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Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6) QUOTES

Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6) QUOTES

1 " The wind and the grass and something in the sky, sun, or moon, shining on our backs as we run: They are gifts that humans toss away like socks on Christmas morning, because we see them every day and don't think of them as gifts anymore. But new socks are always better than old socks. And the wind and grass and sky, I think, are better seen with new eyes than jaded ones. I hope my eyes will never grow old. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

2 " And there were carved hearts in the trunks of trees with the initials of couples who felt there was no more romantic thing they could do to celebrate their love than scar the local plant life "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

3 " She'd made life poignant for the Irish. The terror she inspired gave peace its serenity; the pain she caused gave health its lustre; her failure to love made me grateful for my ability to do so, and I realized, far too late, that though I never did or could have loved her as she might have wished, I should have loved her more. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

4 " Pardon me, is this some kind of social experiment? You want me to get a hundred and forty-four Samoans and cram them into your cabin with a case of whiskey? "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

5 " Side effects from doggie joy may include face lube and leg-humping" ~ Oberon "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

6 " but greatness is in the act of creation and not necessarily in the finished product. Creating is the yin to the yang of our consumption and the doorway to beauty that we all want to walk through. Creating is how I tell the world I love it.” I "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

7 " Perhaps he'd been using Just for Gods hair cream. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

8 " You ever notice the rampant child neglect going on in faery tales" ~ Oberon "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

9 " Gaia has left us wonder wherever we go, if we only open our eyes to it." ~ Atticus "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

10 " The mad fucker just laughed that insane laugh and pulled his sword out of his ass. Zeus, now afflicted with acute pietism, gasped and asked him to do that again. Jupiter slapped him to to the ground, and yelled for him to get his priorities in order. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

11 " No one takes you seriously when you're naked. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

12 " The mixed woods of Germany were the sort that deserved a good savoring—no, a savouring, with a British u in there for the sake of decadence, as colours are somehow more vibrant to me than mere colors. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

13 " Our minds are all that defend us from the horror of the void. The majority of the time we simply think about something—anything—else, and that itself is an act of defiance against the vast nothing of the universe. But minds break down and stop thinking sometimes. They feel instead: A looping, gnawing monster eats away confidence and goals and even a sense of duty until we are in a dry bleak place of ennui, unable to focus on the minutiae that used to keep us moving. Tongues taste chalk and ashes, and eyes see only gray washes occasionally penetrated by bright stabs of panic. Depression is a prison to which you have the key except you never think to look for it. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

14 " Now, I know I am not a craftsmen... but greatness is in the act of creation and not necessarily in the finished product. Creating is the yin to the yang of our consumption and the doorway to beauty that we all want to walk through. Creating is how I tell the world I love it." ~ Atticus "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

15 " if someone saves you from a potentially life-threatening fight, you owe them booze. It’s a rule that transcends time and cultures. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

16 " Our minds are all that defend us from the horror of the void. The majority of the time we simply think about something-anything-else, and that itself is an act of defiance against the vast nothing of the universe. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

17 " The Álfar took out thirty dark elves? Oh. Well, they’re very welcome. I’ll send them some fine Irish whiskey as soon as possible, if you’ll be so kind as to deliver it to them. Because if someone saves you from a potentially life-threatening fight, you owe them booze. It’s a rule that transcends time and cultures. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

18 " Oberon perked up, "Awesome! I've never seen a base model elf before! But they come with bonus dudes? "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

19 " Oberon "one day Atticus was amazed to discover that when Jupiter said "As you wish," what he really meant was "I love you. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)

20 " The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, / And if ever there was it led forward life … / All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, / And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. "

― Kevin Hearne , Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6)