Junkyard Druid Quotes

“You know, your story is not all that unique in the supernatural world. Many a were-creature has had a similar experience the first time they turned. And, similar to your predicament, many therianthropes have tried to commit suicide in the midst of their grief and self-loathing, only to wake up the next day with one less round in their gun.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Let me tell you, son, I got more games than Milton-fucking-Bradley and more time to play them than Father-fucking-Time!”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Luther had become heavily involved in the gay and lesbian community in the last several decades. And just why would a three-hundred-year-old vampire choose to blend in among the LGBTQ community? Well, to put it in Luther’s words, “Honey, nobody screws with the Velvet Mafia. No one. I’m a gay black man, and a vampire. That gets me a lot of enemies. But for the first time in history I can live a public life, and not have to worry about being singled out for being gay or found out for being a vamp.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“You’re a pagan, you don’t believe in sin.” “Hah!” he countered. “Who do you think invented the concept, long before the first missionaries set foot on my fair isle? Just because we didn’t worship the Christian deity, it doesn’t mean we didn’t have morals.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Animals loved that guy, especially dogs, who didn’t hold grudges and didn’t care how screwed up a human was. They’d ignore your faults and love you just the same.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“How many times do I have to tell you fae, I’m not a druid? I’m a rígfénnid, damn it.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“And a witch she is, in every sense of the word. She was a sorceress among the Tuatha Dé Danann, these old-school Irish deities who were eventually defeated by mankind and forced underground, and who would later become known as the sidhe—faery folk.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“And you still blame yourself.” A statement, not a question. I flew out of the chair and roared at her. “Of course I blame myself! I remember everything—everything! Every moment of madness as the curse kicked in. It was like the real me stepped outside myself, and another me—a darker part of me—took over. I was just a passenger as I watched it all happen. And there was nothing, nothing I could do about it!” I slumped back down into the chair, feeling defeated and drained just by that simple admission of guilt and shame.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“The business was a cover for what we really did behind the scenes, before Finn became an addict. Anyway, Maureen was a half-kelpie who’d been handling Finn’s affairs for several centuries.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“She was very pretty, with fine Roman features and the kind of olive skin you couldn’t get from a tanning bed or spray booth. She had dark, thick hair, lush, but not quite full lips, and the body of a runway model. I noted this all in a sort of detached, clinical manner, because it distracted me from the topic of discussion.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Cognoscenti Therapy Associates, Austin, TX—Six Months Later I sat across from Dr. Larsen in her office, which was located in a hip, upscale business complex in a newly gentrified area of East Austin, just a few blocks from the downtown district.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Unfortunately, just hours earlier, the nastiest witch who ever walked the earth had cast a curse on me that would turn my world upside down and destroy everything I held dear.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“always took point because I was so protective of her, and she let me, even though it was slightly chauvinistic and completely unnecessary”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Nope, it was the hunter’s life for me, and Jesse felt the same way. We’d bonded over that first kill, and as we’d matured we’d become more than just friends and partners.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“It might take decades or even centuries for their return, but as creatures made more of magic than flesh, you could never rid the world of their presence for good.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Crowley looked a lot like a young Jeff Goldblum, all long limbs and elbows, but good looking in an exotic, ‘I’m here to clean your pool and rub sunscreen on your back’ sort of way.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid

“Samson likes you, so this should go well so long as you’re respectful and listen to what he has to say. But as for the girl, well—you touch that hot stove enough, and eventually you’ll learn how to stop when you’re ahead.”
― M.D. Massey, Junkyard Druid