Slayer Quotes

“Of all the awful things demons do, keeping Latin alive when it deserves to be a dead language might be the worst.
To say nothing of ancient Sumerian. And ancient Sumerian translated into Latin? Diabolic.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“There's another way out there, and no matter what, I'm going to find it. If I'm Slayer, my choice is to use everything I've been given to protect those I love and to protect those I'll never even know.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“In short, Artemis is the strong twin. The powerful twin. The chosen twin. And I am . . . The one who got left behind.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Being chosen is easy. Making choices will break your heart.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“I know it’s been rough on her—it’s been rough on everyone, having the entire world change yet again. But we do what Watchers do: We keep going.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Watchers were meant to guide Slayers—the Chosen Ones specially endowed to fight demons—but over the centuries we evolved to be more hands-on. Watchers have to make the hard decisions, and sometimes the hard decisions include weapons. Swords. Spells. Knives.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“So many cities in America exist in defiance of the land they were built on.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Anticipating violence always seems to create it.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Darkness was the great equalizer. Everyone was the same in the dark. Colorless. Featureless. Powerless.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Now I have to save Cosmina in front of everyone. And the clock is ticking. Why didn't my dream fast-forward past the relatively easy vampire-only threat and give me a sneak preview of this much, much worse scenario? Whoever created this system was an idiot!
Oh. Right. My ancestors created it. Thanks a lot, jerks.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Demons first. We don't know how Athena's dream compares to reality. It could have already happened or might not happen for another few days."
"Who the hell is Athena?" Cillian asks.
I raise my hand.
"Oh, that makes so much more sense. I had questioned your mother's intelligence, naming one of you Artemis and the other Nina. The whole point to having twins is to give them matching names."
"Yes," Artemis deadpans. "That's why our parents had us."
Artemis was the goddess of the hunt; a protector. It fits my sister perfectly. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war. It's never escape my notice that everyone thought Nina fit me better than my real name.
Everyone except Leo.
"If we have twins someday," Rhys says, "we'll give them matching names."
Cillian nods in agreement, then claps his hands together. "Little Sonny and Cher will be so adorable."
"Jane and Austen," Rhys says.
"Meryl and Streep," Leo offers without looking back.
"That's the one!" Rhys shouts.
"You can be their godfather." Cilllian beams.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Wait," Cillian says. "Who's the Slayer and why is she in danger?"
"I'm not really sure. Like I said, we didn't get the information we needed." The Range Rover hits an aggressive pothole and I bounce, almost dropping the phone. "I dreamed she was being held hostage by a vampire. Not much to go on. Blue hair. I think she's in Dublin. Her name's Cosmina."
There's a pause, and I wonder if I accidentally hung up on him. Then he says, "Got her."
"What?"
"Cosmina Enescu. Nineteen, single, blue hair. Lives in a crappy flat in a not-nice area of Dublin. She's quite fit, though."
"You found her!" I shout. "How did you find her? Are you a hacker or something?"
"Love, it's called Facebook. I'll make you a profile if you want. No one has to be a hacker these days. Cosmina is an unusual enough name, so there weren't many options. And blue hair? Only one.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a Chosen One. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“They abandoned us. Buffy led the charge, as always. She was the first Slayer in our entire history who rejected our guidance. Our knowledge. Our help. Like we were holding her back instead of supporting her.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“There’s a secret room?' I ask, at the same time Rhys says, with genuine hurt, 'There are more books I didn’t know about?”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“The shelf Imogen is searching is technically off-limits, but since Buffy—the Slayer who single-handedly destroyed almost our entire organization—broke all magic on earth a couple months ago, it doesn’t matter anymore.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“This dream has been a lot better than most of my nights," she says. "You would not believe how often Kennedy shows up. I know it's petty but she's so annoying. Anything else I can help with while you're here?”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Earl Grey, which tastes like old ladies' underpants soaked in perfume.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Did you have a specific research goal? Or go wild and play bookshelf roulette?”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“There's a saying where I come from: Hold hands with the devil until you're both over the bridge. I haven't found the other side of the bridge yet.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“If the cats also sucked out people's souls or ate them or disemboweled them or occasionally tried to trigger the apocalypse to bring about an all-cat dimension on earth, then yeah."

"I know that should be scary," Cillian says, "but an all-cat dimension still sounds kind of snuggly. And no one can convince me that cats don't actually suck out people's souls.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Evil to fight. Coffee to pour".”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“I know that should be scary,” Cillian says, “but an all-cat dimension still sounds kind of snuggly. And no one can convince me that cats don’t actually suck out people’s souls.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“OF ALL THE AWFUL THINGS demons do, keeping Latin alive when it deserves to be a dead language might be the worst. To say nothing of ancient Sumerian. And ancient Sumerian translated into Latin? Diabolic.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“Oh, sweet hellmouths,”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“She carries me like a child, and I watch Leo.
Left behind.
I could still fight her, I know. I could crawl back so that Leo won't be crushed alone. but it won't wave him, and it will kill me.
Being chosen is easy.
Making choices will break your heart.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“What's the plan now?" Rhys asks.
I wait, but no one answers. He's talking to me. Artemis too is waiting for my plan. They finally trust my instincts, now that I have no power to back them up. Fantastic. Still, I'm a Jamison-Smythe. I'm not totally defenseless. And I'm going to fight with everything I have left. "Eve's a demon. We're Watchers. We'll do what Watchers do best."
"Research?" Rhys says.
"Babysit?" Imogen offers with a wry eyebrow.
"Spar," Artemis says bleakly, gesturing to her knee.
"No. We kill the demon. Save the world. Protect the Slayers, even if they don't know we're doing it. Even if they don't care. Eve's not touching any more of us.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“There's a cheery fire in a pit. Sitting by the fire is Doug the demon. He's bobbing his head in time to music playing from headphones, and there's a book in his hands. I peer at it.
Nicholas Sparks. Doug really might be evil, then.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“This can't be the right place," Artemis scowls at the entrance.
"We won't even blend in," I whisper. "We're not nearly cool enough."
Leo has a pensive but dubious expression. "We could shave half your head."
I squeak and reflexively cover my hair with my hands.
He cracks a smile. "I would never.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer

“We're going to Dublin to talk with Cosmina. Mom wanted us to check on her." I pause. "Well, she wanted Leo to. She definitely wouldn't want me to."
"My mother didn't want either of us to do it." Leo doesn't so much as crack a smile."
"So you're both disobeying your own mothers by doing what the other person's mother asked you to."
I try to sort through the tangle of connections. "Right. Wait, no. Well, yes. Sort of. No one's mother wants me to go. Unless you know something about Wanda Wyndam-Pryce that I don't.”
― Kiersten White, Slayer