Heat Quotes

“In the end, she realized that anytime you weren't fucking for fun, regardless of what you told yourself, honey, it was hooking.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Intuition is nothing but long stripes of perception squeezed into small spaces.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“So that’s what you are, huh? A…Jotan?” “Yes.” “What’s your planet’s name?” He regarded her closely, and said, “Jota,” in a tone that was half-question. She looked faintly insulted. “Like I’m supposed to know that? Hey, I’m a human, but the planet’s name is not Hum.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“What’s your planet’s name?” He regarded her closely, and said, “Jota,” in a tone that was half-question. She looked faintly insulted. “Like I’m supposed to know that? Hey, I’m a human, but the planet’s name is not Hum.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“You burn in my blood, Daria Cleavon. I will be ashes when I return. I will never be able to feel again."

- Tagen”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Our past does not define us unless we allow it to do so,” he said instead. “The circumstances of years ago should never force you into a role you have not wished for yourself.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“It is skin, Daria. Skin. It keeps the life in our bodies and it keeps the weather from getting in. It does not define us. It does not command us. It is only skin.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Do you speak any human?"
"Panyol." He was quite fluent with that one. "Some N'Glish.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“In the tee-vee programs, males who saved the lives of females were frequently rewarded with adoration and affection. The tee-vee misrepresented many things.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“He felt so real. She was the dream in this room.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“The cat had missed him. Deeply. It was soothing to Tagen's soul to be greeted in so enthusiastic a manner. He solemnly offered up his body to be the cushion for Grendel's enormous bulk, and massaged happy growls from the creature while he studied his map.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Raven sturggled into a sitting position, wincing as pain flared through her pelvis so completely that she couldn't tell what hurt from what just sympathized with what hurt.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“He was naked and he did not much care. One never knew. Daria might emerge from her room unexpectedly and be overcome with arousal at the sight of him. Or curiosity. Hell, he'd settle for her being overwhelmed with boredom.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Hate was, in the words of that dour old soldier who had adopted him, nothing but the decay of discipline.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“As he moved into the woods under the blistering eye of Earth's sun, Tagen found himself hoping he really did find E'Var somewhere on this miserable planet.
He'd hate to think he was having all this fun for nothing.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“You give up too easy, boy. You just ask yourself what's harder, your will or your cock?”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Your greatest problem is probably going to come from Earth's atmosphere. They burn a lot of carbon there."
Tagen frowned. "They can breathe that?"
"No." The scientist laughed shortly. "They die from it, but they burn it anyway. They don't seem to be capable of making the connection between pollution and cancer.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“Uraktus E'Var was constructing his own Gate."
Tagen rocked back, genuinely shocked. "How?"
"With money, I imagine.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat

“The human mind wasn’t fragile, but it was mortal, and once it broke, it was gone for good.”
― R. Lee Smith, Heat