Home > Work > Hex and the City (Nightside, #4)

Hex and the City (Nightside, #4) QUOTES

Hex and the City (Nightside, #4) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " I ignored him, concentrating on Lilith. "According to the stories, after you were expelled from Eden you went down into Hell, where you coupled with demons and gave birth to all the monsters that have plagued the world."

"I was young," said Lilith. "You know how it is. We all do things we later regret, when we're being rebellious teenagers. "

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

3 " I am the scalpel that cuts out infection, and the heartbreak that makes men wiser. "

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

4 " And we all have the right to go to Hell in our own way. "

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

5 " Poison! Poison gasses, you idiot! Defend yourself! Eat the celery! I thrust a numbing hand into an inside coat pocket, pulled out the piece of celery, and chewed on it. I always keep a piece handy, pre-prepared with all kinds of useful substances, for just such occasions as this. It tasted bitter as I chewed, but it cleared my head rapidly. It’s an old trick but a good one, taught me long ago by a Travelling Doctor I met at the Hawk’s Wind Bar & Grill. "

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

6 " I've known what it feels like, when your whole life hurts so much that you're ready to die, just for the pain to stop. A little less stubbornness, a little more resolve at certain moments, and I might have been one of these poor trapped souls... "

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

7 " Why don't you just shoot yourself in the head now and get it over with? "

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

8 " The Hotel Clappe, spelled that way to give it that extra bit of class, looked just like it sounded; the kind of duty, disgusting dump where you rented rooms by the hour, and a fresh pair of sheets was a luxury. Good-time girls and others stalked their prey in the underlit streets, and the crabs were so big they leapt out of dark alleyways to mug passersby. "

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

9 " And the Punk God of the Straight Razor is currently occupied doing something very unpleasant on the Street of the Gods. It must be something especially upsetting, because some of the gods have come running out crying. "

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

10 " Oh dear," Sinner said abruptly, rising to his feet. "I do believe something bad is about to happen."
I looked quickly about me. "What makes you say that?"
"Because Madman's music has just got all tense and dramatic. "

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