School Spirits Quotes

“You are my new hero. Seriously, I might actually be in love with you now. Would it be awkward if we made out?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“You knocked out Ben McCrary?' he asked, eyes wide.
'It was an accident,' I said again. 'I threw the ball harder than I meant to.'
Dex burst into laughter. 'Oh my God, that is the greatest thing I've heard all week. You are my new hero.'
Squinting at me, he leaned in and said, 'Serious, I might actually be in love with you now. Would it be awkward if we made out?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I don’t know what heaven smells like, but if it doesn’t smell like freshly baked cookies, I will be really disappointed.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“A startled giggle burst out of me. Paranormal Management Society. PMS. I hadn't even thought of it like that.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Whatever shall you wear?' Torin observed, propping his chin in his hand. 'Let's see, there's the black T-shirt with black jeans. Or perhaps, if you're going for elegance over function, you could wear the black T-shirt with black jeans. Ooh!' He sat up, widening his eyes. 'Do you know what would be particularly fetching? The black-'
'T-shirt with black jeans,' I finished for him. 'Hilarious.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Damn it,Izzy, I told you, keeping a low profile is an essential part of every job."
"I was trying!"
"And breaking someone's arm by second period? That was your attempt at trying?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Dex was taller than me, and as he pressed me against him, he actually hauled me up on my tiptoes. His arm was around my waist, his other hand plunged into my hair, and he was kissing me. I mean, really, really kissing me.
I was kissing him back. And I was good at it.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I wondered what Finley would say if she were here. Probably something like, 'Stab him with silver and see if it kills him.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Nothing in this place is sexy," I told him, and he[Dex] laughed.
"Oh, come on, Izzy. Even you, Miss Anti-Romance, can admit there's something just a little bit appealing about making out in a candlelit cave."
"Bats live in caves," I reminded him. "And where there are bats, There's bat poop. Lot's of it. Did you know there's a cave in Mexico where they have a whole mountain made out guano?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Dex leveled a fake-sultry gaze at me. "Are you coming on to me?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Whoever used to hang out here, they must have been pretty tiny," I joked.
Dex turned his flashlight on me. "Um, Iz, pretty sure they weren't standing up," he said, and I blushed.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“When you don’t have much family left, you’ll do anything to protect what you have.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Welcome to the Brannick family, Dexter.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“No, but I mean do you like him? You know, in the carnal sense."
I rolled my eyes. "You've clearly been spending too much time with Dex.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Can you get me home by nine?" His grin widened. "Isolde, my friend, I can get you back by quarter 'til.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“You have that expression on your face that speaks of incipient moral dubiousness,' Torin observed, making me glad I’d bought that thesaurus a few years back.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I also like ladies. And not as in shopping buddies, but in the carnal sense.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Until tomorrow, Fair Isolde.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“That's it. Be yourself. Be Isolde Brannick, and they will have no choice but to adore you," He reached out and took my hand, pressing a kiss to the back of it. I was too stunned to do anything but sit there, my hand limp in his.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I called on Dex first. 'Um, yes. We have this friend, Izzy Brannick? She's about your height, has your color hair, and she is a normal, sane-type person. And you, Crazy Lady, seem to have replaced her. Can we have Izzy back now please?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I know it looks vaguely unsanitary and potentially scandalous, Nana, but I promise that Izzy and I are only pursuing noble...pursuits. We've even got a chaperone! Izzy, who was that woman who went into the cave?'
I blanked, not sure how to describe Maya. I settled on, "My...also my Nana.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Ouija boards don’t work.'

Dex rocked back on his heels, still grinning. 'That a fact?'

'I’m just saying, I don’t think that anything made by Milton Bradley is much good for contacting the dark side, that’s all.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Oh, so now it's you with the gift of prophecy, is it? I know what I've seen. You are my key and my salvation.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I had always been proud of my mom. So she’d never back cookies, or sew a Halloween costume, but she could fight monsters. She was tough and smart, and maybe she didn’t read bedtime stories, but she had taught me to defend myself against the things that lurked under beds.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I’m Dexter O’Neil, Mrs. Brannick,” Dex said, offering his hand to shake. “And I’m hoping you’ll adopt me.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I don’t know what heaven smells like, but if it doesn’t smell like freshly backed cookies, I will be really disappointed.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Our lips met, and if this kiss wasn’t as…thorough as the first one, it felt bigger somehow. More important.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits