The Brightest Fell Quotes

“Some wounds never really heal. They just scab over enough to let you keep on going.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“It was possible she’d been too focused on her need for another cocktail to realize we were witnessing one of the portents of the apocalypse. ”The Luidaeg is singing Disney songs.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“You’re a nerd,” I said, and swatted him in the arm. “You seemed all cool and mysterious back when I was afraid of you, but I’m not afraid of you anymore, and I can see clearly that you are a nerd.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“The music started. I felt the blood run out of my face, leaving me cold.
"Oh, oak and ash," I said. "This isn't happening."
I wasn't the only to have that thought. Quentin pushed through the crowd to stand on my other side....
"That's the Luidaeg," he said, sounding dazed.
"Uh huh," I agreed.
"That's the Luidaeg, singing 'Poor Unfortunate Souls.' In a karaoke bar. In front of other people.
"Uh huh," I agreed again. Doing anything else seemed impossible. Well, except for maybe drinking my beer. Drinking my beer, I could do. I drank some of my beer.
The Luidaeg did not disappear. The Luidaeg remained on the stage, belting out the sea witch's song from Disney's 'The Little Mermaid.' Given that the Luidaeg IS the sea witch according to every legend I've ever heard, the overall effect was more than a little jarring.
"We're gonna need more beer," said Danny.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“I had a great deal of respect for his straightforward nature, and for his willingness to pick people up by the throat. It seemed efficient.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Language is an invasive species. Let it take root in new soil, and you’ll never beat it out, no matter how hard you try.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“The thought caused a brief spike of panic, until I blinked several times and confirmed that I could still feel my eyes. No one had removed them or sealed my eyelids shut. It says something about my life that this was a concern.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“In Faerie, heroes do the things they do because, on some primal level, they have no choice. Once the heroism has them, they can’t refuse. No matter how much they try, the weight of it will always fall upon their shoulders.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Magic can be reversed. Trauma isn’t that simple.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Much as it pained me to admit it, I would probably have been even happier hitting her with the baseball bat again, sending her into a serene slumber. She deserved a little hitting. Sadly, it would just have distressed Simon, who didn’t seem to appreciate me beating his child to a pulp. Amateur.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“The Luidaeg did not disappear. The Luidaeg remained on the stage, belting out the sea witch’s song from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Given that the Luidaeg is the sea witch according to every legend I’ve ever heard, the overall effect was more than a little jarring.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Everyone’s magic is different, but everyone’s magic takes something from their parents.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“I’ve always been better at being strong for other people than I am at being strong for myself. Maybe it’s the way I was raised—or maybe it’s the way I was made.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“The Luidaeg chuckled, dark and mirthless and terrifying. It was the laughter of a woman being led to the gallows, already knowing what comes next. "Oh, October. Sometimes I forget how young you are. Don't you understand? We say 'three days' or 'a week' or 'in a fortnight's time' because otherwise, we would never stop.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“I was splitting hairs. I knew it. That didn’t matter. Sometimes splitting hairs is what keeps the world from falling down.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“You’re fools, all of you. Fools and heroes, and I don’t know if there’s a difference.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Sometimes I wonder what it would feel like to have a normal family. Not that anyone I know actually has one.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“They seem a little bit animal in human form. Tybalt's tendency to curl his tongue when he yawns, for example, or the way he sometimes looks at me through sleepy, half-closed eyes, utterly feline, utterly content.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell

“Let’s play a fun game,” I said. “It’s called ‘don’t bait the man who’s going to help us.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell