Top 300 Rachel Caine Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “And so the very institution we thought would bring the most light to the world has instead drowned it in shadows, and claimed that shadow as full sun. And we, poor blind creatures, have believed the lie. It.”

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202. “Can we agree to a decent working rapport, here? Because I really don’t have time for this, and I can always stuff you back in the bottle and shove a tampon in the top instead of a stopper, and all the other Djinn will point and laugh –.”

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203. “Is it arrogance if one is truly superior?”

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204. “Now, whom are we here to conspire against?’ ‘Poetry,’ I said. ‘Namely, Romeo’s poetry.’ ‘Is it that bad?”

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205. “Hannah leaned against the wall. “Mind if I call shotgun?” Since you’re carrying one? Feel free.”

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206. “Women watched their allies as much as their enemies, if they wished to prevent trouble and keep their power. Especially if all of their subordinates and peers were men. Unfair, perhaps, but practical.”

— Rachel Caine

207. “As she turned to concentrate on the portal, Eve tugged on Claire’s shirt. “What?” “Ask him where he got the boots.” “You ask.” Personally, Claire wanted the vampire bunny slippers.”

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208. “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.”

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209. “Bite me, Dracula.”

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210. “Jess understood, at a very fundamental level, that when he’d seen that book being destroyed, he’d seen a light pass out of the world.”

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

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212. “Patrick walked in dressed in an utterly unmentionable bathrobe. I was pretty sure that Disney wouldn’t have approved of what their cartoon characters were doing on that dark blue satin background. On the other hand, I was really glad he had on the bathrobe.”

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213. “Her eyes burned, her muscles ached, but in some strange and secret place, she was happy to finally be doing something that wasn’t just protecting herself, but protecting other people, too.”

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214. “Pharaoh has also heard your words regarding the unaccompanied admission of females to this sacred space of the Serapeum, and in his divine wisdom refuses this argument, for women must be instructed by the more developed minds of men to ensure they do not wrongly interpret the riches that the Library offers.”

— Rachel Caine

215. “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.”

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216. “Normal life. Comfortable life. Not perfect, of course. Nobody had a perfect marriage, did they?”

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217. “Hello again, I said to death. I was resigned, if not ready.”

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218. “You did what was right for those who agreed with you, and that is all in the past. We are talking about our future. Oliver, we cannot live as we did.”

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219. “Things happen. Things that physics and math and crap that gets measured in a lab can’t explain. People aren’t just laws and rules, Claire. They’re... sparks. Sparks of something beautiful and huge. And some sparks glow brighter.”

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220. “I only need to know one thing. Am I going to need the flamethrower?”

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221. “She felt like there was light dripping from her fingertips. Spilling out of her toes. She felt full of light, in fact, warm buttery sunlight.”

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222. “The first purpose of a librarian is to preserve and defend our books. Sometimes, that means dying for them – or making someone else die for them. Tota est scientia.”

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223. “Not all knowledge is books. Those out there, they’re history is stone. Men carved them. Men sweated in this sun to put them there, to make their city more beautiful. Who are you to say what’s worthy for men to see today, or tomorrow?”

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224. “That’s kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.”

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225. “I’m a vampire, idiot. I don’t have x-ray vision.” “Some supernatural monster you are, remind me to trade you in for a werewolf, bro. Probably be more useful right now.”

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226. “Claire: Seriously? My mom? Let you in my room? In the middle of the night? Michael: Moms like me.”

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227. “Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish.”

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228. “Hey! Sorry, lady, but nobody’s staking anybody at this party! I hung a disco ball for this.”

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229. “Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Coke qualified as a disaster.”

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230. “He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants,” Eve said. “Define crazy.”

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231. “The Morganville in her wanted to tell people to go home and be safe, but she knew that was verging on crazy. The world these laughing people lived in was a very different place. She was in a very different place.”

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232. “Mortals simply aren’t what they used to be,” he said. “A thousand years ago, you would have bartered your immortal soul for a crust of stale bread. Now I can’t even get you to gamble at all, even for your freedom.”

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233. “Tell you what: you can be Glammera the vampire hunter. I’ll stick with being manly and heavily armed.”

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234. “One should never create tension between one’s footwear.”

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235. “Hell”, Shane spit in disgust. “I can’t hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her” He tossed her the bat.”

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236. “With the right books, we can change everything.”

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237. “There’s nothing quite as scorching as a teenager’s contempt. It has a breathless sting, and it lingers for a very long time.”

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238. “Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane.”

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

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240. “I’d blurted out the question only to keep him from noticing that I was working my hands free, but the Warden behind me, some young brown-haired surfer dude, yelled a warning. “She’s getting loose!” Narc.”

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241. “Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!”

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242. “Always remember the words of Descartes: The reading of all good books is like conversion with the finest men of the past centuries.”

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243. “In this whole screwed up town, you’re the only thing that’s always been right to me,” He whispered. “I love you, Claire” said Shane.”

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244. “The service passed in a blur of words she wasn’t sure she got right, and then the cool touch of the ring sliding onto her fingers, and then the warm pressure of Shane’s lips on hers.”

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245. “I’m not one of those jackasses who feel the need to strap an AR15 to their back to pick up groceries; those people live in a dystopian fantasy where they’re the heroes in a world full of threats.”

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246. “And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about it. You had to save what you could. Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had to try.”

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247. “He loped off down the hall, and she felt a pure burst of fury. Boys. Why were they always such dumbasses?”

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248. “I have the feeling I’ve been – unpleasant.”

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249. “But I’ve kept them safe from the wolves, at least: the most basic and important job of a parent, to keep her offspring from being eaten by predators. Even the ones I can’t see.”

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250. “I’ve bowed to you for too long, and if I continue to do it, we will all suffer.”

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