01UndatedI'm going to need to save you.""Excuse me? No one needs-""I'm saving you, so shut up and be grateful.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
02UndatedDont talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
03UndatedA stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
04UndatedHe liked women with little butts and big tits? Someone had played with one too many barbie dolls as a kid.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
05UndatedCould you please put this--could you all put these--could you get dressed, please?"The woman only bestowed a serene smile on me. "We are as the Goddess requires.""The Goddess requires you to be naked on my lawn?Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
06UndatedI got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
07UndatedThe rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
08UndatedWhen you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
09UndatedWhen you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others. If you shun someone, the effect will trickle down through those who value your opinion.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
10UndatedTake note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
12UndatedSome women just aren’t cut out to be mothers, and unfortunately it had taken Susanna three kids to realize she was one of them.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
13UndatedOf the Phoenix kids, the one Derek got along best with was Daniel. In him, Daniel had found a good sparring partner. And a plotting partner, too. Derek wasn’t just the biggest and strongest in our group. He was also the smartest. Scary, off-the-charts smart. That intimidated Daniel a little at first—he’s bright, but he needs to work for his grades. But Derek wasn’t a show-off or a know-it-all, so they got past that and we would hang out together, the two guys, Chloe, and I planning and plotting our future, bouncing ideas off one another.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
14UndatedStray cats are like two-timing men. He got tired of you and took off. He doesn't find anyone new? He'll come slinking back. By then, if you're smart, you'll have decided you're better without him.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
15UndatedI might be half Derek's size, but I was the one who sounded like a two-hundred-pound beast plowing through the woods.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
16UndatedI ran my tongue along the top of his underwear, letting it slide underneath. Then i shifted my body forward, lips moving back up his chest, until i was straddling him again.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
17UndatedAs my hair fell free, Cortez entwined his fingers in it and kissed me even harder. Then he slipped one hand from my hair and snapped his fingers over our heads. The lights went out.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
18UndatedMy foggy brain slid away and— And I was still dressed in only my bra and panties. Well, at least it’s a nice set of bra and panties. Yep, these were the thoughts going through my brain as I looked at a photo of a decapitated head on my bed.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
20UndatedHe was trying to tell me something."Derek snorted. "Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
21Undated"If you want that kind of thing, call Nick. His advice is shit, but he really likes to give it.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
22UndatedI wouldn’t call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire.” She pursed her lips. “No, I might. To sue everyone responsible—from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I’d wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he’d just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
24UndatedAnd they certainly wouldn’t take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.Kelley Armstrong / quote ↗
