Devin > Devin's Quotes

“This tiny patch of rocky ground took up an immense amount of space in the minds of millions of people, as it had for millennia.”
― N.S. Wikarski, The Arkana Mysteries: Omnibus Three: Books 6-8

“The power to destroy life was valued far more than the power to create it, as represented by a mother goddess.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

“In Hebrew, the word “Jerusalem” meant City of Peace. Never was any metropolis on earth more inappropriately named.”
― N.S. Wikarski, The Arkana Mysteries: Omnibus Three: Books 6-8

“He dropped the phone back onto its cradle, began to turn around and felt a sudden ice-cold furrow open up in his side. Strength drained from his legs, and a moment later he sank to his knees. There was warmth now that ran over the initial and persistent cold.

Mohammed was confused, and barely noticed the briefcase being removed from his grip. He heard the click of a cell phone opening, and a soft beeping as a number was dialed.

'The package is in my possession,' a female voice said, and the phone clicked shut.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but as his lips began to form the words, his knees gave up the strain of supporting his ruined bulk. He collapsed to the floor, his throat issuing a final sound like a bubbling casserole.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“But when people talk about it they call it The Zombie Room.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“We stare at each other for a few seconds, then we both look away as if we've been zapped by lightning.”
― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

“ The moment Lena storms back into my life, I know I’m screwed. She’s not just my new employee—she’s my best friend’s little sister, the girl I swore I’d never touch.”
― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

“I toss my clothes on the nearest rock, feeling the breeze on my skin. With no hesitation, I dive in, the cool water wrapping around me like silk.”
― Tricia Newlan, Never Did I Dream: A Second Chance Off- Limits Romance

“Years of longing collapse into this one kiss. Everything I’ve held back, everything I’ve buried, surges to the surface. My hand rests on her cheek, fingers delicately brushing skin as velvety as I remember it from my dreams.”
― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

“Shamelessly, I stand and remove my bathing suit. He takes my hand and pulls me down onto him, kissing me, leaving me breathless and on fire.”
― Tricia Newlan, Never Did I Dream: A Second Chance Off- Limits Romance

“You must learn to respect," Papa said.

But I do not respect her," I said.

Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.”
― Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes

“love Africa. Wish it didn’t have to be this way, but if we weren’t here, the French would take over this fortress in the blink of an eye. And everybody’s doing it. The British. The French. The Dutch. The Americans. Even the bloody Africans have been mixed up in the trade for an eternity.” “That doesn’t make it right.” “If we didn’t take the slaves, other Africans would kill them. Butcher them live. At least we provide a market, and keep them alive.” “If you stopped, the market would wither.” “You have not been to England, so let me tell you something. Ninety-nine Englishmen out of one hundred take their tea with sugar. We live for our tea, cakes, pies and candies. We live for the stuff, and we will not be deprived.” “But you don’t need slaves to make sugar,” I said. “In the West Indies, only the blacks work in the cane fields. Only the blacks can stand it.” “You could do something else with this fortress.” “What, like your beloved John Clarkson in Freetown?” I nodded. Armstrong pounded his fist on a table. “Has the Colony in Freetown produced a single export? Where is the sugar cane? Where is the coffee? Are you exporting boatloads of elephant teeth or camwood? You’re not even growing corn, or rice. You have no farms under cultivation. You aren’t even self-sufficient.” I wasn’t ready for this argument. My mind circled around, looking for a response. “There is no profit in benevolence,” Armstrong said. “None. The colony in Freetown is child’s play, financed by the deep pockets of rich abolitionists who don’t know a thing about Africa.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual migration.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”
― E.M. Forster

“How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build are only retreats, their quarrels the malaise of men who cannot find their way home. India knows of their trouble. She knows of the whole world's trouble, to its uttermost depth. She calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But come to what? She has never defined. She is not a promise, only an appeal.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India: A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism

“I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow.
Stake him right in the heart, shove garlic up his ass, and-and-"

And what?" (Michael)

When did you get home?" Claire demanded.

Apparently just in time to hear my funeral plans. I especially like the garlic up the ass. It's...different.”
― Rachel Caine, Feast of Fools

“Better be," Eve said. She mock-bit at his finger. "I could totally date somebody else, you know."
"And I could rent out your room."
"And I could put your game console on eBay."
"Hey," Shane protested. "Now you're just being mean.”
― Rachel Caine, Lord of Misrule

“Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?”
― Rachel Caine, Bite Club

“Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her.

She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he'd suddenly decided to snack on her neck... but it was just a hug.

His body felt cold against hers, and way too close, but then he let go and stepped back. "You've done very well. I'm extremely proud of you," he said. There was a touch of color high in his pale cheeks. "Do go home now. And shower. You reek like the dead."

Which, coming from a vampire, was pretty rich.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town

“He hung up on her. She'd just been hung up on by a disembodied brain in a jar. Fantastic.”
― Rachel Caine, Bite Club

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Youth is wasted on the young.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Bear it like a man, even if you feel it like an ass. ”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Love is the Answer, God is the Cure!”
― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer God is the Cure