Top 300 Gena Showalter Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Any time I thought I couldn’t love her any more, she surprised me by winning another piece of my heart.”

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202. “The customer is always right, Brook Lynn often said. And Jessie Kay agreed... unless the customer was a douche bag, and then he was just a douche bag.”

— Gena Showalter

203. “I can’t promise we’ll ever use you for a hasty getaway,” Cole said, “but with a little work, you might be able to race my grandmother-while she’s on her scooter.”

— Gena Showalter

204. “People stared. Maybe because they were giants compared to everyone else, both in height and muscle mass. Maybe because of the telltale bulge of weapons at their waist. Or maybe because William opened a bag of Doritos and ate while he shopped. Hard to tell.”

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205. “Of course I know how to drive. Now, if you ask me if I know how to drive well, the answer would be different.”

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206. “I’m kind of jealous of people who haven’t met you. If ignorance ever goes up to $5 a barrel, I want drilling rights to your head.”

— Gena Showalter

207. “No one hit my friend and lived to tell the tale. That was my new motto, and one I would forever embrace.”

— Gena Showalter

208. “I may not be a doctor, but I’ve watched every episode of House. I’m pretty sure I know what I’m doing.”

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209. “I peered at Farrah and suddenly understood why the Seven Dwarves had sung their song. “Hi... ho.”

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210. “Didn’t anyone ever tell you that you can’t spell later without the word late?”

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211. “I’m living my happily-ever-after already,” he replied, and she smiled. “In shadow, you are my light.” With their foreheads pressed together, she responded in kind. “In ice, you are my warmth.” “In life and in death, your love guides me home.” He kissed her. “In war, you are my prize. In darkness, you are my sun.”

— Gena Showalter

212. “The best way to spell victory? K-I-L-L.”

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213. “Please tell me you aren’t one of those people who subscribes to the ‘say something nice or stay silent’ philosophy.”

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214. “If you’d rather not go with me, I will completely understand and won’t hate you for more than a day. Maybe two.”

— Gena Showalter

215. “I let my friend die,” I say slowly, softly. “That will never be the right thing.”

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216. “A man and wife should see the best in each other, should work together, should enjoy each other.”

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217. “To answer your question, you want me because I’m made of awesome.”

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218. “To a man who has spent centuries seeing to only his own needs, you are indeed high maintenance, but I’m finding I do not mind maintaining you. -Zacharel.”

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219. “Yeah, okay. You’re right. I was having dinner with Zombie Carl the other night. You know, steak, rare, and a bottle of vintage type A. He told me all his secrets, but too bad for you I promised him I wouldn’t tell. In exchange I asked him to gather his best undead buddies and stalk me through my friend’s yard. And oh, yeah, it was totally fine if they wanted to use me as an all-night-dinner buffet, because having organs is SO last year.”

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220. “First rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Second rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Third rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: if someone taps out, you just keep fighting. Fourth rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: there are no rules. Got it?”

— Gena Showalter

221. “The doors closed, sealing her inside with him. I don’t judge by outward appearance. I really do not judge by outward appearance. But oh, wow, wow, wow, he had to be a time-traveling Viking sent here to abduct modern women to give to his men back home – because they’d killed all the women in their village.”

— Gena Showalter

222. “Until I’ve finished touching all of you, I’ll be as selfish as I please... and you’ll like it.”

— Gena Showalter

223. “Ali Bell doesn’t play hide-and-seek,” Lucas said. “She plays hide-and-pray-I-don’t-find-you.”

— Gena Showalter

224. “But truth was truth, and like any apex predator, it could defend itself.”

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225. “In that moment, Maddox fell completely, absolutely, irrevocably in love with her.”

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226. “Clay is in the Everlife now. We should be happy for him.”

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227. “Jessie Kay had once briefly considered thinking about exercising along with Monica’s video. Then she’d found a bag of Kit Kat Minis and the insane idea went back to hell where it belonged.”

