01c. 2008 ADLuna had told us not to drop the rose, not to leave the path. But we never dropped the rose - it was on me the whole time - and we didn't leave the path, not really. We just took a shortcut through the shadows and the brush, something idiots have been doing in fairy tales since the beginning of time.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
02c. 2008 ADIf anyone was going to get themselves murdered to guarantee they would remain the center of attention, it would be him.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
03c. 2008 ADFor is it not said That Girl Knows No Fear, and Dammit, Fran, She's Going To Get Herself Et, and This Is From Your Side Of The Family, Jonathan, No One In My Family Has Ever Hugged A Basilisk Before?Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
04c. 2008 ADHello?” I peered into the shadows.Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall.“And may I wish a very good morning to you, too, October.” The voice was amused, underscored by a chuckle like thick cream. “What happened? Did the prettiest little princess miss her carriage home?Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
05c. 2008 ADOnly an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
06c. 2008 ADBut you're so easy to sneak up on." He crossed his arms, leaning back against the wall. "You should be honored that I bother, since there's no challenge to it.""Right," I said dryly.Tybalt has never made a secret of his contempt for changelings in general and me in particular. Not even the years I spent missing could change that. If anything, it made things worse, because when I came back, I promptly removed myself from all the places he was accustomed to finding me. Hating me suddenly took effort - an effort he's proved annoying glad to make. On the other hand, it's actually been something of a relief, because it is something I can count on. Dawn comes, the moon rises and Tybalt hates me.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
08c. 2008 ADWhen Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
09c. 2008 ADCats never listen. They’re dependable that way; when Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
10c. 2008 ADOctober—You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you of his intent to visit after ‘tending to some business at the Queen’s Court.’ I recommend wearing something clinging, as that may distract him from whatever he wishes to lecture you about this time. Hopefully, it’s your manners.You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.—TybaltSeanan McGuire / quote ↗
11c. 2008 ADMost cats don't like water, and despite her pretensions of tigerhood, Julie was no different. Yes, tigers have stripes; so do tabbies. If you want to know the difference, try tossing one of each into your swimming pool. Then I would recommend running.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
12c. 2008 ADIn Tybalt's case, it means bloody control of the local Court of Cats. He became their king by right of blood; he's held the position by beating the crap out of anyone who tries to take it away. The Cait Sidhe take a more direct and bloody approach to succession than most of Faerie.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
14c. 2008 ADI have a swizzle stick shaped like a little monkey,” announced Rose. “Let’s help the dead man with his problem.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
15c. 2008 ADNow, if you will excuse me, a dead woman is trying to convince me to drink something that comes in layers.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
16c. 2008 ADThis isn't a place for lies or pretending everything's all right. We know everything is not all right. If it were, you wouldn't be here. Now. Where did you go?Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
17c. 2008 ADDon't let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
18c. 2008 ADThe Argentine tango isn't here to play nicely with the other children. The Argentine tango is here to seduce your women, spill things on your rug, and sneak out your bedroom window in the middle of the night.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
19c. 2008 ADThe mythology warped and twisted back along itself until Buffy Summers, the girl who once railed against the unfairness of being Chosen, looked at a squadron of girls who were just like she'd been and took away their right to Choose.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
20c. 2008 ADThe moon is the friendliest of the celestial bodies, after all, glowing warm and white and welcoming, like a friend who wants only to know that all of us are safe in our narrow worlds, our narrow yards, our narrow, well-considered lives. The moon worries. We may not know how we know that, but we know it all the same: that the moon watches, and the moon worries, and the moon will always love us, no matter what.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
21c. 2008 ADCall me a sucker for a man who had a great ass who knows how to bake a macaroni casserole and can tolerate six hours of Sesame Street a day.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
22c. 2008 ADWhen the Root and Branch were young, when the Rose still grew unplucked upon the tree; when all our lands were new and green and we danced without care, then, we were immortal... We left those lands for the world where time dwells, dancing, that we might see the passage of the sun and the growing of the world. Here we may die, and where we can fall, and here King ___ has stopped his dancing.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
23c. 2008 ADAnd you shouldn't believe all the press about Ouija boards. They can't be used in an exorcism. Trivial Pursuit can, but that's another story.Seanan McGuire / quote ↗
