Magic and the Shinigami Detective Quotes

“No one should ever underestimate the stupidity and creativity of the human mind”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“With a wicked smile on her face, Edwards slapped him companionably on the arm. “There’s no honor among friends, Sherard, just humiliating secrets and blackmail. Now, come on.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“With a whoop, my insane partner crashed right through the houses, demolishing several walls in the process, sending the already fragile house caving in on itself.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“She just took off running, didn’t she?” Even through text I could sense his frustration and resignation. “She’s going to be the death of me, that woman. If you find me keeled over with heart failure, lay the blame at her door.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Davenforth, come on, hop in. Don’t worry, I won’t let Jamie drive us. She’s a maniac, she’ll kill us all.” Edwards smacked him on the arm with the back of her hand. “Like going thirty ever killed anyone.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“then glared at the thing venomously. “I realize that you, as an inanimate object, are not to be blamed for anything that has occurred,” I informed it icily, “but I will still take great delight in seeing Warner dismantle you.” It, of course, had nothing to say to that.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Seaton did a slow turn in place, eyes roving over the grass. “Not immediately. You go left, I’ll go right.” Having no objections, I did so. “Make sure to look where you’re going!” Edwards called after him. I could hear Seaton mutter to himself as he moved, “Walk into one wall, just one, and they never let you forget it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Shooting me an unrepentant look over her shoulder, she kept singing. It had a strangely upbeat quality to it that was catchy. Seaton linked arms with her and joined in. “Let your evil shiiiiiiiine~!” they sang cheerfully, thankfully on key. I deemed it just as well that we didn’t expect the thieves to be in any of the graveyards, as with this entrance, only the truly insane would linger. For my mental health, I decided to ignore the singing duo.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Gregson, for the first time since my entrance, looked completely flabbergasted. His jaw dangled for several seconds before he spluttered, “You actually like her!” I glared at him eloquently for that bit of stupidity. “I do like people, Gregson.” “No, you don’t!” he denied, still spluttering. “You respect a few people, you tolerate others, but you loathe half of this precinct. Sanderson, for example.” “I loathe Sanderson, as you so quaintly put it, because if you gather up all of his brain cells, it would have the collective intelligence of a flatworm,” I snapped, trying very hard to rein in my temper. I’d come here to safeguard a friend, not be accused of…whatever I’m being accused of. Anti-social tendencies?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Raising a hand to her face, she rubbed at the bridge of her nose and muttered something that sounded like, “I’ve stepped into a Jane Austen novel, I swear.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I do hope you reported this all to the captain.” “No, I broke their noses and let them report why to the captain,” she answered mock-sweetly. That was evil. Not that I blamed her. In her shoes, I might have done the same.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“We were rather a different subset of examiners. Every police station had at least a pathologist, but Magical Examiners weren’t nearly as common. It took a balance of expertise in the magical field and a willingness to work for a questionable salary.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I feel like I should be looking for the yellow brick road, or the man behind the curtain. Ugh, I’ve got to quit that. I swear, if this planet really is called Oz, I will shoot myself.” Why did I keep referencing the movie that traumatized me as a kid?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Sometimes I wished I could outsource emotion or at the very least scoop it out into a bowl and pass it to Edwards and ask, ‘What is this, because it’s possibly ruining my life and I think it’s your fault?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“He looked fully as cunning as the Cheshire Cat. “If you tell me where it is, I’ll teleport and fetch it for us. We absolutely must review and leave notes. For the sake of future generations.” And that was why Sherard and I are friends. I beamed at him.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Striding forward, she passed through the gates, throwing out her hands as she went in a grand gesture. “Come my minions, rise for your master~!”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“The man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the woman doing it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“There’s no honor among friends, Sherard, just humiliating secrets and blackmail. Now, come on.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“All of these…these…feelings were deucedly inconvenient. I didn’t even understand what I felt half the time. Sometimes I wished I could outsource emotion or at the very least scoop it out into a bowl and pass it to Edwards and ask, ‘What is this, because it’s possibly ruining my life and I think it’s your fault?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I’m like Lazarus,” she informed me cheerfully, gently shoving me backwards so she could close and lock her door. “I always rise on the third day.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“No one should ever underestimate the stupidity and creativity of the human mind.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I ruthlessly informed myself to shut up. It wasn’t helpful. All of these…these…feelings were deucedly inconvenient. I didn’t even understand what I felt half the time.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“She gave me a sad smile before focusing dead ahead. “Trust me, Henri, we all have different circumstances. It doesn’t change the outcome. Homeless is homeless. The pain of that is universal.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Gregson, this does bring up a valid concern: who will take over my duties? I can’t work both at once. And if you say Sanderson will cover for me, I will flip this table over.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I strove to keep my tone professional, but I had a feeling I fooled no one at the table, least of all myself. “I certainly have no objections. We’ve worked well together.” “Regular Abby and Gibbs, that’s us.” Edwards”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“It’s not that I was jealous, really. Well, alright, I was, as I want to be just as comfortable with Edwards as she is with Seaton. But that kind of friendship takes more than a few weeks to develop. I needed to give this time. Stop thinking about it, Davenforth. Although, Seaton had barely known her a year, so that put a rather sizeable hole in the theory, didn’t it? STOP, Davenforth. Irritated with myself, I firmly put my mind onto a different train of thought before it spiraled even further along this ridiculous tangent”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I have a sudden nostalgia for Afghanistan, when all I had to worry about were scorpions, the occasional lion, and being shot at. Things were simpler then.” I labeled her statement as ‘otherworldly, let it pass’ and stumbled to a halt at her side, gasping in breath.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Seaton paused mid-step as if a petrifying spell had hit him. “Did you hear that?” “Sherard,” Edwards drawled in a warning tone. “Don’t start that.” “No, seriously, did you hear that?” he asked, and for once didn’t seem as if he were on a grand lark of an adventure.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“I watched Edwards as she explained the process, her hands up as she gestured, features animated, and a strange thought overtook me. For all the damage that Belladonna had done our world, she unwittingly did us an amazing favor as well, all by bringing through this one woman. I suppose the old saying is true. Every cloud does have a silver lining.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective

“Looking back at this attractive, competent woman quickly becoming my friend, I thought of where this case might lead us and felt my gut churn in a queasy roll. Did she understand that by pursuing this case, it might destroy her?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic and the Shinigami Detective