Magic Triumphs Quotes

“Yes, bad. Look at Daddy ripping the bad man to pieces. Go Daddy!”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Only Celts would use nine letters to make one sound.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Her eyes sparkled. “You should try calling, ‘Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.’”
“I will kill you and nobody will find your body.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Sometimes I jump on the table and kick people in the face, but I’m always civil about it.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“No. Besides, if you can’t trust an ice giant driving a creeper van with a dead body inside, who can you trust?”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“You don’t do subtle. Your subtle is pulling a kick so you don’t kill a man with it, just break his bones.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“I don’t know any lion hunters, period. And you know what, apple pie worked for me.”

“I’ve got news for you, it wasn’t your apple pie Curran was interested in.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“The world was going crazy. Nothing left to do but hold on and yell “Wheee!” at strategic moments.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Come in. Tea?”

“No.”

“I’ll get you some chamomile,” Barabas said. “You look like you need it.”

“Right now, I’d have to drown in calming tea for it to do any good.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“You’ll always be a bastard. There is a part of you that enjoys kicking the door in and throwing a severed head on the table.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“I don't have time for druid shenanigans.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Taste the undead rainbow.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Six vampires came scuttling over the roof, in assorted colors of sunblock, like someone spilled a bag of Skittles. Taste the undead rainbow.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Knocking, it’s a thing,” I told him. “You make a fist, lift it, and gently hit the door to let the person inside know you are out there.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Did you set a blood ward around us, so you could scream at me uninterrupted?” “YES!”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Those books made it crystal clear that giving honey to your baby before he was a year old made you a terrible mother. The moment a spoon of honey would touch his lips, the words “Awful Mother” would appear on your forehead, forever branding you as a parenting failure.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“The world needs more good people in it, and my son will be a good person.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Christopher’s expression sharpened, growing somehow more fragile. “The two of you only remember the man in the cage. Before that I was the Legatus of the Golden Legion. I murdered my way to the top. I committed atrocities. And unlike Hugh, I have nobody to blame but myself. I own everything I’ve done. I did it because I wanted power. I must live with it. Hugh lives with his memories. It will be his choice to atone for what he has done, or not. But I’ve forgiven Hugh, because if I don’t forgive him, there is no hope for forgiveness for someone like me.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Society frowned on killing your best friend. In this case, it would just have to make an exception.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“It’s funny how you use logic in an argument and think it will persuade me.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“History had a way of rolling over the best-laid plans like a runaway bulldozer.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“If it weren’t for my mother’s sacrifice, I would be Hugh now, sitting here, waiting for a crumb of kindness from someone I’d hurt.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“One minute later we sat on the bed, staring at a plate on the floor with two chocolate chip cookies and a small puddle of honey. “I don’t think you understand the whole predatory cat thing,” Andrea informed me.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“If I have to murder Hugh, I don’t want to do it naked,” he said. “It would be weird.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“You know my price,” he told her. Elara leaned back and crossed her arms, her face iced over. “Really?” “The whole thing. You’ll put it in your mouth and you’ll swallow.” What? “The whole thing?”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“There was so much I could teach her.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Take me off your calling list, or I will find you and make you regret it.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“This was above my pay grade. I had no idea how to deal with this sort of magic. That was okay. I was a quick learner.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“Huny.” Conlan sniffled. “I don’t negotiate with terrorists. Oatmeal or nothing.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs

“How is Baby B doing?” He grinned. “A wolf boy tried to steal her toy at the picnic last week. She chased him down, took the toy away, and beat him bloody with it.” “You must be so proud.” “Oh, I am.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs