Daylighters Quotes

“You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Myrnin to Claire: "If anyone comes to bite you while I'm gone - well, try not to attract attention. Die quietly.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“There were a few things scarier than a bipolar vampire off his meds, but to be honest, not that many.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“I thought that you had stood up for the free will & rights of humans in this town.”
“Depends on the human,” Claire said. “As far as I know, Hitler had a heartbeat, and I wouldn’t vote him to be in charge.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“But if these past years in Morganville have taught me anything, it's that sometimes you have to just . . . jump. It's not safe. It's never safe. But sometimes you have to live dangerously.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“I think that's my new band name," Shane said. "Asshat and Nerd Girlfriend. It's got a ring to it.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Myrnin: "I think your ghost girl's afraid I'll try to bite her. I believe she may have, you know, mental issues...”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“No matter what any of you have done, you haven't all done it. Because it's not right to judge a class of people by the actions of one, or a few. That's not justice. It's prejudice, and I don't like it. Justice means judging each person individually."
Jesse's lips slowly curled into a smile, and her eyes warmed as well. "High-minded," she said. "I'm not sure you'll find a lot of people living up to your standard."
Claire shrugged. "Doesn't matter if they do or not. It's my opinion, I'm not trying to make anybody else agree. But I don't want them forcing their opinions on me."
"And thus beging the war," said Lady Grey, who'd once been queen.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“The unknowns wasn't full of terrors, it was full of undiscovered advantages. Better to run toward something than from something.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Claire to Myrnin: "Do the guards at the mall know you're out?" He didn't look up. "That's very doubtful, I did kill the guard who spotted me, after all." They all stopped what they were doing and Shane snapped around and took a step toward him.
"Would that be the dead guard in our damn basement?"
"Well, of course, how many dead guards could there be? Why, did you kill one, too? Wasteful.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Shane's head suddenly snapped around, and he turned his whole body after it, facing Myrnin and took a step toward him. He said, in a voice tight with fury, "Would that be the dead guard in our damn basement?"
"Well, of course, how many dead guards could there be? Why, did you kill one, too? Wasteful.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“He waited a second, then made an abrupt flapping motion with his hands. "Well?" he demanded. "I'm a vampire, you silly woman. Ask me in! We're wanted felons, you know!”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to each other every day? They just carried on life and pretended like the evil didn't exist, as long as it was happening out of their direct view.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“He was capable of wild mood swings that went from murder to concern for a spider in under five minutes. In the end, loving Myrnin, really loving him, could be like living with an unexploded bomb - sooner or later it was bound to go off, and for someone fragile and human, it would be fatal.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Claire elbowed him. "You must be feeling better."

"Seems like it, doesn't it?"

That, she thought with a sudden rush of disquiet, was not an answer. It was an evasion. "Are you feeling better?"

"If by better you mean much more aware than I ought to be of the fact that there are freaking vampires all over the place, then yes, much better. But I'm dealing with it."

"If you can't, will you let me know?"

"Sure thing. I'll let out a howl."

"Not funny."

"Well, in my defense, it wasn't really meant to be. I mean, I might literally howl.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Better to run toward something than run from something.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“The problem with ruling by fear is that eventually, when the fear fades, fury replaces it.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Her heart was breaking a little bit, because she felt something changing in Myrnin, and she knew that she would no longer be the center of his gravity. He'd always be there for her, and he'd always be her friend, but there was something in the way he held Jesse, stroked her hair, whispered to her in a way that Claire couldn't ever see him doing with her.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“I've failed you," he said.
"You just stopped the boy."
"That's not what I meant."
"I know what you meant, Oliver. You count too many things as failures when they are merely setbacks." She beckoned him up, and he stood, still intimately close to her. She didn't seem bothered. "I feel safer with my old enemy beside me.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“She'd started handcuffed, armed with a paper clip. Now she had a ten-inch strip of metal with sharp edges, handcuffs, and a paper clip. Her odds were improving all the time.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Hurt me?" he asked. "How would you do that? By taking away everything I love? Everything I honour? You're too late, Hannah. Far too late. Fallon already did that."
Claire's terrible feeling suddenly condensed into a heavy, sickening weight. "He took Jesse," she said. "Fallon took Jesse.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“I'm not saying a hunt isn't something we crave, but to a man, we hate to be manipulated. And this is our town, as much as any human's. Our home, and our neighbours and perhaps even our friends. You fall into the trap of thinking as Fallon does, that there are only heroes and villains, monsters and victims, and nothing between. We all stand in that space, crossing the line to one side, then the other. Even you.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“She hardly felt the steps down the aisle, though she did feel the weight of all eyes on her as she walked. It was over in what seemed far too little time, and then her dad handed her off to Shane, and her heart almost stopped as his eyes met hers.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“It smelled like Lysol and desperation.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“So. Happy?” He crossed his arms, staring out at the people milling about the buffet and taking seats at round tables. “Truly?”
She thought about it for a few seconds, and then said, very quietly, “Yes.” She resisted the urge to apologize for it, and he nodded. “Good,” he said.
“Clearly, that’s good.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters

“Chief Hannah Moses,” she said. “You must be Mrs. Grant.” “Heard of me?” “You left an impression. You may be the first combat librarian I’ve ever met.” That earned an almost-full smile from the other woman. “I think most librarians are combat qualified,” she said. “It’s not as peaceful a job as it looks.”
― Rachel Caine, Daylighters