The Last Soulkeeper Quotes

“Do you think it’s fair? I sold my soul for this brand, and the protection it gives me. That’s what it says in the small print. Lots of people don’t read the small print, but I did. When you get your brand, you swear to align yourself body, mind, and soul to Milton Blake and Harrington Enterprises. Seems odd for a corporation to ask for your soul, but this is the apocalypse.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“A human soul is an ancient, powerful thing. Cut a person off from their soul, and you make them a shell whose only purpose is their current unremarkable existence.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“I’ll protect you.” The caring in his voice made her turn away, fearful the hot creep up her neck might reveal how much the words meant to her.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“Archangels are such a pain in the ass,” Lucifer said, wielding a stormy mass of power in Cord’s direction. Cord slashed it aside with his fiery blade. “Must have hurt when Michael tossed you off the edge of Heaven onto your ass.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“Cheveyo shuffled to the door, cutting in front of Dane, a measure meant to protect but which came with a side order of humiliation.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“I think I wet my pants,” Cheveyo said into his other. “No … no … I didn’t. But only because my bladder is officially frozen.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“The group broke out in a chain reaction of cautious hugging, each aware that the other was concealing a small arsenal.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“From a bag tied around her waist, she tossed the man a Ziploc of holy water. “On the door,” she ordered. The man nodded and dragged himself inside, splashing the contents wildly as he entered. Good enough.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“At city hall. I went all the way to the chair. You sit down in this plastic chair with the built-in desk, the type they have at the DMV, and this man comes in and says, ‘Katrina Laudner, do you commit your soul to Milton Blake and all of his aliases for eternity?’ What type of corporation asks you to commit your soul for eternity?” “One managed by the Devil,” Jacob said.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“I think the vendor was possessed.” “By an angel,” Malini said. “You couldn’t smell him?” “I smelled Heaven, but I thought it was the pizza.” She nodded, chewing.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“His brother Asmodeus, vice of choice lust, was active among humans until the time of Noah when his, um, lustful wings were clipped. He moved in with Mammon after that incident, as did Leviathan, the demon of envy.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“Beelzebub embodied gluttony. He was killed in the Middle Ages by a band of Huns who didn’t appreciate his rabid consumption of their sheep. They were able to behead him in battle. One of the only successful demon killings by humans.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“The seven Wicked Brethren were cursed to be the vessels of the seven deadly sins. Pride, lust, wrath, gluttony, sloth, envy, and greed.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“Wicked Brethren.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“She glanced out the window, looking for Ghost and Samantha. Unfortunately, she found both of them running for their lives from a crowd of humans, some with baseball bats. Help was not coming. Rattled, she looked back at Mr. Harold.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“Soulkeeper protocol was to avoid contact with the public as much as possible. High noon, Bonnie wasn’t concerned the woman buying a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread was a Watcher, but humans tended to want to talk and talking wasn’t good for keeping a low profile, especially when both shopper and clerk were wearing medallions with Lucifer’s face on the back.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“No one notices me, Bonnie. That’s part of my power. Trust in it.” “Like they didn’t notice when you were trying to kill Cord?” During their Harrington mission, Ghost had captured the Watcher Cord and had a knife to his neck when a crowd of do-gooders saved the fallen angel. “That was different. They noticed Cord screaming and came to his rescue. They didn’t actually notice me until the very end.”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper

“It is close at hand—a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains, a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.” -Joel 2:1-2”
― G.P. Ching, The Last Soulkeeper