Top 35 Ben Reeder Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “No cut is so deep as betrayal, nor any sting so sharp as that of treachery, no matter how many times I bear its scars.”

— Ben Reeder

2. “Then what?” “I’m gonna kick his ass a little. He’ll whine a lot. I’ll kick his ass a little more, and then he’ll tell me where your girl is. It’ll be fun.”

— Ben Reeder

3. “Lucas’ car was a beat up Honda Civic that had to have been made sometime before they put the patent on dirt.”

— Ben Reeder

4. “Even a demon will keep his word when his pride is on the line.”

— Ben Reeder

5. “Okay,” he said after a moment. “So, maybe you’re not evil. But you still use black magic. That’s a fact.” He crossed his arms and gave me a defiant look. “It’s more of a plaid magick, really,” I told him. “Kind of a tartan, really, if you’re going to be giving it a color,” Lucas grinned. “Now you’re being childish.”

— Ben Reeder

6. “It was kind of disturbed, but I’ve only ever seen normal from a distance anyway.”

— Ben Reeder

7. “You should hurry home, child. There’s a storm coming,” he said quietly. No, that wasn’t ominous or anything.”

— Ben Reeder

8. “I kicked his butt, Dee,” I said. Me, cocky? Nah!”

— Ben Reeder

9. “After learning hundreds of hexes, curses, and spells, all of them having variables that had variables of their own, math was simple. Once you solved for x, it didn’t change if the month was different or if the stars weren’t aligned right.”

— Ben Reeder

10. “Justice is cold and swift, and often leaves both parties unsatisfied with the outcome. Vengeance however, finds favor only in the hearts of the aggrieved.”

— Ben Reeder

11. “So, how do you know how to read this forgotten language?” “Demon’s apprentice, remember? Besides, it’s not forgotten. You just really don’t want to meet anything that speaks it.”

— Ben Reeder

12. “The worthy always refuse power when first offered.”

— Ben Reeder

13. “You lie!” Polter exclaimed. “Speak out of turn again, Andrew, and I will have you removed from these proceedings,” Draeden said. The edge of his voice was so sharp I was sure thousands of air molecules went screaming to their death just being too close his mouth.”

— Ben Reeder

14. “I’d been pretty screwed up. Not the usual teenage angsty version, either. I was verging on the homicidal maniac brand of dark and twisty, with an unhealthy dose of low self-esteem for good measure. Okay, I was still pretty neurotic, but now I was just moody and hard to get along with. I could pass for a normal teenager most days.”

— Ben Reeder

15. “We kill him.” “Yeah, I got that part. But how?” “Violence.” “I’m good with that.”

— Ben Reeder

16. “Which particular tome of knowledge do you require?” “The Medici Codex,” I said. He stared at me, and I was half afraid he was going to arch his back and hiss at me or make the sign of the cross.”

— Ben Reeder

17. “The guy was lying next to the neighbor’s house with his limbs pointing in painful-looking directions. I was pretty sure arms and legs weren’t supposed to bend in that many places. And I was also pretty sure I’d have a hard time explaining the vaguely person-shaped crater in the neighbor’s second-story siding. Maybe no one would notice. Like, if the police sent over a blind cop with the IQ of an eggplant.”

— Ben Reeder

18. “Let your host believe that you fear him in his own house.”

— Ben Reeder

19. “One of the problems with trying to date a werewolf is the danger of having your face eaten while you’re making out, and that had come damn close to happening.”

— Ben Reeder

20. “You can’t judge someone for killing a person. It’s how they react afterward where you see their true character.”

— Ben Reeder

21. “Young vamps had a hard time blending in with people because they forgot the basics. They would spend a long time not breathing, or they’d smile with their mouths open. But older vamps, while they could remember the basics better with years of practice, had a whole different level of creep factor when they weren’t putting on the act. They had a way of just going still that made it hard to forget that you were in the room with a walking corpse. Dead people just don’t fidget or move randomly.”

