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Seanan McGuire Quote: “If you don’t mind, I need to fall down until my head stops hurting.” “Of.”

451. “If you don’t mind, I need to fall down until my head stops hurting.” “Of.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Valerie didn’t have those problems. Valerie was just another dancer, and anything she needed to hide would be mundane and understandable. Sometimes I envied Valerie, even though I knew that her life was simple only because she didn’t actually exist. Maybe that was always the secret to a simple life. Reality was the complicating factor.”

452. “Valerie didn’t have those problems. Valerie was just another dancer, and anything she needed to hide would be mundane and understandable. Sometimes I envied Valerie, even though I knew that her life was simple only because she didn’t actually exist. Maybe that was always the secret to a simple life. Reality was the complicating factor.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “So please, can we go and tell her to stop? I need to exist. It’s important.”

453. “So please, can we go and tell her to stop? I need to exist. It’s important.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “She had thought to pay for a lifetime. Now, it seemed, she might pay for a life instead.”

454. “She had thought to pay for a lifetime. Now, it seemed, she might pay for a life instead.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “I mean, how many people have jobs where they can say “I didn’t sleep last night because the mice wouldn’t stop talking” and get sympathy rather than a referral to a psychiatrist?”

455. “I mean, how many people have jobs where they can say “I didn’t sleep last night because the mice wouldn’t stop talking” and get sympathy rather than a referral to a psychiatrist?”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Flirting was safe, flirting was fun; flirting was a way of interacting with her peers without anyone realizing that there was anything strange about her. She could have flirted forever. It was just the things that came after flirting that she had no interest in.”

456. “Flirting was safe, flirting was fun; flirting was a way of interacting with her peers without anyone realizing that there was anything strange about her. She could have flirted forever. It was just the things that came after flirting that she had no interest in.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “It used to be all black, like my mother’s. When I danced with the Lord of the Dead for the first time, he said it was beautiful, and he ran his fingers though it. All the hair turned white around them, out of jealousy. That’s why I only have five black streaks left. Those are the parts he touched.”

457. “It used to be all black, like my mother’s. When I danced with the Lord of the Dead for the first time, he said it was beautiful, and he ran his fingers though it. All the hair turned white around them, out of jealousy. That’s why I only have five black streaks left. Those are the parts he touched.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “What is wrong? Is this related to the notice I received from Queen Windermere that a war was being beta-tested, and might be cleared for release? I do not have time to allow my coders to be slaughtered. It seems very inefficient.”

458. “What is wrong? Is this related to the notice I received from Queen Windermere that a war was being beta-tested, and might be cleared for release? I do not have time to allow my coders to be slaughtered. It seems very inefficient.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sometimes I wonder if it’s because you spent so long lost that you must insist on bringing every lost thing home.”

459. “Sometimes I wonder if it’s because you spent so long lost that you must insist on bringing every lost thing home.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Truly, you are as generous as you are violent.”

460. “Truly, you are as generous as you are violent.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “The laws of magic, like the laws of nature, are not always as balanced as they might seem.”

461. “The laws of magic, like the laws of nature, are not always as balanced as they might seem.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “She was Katherine, she was the teacher’s pet, and when she grew up, she was going to be a librarian, because she couldn’t imagine knowing there was a job that was all about books and not wanting to do it.”

462. “She was Katherine, she was the teacher’s pet, and when she grew up, she was going to be a librarian, because she couldn’t imagine knowing there was a job that was all about books and not wanting to do it.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Don’t let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me.”

463. “Don’t let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Hearts that have been stopped without being damaged can sometimes start again, under the right circumstances. When the right circumstances cannot be arranged, lightning can make a surprisingly good substitute.”

464. “Hearts that have been stopped without being damaged can sometimes start again, under the right circumstances. When the right circumstances cannot be arranged, lightning can make a surprisingly good substitute.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “This, you see, is the true danger of children: they are ambushes, each and every one of them.”

465. “This, you see, is the true danger of children: they are ambushes, each and every one of them.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “But Dr. Bleak said that conducting psychological experiments on the neighbors never ended well, and he was in charge, so Jack kept her thoughts to herself.”

466. “But Dr. Bleak said that conducting psychological experiments on the neighbors never ended well, and he was in charge, so Jack kept her thoughts to herself.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Time is the substance from which I am made. – Jorge Luis Borges.”

467. “Time is the substance from which I am made. – Jorge Luis Borges.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “He was a hero once, and it’s the nature of heroes to throw themselves headlong into impossible odds, believing that somehow they’ll come through them alive. The problem is that it’s also in the nature of heroes to die, and I had no way of being sure that Sylvester didn’t plan to do exactly that. I should know how heroes are. Somewhere along the way, I became one.”

