Morganville Vampires Quotes

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

~ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't play his game. Play yours.

~ Rachel Caine

Afternoons are hard. Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anymore.

~ Rachel Caine

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

What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of three things happens: he hurts you and gets arrested, or he makes a mistake and gets arrested, or you stop him.

~ Rachel Caine

Don't read it. Just shred and burn, or your eyes will melt.

~ Rachel Caine

Bad men skulking in the darkness have always been there, and always will.

~ Rachel Caine

People bond themselves into families and groups for protection, and strangers...strangers are always at risk.

~ Rachel Caine

It's been happening since I was in kindergarten. Not them all the time, but other kids, you know. Every day. It never stops, and it never goes away, thanks to the Internet--it just keeps happening every minute, every day. And I just want it to stop. I think about how to do it, you know. How to kill them. All kinds of elaborate things, like trapping them in pits and burying them alive, or covering them with concrete.

~ Rachel Caine

Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she’d never even suspected that it could feel this way.

~ Rachel Caine

Claire. Wake up.” She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane’s shoulder, and Michael was nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was, Oh my God, am I drooling? Her second was that she hadn’t realized she was so close to him, snuggled in. Her third was that although Michael’s part of the couch was empty, Shane hadn’t moved away. And he was watching her with warm, friendly eyes. Oh. Oh, wow, that was nice.

~ Rachel Caine

Shane was sitting on the curb next to the old, cracked gas pumps, eating a candy bar. Claire plopped down next to him. “Half?” she asked.“And now I know you’re my girlfriend, since you’re not afraid to demand community property,” he said, and pulled off the uneaten half to hand it over.

~ Rachel Caine

I had a good teacher.Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass.I mean you, dummy.

~ Rachel Caine

Claire hated to say it, but she knew the answer, in her heart. “Because he feels something for me, and he wanted to give me a chance to live. Like him. With him. But I refused.”Shane turned and looked at her, a blank expression on his face that turned quickly into . . . something else. Claire was glad Myrnin had gotten out while he still could. “Great,” he said. “I knew it.”“It’s not like that. He’s—” She shook her head in frustration. “It’s not like he’s in love with me or anything; it’s more complicated than that. I don’t even think he understands it, exactly.”“Yeah, he only loves you for your mind,” Shane said...

~ Rachel Caine

Did you talk to him about it?Oh, sure. Nothing happened, yadda yadda. The usual. But my maydar went off like crazy.Maydar?As in, he may be thinking about super hot sex with her. Like radar, only not as sure.

~ Rachel Caine

I can handle Glory. Can you? Eve asked. Because I notice you never call her Gloriana. Just Glory. He shut up. Which is probably about the only smart thing he can do, Claire thought.

~ Rachel Caine

If she were any friendlier, she'd be giving you a lapdance right now.

~ Rachel Caine

Any fool can kill. It takes genius to create.

~ Rachel Caine

I'm not obliged to defend your dignity. Provided you have any.

~ Rachel Caine

Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit.

~ Rachel Caine