— Gena Showalter

228. “But if anyone so much as threatened them because of what Kaia had once done, she would turn the Slumber Party Massacre into Blood, Bath and Beyond, a documentary by Kaia Skyhawk.”

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229. “The on and off thing is kind of annoying, isn’t it? First with Cole, now with Gavin. “Maybe you need a tune up.” I rolled my eyes. “I’ll just pop into the supernatural ability repair shop sometime tomorrow.” He grinned, his fingers tracing the line of my jaw.”

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230. “Those we love, we can grow to hate. And life... life can be perfect one minute and in shambles the next.”

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231. “And the peace! The most magnificent peace. I lose myself in a place where time no longer exists and nothing is impossible. I can do anything I imagine. I can fight and win any war. Nothing frightens me, because I know I’m here for a reason; and I’m not alone. I have friends in high places. Friends here. Friends up there. Victory is mine.”

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232. “Everyone has a story, and I will be the author of mine.”

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233. “Hate never kept me warm at night. Never held me when I cried. Never patched me up when I was injured. Like.”

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234. “I am not the monster who lives inside me.”

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235. “Fail: First Attempt At Learning. Always try again. If you can’t save a world, save a city. If you can’t save a city, save a block. If you can’t save a block, save a family. If you can’t save a family, save a person. One person and problem at a time.”

— Gena Showalter

236. “A slice of chocolate cake – priorities! – a scoop of chicken potpie, slice of chocolate cake, scoop of yam casserole, slice of chocolate cake, two scoops of mashed potatoes, a slice of chocolate cake, a scoop of buttery green beens, a slice of chocolate cake -.”

— Gena Showalter

237. “Mr. Boot draws back his leg, preparing to deliver another strike. I prepare to take it like a girl. Better than a man.”

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238. “He chokes on his one tongue.”

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239. “Low maintenance is what’s forgettable. You might want to wright that down, underline it, circle it and put a star by it. It’s golden.”

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240. “She knelt beside him. “Now, do you see this?” She plucked a weed from the dirt. “It and everything like it are weeds. Weeds are bad. But those,” she said, pointing to the flower stems, “those are good. Right now, bad is murdering good, so we’ve got to go to war and help.” Horror dawned on his features. “A fancy way of saying I am to... garden?” He shuddered. “You’ll be doing more than that, thank you. You’ll be saving something beautiful.”

— Gena Showalter

241. “This is Lina. My heart soars; I guess it recognises what my eyes do not. This is the woman who played with me when my parents were too busy. The one who helped me survive Many Ends the first three times. I love her, I do. Despite the fact that she once stabbed me with the end of a paintbrush.”

— Gena Showalter

242. “Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles.”

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243. “He popped his jaw, trying to relax against a new onslaught of aggression. It wasn’t as if he were the only one to suffer, he reminded himself. The other warriors had their own demons – literally and figuratively. Torin, of course, was keeper of Disease. Lucien was keeper of Death. Reyes, of Pain. Aeron, of Wrath. Paris, of Promiscuity. Why couldn’t he have been given that last one?”

— Gena Showalter

244. “Princess, your temper tantrums make you as defective as an open-ended condom.”

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245. “She stopped at the desk and held up a can for his view. “This looks like an ordinary hairspray can, right?” “Of course.” he said though he had no idea what hairspray was.”

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246. “Always blame the guy,” she said.”

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247. “Sister?” Jessie Kay scowled. “Do I really look like his sister? I clearly come from grade-A stock while his ancestors made a few poor choices along the way.”

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248. “Only as he shut the door behind him, barricading Gwen inside lest she decide to risk bumping into one of his friends to explore, spy or even search for a phone to call the Hunters – she’s not working for them, damn it! – did he realize he was about to knowingly pair a Harpy with the goddess of Anarchy. Great. He’d be lucky if his head was still attached in the morning.”

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249. “There was a pause, static, a muttered “Give me that,” by an indignant female. Then the normally quiet reserved Ashlyn was demanding, “Did you just drunk dial my husband?” “Yes, ma’am,” Strider said, and the other two finally burst into laughter.”

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250. “From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined?”

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