An Apple for the Creature Quotes

“When I got a bad grade in my old boarding school, Kate would make a trip to the school to chew me out. When I got homesick, I'd flunk a grade on purpose. Sometimes she came by herself. Sometimes with other people. Boy kind of people. Of whom I promised myself I wouldn't be thinking about, because they were idiots.”
― Ilona Andrews, An Apple for the Creature

“True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection.”
― Ilona Andrews, An Apple for the Creature

“Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn’t really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she didn’t like, chopping him to tiny pieces wouldn’t exactly help me get into the school.”
― Ilona Andrews, An Apple for the Creature