"Humanity has always had a flair for guilt by association."
- Seanan McGuire
"I have a swizzle stick shaped like a little monkey,” announced Rose. “Let’s help the dead man with his problem."
"Now, if you will excuse me, a dead woman is trying to convince me to drink something that comes in layers."
"This isn't a place for lies or pretending everything's all right. We know everything is not all right. If it were, you wouldn't be here. Now. Where did you go?"
"Don't let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me."
"The Argentine tango isn't here to play nicely with the other children. The Argentine tango is here to seduce your women, spill things on your rug, and sneak out your bedroom window in the middle of th..."
"The mythology warped and twisted back along itself until Buffy Summers, the girl who once railed against the unfairness of being Chosen, looked at a squadron of girls who were just like she'd been and..."
"The moon is the friendliest of the celestial bodies, after all, glowing warm and white and welcoming, like a friend who wants only to know that all of us are safe in our narrow worlds, our narrow yard..."
"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."
"When the Root and Branch were young, when the Rose still grew unplucked upon the tree; when all our lands were new and green and we danced without care, then, we were immortal... We left those lands f..."