Kelley Armstrong Quotes page 2

“When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.”

Source: Bitten

“He rolled his eyes. "First, my Dad's Korean and my mom was Swedish. Second, I totally suck at math. I don't like cuckoo clocks or skiing or fancy chocolate either."
I sputtered a laugh. "I think that's Swiss.”

Source: The Calling

“What am I? Let's just say I won't fetch a stick for you. I won't beg for treats. And, no matter how nicely you ask, I will not roll over and play dead.”

Source: The Summoning

Kelley Armstrong book Living with the Dead

Source: Living with the Dead

“The truth is, if a werewolf behaved like this psychopath it wouldn't be because he was part animal, but because he was still too human. Only humans kill for sport.”

“undying grattitude?" Simon looked at me. " Cool. Dosethat come with eternal servitude? if so, i like my eggs sunnyside up."
i smiled," i'll remember that.”

Source: Bitten

“Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.”

“no' when no one answered, Derek looked from face to face, then settled his glower in me. 'absolutely not.'
'um, I was the one keeping my mouth shut' I said.”

Source: The Summoning

“Yes," I said "You were saved by a girl. Horrible, isn't it?"
He slid out and looked down at my bare legs. "Not just a girl, but a half-naked one. Now that's hot. If I'm still unconscious, don't wake me, okay?”

“It's a road!"
I patted his back." It's a lovely road. Now which way do we go?"
Corey looked one way, the brown ribbon extending into emptiness. He looked the other way, saw the same thing and his shoulders slumped.
"Damn.”

Source: The Calling

“Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it.”

Source: The Calling

“Oh my God. You're a witch-hunter. I'm a witch. Hate to break it to you Daniel, but if you're a witch-hunter? You're doing it wrong."
He gave me a sidelong smile. "Maybe it's not that kind of hunting."
"Then you're definitely doing it wrong.”

Source: The Summoning

Kelley Armstrong The Gathering

Source: The Gathering

“Tall, dark, and gruesome." -Tori”

“I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.”

Source: The Awakening

“Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea."

"Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.”

Source: The Reckoning

“I didn't need to be rescued."
"Sorry, but my sword outranks your…" she glanced at my hand, "sock puppet.”

Source: Stolen

Kelley Armstrong book No Humans Involved

Source: No Humans Involved

“The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil's spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of the living dead to slaughter them all in their sleep. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but not by much.”

“His gaze travelled down me, then zipped back to my face. "Sorry."
"Focus, Rafe."
"I am. Just on the wrong thing.”

Source: The Reckoning

“Speaking of death, LeBlanc boasted he could kill me in the waiting room. I broke his wrist. He wasn't impressed.”

Source: The Calling

“The stairs aren't challenging enough anymore?" he asked.

Antonio laughed. "Challenge has nothing to do with it, Jer. I'd say it's the big bad wolf huffing and puffing at her door up there.”

Source: Bitten

“Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented…”

Source: Bitten

“Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa."
"There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.”

Source: The Awakening

Kelley Armstrong book Frostbitten

Source: Frostbitten

“I could only stare, any sense that maybe I understood him evaporating as it always did. I'd glimpse something underneath, and he'd snatched it away so fast it left bruises that called me a fool for hoping for more.”

“Release the demon under promise that I'd be repaid handsomely, my enemies destroyed? Hmm, where had I seen this before? Oh, right. Every demon horror movie ever made. And the horror part started right after the releasing part.”

“I'm just saying it's not time for that either. We need to focus and having Maya moon over Rafe is making everyone uncomfortable."
Rafe grinned. "Doesn't bother me.”

Source: The Awakening

“Who cared whether you could change motor oil when you could snap a rottweiler’s neck in 2.8 seconds? Now there was a practical skill.”

Source: The Calling

“This is the first adventure I’ve survived without being kidnapped, attacked, knocked unconscious or possessed by evil spirits. A ripped blouse? Ruined skirt? Bad hair? I’d call this progress. ~Jaime Vegas”

Source: Stolen

Kelley Armstrong book No Humans Involved

Source: No Humans Involved

“First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.”

“Elena?"
"Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising.”

Source: Omens

Kelley Armstrong book Frostbitten

Source: Frostbitten

“One second he was in my face, making me feel stupid and useless. The next he was like this: hovering, concerned, worried.”

“It's a road," Corey said, pointing.
"A dirt road," Hayley muttered.
"So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?”

Source: The Reckoning

“A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They'd resorted to torture already.”

Source: The Calling

“I might be half Derek's size, but I was the one who sounded like a two-hundred-pound beast plowing through the woods.”

Source: Stolen

“The three "F"s of being a werewolf, Feeding, Fighting, and… Reproduction”

Source: The Reckoning

“And unless I'm remembering it wrong, mermaids don't sing and sirens don't swim."
"Ariel sang in 'The Little Mermaid'," Corey said.
Sam came over to join us. "Do I even want to know why you remember her name?”

“So consider your options, make your choice and call me home.”

Source: The Calling

Kelley Armstrong book Living with the Dead

Source: Living with the Dead

“We'll meet you here. Hopefully everyone will be in human form." A wry smile. "Though I'll warn you, he's not a whole lot more pleasant that way. At least as a wolf, he can't talk.”

“Stuffing people into boxes is for those who have issues about their own box.”

Source: The Rising

“Here I had a wonderful man who cared for me
and I was screwing around with a self-absorbed, conniving monster who'd betrayed me
in the worst possible way.”

Source: Spell Bound

“My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.”

Source: Bitten

“I'd been staring at the search term for at least five minutes. One
word. Necromancer.”

Source: Stolen

“It reminded me of what Dad said after every snail’s crawl home from
Albany when snow hit.“It’s New York, people. It’s winter. We get snow. If you aren’t prepared
to deal with it, move to Miami.”

Source: The Summoning

“This is so cool,” I said as Dad walked away. “Have you met the tattoo artist? Is he hot?
“He’s a she,” Mom said.
“Is she hot? Cause I’m still young, you know. My sexual identity isn’t fully formed.”

Source: Dangerous

Kelley Armstrong The Gathering

Source: The Gathering

“To distract myself from thoughts of my father, i decided to check out the dead body.”

“I have to.
I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it's an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.”

Source: The Awakening

“Bigger room, darling. Like I said, we need a bigger room.”

Source: Bitten

Kelley Armstrong book Frostbitten

Source: Frostbitten

“Oh, my God! It's a killer Pomeranian." I glanced up at Derek. "It's a tough call, but I think you can take him.”

“I 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.”

Source: The Awakening

Kelley Armstrong Broken

Source: Broken

“I need to get ready. Ash? Touch the food and I won't take you for a driving lesson tomorrow. Dad? Touch it and I'll maketake him for a driving lesson tomorrow."

Dad backed away from the counter. Ash scowled. I laughed and continued upstairs.”