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Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1) QUOTES

Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1) QUOTES

1 " Death is my art form--when I fight, I'm a ballerina. Graceful. Chi lacks my grace, but makes up for it in energy and enthusiasm. His fighting style is like breakdancing--strong and frenetic with some really sweet moves. Jo's is . . .the Macarena. Ugly but gets the job done. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

2 " Your death, strange human. I mean, your injury. No murder, just a little maiming. So I can leave. Maiming’s not so bad. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

3 " But worries are for people who can’t pull grown men apart with their bare hands. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

4 " I eye the three of them, considering. They’ll need a lesson in discretion before I go. Not a lethal lesson. Mom wouldn’t like that. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

5 " My teeth rip skin; my jaws snap bones. I am fast, lightning-fast, snuff— oh-was-that-your-life?—oh-was-that-your-life?— fast. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

6 " Oooooh, don’t make her mad!” the leader gasps around his laughter. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

7 " A human teenager. One of God’s most misbegotten creatures – big like grown-ups and yet dumb like children. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

8 " Crush! Kill! And above all - cackle! "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

9 " The pauses make it better. They make me wonder whether he's going to come to me, like the anticipation before a kiss. Will he or won't he?

But this is not a love story. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

10 " I hear myself laughing, screeching, cackling. The world is red hot and pulsing. On fire [...] I stroll down the corridor and the flickering fluorescents celebrate my passing, humming in praise. I spin, bow and hum along. Bloody footprints trail; bloody fingers smear the walls. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

11 " Naivety is cured with time. Stupidity is terminal. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

12 " Sometimes bad things need to be reminded they're not the only ones who can bite. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

13 " Like any fatherless child, I've wondered about the man responsible for the glory that is me. Needless to say, it's disappointing to learn he's the kind who'd probably eat his young. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

14 " I'm pretty sure Jo couldn't talk about the weather without somehow including a threat. Forecast today: cloudy with a chance I'll kick your ass. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

15 " They fight with a bloodthirstiness I wouldn't expect outside a maximum-security prison or suburban PTA meeting. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

16 " Chi's faith means nothing, because it has nothing to do with me. Chi's faith is blind. He doesn't see me. But Jo does.

Jo always has. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

17 " I study the little creature in front of me. What is it about these dwarfish little humans? They lack smarts, lack skills and they never seem to have much money. Yet they are powerful little monsters – adults dance to the tunes played by their chubby little fingers. Is it the disproportionately big head? Or the eyes too big for that head? Did I have this effect on my own mother? Was that why she believed in my goodness, despite all evidence to the contrary?
Suddenly the lower lip pokes out and the eyes grow even bigger. I feel a tug in the region where my heart should be… I want to give it things…
Ahhhhhh! Look away! Look away! Evil, ensnaring, hypnotic monster.
Just kidding, but it is kind of cute. I feed it a cracker. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

18 " I'm pretty durable, but concrete and I have faced off before. While I didn't die, I wouldn't say I won, either. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

19 " Samson's tapping feet come closer, but again he pauses and knocks on a door. I don't mind. The pauses make it better. They make me wonder whether he's going to come to me, like the anticipation before a kiss. Will he or won't he?

But this is not a love story. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)

20 " Jo turns towards me. Her voice is calm but now I see her eyes blaze in a holy hazel fire. She doesn’t want to die, but she will, for what she believes in. I need new friends. "

― Eliza Crewe , Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)