Dark Star Quotes

“Remind me again why I put up with you?"
''Cause you sold me your soul for five bucks, and now you must submit to my will?' I still had the sheet of paper, written in his untidy fifth-grade scrawl. Gideon David Belmonte. One soul.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“I glowered back up at him. "Did you need something?"
He didn't move. "Where are you going?"
"To plot your downfall," I snapped. I bent to retrieve my bag and then sneaked beneath his arm. It wasn't the most dignified exit, but it worked.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“I already made icing. I told you not to buy any."
"Oops," I said, taking another scoop. "Looks like I messed up again. Guess I'll have to eat this."
He glanced toward me, giving a pointed look to the two containers I had set beside me. "All of it?" he asked.
"Maybe if you're nice, I'll share...But considering you've already met your niceness quote for the year, I wouldn't bet on it. And you can't have any sprinkles."
"There goes my reason for living."
"I thought that was to make me miserable.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“Torture by maths should be a felony.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“You're Gideon's friend."
I laughed. Gideon's friend, of course. "Only because his mother pays me to hang out with him."
"Can she pay me?" Elspeth asked.
Iris, moving into the room, rolled her eyes at her sister.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“Rule #47 of living with a superhero. Don't mess with her costume.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“But...he's a demon. Isn't that sort of the main category of Things to Smite?”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“And still the light kept coming. It poured out of me, boundless and violent. But even as it swelled, it didn't leave me. I felt myself moving with it, a part of it, moving through earth and air, soaking up shadow. And I felt connected to everything. I felt the city, the motion of engines and tires and feet, of doors opening, of throats trembling with sound. I smelled soil and snow, grease, garbage, sweat, breath, heat. I felt the earth, and everything beneath and Beneath.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“I loved Granny Belmonte, but she didn't need a costume to look undead.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“It changed. I changed. It’s been years since I felt that way. This is who I am. Being a Guardian—being your Guardian—it’s important to me”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“Don't you think this has gone on long enough?"
I looked up from my book. Leon was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame.
It was Thursday night, and although my sickness-or aftereffect-was gone, I still refused to join the land of the living...I was better off indoors.
"You're interrupting my reading." I regarded Leon suspiciously. He hadn't spent any time yelling at me since Friday, but that didn't mean he wasn't about to start again.
"Get up," he said. "We're going out."
"I'm not going out," I protested, faking a cough. "I'm sick."
"You're better."...
"It's going to rain. Or snow. Or both. You never know with Minnesota. We could wander right into a blizzard." ...
"Fine, but I'm still not going anywhere. It's the middle of the night."
"It's eight."
"I'm in my pajamas”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“Audrey, how exactly have yo been entertaining?"
"Um... I gave Mickey a reading."
"I thought we were sticking with Wyle," he said.
"Mickey is less threatening," I told him. "My mom's a little vulnerable right now. She turns forty next month."
She sounded strangled. "Audrey. Room. Now."
Oh well. I already had a talk in store. I gave her a quick salute, then leaned in close to whisper. "Be careful, Mom. He's totally on to you.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

“Hay lugares en los que es mejor no mirar", pensé. Hay lugares que devuelven la mirada.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star