Natural Consequences Quotes

“Lorelei, do you want other men?”
Her answer was calm, quiet and straightforward: “Yes.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“Wade shrugged. “Couldn’t say. That’s all apparently marked Secret, right? Ah’m jus’ a poor dumb hick grunt. Ex-grunt, anyway. Ah don’t know any secrets.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“She’s a demon,” Amber pressed quietly. “She’s, like, literally from Hell.” At that, he scowled deeply. “Maybe you should point that out to Alex. He might not have noticed. While you’re at it, you can ask him if he ever noticed that his three best friends are a black dude, a country hick and a Jew. Or that those two chicks he met in his photography class are both dykes. Maybe he’ll realize that’s more important than how people actually treat him.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“I mean that’s how you know when someone really wants to be friends, right? They initiate hang-outs rather than making you do all the work.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“fantasy depictions of sorcery and witchcraft, highly sexualized Halloween costumes, assault and battery, stabbings, excessive handcuff play, mayhem, explosions, existential discussions, controversial topics of sci-fi fandom,”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“When you live your whole life believing you know how the world works and then you see direct evidence proving that wrong, it’s tough to deal with at first. Ayn Rand fans have the same problem. But you’ll adjust.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“That guy?” he murmured.
She nodded, and then looked to him curiously. The couple fell a step behind their group. Her eyebrow rose. “You wouldn’t mind?”
“It’s entirely up to you,” Alex shrugged. “You always accommodate my shenanigans.”
Lorelei pursed her lips with amusement. “I’ll remember your choice of words,” she said as she broke off from the group. The others noticed her change of direction as they piled into the minivan, but none came up with reasons to stand there watching with Alex.
Lanier lingered. Alex gave him an accusing look. “She’s not gonna jump him in the open for everyone to watch, ya perv,” he said with feigned irritation.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“be”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“Everybody has a story for how they got here.” “I don’t,” muttered Lanier. “Okay,” Colleen conceded, “Matt doesn’t.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“I don’t want anyone wondering why you’re here, least of all you. You’ve kicked a lot of ass to be here.” He paused. “Plus I needed to see if you’d blush.” “Did I?” “No. Have a seat, everyone.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“You say that Hell cannot touch a mortal who still has an angel's protection?"
"Correct."
"Then why does he have an angel over him?"
"I'm not sure if you noticed, but that particular angel is quite insane.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“Grieving isn’t about forgetting. It’s about releasing emotions and moving on.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences