Crisped + Sere Quotes

“Cavalo didn’t know if it was love. He didn’t know if he was even capable of such a thing anymore. But what he did know was that he had descended into the depths of hell for the man standing in front of him, and he would do it again. No hesitations. No questions asked.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“We’re all dying, Lucas retorted. Every day. We’re already dying.
“But we’re alive while doing it,” Cavalo said.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Can’t sleep?” SIRS had asked.
“No,” Cavalo said roughly.
“Ah. I often wonder what it’s like.”
“What,” Cavalo asked, pressing the heels of his hands to his eyes.
“Sleeping,” SIRS had said. “Being able to dream. I’m told it’s a wondrous thing.”
“Except when they’re nightmares. Not so wondrous when death is all you see.”
SIRS’s eyes had flashed. “I would think that would be even better,” he’d said. “Because you wake up, your heart pounding in your chest, and there would be a moment of terror before clarity sets in. The relief one must feel at realizing it was just a dream seems like it would be the greatest sensation in the world. How I wish I could wake from a nightmare.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“MOST UNFORTUNATELY IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS THERE IS ALWAYS A ‘BUT’ THAT SPOILS EVERYTHING.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Are we about to die?”
“I think so.”
"Then I’m allowed to be amused. If you can’t be pleased by the little things on the days before your death, then what was the purpose of living?”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Lucas glanced up at him, expression unreadable. Cavalo tightened his grip against Lucas. He heard it then, just a whisper. You… you came for me. He wasn’t sure if it was real. He wasn’t sure if any of this was real.
And without thinking, he muttered, “Always.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“I regret almost everything I’ve ever done. But I will never regret you.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“How funny you humans are. Grasping in the dark until you feel the hands of another to guide you back.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“The anger was like a storm. This close, Cavalo could feel the bees vibrating in Lucas’s head.
Yes. Goddamn you. Yes. Yes. They were trying to hurt you. They were trying to take you away. Yes. I killed them. And I would do it again. I would kill anyone who tried to take you away. And I will kill you if you ever leave.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Lucas glared at Hank. Jabbed the knife at him. Motioned between Hank and Cavalo. Jabbed the knife again. Pointed at Bad Dog.
Hank didn’t appear to be put off in the slightest. “What’d he say?” he asked Cavalo.
“Said you better make sure Deke knows if he’s going to point a gun at someone, he’d better be ready to use it.”
“That’s all he said?”
“Yes.”
Lucas scowled at Cavalo. Waved the knife again.
“That wasn’t all,” Hank said sagely.
“I’m not going to say that,” Cavalo told Lucas.
Lucas pressed the knife against Cavalo’s stomach. The tip poked through the outer layers and dimpled his skin underneath.
Cavalo sighed. “And if Deke ever points a gun at me again, Lucas will cut off his arms and feed them to Bad Dog.”
And I will eat them with great satisfaction, Bad Dog said with a growl.
“And Bad Dog will eat them.”
With great satisfaction, Bad Dog instructed.
“With great satisfaction,” Cavalo muttered.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Humanity, after all, cannot always contain the rage within.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“One guard that I can tell. SIRS, do not let Lucas kill him.”
“What about maiming?” The robot sounded amused.
“No maiming.”
“I tried,” SIRS told Lucas.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere

“Withering and sere, remember?”
“This, my most immemorial year.”
― T.J. Klune, Crisped + Sere