Jessica Bird Quotes

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“Fuckin' A… hope didn't so much spring eternal as it drowned out common sense and self-preservation.”

“From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now." And he was, with a smile.”

“It had been so good to see his enemy again. Positively heartwarming.

Hallmark really needed to start up a line of revenge cards, the kind that let you reach out to those you were going to come after with a vengeance.

- Lash”

“Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We'll take turns being on the bottom.”

“If you're going to insist on being reasonable, I'm going to stop hanging with you.”

“She was glad she didn’t know where it would take her. Because sometimes the only thing that
got you through hell was that you were in too deep to pull out.

[Ehlena]”

“If you eliminate all possible explanations, then the impossible is the answer.”

“V?" Butch said. "Don't leave, okay?"
"Never." V brushed Butch's hair back with a gesture so tender it was out of place coming from a male.”

“All right, then, her first rule for the rest of her days: no more looking outside for definitions. She might not have any clue who she was, but better to be lost and searching than shoved into a social box by someone else.”

“You are perfect for a female."
"Not where I come from."
"Then they're using the wrong standard.”

“You would have made a fine warrior, you know that?"

I am one. Death is my enemy."

Yeah, it is, isn't it." God, it made such sense that he'd bonded with her. She was a fighter… like him. "Your scalpel's your dagger."

Yup.”

“Life was short, no matter how many days you were granted. And people were precious, each and every one, no matter how many you were lucky enough to have in your life. And love… love was worth dying for.
Worth living for, too. -Tohrment”

“There was pain, and then there was PAIN. This was-Vishous”

“No matter what you wear… to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.”

“he wanted to say. And not “we” as in the Brotherhood.

Not even “we” as in he and John.

More like … “me”.”

“I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker.”

“What happened to you?" she asked.
"I got hit in the side."
"With what?"
"A knife.”

“As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away.”

“Now tell me something. What’s your word for husband?”
“Hellren, I suppose. The short version is just hell.”
She laughed softly. “Go figure.”

“You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”

“Qhuinn wanted to say”

“Butch nodded as if he knew exactly what was doing. "Like I said, my man, it's whatever. You and me? Same as always, no matter who you screw. Although… if you're into sheep, that would be tough. Don't know if I could handle that.”

“She nodded, wondering why couldn't she have been named Mary. Or Sue.
But no, she had to be nine-letter Elizabeth.”

“Whether you have sight or not, I see the future in your eyes." -Beth”

“Just once" Blay said softly. "Do it just once. So I'll know what it's like.”

“Will you get off me!"
"But I'm giving you CPR-"
"I will die before kissing you, Hollywood." Z tried to sit up, his breathing heavy.
"Don't even think about it.”

“Sometimes the only way to know how far you'd come was to return to where you once had been.”

“I'm not broken, I'm ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix things. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury me.”

“I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing”

“I'm an angel not a frickin' saint.”

“The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?"
"The New York Yankees," Butch replied.”

“Sometimes the only thing that got you through hell was that you were in too deep to pull out”

“And it was because of their long history that he searched for something to say, something that would get them back to where they had been.

All that came to him was…”

“Love, after all, was universal. Qhuinn closed his fist up tight, and knew he would never, ever take that ring off. “Always,” Blay murmured. “Because family is an always kind of thing.”

“You're looking at that chick like you want to roll her up in a taco and put your hot sauce all over her.”

“For him, life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other”

“Next time you think of me like that, say my name when you come. It'll get you off even better.”

“You never realized how thick your fog was until it lifted.”

“V chuckled. "I had to do something to shut you up. Every damn time I've run into you since I grew it, you ask me if I've French-kissed a tailpipe."

(Rhage)”

“Blay was the closest thing to an angel Qhuinn had ever come near.”

“Undeterred by his lack of enthusiasm, she leaned forward, flashing him a set of breasts that didn't so much defy gravity as flip it off, insult its mother, and piss on its shoes.”

“How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her… sweetly.”

“All kings are blind. The good ones see this and use more than their eyes to lead.”

“Quick question. Does this magical skill with gray matter come with a total lack of compunction for your kind, or is it just you who were born without a conscience?

V: I beg your pardon?”

“You've got nothing to worry about. The righteous do not always right, but their souls remain pure. -Lassiter the Angel”

“Mary thought.”

“Being with Mary was different because… he wasn't the only one who wanted to make love to her.
The beast wanted her, too.
The beast wanted out so it could take her.”

“Thank you for caring for my brother."
He took his sunglasses off.
And looked at her with total adoration.”

“I lived for the night, because I could go over to your house. It was the only thing that kept me going. You were the only thing, actually. It was… you.”