On Demon Wings Quotes

“He was still a douchecanoe. The douchecanoe who was going to paddle me to safety.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Perry," he said quietly, his fingers trailing down the side of my face, "you'll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the first day I met you.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“She's waking up. Get the bat." Not exactly the best words to wake up to.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“You still with your floozy girlfriend?” Ah, there is was. The elephant in the car…
He gave her an incredulous look. “Obviously not.”
She smacked him on his arm. “Don’t look at me like I asked a stupid question. Because it not a stupid question at all, and you damn well know it.”
“Fine.”
“So you broke up with her?”
“Yes,” he said sharply.
“Way to find your balls, man,” Ada congratulated him and sat back in her seat.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Kiddo, I’d let you brand me with a hot iron if you wanted to.”
“Still a sucker for punishment?”
He grinned. “Something like that.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Maybe you’re sleepwalking. And sleeptexting. And sleepprimping.”
“What’s next?” I grumbled to myself. Things were getting more out of control by the minute.
“I don’t know,” she said, straightening up and tucking her phone into the waistband of her leggings. “Just don’t start sleepfucking.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Hey, kiddo,” Dex whispered. “It’s just me.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“you, Perry, you deserve a lifetime of servitude. Eons of groveling.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“I certainly ain’t saying it’s impossible. But Ada, look at Perry. Do you think that’s what is happening?”
She rolled her eyes and slammed the bat against her palm. “Holy fuck, yes, you retard! You have some inbreeding going down there in the South? Is that what’s wrong with you?”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Did I look like crap because I felt like crap, or did I feel like crap because I looked like crap? Ah, the mysteries of life”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“You are in the Thin Veil, the Black Sunshine.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“My god, Portland was fucking weird sometimes.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“So that's it. It has one ex-girlfriend of mine. And it's not satisfied. It wants the only person left on this earth that I... that I'd do anything for. Just throw her into the pot, who cares. I lost her once, I cannot lose her again”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“I don't think I'll ever be able to tell you how sorry I am. It doesn't mean I won't try, because you, Perry, you deserve a lifetime of servitude. Eons of groveling. Even then, I dont' think I can show enough, do enough to let you see. And that's OK. You have every right to hate me for this lifetime and many others. You have every right to never see me again. To spit on my grave. But tonight, now I"m not going to give up on you. I'm going to fix you, or die trying".”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“It certainly seemed like for the rest of my life, I was never going to be normal. I would never have normal friends or hold a normal job, because someone, somewhere decided I was going to be a focal point for the afterlife. It wasn't even a flaw I could talk openly about. I couldn't go into future job interviews and say, "Well, my worst quality is that I'm often haunted by ghosts. That and procrastination.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“So, what did you end up doing all day?" my mother asked during dinner, another mound of mashed potatoes and fried chicken that I didn't want to touch. Oh you now, I thought as I made fork impressions in the potatoes. Woke up after a night of sex and sleepwalking, had breakfast, gave an awesome blowjob in the shower, went to the library for books on possession, saw a demon. The usual.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“The way my imagination was running I’d be thinking I was possessed by everyone in hell.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Last chance to get out and live a normal life,” he said. “Are you kidding? I gave that up for Lent,” she answered with a roll of her eyes.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“He was still a douchecanoe. The douchcanoe who was going to paddle me to safety.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Perry,” he said quietly, his fingers trailing down the side of my face, “you’ll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the day I first met you.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings