Karen Chance Quotes

“One day, you will say it to me again. You will be sober. And you will mean it.”

“Pritkin kissed like he did everything else, straightforward, accepting no prisoners and with an intensity that left me breathless. It was hot and hard and desperate, like he was starving for it, and I opened my mouth and took it, because,.”

“If I'd had enough breath, I would have screamed, both at the sensation and at the sheer pettiness of the bastard who wouldn't allow me even a tiny chance of escape.”

“The most temptation I'd experienced had been with Tomas, the Senate's spy who had been feeding off me without permission, and Mircea, who was probably plotting some nefarious scheme. I have no taste in men.”

“It's okay. You aren't my type.
What's your type?
Someone who gets into less trouble.”

“How the hell do you think I feel?" I don't want to end up inside a woman!" He paused. "Well, at least not that way”

“Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?"
"I'll try,"I told him seriously.
"You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.”

“I narrowed my eyes at it. Ming-de’s little gift, I assumed. “You look better in color,” I snapped.
He sent me a sultry look over his shoulder. “Really? Most women think I look better in nothing at all.”

“Louis-Cesare slowly pulled himself into a half-standing position against the side of the winery.'What? Did you think one little mage was going to do me in?' He swallowed hard. 'Hell, that was just a warm-up.”

“You know, I've lived a long time," he told me, massaging my calf more firmly now. "And I met a lot of people. But I ain't never met a woman made me want to beat her to death as often as you.”

“It's about time! It's supposed to be a ritual, not a marathon.”

“You know, dulceata, there are times when I truly believe you are the most frightening person I know.
Thank you?”

“He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird”

“I was alive, they were not. Go Me. (Touch the Dark)”

“We’re going jogging.”
“I don’t run for recreation. I run when someone’s after me with a weapon.”
“That can be arranged”

“Great. I'd been dumped in Hell's waiting room.”

“No they called it the Codex Merlini because it was written by a guy named Ralph.”

“Let me get this straight. First you decide I'm a demon because of a power I didn't ask for and don't even understand. Then when that falls through you label me a fallen sybil and a ho. Am I missing something or do you just not like me”

“Where. Is. He?" Alphonse repeated, although it sounded more like "Don't make me eat your face.”

“There are things we want, and things we may have…. Sanity lies in knowing the difference.”

“Yes, but knee pants are so much more flattering. You can see my legs."
You want people to see your legs?"
I have very nice legs!" We both paused to admire them for a moment.”

“A legend is merely a history man decided to bugger.”

“Thank you, Captain Obvious."
"I'm on the Senate," he reminded me. "It's Lord Obvious.”

“Then you must be willing to fight," Mircea responded. "Life is not a gift, Raphael; it's a challenge. Rise to it!”

“Pritkin and Mircea mixed like oil and water, only not so well.”

“If I'm not supposed to be awake, why are you here?" I mumbled.
"To be the little spoon.”

“Kiss me…. Cassie…. Like you mean it.”

“I stared at him, unable to believe this was happening. That he could just
disappear, along with everything rich and strange he’d brought into my life.
Vanished, like magic.”

“When good Americans die, they go to Paris,' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette.
But you’re not dead. I suppose the question must be, are you good?”

“You could say I'm on the troubleshooting squad."
"Troubleshooting?"
He put a hand on the back of his waistband. "I see trouble and I shoot it.”

“You love me?"
He just looked at me for a moment. And then he reared back his head and laughed, a rich, mellow sound, unreserved and unashamed. " No, not at all. I regularly battle gods for women I dislike!”

“I looked up to find a slim blond figure standing in the doorway to the kitchen. For a frozen second, I looked at him and he looked at me, and then I screamed and threw my coffee, which hit him square in the groin.”

“Whatyou know about racing?" Ronnie asked, curious. He looked fascinated, like a scientist confronted by a strange new species:from the phylum.”

“But you were Mine. My child. And I would not give you up.”

“And then Mircea finally let me down, only to get his hands inside the coat and push me against the wall.
“I’m dirty,” I protested.
He waggled his eyebrows. “Promise?”
“Mircea!” I laughed in spite of myself…”

“Is there anyone in this apartment who hasn’t seen me naked?” I demanded, grabbing the sheet and the phone.

“I genuinely hope so, Cassandra.”

“Come and take your seat, Lady Dorina.”

“I’d never known that
anyone could kiss in English, kiss in apologies.”

“When good Americans die, they go to Paris,' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette.”

“This was Dante's. Crazy was what we had for breakfast when we ran out of Corn Flakes”

“Prevarication, how divine! I always did get along better with sinners.”

“To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.”

“…"I ran out of stock around midnight and dropped by a place, got some Chinese." I hoped he meant takeout.”

“I thought there was a good chance the fridge was possessed. It was subtle about it, but I had its number. I knew its ways. Oh yes.”

“And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!” “Perhaps I am in love.”

“You will die a worse death if you do not leave my domain,” a voice thundered down from the third story of the old tenement. “I am a servant of the Sacred Fire, the wielder of the flame of Arnor—”
“So I should call you Gandalf?”