John Hennessy > John's Quotes

“In all your years, Anadyr, have you ever encounted the Dark Mage?” asked Aynara.

“I have not, my Lady, but I would hope for my entire existence not to happen on his ugliness.”

Aynara turned to Anadyr. “I have, just once before. When he appears, he is anything but ugly, my Lord. In fact, one might consider him the most beautiful entity you have ever seen. Strange that it is often the case for many a foe we encounter. Evil often comes with a smile.”

(from Stormling, 2014)”
― John Hennessy, Stormling

“Michael: "Thing is, I'd like to go out with you. What are you doing on Saturday?"

Siobhan: "Committing suicide."

Michael: "Alright then, what are you doing on Friday?"

(from Stormling, 2014)”
― John Hennessy

“Dolchyme: "It's...just that....we don't get many of your kind around here. Stormling folk and all that.

Anadyr: "I'm a Storm Lord, actually."

Dolchyme: "Sheesk - if I'm not in the presence of royalty then.”
― John Hennessy

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstances of your life can change! ”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.”
― Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World

“We're supposed to love flowers, yet we rip them from their homes, and give them to people who don't love us."

-Toril Withers (Dark Winter).”
― John Hennessy

“I can see your dirtypillows.”
― Stephen King

“Person 1: "Stay back....I have a demon inside of me."

Person 2: "Let me get closer...I have a hell inside me where your demons can live."

(from Dark Winter, #2 - out Halloween 2014)”
― John Hennessy

“Jaz caught himself a Myngelle.”

“I’m surprised Anadyr let you out into the Plains by yourselves,” smiled Corianna, “and you had best return that egg. The Merfolk will not be happy with you.”

“Oh....! They’ll have forgotten about all that by the time I have to journey to the Plains,” said Jazdyr, cradling the unhatched egg.

“They don’t forget anything, Jaz,” said Jaden, “and our Lady Elf is right, you can’t be handling that egg. You have to prepare to be a warrior.”

“What if I don’t want to be a warrior? I can just look after this egg, after it hatches.”

“I don’t think there’s many openings for a zoo keeper in Mordana.”
― John Hennessy, Stormling

“Father's always saying that South Africa must be one of the best countries in the world for surviving a zombie apocalypse,' Megan says seriously. 'It's full of security estates and high fences.”
― Lily Herne, Death of a Saint

“Passion is a sickness. It confounds and makes you do things just to please the other person. Quite different from love. In love you find delight despite the person’s flaws.”
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: A New Beginning

“But if one stops believing in dreams, life loses its meaning, loses its colors.”
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: A New Beginning

“We should abandon all hope when we are born. Happiness is a mere sparkle in the darkness.”
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: A New Beginning

“You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!”
― Georgette Heyer, Powder and Patch

“Now don't jerk me around. This is the Midlands. There are no vampires here, and dressing up like one doesn't make it so. You can't even tell me how he's got no marks on his neck!"

"Oh yes I can. It's the twenty-first century. These days we tend to clean up after ourselves.”
― John Hennessy, Murderous Little Darlings

“Are you sure she's dead, because if not, I'm not entirely sure we're supposed to do this. It's against the rules."

"We're standing over a body that we caused the death of, and you're bothered about rules?”
― John Hennessy, Murderous Little Darlings

“You're a vampire?"

"Yes."

"So what does that make me, your victim?"

"You're clearly not as dumb as you look.”
― John Hennessy, Murderous Little Darlings

“If you're going to follow in my footsteps, be sure to cover your tracks.”
― John Hennessy, Murderous Little Darlings

“It's a hell of thing, killing someone. You'll see the light extinguish from their eyes - that's the last thing to leave their so-called life. Your teeth buried into their neck is the last thing they feel, and you'll be the last thing they'll see. You take all they are, all they were, and all they will ever be. The vampire's kiss is the most efficient of killing tools. One bite takes all.”
― John Hennessy, Murderous Little Darlings

“The difference between me and everyone else out there, is that when they wake up, their nightmares end."

Romilly Winter.”
― John Hennessy, Crescent Moon

“Nonetheless, risk is a part of life.”
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: A New Beginning

“If you had not done such a shabby thing to me I would not have had you kidnapped.”
― Georgette Heyer, Faro's Daughter