Love and Other Wild Things Quotes

“And how am I supposed to know what my limits are if I don’t test them out in a safe fashion with a partner who can get me medical treatment if I need it?” “Damn you and your logic.” Dani raised her arms in triumph. “Scientific method, bitch!”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“he proclaimed that he didn’t need to work for a living because “the universe would provide.” When Dani was twelve, she asked Gramma how she felt about being called “the universe.” Dani got grounded for the weekend.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Yeah, these girls from the outside world are wily and unpredictable—Ow.” He paused as Jillian slid into the booth and lightly punched his bicep. “I am not wily or unpredictable,” Jillian said, pointing a finger in his face. “I am a delicate fucking flower of guilelessness.” “You’re right, elskling, You’re practically made of spun sugar.” Bael pushed part of his pecan pie over”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Your fancy scientific method is that I’m going to tie a rope around your waist and drag you back to safety when you push yourself too hard? Like in Poltergeist?” “It worked in Poltergeist.” “Just when I think you may the smartest person I’ve ever met, you go and say something like that.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“But she was going to eat as much pie as she damn well pleased, because as far as she was concerned, sugar was a natural substance that kept people around her from getting injured.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Dani sat back in her chair, a confused expression on her face. “Jillian, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but what the fuck is going on with your thumb?”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“You would think I would have weird abandonment issues, considering that both my parents left me behind. But I’m pretty well adjusted, except for this little thing where I run from emotional intimacy like my hair is on fire.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Dani froze, craning her head to the right, where the noise had come from. She clicked off the flashlight. She bit down on the urge to call, “hello?” into the dark. That was how people died in horror movies. And if someone else was creeping around in the library, she didn’t want them to know where she was.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“And then they watched The Bridges of Madison County,” Jillian added. Zed gasped. “That’s like The Notebook for old people!”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Bael, you’re my best friend, but please don’t smell me. We’ve talked about this.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Shifting into his other form and running into the depths of the swamp as a bear seemed like a good option, but it also involved dropping his pants. And Jillian could end up seeing him naked, which would compound the dragon jealousy issue. Could he dive into the water? Sure . . . if it wasn’t tail end of mating season for the local gators, who were not particularly choosy. He did not want to tangle with an amorous bull gator on top of everything else.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Do you want to take a bath?” “Do I get the rubber fish?” He shook his head. “No, Herr Scalesnstuff is mine, but I’ll let you borrow Dr. Squeakenstein.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Jillian’s mouth pulled back at the corners. “Ivy comes highly recommended, is even more qualified, but her bedside manner is appropriate for working with dead people.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“This is way better than the time Bael asked me to use my truck to help him move a gold statue of a hippo. A life-size statue, mind you, with ruby eyes the size of my fist. The thing was creepy. Dragons get very weird birthday presents.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Technically, we can’t determine that you committed murder,” Dani told him. “I mean, we don’t know what’s on the other side of that rift. Sure, her very cells could have been ripped apart into nothing because people were not meant to be thrown through interdimensional tears. But it’s also possible that she’s stuck in a dimension where dinosaurs are in charge of the government or the only fruit available is kiwi.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“You know, gremlins get a bad rap,” said Jillian. “They’re actually pretty benevolent. Most of the time when people see them, they’re trying to help fix the mechanical problem that’s taking down the plane or train or whatever.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“He liked to think the shriek he let loose was a manly sound of warning, but it sounded like, “Gah!”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“You clearly don’t understand the inner workings of the League. Your office space is a physical representation of your status,” he said. “How will other people know that you are very important unless you have a window? Or ten square feet more than they do?”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“That’s probably a reference I should understand, but I’ve been living in a yurt for the last six months,” Dani said. “Well, that’s considerably cooler than my nerdy Greek mythology reference.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“The League took control of the magie population worldwide without that population having much of a say in it. Sometime in the Renaissance, they simply informed the shifters and fairy folk of the world that their organization was in charge and that any disagreement with their policies would be met with silver bullets. Not that the superstitions about silver bullets were true, but a bullet to the head would kill just about anybody.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“But somehow, the hippie genes from Dani’s father just wouldn’t allow her to trust a shadow government organization with seemingly unlimited resources and influence”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Basically any fairy tale stock character that required advanced upper body strength. But she wasn’t here to ogle supernaturally attractive men. She was here to do a job.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“Dani pursed her lips. “Again, it’s weird that you know that.” Jillian nodded primly. “I accept your premise.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“I just need to know how far on the scale she is, so I know what sort of contingency plans to come up with—air, water or ground rescue? Will a drone be required? Does she have the means to shoot down my drone? I need to take all of these things into account and in order to do that, I need more information.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“As soon as All Star stopped playing, she”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things

“The fabric ruptured and she watched the colors writhe even more frantically as the rift opened just a tiny bit more.”
― Molly Harper, Love and Other Wild Things