468. “He was a hero once, and it’s the nature of heroes to throw themselves headlong into impossible odds, believing that somehow they’ll come through them alive. The problem is that it’s also in the nature of heroes to die, and I had no way of being sure that Sylvester didn’t plan to do exactly that. I should know how heroes are. Somewhere along the way, I became one.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Elsewhere was a legend and a lie, until it came looking for you.”

469. “Elsewhere was a legend and a lie, until it came looking for you.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “There’s nothing wrong with having a few monsters in the shadows. They keep me remembering what it is that I’m walking away from.”

470. “There’s nothing wrong with having a few monsters in the shadows. They keep me remembering what it is that I’m walking away from.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “I have never seen any place on Earth as beautiful, improbable, and beautifully ridiculous as Australia. Whatever god or devil first conceived of the place deserves some sort of award, and possibly a smack in the head.”

471. “I have never seen any place on Earth as beautiful, improbable, and beautifully ridiculous as Australia. Whatever god or devil first conceived of the place deserves some sort of award, and possibly a smack in the head.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “I know, I know, panic is fun, but sometimes revenge is better,” she said. “Choose revenge. Choose better. I brought you gloves.”

472. “I know, I know, panic is fun, but sometimes revenge is better,” she said. “Choose revenge. Choose better. I brought you gloves.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “There was peace in stillness, a serenity that couldn’t be found anywhere else in this hot, fast, often terrible world.”

473. “There was peace in stillness, a serenity that couldn’t be found anywhere else in this hot, fast, often terrible world.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sloane’s laugh was brief and brittle, like ice breaking in an enchanted forest.”

474. “Sloane’s laugh was brief and brittle, like ice breaking in an enchanted forest.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Nameless McBitchypants.”

475. “Nameless McBitchypants.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Just thinking about how long it’s been since I’ve managed to wind up covered in blood,” I said. “It’s like a new trend. A blood-free trend.”

476. “Just thinking about how long it’s been since I’ve managed to wind up covered in blood,” I said. “It’s like a new trend. A blood-free trend.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Was there a plan here, apart from ‘let’s all go to the meadow and get turned into confetti by the sheep’?”

477. “Was there a plan here, apart from ‘let’s all go to the meadow and get turned into confetti by the sheep’?”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “This is terrible,” said Sumi brightly. “I mean, we knew it was going to be terrible when we followed a mad scientist and her dead girlfriend to a horrifying murder world, but this is bonus terrible. This is the awful sprinkles on the sundae of doom.”

478. “This is terrible,” said Sumi brightly. “I mean, we knew it was going to be terrible when we followed a mad scientist and her dead girlfriend to a horrifying murder world, but this is bonus terrible. This is the awful sprinkles on the sundae of doom.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “The mind is an imperfect engine, and it does what it will with the information it receives.”

479. “The mind is an imperfect engine, and it does what it will with the information it receives.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “I didn’t love him, but there was a time when I might have, and that was enough to move me forward. I needed to be needed. This wasn’t the right way.”

480. “I didn’t love him, but there was a time when I might have, and that was enough to move me forward. I needed to be needed. This wasn’t the right way.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Yes, that’s a brilliant idea. Choose the career path most likely to lead to an early, painful death, and you’re sure to find job satisfaction.”

481. “Yes, that’s a brilliant idea. Choose the career path most likely to lead to an early, painful death, and you’re sure to find job satisfaction.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “The trouble with wanting to do the right thing is that frequently the right thing today is the wrong thing for tomorrow, or the wrong thing for the people who are standing between you and your perfect, platonic future.”

482. “The trouble with wanting to do the right thing is that frequently the right thing today is the wrong thing for tomorrow, or the wrong thing for the people who are standing between you and your perfect, platonic future.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Faeries are real. Magic is real. My tendency to greet dangerous situations by plunging in headfirst and seeing how long it takes to get myself covered head to toe in blood is also real.”

483. “Faeries are real. Magic is real. My tendency to greet dangerous situations by plunging in headfirst and seeing how long it takes to get myself covered head to toe in blood is also real.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “She was a bitter, resentful, maladjusted kid who grew into an equally maladjusted teenager; it was only natural that we’d become friends the day we met.”

484. “She was a bitter, resentful, maladjusted kid who grew into an equally maladjusted teenager; it was only natural that we’d become friends the day we met.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Do you need anything else?” “Basket, oil, herbs,” she said. “And a pony, but I never get that, unless you count the Kelpies, which I don’t. Kelpies are too naughty to count as ponies.” “They’re also horrifying and full of teeth,” said Patrick.”

