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Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4) QUOTES

Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4) QUOTES

1 " Adversity doesn't exist to make us stronger. Adversity exists because this world is a damn hard place to live. Prove that you're better than the things it throws at you. Live. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

2 " Australia basically holds the copyright on “weird ecosystem.” The only place where you’re going to find weirder things is at the bottom of the ocean, and no one suggests that you go there for a fun family vacation. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

3 " The trick to doing things people say are impossible is confidence. As long as you seem to know what you’re doing, and never hesitate, you’re very unlikely to face any challenges. People don’t like to break illusions, even when they don’t know that’s what they’re looking at.” —Kevin Price "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

4 " Logic and loss aren't always great friends. Sometimes we mourn for the things that hurt us. Sometimes, that's okay. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

5 " I had to admire the Evil Dead-level dedication that went into thinking “I’ll take a chainsaw into battle against a werewolf,” even as I wanted to find out who thought it was a good idea and shake them until they realized the error of their ways. Almost "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

6 " Airplanes: essentially buses that fly, and hence have the potential to drop out of the sky at any moment, spreading your insides -- which will no doubt become your outsides sometime during the collision -- across whatever you happen to have been flying over. Since we were flying mainly over ocean, I was the sure sharks would appreciate our sacrifice. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

7 " Family matters more than anything else in this world. Family doesn’t have to love you. Family doesn’t even have to like you. But when you need them, family has to have your back.” —Kevin Price "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

8 " Actually, yes, I would say something like ‘there may be bears here.’ Bears are not a pleasant surprise for most people. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

9 " We have added a new Occasion to the calendar,” squeaked the junior priest in charge of the congregation. “We will spend this night in Solemn Contemplation, and there will be little shouting, or cheering, or speaking.” “Cool, thanks.” I paused. “What’s the new occasion?” “We will celebrate Crossing the Sea, and Arriving in Australia, and Killing a Very Large Snake,” said the priest solemnly. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

10 " Hello,” she said. “Have you heard the good word of Wadjet, Protector of Egypt and great snake of the Milky Way? "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

11 " Sometimes it’s convenient to have a pet that no one believes in. I’d never be allowed to bring a cat to work every day, but since Crow “isn’t real,” no one’s ever reported him to the zoo management. Other times, I think it would be nice to stop hiding him from the world. Miniature griffins could be the next big trend in exotic pets. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

12 " His smile was long gone, like it had never been there at all. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

13 " Logic and loss aren’t always great friends. Sometimes we mourn for the things that hurt us. Sometimes, that’s okay. School "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

14 " (Sheep are some of the nastiest creatures in the world. They’re smelly, stupid things that have been bred to have way too much hair, meaning that all their bodily fluids and drippings get felted right into the wool. If not for bleach, we’d all walk around covered in sheep shit all the time. Agriculture is not a pretty thing.) "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

15 " And by ‘best’ I mean ‘most irritating,’ you understand. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

16 " Adversity doesn’t exist to make us stronger. Adversity exists because this world is a damn hard place to live. Prove that you’re better than the things it throws at you. Live. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

17 " Logic and loss aren’t always great friends. Sometimes we mourn for the things that hurt us. Sometimes, that’s okay. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

18 " Fluffy clouds of sheep dotted the green, and we were far enough away that they looked a little dingy but not filthy—a beautiful trick of distance. (Sheep are some of the nastiest creatures in the world. They’re smelly, stupid things that have been bred to have way too much hair, meaning that all their bodily fluids and drippings get felted right into the wool. If not for bleach, we’d all walk around covered in sheep shit all the time. Agriculture is not a pretty thing.) "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

19 " Brains are a liability when you’re trying to build an army, "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)

20 " Everything seemed to slow down, the way it does when everything is going wrong. "

― Seanan McGuire , Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4)