Midnight Blue-Light Special Quotes

“Blood is thicker than water, but family isn’t just about blood. Family is about faith, and loyalty, and who you love. If you don’t have those things, I don’t care what the blood says. You’re not family.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is uttered.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Since Dominic's been sleeping with me, the mice have been trying various labels on him, looking for one that fits. My personal favorite was the week they spent calling him "the God of Absolutely Never Smiling, No, Not Ever.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Well, that’s not something you see every day. Go tell your father that Grandma needs the grenades.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Any man who doesn't believe in carrying weapons on a first date is not a man worth knowing.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Don’t be careful. Be courageous. Don’t be safe. Be strong. Don’t be a victim. Be the one who makes it home.” —Evelyn Baker”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Blood is one thing, but that’s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They’re the ones who’ll keep you standing.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“There was a moment of silence before Istas said, “I was unaware the telepathic girl possessed a temper. This is pleasing. Temperamental people are more likely to participate in carnage.” “Sweetie, what have we talked about?” asked Ryan. Now it was Istas’ turn to sigh. “Humans are discomforted by excessive discussion of their squishy interiors.” “Which means . . . ?” “No referencing carnage more than once in a single conversation.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Nobody pronounces capital letters like an Aeslin mouse.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“HAIL THE VISITATION OF THE GOD OF QUESTIONABLE MOTIVATIONS!” Dominic raised his eyebrows. “Is that my divinity this week?”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“I mean, how many people have jobs where they can say “I didn’t sleep last night because the mice wouldn’t stop talking” and get sympathy rather than a referral to a psychiatrist?”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“If we encounter heretics while on the search for our brave Priestess, we will smite them down with the Fury of a Thousand Angry Rolling Pins!” squeaked the mouse. “Don’t know what that means, really. I’ve got to assume it’s pretty dire, since it’s coming from a talking mouse,” said Uncle Mike.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“We may be the only people in history to defect from their religious order not over a point of faith, but over footnotes.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“My personal favorite was the week they spent calling him “the God of Absolutely Never Smiling, No, Not Ever.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Never forget that I loved you, and I did the best by you I could. You can forget everything else about me, but please. Don’t forget that.” —Enid Healy”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“I looked back to Dominic, who was watching me with unguarded affection. “You are insane, infuriating, and in dire need of aid if you’re going to survive this,” he said. “My help was always yours. All you had to do was ask for it.” “I’m asking,” I said. “Then I’m yours.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“He’s forbidden fruit in hot brooding Italian man form, and just like Eve before me, I can’t resist taking a bite or two.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“The question you have to ask yourself before you run away is this: am I running because I have no choice, or am I running because I’m afraid? And if I’m running because I’m afraid, will I actually escape, or will I just delay the inevitable?”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“We need a plan.” “Don’t die,” suggested Ryan. “We need a better plan.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“My hair is hungry,” announced Carol. That brought the conversation to its second screeching halt in as many minutes, as everyone turned to stare at the gorgon.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Oh, and they do algebra. For fun. Their universal fascination with higher mathematics may be the least human thing about them.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Baked goods are one of the primary accomplishments of civilization.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“I came to New York to dance. The cryptozoology was supposed to be a sideline, something I did to keep my parents happy while I proved that I could have a career if I wanted one. But somewhere along the way, the proportions got reversed. I started spending more and more time with the cryptids who needed my help, and less and less time fighting my way through the cutthroat world of ballroom dance. My partner, James, had to chase me down for rehearsals. If it weren’t for the fact that he was cutting back his own availability while he prepared for chupacabra mating season, he would probably have talked to me about seeing other partners by now. As it was, I was braced for that conversation.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“The slaughterhouse didn’t have many windows. The windows it did have were narrow things set high to the ceiling, where even the most industrious burglar—or assassin—would have to really work for the kill. Even so, I found myself wishing Antimony were there. Not to stay; this situation was too dangerous to wish on my little sister, no matter how many times she’d tied me up when we were kids. I just wanted her around long enough to set trip wires and alarms on all the unexpected entrances. She had an eye for that sort of thing.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“Near as anyone can tell, the cuckoos don’t serve an otherwise unfilled purpose in any ecosystem. They just kill, and destroy, and break things for the pleasure of seeing the shards come raining down. Oh, and they do algebra. For fun. Their universal fascination with higher mathematics may be the least human thing about them.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“When everything else fails, smile big, shoot sharp, and remember that a lady never needs to say she’s sorry.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“I don’t know. If I knew . . . there are a great many things that I don’t know, right now. It’s not a pleasant sensation.”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special

“one glance at the poster on gorgon hygiene was enough to make me want to skip dinner for the next week. (Here’s a hint: All those snakes have to eat, and anything that eats has to excrete. This, and other horrifying images, brought to you by Mother Nature. Proof that if she really exists, the lady has got a sick sense of humor.)”
― Seanan McGuire, Midnight Blue-Light Special