“Logic and loss aren’t always great friends. Sometimes we mourn for the things that hurt us. Sometimes, that’s okay. School” — Seanan McGuire Friendship Copy Share Image
“Parthenogenesis means never having your mother tell you to stop doing that or you'll go blind.” — Seanan McGuire Funny Copy Share Image
“I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own… — 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'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
“I like artificial stimulants,” I protested. “They usually mean nobody’s trying to kill me. Unlike the natural kind.” — Seanan McGuire 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
“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
“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
“I was born and raised in San Francisco, which explains my willingness to stay in a city that's historically been full of… — Seanan McGuire Born and raised Copy Share Image
“Jacqueline and Jillian, who were crying for some of the many reasons that babies cry—they were cold, they were distressed, they were… — Seanan McGuire Babies Copy Share Image
I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“That’s the nature of stories. No one ever gets to know the entire thing. We just get to know the parts we… — Seanan McGuire Nature Copy Share Image
“Our would-be Pan shouted something else at Sloane. “Oh yeah?! Never grow up this!” she shouted back, and something black fluttered down… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Oh, shit.” It wasn’t the most intelligent thing that Sloane had ever said, but considering the circumstances, she thought she was doing… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“She sent you to your death once, in case you've forgotten," he said, a sudden chill dropping into his voice. "Why should… — Seanan McGuire Death Copy Share Image
“Some adventures begin easily. It is not hard , after all, to be sucked up by a tornado or pushed through a… — Seanan McGuire Adventure Copy Share Image
“The trouble with denying children the freedom to be themselves—with forcing them into an idea of what they should be, not allowing… — Seanan McGuire Child Copy Share Image
“I swallowed a frustrated groan. “Is this one of those idiotic clichés where I turn around and see myself in the mirror… — Seanan McGuire Destiny Copy Share Image
“I lowered my phone, hope and anger warring for control of my emotions. As always, it was easier to let anger win.… — Seanan McGuire Hope Copy Share Image
“The moon is the friendliest of the celestial bodies, after all, glowing warm and white and welcoming, like a friend who wants… — Seanan McGuire Celestial bodies 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
“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
“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
“New York is a city built upon the cannibalized remains of its own past, constantly changing, constantly the same.” — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“She was a bitter, resentful, maladjusted kid who grew into an equally maladjusted teenager; it was only natural that we’d become friends… — Seanan McGuire Friend Copy Share Image
“I’m just concerned.” “Don’t be. It’s not like my chronic migraine is going to kill us.” “Right.” She” — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Sparrow Hill Road' is a stand-alone book that ties into the InCryptid universe, not the launching point for a whole new series. — Seanan McGuire Book Copy Share Image
“Sloane slipped into the room the way a knife slips into a wound: silently, and with the potential to do a lot… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
In the long run, I think I like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' better as a television series, because it had so much… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Running through an unfamiliar forest filled with thorns is half an exercise in masochism, and half an obstacle course from the deepest… — Seanan McGuire Fitness Copy Share Image
I surround myself with fantastical things because it makes it a little easier to write fantastical stories. — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on someone else’s property.” — Seanan McGuire Assassination Copy Share Image
“Australia. The only continent designed with a difficulty rating of “ha ha fuck you no.” — Seanan McGuire Australia Copy Share Image
