Rachel Caine Quotes

As Jess watched in numb horror, the man tore a page from the book and stuffed it into his mouth.

~ Rachel Caine

This was like watching murder. Defilement. And it was something worse than either of those things. Even among his family, black trade as they were, books were holy things.

~ Rachel Caine

What’s her name? Claire, what’s her name?

~ Rachel Caine

Girl, we need to get you on a study program, fast. You're not going to last a week around here if you can't keep up with the pop culture references. How about Lord of the Rings? Firefly? Doctor Horrible? No? Clearly we have a lot of work to do.

~ Rachel Caine

Shane sat like a statue if a statue wore headphones and radiated angry coiled tension that made hair stand up on a person's arms. She felt like she was sitting next to an unexploded bomb, and given all of the physics she'd had, she understood what that meant. Talk about potential energy.

~ Rachel Caine

You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.

~ Rachel Caine

Are you all right? The question surprised Jess, and it broke through his black shell enough to make him throw a look at his friend. No. I didn't think you were. Everyone wants you to be. That must be worse, that they think you should be fine.

~ Rachel Caine

Hey.” Shane’s hip nudged her chair, and he bent over, putting his mouth very close to her ear.“What are you doing?”“Thinking.”“Stop.”“Stop thinking?”“You’re doing way too much of it. It’ll make you go blind.”She laughed and turned her face toward his. “I think you’re thinking of something else.

~ Rachel Caine

There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days.

~ Rachel Caine

You weren't picky about who got hurt. Still aren't. So don't preach at us like you're some kind of saint. You're just another sinner.

~ Rachel Caine

Some people come to Morganville and collapse,” Michael said as he put the car in motion. “I’ve seen it a dozen times. But there are a few who come here and just—bloom. You’re one of those.” Claire didn’t feel especially bloomy. “So you’re saying I thrive on chaos.

~ Rachel Caine

Oh, come on. A vamp marrying a human gets the fanged ones all upset, and Eve made herself look like the ultimate fang-anger to all the humans by putting a ring on one, so what did you expect exactly? Flowers and parades? This is Texas. We're still figuring out how to spell tolerance.

~ Rachel Caine

Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do.

~ Rachel Caine

No bacon for you.Then no eggs for you. Either of you.Eve glowered at him. Prisoner exchange?They glared at each other, then swapped pans and started scooping.

~ Rachel Caine

I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine.

~ Rachel Caine

Your personal dignity was always more important to you than mere emotion, wasn't it?

~ Rachel Caine

Her eyes felt swollen, and she knew she looked a mess, but sometimes...sometimes the emotions were just too big to hold.

~ Rachel Caine

They've all got stories, Jess thought. I need to know them. Best of all, he could know them. He could learn anything here. It felt like limitless possibilities.

~ Rachel Caine

You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too?

~ Rachel Caine

Yeah. She'd manipulated the second most powerful vampire in town into taking her side against a psycho bitch-queen sorority girl. She'd talked rationally about putting people's brains into computers. This was a normal day. No wonder she was screwed up.

~ Rachel Caine

I can’t take the ring. It means—it means too much to you. It’s all you have left of them.”“That’s why it’s better if you have it,” he said, and held out the box, cupped in one hand.“Because you can make it a better memory. I can barely look at this thing without seeing the past. I don’t want to see the past anymore. I want to see the future.” He didn’t blink, and she felt the breath leave her body. “You’re the future, Claire.

~ Rachel Caine

Welcome to Morganville.You'll never want to leave.And even if you do...well, you can't. Sorry about that.

~ Rachel Caine

You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks.

~ Rachel Caine

Myrnin said softly. And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?

~ Rachel Caine

Hey! Claire called after him, as she leaned her backpack against the wall.No onions!Your loss!I meant for YOU! Not if you want to get kissed tonight!Damn, girl. Harsh.

~ Rachel Caine

You can't go around... licking things that come out of a water treatment plant. That's just... unsanitary.

~ Rachel Caine

Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?That's deja vu, and I hate you right now.For narcing on you to your mom? Wait until you hear what I tell your dad.From the sly grin on his face, she knew what he was thinking.Don't you even think about it.I could tell him about the time we-Hell, no.

~ Rachel Caine

I'm so glad you're okay.So, how do we celebrate my okayness? It's my day off. Let's go crazy. Glow-in-the-dark bowling?NoI'll let you use the kiddie ball.Shut up. I do NOT need the kiddie ball.The way you bowl, I think you might.He grabbed her in an exaggerated formal dance pose and whirled her around, backpack and all, which didn't make her any more graceful. Ballroom dancing?Are you INSANE?Hey, girls who tango are hot.You think I'm not hot because I don't tango?He dropped the act. Shane was a smart boy. I think you are too hot for ballroom or bowling. So you tell me. What do you want to do? And don't say study.

~ Rachel Caine

She was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before.

~ Rachel Caine

He hung up on her. She'd just been hung up on by a disembodied brain in a jar. Fantastic.

~ Rachel Caine

Even bipolar vampires needed sleep from time to time, and he was well past his recommended safe dosage of stress.

~ Rachel Caine

Myrnin was heading for Kim when she picked up a crossbow lying on a table nearby and shot him pointblank in the

~ Rachel Caine

You know,' Shane said twenty minutes later, 'I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you didn't think i was the go-to guy for breaking and entering.'She felt a flash of guilt about the breaking-and-entering part -but she had called him- just before her heart did a funny little painful flip and she heard him say again in her head THE TWO OF US.

~ Rachel Caine

Michael...Michael got bitten. And now he's a vampire. But he doesn't remember becoming one, and that's a big problem. So if you see him, don't, you know, hug. He bites. He doesn't mean it, though.

~ Rachel Caine

Let's say that it belong to me as much as it belongs to anyone alive today. If I am, strictly speaking, living. The old word was undead, you know, but aren't all living things undead. I dislike imprecision.

~ Rachel Caine

So, been attacked by any vampires yet?Not one.Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?It's been really quiet on the supernatural frontToo bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.

~ Rachel Caine

This won't stop her from getting elected...Stupider people get elected all the time. It's America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy.

~ Rachel Caine

And then I heard the ring of metal on concrete, and I went cold, because one of them had found a piece of rebar lying around, and I knew with sudden certainty that these guys were going to kill me right here on this stupid sidewalk, for nothing, without even the reason of knowing my name or hating my politics. They were just going to kill me because they needed to kill something, and I was handy. At least zombies would have had a reason.

~ Rachel Caine

What time is it?Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?Um...no. Thanks. She slid off the couch and then stood there like an idiot, unwilling to leave because he was still smiling and...she liked it. Who won?Which game?Oh. I guess I was asleep for a while.Don't worry. We didn't let the zombies get you. This time, his smile was positively wicked. Claire felt it like a hot blanket all over her skin.

~ Rachel Caine

Don't play his game. Play yours.

~ Rachel Caine