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Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels. She also publishes media tie-in novels as Julie Fortune. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. April 1962  •  Other names Роксан Конрад
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Rachel Caine Quotes

“It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“Right. I’ve been missing Nutty McFang anyway.”
“Stop making up names for him.”
“What about Count Crackula?”
“Just stop.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“It’s like disco inferno up in here”

Rachel Caine

Source: Black Dawn

“He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This tea is pathetic. America just doesn’t understand tea at all.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“I never meant it," he was saying.
"Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it,
seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something… What do I do? What can I do…?”

Rachel Caine

Source: Ghost Town

“Where are you going?” “To get a Coke!” “Would you—” “No!”

Rachel Caine

Source: Lord of Misrule

“He rose to his feet and padded down the last few steps silently, came up behind Kim, and leaned over her to say, “I vant to drink your blood” in a heavy, fake Dracula accent. She shrieked, flailed, and a zombie ate her brains on-screen."!”

Rachel Caine

Source: Fade Out

“The rule of the Morrell family was over, and Richard owned a used-car lot and Monica worked at a nail salon, until one day she got run over by a bus. Very sad.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Black Dawn

“You’re not seriously going out again, are you?”
“Seriously, yeah. Bowling. Her name’s Laura. If you want more details, you’re gonna have to download the video like everybody else.”

Rachel Caine book Glass Houses

Source: Glass Houses

“Knowing Myrnin, there could be anything inside, from a body he'd forgotten about to his dirty laundry.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bitter Blood

“I have permission to live off campus.” She didn’t say from whom, because it was primarily herself.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“Hello! Your dear father is unfortunately very dead," he called. "And you said my dispersal system would never work!”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“What in the hell is going on around here?” she yelled. “Could you guys keep it down to aircraft-carrier noise?”

Rachel Caine book Glass Houses

Source: Glass Houses

“Who's Myrnin?"
Claire controlled an urge to roll her eyes. "Badass crazy vampire scientist who's my boss."
"You realize no part of that sentence made sense, right?”

Rachel Caine

Source: Ghost Town

“Your education or your life, Claire. I'd rather you be alive and a little bit dumber.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“Eeek,” Shane said. Nothing. Right, Amazon princess, I got the point.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“Oliver: Fear is the natural state of anything that dies.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“Want me to warm up the sauce?”
“Do we do that? I mean, it’s in a jar, right? Can’t you just dump it over the pasta?”
“Well, you can, but it tastes better if you warm it up.”
“Oh.” Eve sighed. “This is complicated. No wonder I never cook.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“I knew you'd come, Claire. I knew you would. Dear God, you took your time.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bitter Blood

“No, Michael was all good. Killed, dismembered, buried, reborn…yeah, just another day in the life.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“Bouncing in hoppy little circles like a demented Goth bunny.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Fade Out

“Who's your daddy?'
Myrnin stared at him as if he'd gone completely mental.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Black Dawn

“This is the biggest damn iPod I've ever seen,' Claire said, which made him choke on his beer.
'Kidding. I have seen a jukebox before.'
'The way you're feeding it, I'm not so sure. You think you picked enough songs?”

Rachel Caine

Source: Feast of Fools

“You couldn't be romantic if your life depended on it." "You know what's lucky? Most bad guys don't ask you to be romantic on command, so that probably won't matter.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Kiss of Death

“Keys," she repeated, and slowly stepped back. "What do you mean, keys?"

"Car keys. As in, give them up. Now." Shane had that look -- hard, and no bullshit. "We don't have time for your drama, Monica. Nobody does.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“Maybe you're not his type." Michael said
"Oh, now you're just being insulting.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Kiss of Death

“She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Midnight Alley

“Look, I hate good-byes, too. But sometimes, we need them just to survive.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Fall of Night

“Is it crazy right now to say I love you?” She didn’t even pause. “Given that I just stabbed you? Seems a little weird, yeah.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Black Dawn

“Okay," Claire finally said. "I admit, he has significant ninja qualities."
"Booyah. I will summon the ninja. Oh, and take a lunch break while we burgle."
"You’re going too?"
"Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“If he had any kind of a clue, he wouldn’t be caught dead with that stuff. See what I did there? I crack myself up.” Eve sipped more coffee she probably, at this point, didn’t need.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug!”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bite Club

“Hell’s put in a skating rink,” Shane said. “This is actually edible, Eve.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“Saint Claire, the patron saint of the kick-me sign.”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

“Who are you?" because even now, she couldn't let her questions go. "What are you?"
That face that wasn't a face smiled. It was the most terrible thing she'd ever see, ever. "Magnus" he said. "I'm the end.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.”

Rachel Caine

“Mirnin: Where's Shreve?”

Rachel Caine

Source: Black Dawn

“Well,” Naomi said cheerfully, “what’s the worst that can happen?” They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Last Breath

“There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of information is not knowledge, and a treasure of knowledge is not in itself, wisdom.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Ink and Bone

“Stop being so…"
"Charming? Attractive? Irresistible?
"I'm going with arrogant.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bitter Blood

“Myrnin:I could murder a cheeseburger right now
Oliver:focus ya fool”

Rachel Caine

Source: The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4

“I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.”

Rachel Caine

Source: Bitter Blood