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Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1) QUOTES

Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1) QUOTES

1 " If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

2 " I didn't even feel my face hitting the pond. Everything was darkness, glorious darkness and the final, perfect absence of pain. It was done, all of it, the running and the fighting, and the pain. After everything that I'd gone through, it was finally over, and this time, the water would carry me home. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

3 " We hated each other so well and loved each other so badly... "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

4 " But sometimes the pieces fall together the way they want to, and you can't change the story; all you can do is try to ride it out. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

5 " Hello?” I peered into the shadows.
Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall.
“And may I wish a very good morning to you, too, October.” The voice was amused, underscored by a chuckle like thick cream. “What happened? Did the prettiest little princess miss her carriage home? "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

6 " Only an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

7 " When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

8 " Cats never listen. They’re dependable that way; when Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

9 " Most cats don't like water, and despite her pretensions of tigerhood, Julie was no different. Yes, tigers have stripes; so do tabbies. If you want to know the difference, try tossing one of each into your swimming pool. Then I would recommend running. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

10 " In Tybalt's case, it means bloody control of the local Court of Cats. He became their king by right of blood; he's held the position by beating the crap out of anyone who tries to take it away. The Cait Sidhe take a more direct and bloody approach to succession than most of Faerie. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

11 " Humanity has always had a flair for guilt by association. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

12 " Call me a sucker for a man who had a great ass who knows how to bake a macaroni casserole and can tolerate six hours of Sesame Street a day. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

13 " I've never liked being looked at like I was a hero. I always wind up letting someone down. Sometimes I get lucky. Sometimes the only person who gets hurt is me. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

14 " It's not hard to marginalize people when they've already done it to themselves. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

15 " But you're so easy to sneak up on." He crossed his arms, leaning back against the wall. "You should be honored that I bother, since there's no challenge to it."
"Right," I said dryly.
Tybalt has never made a secret of his contempt for changelings in general and me in particular. Not even the years I spent missing could change that. If anything, it made things worse, because when I came back, I promptly removed myself from all the places he was accustomed to finding me. Hating me suddenly took effort - an effort he's proved annoying glad to make. On the other hand, it's actually been something of a relief, because it is something I can count on. Dawn comes, the moon rises and Tybalt hates me. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

16 " We came here because no place would take us after our momma died. They all said go away, come back when you're older, when you know better, when you've learned. Only no one wants to teach how to be older or to know better - not even Devin. They just teach us how to be broken. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

17 " Death doesn't bother me but murder makes me edgy, and my lack of weaponry suddenly felt like a potentially fatal mistake. If we got back to the hotel alive, I wasn't coming back here again without my knife and the baseball bat. And maybe a tank, if I could find one fast enough. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

18 " As presumptive heir to one of the largest Duchies in the Kingdom of the Mists, she could have easily grown up more spoiled than any human princess. Instead she grew into the sort of little girl who's always up a tree or down a hole, a magnet for mud, queen of worms and frogs and crawling things. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

19 " I visit her grave as often as I can. I leave bouquets of rosemary and rue, and I tell her that I'm sorry, and I promise her that next time I'll do better. Next time someone makes me a hero, I'll save them. "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

20 " We have to burn brightly. We can’t burn forever "

― Seanan McGuire , Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)