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Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1) QUOTES

Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1) QUOTES

1 " No, not really. But …” Okay, I couldn’t help but gloat a little. “She likes me.”
Samedi didn’t even look at me. “Well of course, you’ve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how much I liked you. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

2 " Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m not
attempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e permanently, and for various reasons that we’ve already gotten angsty about together, I don’t want that to happen.”
“Okay, okay,” she sighed.
“Angsty?” Chas asked. “Ooh! Later, details!”
“Yes, later.” With that, I waved the team forward. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

3 " I was terribly, painfully present in the world, and so far removed from it. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

4 " See, they say it’s ‘survival of the fittest’, but you and I really know that it’s ‘survival of the most heavily armed "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

5 " No. No more surprises. No more secrets. Or so help me, I will rip off your own leg and beat you with it. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

6 " I hope there are zombie sharks in there and they bite you and you die! "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

7 " Far more powerful than religion, far more powerful than money, or even land or violence, are symbols. Symbols are stories. Symbols are pictures, or items, or ideas that represent something else. Human beings attach such meaning and importance to symbols that they can inspire hope, stand in for gods, or convince someone that he or she is dying. These symbols are everywhere around you. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

8 " The fact that she made this beeline for me both warmed my soul and made me want to turn around, walk out the door, and find a cliff to fling myself off of. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

9 " I ran this through my "girl talk" translator and said, "I could eat him, if either of you'd like. Seems like it might be the easiest thing to do."
-Bram to Nora & Pamela "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

10 " [after Bram bit Nora at her request] It hit me then that she wasn't half as disgusted as she should be. '[Nora, a]re you … sure you're okay with it?'

She pulled her sleeve back up and shrugged. She was quiet for a minute before asking, '[Bram. ]Did you enjoy it?'

I decided to tell the truth. 'Yes. You wouldn't believe how good you taste. I don't think i could even describe it.'

She laughed. 'Good? Like filet mignon good? Or like … candy good? "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

11 " So, could there be a cure?' Nora looked at me out of the corner of her eye. I found myself looking at the floor. I knew the answer to that one.

'No,' Beryl said. 'Prions essentially cannot be destroyed. We've tried antibiotics, antiretrovirals, acid …'

'Freezing flesh, burning it …' Samedi ticked off.

'Autoclaving works some of the time, but not enough to be thoroughly trusted. Um … industrial cleaners of all kinds …'

'Your mother's cooking … "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

12 " Bram knocked, and Chas opened the door, her music growing louder. She had strips of tinfoil in her hair and a cigarette dangling from her lips–which she immediately hid behind her back when she saw Bram.
  "Hiiii!"
  Both of Bram's brows flitted upward. "Hi." He looked at the foil. "I'm not even gonna ask."
  "Martians are trying to control my thoughts, stupid." She noticed me then and smiled. "Hi, Nora! Ooh…" Her eyes fell to the weapon. "Shiny."
  "Nora needs some more appropriate clothes if she's to use the shiny," Bram said.
  Chas clapped her hands together. "Makeover!"
  Oh, God no.… "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

13 " Trying, trying, always trying. Trying was my life. I was guaranteed nothing. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

14 " As a youth I got my jollies by confronting my professors with facts that ran completely contrary to what they were trying to ram into our thick skulls. His expressions of bafflement and anger had never failed to amuse me. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

15 " I was jealous of [Nora] at first, because she had prettier dresses and the naturally curly hair that had been my ultimate worldly desire at that age. In fact, when our mothers initially introduced us, i had chosen to greet her by yanking on a fistful of her hair to see if it was real. Her response was to deck me in the nose.

It had been love at first fight. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

16 " Real ladies can give orders, Real gentlemen can take them, and Real zombies don’t eat brains. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

17 " All of our lives suck right now, okay? You might think yours is an extra special sparkly rainbow unicorn fart type of suck, but it’s not. Just get on with it! "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

18 " I walked to the table and picked it up, doing as he asked. And then it struck me that I was setting a so-called zombie’s alarm clock for him, and I swear I heard something snap in my ears. I started laughing uproariously.
I heard the monster’s bemused voice outside, asking me if I was alright, but that just made it funnier. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

19 " She nodded and reached out to take my hand again. I turned to look at her fully, I didnt want to say it, but I felt I should. I'd never had a chance to say it to my sisters, to my mother and I'd always regretted it. "Just in case", I said, leaning down. For once the Laz remained respectful. It didn't want her. I wanted her. Knitting my fingers into her curls, I kissed her forehead. I limited myself to one word this time. "Goodbye. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)

20 " She tried to compose herself then, with several deep breaths. I gave her as long as she needed, all the while mentally designing my tombstone. R.I.P, Captain Abraham R. Griswold. He was completely useless and made girls cry. "

― Lia Habel , Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)