Autumn Bones Quotes

“Vampire in real life aren't like the ones in the movies. They weren't going to be playing baseball in a thunderstorm.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“An awkward silence descended between us. Where did that phrase come from? I wonder. Silence descended. Descended from where exactly? Was it hovering over us like the alien spaceship in Independence Day? Maybe it wasn't really silence so much as it was the smothering weight of something unsaid, words we'd kept at bay, kept in the air, by talking about other things.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“I’d never thought before about how much of what animates us as human beings—or semi-human beings—depends on our feelings. Without them, we were dead inside.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Fancy wording, right? That’s what comes from hanging out with a six-hundred-year-old Eastern European nobleman.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Knowledge is never wasted.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Okay, so I wasn’t entirely sure what it was or what I’d do about it if she did, but it felt good to say it.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Islands have their own rules, especially if they’re blood-soaked.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“super-size emotions had saved me. God knows, I’d spent enough time wrestling with them, but I’d never thought before about how much of what animates us as human beings—or semi-human beings—depends on our feelings. Without”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Somewhat to my surprise, there were several polite golf claps. Vampires.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“whatever complicated emotions I felt for him, I didn’t want to ruin the moment with my unfortunately stereotypical American ignorance of history and geography.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“Ben Lewis. He's in Afghanistan."
"He is?" I blinked. "In the army?"
"Well, he's not there on his honeymoon.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“You like him?"
I nodded. "I like him. Hell, Mogwai likes him."
"You could pick a worse judge of character than your cat," she said in a pragmatic voice.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones

“All I could do was stare blankly at him.

"Look." He raised both hands, palms outward. "Daisy, I'm sorry. I had no idea."
"You had no idea you had a twin sister?"
"No idea she was coming." He sounded tired.

My tail began lashing back and forth in agitation. "Oh, and where exactly did Emmy pop in from, Sinny dear? Did she drive up from Kalamazoo? Because I don't recall you mentioning a sister. And it sounded a lot like jolly old England, which I don't recall you mentioning, either. Is that something else you put behind you? Or maybe putting on accents is a thing with the Palmer clan. Pip pip, cheerio-”
― Jacqueline Carey, Autumn Bones