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A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2) QUOTES

A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2) QUOTES

1 " I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

2 " October—

You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you of his intent to visit after ‘tending to some business at the Queen’s Court.’ I recommend wearing something clinging, as that may distract him from whatever he wishes to lecture you about this time. Hopefully, it’s your manners.

You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.

—Tybalt
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― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

3 " I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

4 " Call me paranoid. I'm frequently right. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

5 " Hey!" I turned, crossing my arms and glaring. "I was talking to him!"

Tybalt eyed me with amusement, which just made me glare harder. "No, you were inciting him to stab you with a toothpick. Again, the difference is small, but I think it matters. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

6 " Coffee and corpses, that's my life. Sometimes I hate being me. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

7 " You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.

—Tybalt "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

8 " We’ve given them plenty of reasons to fear us. Even if they’ve almost forgotten–even if they only remember that we were beautiful and not why they were afraid–the fear was there before anything else. There were reasons for the burning times; there’s a reason the fairy tales survive. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

9 " That's the nice thing about insanity: evil people kill you, but crazy ones try to make you understand. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

10 " The laws of physics have already been violated. What happens if they decide to press charges? "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

11 " Repetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luidaeg: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers have an instinctive grasp of this concept, but most don’t practice it on immortal water demons. That’s probably why there are so few disembowelments in your average preschool. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

12 " Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

13 " Whoever was responsible for naming the fae races should really have put more thought into making them pronounceable when drunk. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

14 " Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

15 " not fair,” Quentin said. “She’s the one insulting us, and she gets to walk away?” “Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality,” I said. “Now drink your soda and help me think of nasty names to call her next time she shows up. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

16 " I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.” No "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

17 " If you don’t mind, I need to fall down until my head stops hurting.” “Of "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

18 " Family” really means “the ones that can hurt you the most. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

19 " Blood magic is based half on instinct and half on need. There are patterns to follow and rituals that can make things easier, but in the end, it all comes down to instinct and need. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)

20 " Anger and fear warred for ownership of his expression before he sighed, moving to join me. The habit of obedience was stronger than his desire to rebel. Faerie trains her courtiers well. "

― Seanan McGuire , A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)