— Ben Reeder

22. “You lied to me, and you encouraged Chance to continue to lie to me. Enraged doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings right now. For now, it’s best if you didn’t talk to me. In fact, moving out of the country for a few years might not be a bad idea.”

— Ben Reeder

23. “Not seeing the similarities here, Etienne. I’ve got a pulse, you don’t. That’s a hard one to get past.”

— Ben Reeder

24. “The Bible forbids dabbling in those kinds of things.” “You knocked my shield spell down with a freaking baseball bat, man. That thing’s tough enough to stop cars, and you’re strong enough to drop it with a Louisville Slugger. You can sense ‘evil’ from people, and that ain’t magick?” “Well, no,” he said, but his voice wasn’t as confident as it was before.”

— Ben Reeder

25. “The traditional version is that you don’t presume on your host’s stable. The cold-hearted, practical version? You don’t leave your horse where your host can steal it.”

— Ben Reeder

26. “I really, really wanted Julian to be as bad as Dani made him sound. I needed to hurt someone tonight.”

— Ben Reeder

27. “Dani was looking at me with a look on her face of disbelief, mingled with hope. Lucas had a huge grin on his face, while tears streaked down Wanda’s slack face as she touched her pentacle reverently. Donovan was frowning like he’d just seen a gorilla sing opera.”

— Ben Reeder

28. “Blood ran freely from his nose as I closed the freezer and kicked him square in the privates. I had yet to meet a living being that didn’t double over when I hit them there.”

— Ben Reeder

29. “Okay, kids, it looks like your worst academic nightmares are coming true. Classes are cancelled for today, and probably tomorrow,” Dr. C said with mock seriousness. “Damn,” Lucas said. “I was so looking forward to a pop quiz today, too.”

— Ben Reeder

30. “Trevor, you are not to let my son leave your sight unless he’s where I can see him. If he’s not trying to find what he’s supposed to be looking for, he should be doing whatever other lessons you have for him, or something else that builds character and isn’t fun. Do you understand me?” “Of course, Mar- I mean, Miss Murathy. Chance will be very productive this weekend, I can assure you.”

— Ben Reeder

31. “Magick was shaped by the will, and the will, as much as most magi hated to admit it, was fueled by emotion. I’d seen rage drive people to impossible acts of stupidity, and love drive them to superhuman acts of courage and strength.”

— Ben Reeder

32. “It would have to be like he said, Miss Murathy,” Collins replied. “Cuz if he got those scrapes while he was running from the police, we’d have to charge him with resisting arrest. Your son is too smart to do something like that.”

— Ben Reeder

33. “We need to talk,” Donovan said from behind me. “When a girl says that on TV, it’s usually a break up,” I said without looking at him. “But our relationship hasn’t gotten there yet, so you’re just scaring me now.”

— Ben Reeder

34. “The sun was still bright, the sky still blue, and the morning was still too damn perfect. How was I supposed to be all moody and angst-ridden in this kind of weather? I felt a good brood coming on, and I needed gray clouds and rain to set the scene. Sunday evidently hadn’t gotten the memo, because it kept up the brood-killing ray of sunshine bit. Not even a cloud dared show itself against the azure sky as we drove along.”

— Ben Reeder

35. “No one knows how you get with girls,” she shot back. “It’s like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. Lots of stories, but no hard evidence.”

— Ben Reeder

36. “Sometimes, you’re going to face some pretty long odds, and if you try to take it all on at once, things can look pretty overwhelming. You can’t control when it happens, all you can do is decide whether to face things head on or give up.”

— Ben Reeder

37. “The man came over to me and looked at my pentacle with open disdain. “Remove that obnoxious bauble from my sight,” Thraxus demanded. “My house, my rules. You don’t like it, you can go.” “When did you gain faith?” he asked. I shrugged.”

— Ben Reeder

38. “Big rituals like this usually have nine or thirteen parts, and they don’t go off quietly. They’re messing around with reality, so you get the standard ‘portents of doom’ thing going on as they get closer to being finished.” “Like hordes of locusts and raining fire?” “Yeah, like that. Lots of warning.”

— Ben Reeder