it with a cafeteria spoon.

— Lilith Saintcrow

The only one," he murmured. His chin dipped a little bit. "You know that, Dru? You're the only person who's ever believed…

— Lilith Saintcrow

He was the only boy I'd found worth dating in God knows how many schools. I mean, ever since he'd been bitten…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Well, duh. You're cuter than she is." He said it like he might say, Grass is green or, Gravity works. Something warm…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Lucas went even paler. “Then you’re on the track to suicide,” he whispered. “Take my advice, Valentine. Run. Run as fast as…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Graves: Are you skipping? Off to a good start. Dru Anderson: I don’t want to deal with it today. Graves: Okay. I…

— Lilith Saintcrow

If something is visceral and unsettling for me, my job is to not look away, not to punk out. Sometimes the dark…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Blue eyes glittered. A shock of golden hair - gone. The dust in the air swirled, coalesced into a thorn-twisted Shaman tattoo.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“I’m probably the only sixteen-year-old girl in a three hundred mile radius who knows how to distinguish between a poltergeist from an…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Hearing wulfen howl is... well, it's horrible. The sound is glassy, hovering at the upper ranges of hearing, and it's full of…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“I turned my face into Japhrimel's shoulder. "You're going to disappear," I said into his coat, not even caring that I knew…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Okay. I'll deal with Benjamin. You're safe, okay? Nothing's gonna happen." His mouth pulled tight against itself. And now I was having…

— Lilith Saintcrow

I was feeling safe. Not the kind of safe where you know there are still bad things howling outside the door waiting…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“When a Were moves in like that it means they're offering support. Cat and canine weres are very touch-feely and bird Were…

— Lilith Saintcrow

I wondered what I’d end up looking like once I bloomed. I couldn’t even guess. If I had to be stuck in…

— Lilith Saintcrow

“There was a zombie at my back door. Its eyes swung up, and they were blue, the whites already clouding with the…

— Lilith Saintcrow

And you know, I believed him. What girl wouldn't?

— Lilith Saintcrow

Next to her, even the prettiest djamphir boys looked gawky.

— Lilith Saintcrow

I looked like a ghost. And I should know. I’ve seen a few.

— Lilith Saintcrow

“It wasn't easy, but she was used to swallowing.”

— Lilith Saintcrow

I guess since the groin is the center of a guy's world, he rarely guesses it isn't the center of yours.

— Lilith Saintcrow