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Simon R. Green QUOTES

1 " There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands... "

― Simon R. Green , Nightingale's Lament (Nightside, #3)

2 " It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all. "

― Simon R. Green , The Unnatural Inquirer (Nightside, #8)

3 " What the hell are you doing here? You weren't on the guest list. Hell, you people aren't on anybody's guest list. If you turned up at a funeral, the corpse would walk out on you. "

― Simon R. Green , Deathstalker Rebellion (Deathstalker, #2)

4 " You sure you want to come with me?” I said. “The odds are not good.” “We’re family,” said Suzie. I had to smile. “I haven’t been all that lucky when it comes to family.” “We’re the family you chose,” said Dead Boy. “The family that matters. "

― Simon R. Green , Tales from the Nightside

5 " They thought he was scared all the time because he was a coward. The truth was, only he could see the world clearly enough to know how truly scary it was. "

― Simon R. Green , Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, #1)

6 " Love is for the living, for people who have a stake in the future. "

― Simon R. Green , Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, #1)

7 " To fight with demons, your intent must be pure. And even then, there's no guarantee you'll win. "

― Simon R. Green , Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, #1)

8 " You have to believe in your dreams because sometimes they believe in you. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

9 " No more shooting from anyone. Or I am going to get seriously cranky with everyone. Suddenly, and violently and all over the place. "

― Simon R. Green

10 " It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other side. It's just there for when you need it. Dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude's is an old old place... St. Jude's isn't a place for comfort for frills and fancies and the trappings of religion. just a place where you can talk to your god and sometimes get an answer. "

― Simon R. Green , Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside, #2)

11 " Faith should mean something. Gods . . . should stand for something, not chop and change with every breeze that blows. Gods should be worshipped for the truths they represent, not what party favours they might dispense.”-Razor Eddie the Punk God of the Straight Razor "

― Simon R. Green , Tales from the Nightside

12 " Ghosts are the only ones who never have to feel scared. Because the worst thing in the world has already happened to them. "

― Simon R. Green , Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, #1)

13 " I finally found my way to the Really Restricted Section, where they keep the kind of books most scholars aren't even supposed to know exist. I knocked on the closed door, said the proper passwords, and the door opened before me. I walked in, and the ghost of the Head Librarian, a thin, dusty presence, with dark eyes and a disapproving look, appeared before me, blocking my way. (He had been eaten by a book, then brought back by the other books, apparently because they approved of him. Because even though he didn't have much time for people, he loved books.) "

― Simon R. Green , The Bride Wore Black Leather (Nightside, #12)

14 " After all, you’re only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived. "

― Simon R. Green , The Bride Wore Black Leather (Nightside, #12)

15 " We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things down here, sleeping all around us, in the earth and in the living rock, and in the spaces between spaces. Keep your voices down. Some of these old creatures sleep but lightly, and even their dreams can have force and substance in our limited world. We have come among forgotten gods and sleeping devils, from the days before the world settled down and declared itself sane. "

― Simon R. Green , Hex and the City (Nightside, #4)

16 " I take it you know my companion?"
Oh,yes!" said Savage, his smile disappearing. "We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don't let her kill anyone important. Or set fire to anything."
Your reputation precedes you," Random said dryly to Ruby. "

― Simon R. Green , Deathstalker Honor (Deathstalker, #4)

17 " Relax,' said Gold. 'I know when to tip the butler, and which sleeve to blow my nose on. "

― Simon R. Green , Shadows Fall

18 " The past is what we make of it, if we know what's is good for us. "

― Simon R. Green , Drinking Midnight Wine

19 " Rupert: "... At this rate, somebody is bound to upset the Warlock once too often, and we'll end up with a Court full of bemused looking toads."

"He wouldn't dare use his magic here," said the Champion.

"Don't bet on it," said Rupert. "The High Warlock has all the practicality and self-preservation instincts of a depressed lemming. "

― Simon R. Green , Blue Moon Rising (Forest Kingdom, #1)

20 " Happy, you really are a first-class gloomy bugger," JC said affectionately. "You could gloom for the Olympics, and still take a Bronze in existential paranoia."

Everyone has to be good at something," said Happy smiling in spite of himself. "

― Simon R. Green , Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, #1)