485. “Do you need anything else?” “Basket, oil, herbs,” she said. “And a pony, but I never get that, unless you count the Kelpies, which I don’t. Kelpies are too naughty to count as ponies.” “They’re also horrifying and full of teeth,” said Patrick.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Reality, it must sadly be said, has a way of complicating things, even things we might believe could never be that complicated.”

486. “Reality, it must sadly be said, has a way of complicating things, even things we might believe could never be that complicated.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Faerie: where it’s only a little weird to realize that my boyfriend is older than the internal combustion engine.”

487. “Faerie: where it’s only a little weird to realize that my boyfriend is older than the internal combustion engine.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “There’s a reason you were all pulled into worlds that suited you so well. Imagine, for a moment, if you’d fallen into the world described by your neighbor instead.”

488. “There’s a reason you were all pulled into worlds that suited you so well. Imagine, for a moment, if you’d fallen into the world described by your neighbor instead.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “My hair is hungry,” announced Carol. That brought the conversation to its second screeching halt in as many minutes, as everyone turned to stare at the gorgon.”

489. “My hair is hungry,” announced Carol. That brought the conversation to its second screeching halt in as many minutes, as everyone turned to stare at the gorgon.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Not dying at all would have been better – way better – but I guess I always knew that we couldn’t win forever. That’s not how the universe works. Sooner or later everyone has to lose. Even the good guys.”

490. “Not dying at all would have been better – way better – but I guess I always knew that we couldn’t win forever. That’s not how the universe works. Sooner or later everyone has to lose. Even the good guys.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “As always, my alarm went off too early, yanking me back into a world I wasn’t quite prepared to deal with. I looked automatically toward the window as I sat up. Only three bloody crescents marked the spots where bluebirds had managed to slam themselves to death against the glass.”

491. “As always, my alarm went off too early, yanking me back into a world I wasn’t quite prepared to deal with. I looked automatically toward the window as I sat up. Only three bloody crescents marked the spots where bluebirds had managed to slam themselves to death against the glass.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Painters and sculptors and designers, they take raw materials and turn them into art. Dancers turn themselves into art. We are poetry in motion.”

492. “Painters and sculptors and designers, they take raw materials and turn them into art. Dancers turn themselves into art. We are poetry in motion.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “At least someone was having a good day. Of course, the cats would have a good time in nuclear winter, as long as somebody was left to feed them.”

493. “At least someone was having a good day. Of course, the cats would have a good time in nuclear winter, as long as somebody was left to feed them.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “I kissed her like she was my Annabel Lee, and in some ways, in some places in my heart, I think that I’m kissing her still.”

494. “I kissed her like she was my Annabel Lee, and in some ways, in some places in my heart, I think that I’m kissing her still.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Being dead is one of those things that really teaches you how to be glad to be alive.”

495. “Being dead is one of those things that really teaches you how to be glad to be alive.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sometimes I envy kids for the way they dismiss the things that don’t matter. They still get bogged down in details, but at least they’re different details.”

496. “Sometimes I envy kids for the way they dismiss the things that don’t matter. They still get bogged down in details, but at least they’re different details.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “The thought that babies would become children, and children would become people, never occurred to them. The concept that perhaps biology was not destiny, and that not all little girls would be pretty princesses, and not all all little boys would be brave soldiers, also never occurred to them.”

497. “The thought that babies would become children, and children would become people, never occurred to them. The concept that perhaps biology was not destiny, and that not all little girls would be pretty princesses, and not all all little boys would be brave soldiers, also never occurred to them.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “His claws, draped in velvet and wrapped in affectation, are sharp enough to slaughter the world.”

498. “His claws, draped in velvet and wrapped in affectation, are sharp enough to slaughter the world.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “But that’s what family is, isn’t it? It’s traditions and trinkets that only matter when we hold them up against the mirrors of our lives, lending them meaning, lending them weight, until they become heavy enough to endure without us. We create the past in the things that we choose to remember about it. We turn everything into stories, and those stories matter because we say that they do. It’s all a wheel, and ours are the hands that turn it.”

499. “But that’s what family is, isn’t it? It’s traditions and trinkets that only matter when we hold them up against the mirrors of our lives, lending them meaning, lending them weight, until they become heavy enough to endure without us. We create the past in the things that we choose to remember about it. We turn everything into stories, and those stories matter because we say that they do. It’s all a wheel, and ours are the hands that turn it.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “That’s because the worlds we experienced barely seemed to match up, despite being the same place.”

500. “That’s because the worlds we experienced barely seemed to match up, despite being the same place.”

— Seanan McGuire

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