A Local Habitation Quotes

“I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“That's the nice thing about insanity: evil people kill you, but crazy ones try to make you understand.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.

—Tybalt”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“The laws of physics have already been violated. What happens if they decide to press charges?”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“October—

You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you of his intent to visit after ‘tending to some business at the Queen’s Court.’ I recommend wearing something clinging, as that may distract him from whatever he wishes to lecture you about this time. Hopefully, it’s your manners.

You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.

—Tybalt
”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Call me paranoid. I'm frequently right.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Hey!" I turned, crossing my arms and glaring. "I was talking to him!"

Tybalt eyed me with amusement, which just made me glare harder. "No, you were inciting him to stab you with a toothpick. Again, the difference is small, but I think it matters.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Repetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luidaeg: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers have an instinctive grasp of this concept, but most don’t practice it on immortal water demons. That’s probably why there are so few disembowelments in your average preschool.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Whoever was responsible for naming the fae races should really have put more thought into making them pronounceable when drunk.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“I’ve always thought of joggers as being sort of like Blind Michael and his crew: deserving of respect, but slightly psychotic. Who in their right minds would want to get out of bed and run around in their underwear before noon?”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“We’ve given them plenty of reasons to fear us. Even if they’ve almost forgotten–even if they only remember that we were beautiful and not why they were afraid–the fear was there before anything else. There were reasons for the burning times; there’s a reason the fairy tales survive.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Family” really means “the ones that can hurt you the most.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Coffee and corpses, that's my life. Sometimes I hate being me.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“not fair,” Quentin said. “She’s the one insulting us, and she gets to walk away?” “Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality,” I said. “Now drink your soda and help me think of nasty names to call her next time she shows up.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Sometimes hope is the cruelest joke of all.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“I don’t understand why you’re doing this.” “I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“If you don’t mind, I need to fall down until my head stops hurting.” “Of”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.” No”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality,” I said. “Now drink your soda and help me think of nasty names to call her next time she shows up.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“hard things are best done quickly: face what you’re afraid of and get it over with, if you can. It hurts less in the long run.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Go find Tybalt? How are you expecting me to do that?” “I don’t know. Get a can of tuna and go around the Park calling ‘Here, kitty, kitty’?” I sighed.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“She was standing on the edge of sanity, and I was afraid that if she lost her balance, she’d take Quentin with her.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Blood magic is based half on instinct and half on need. There are patterns to follow and rituals that can make things easier, but in the end, it all comes down to instinct and need.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“my choices were “laugh” and “cry.” Laughter seemed healthier.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“Maybe she’d just lost her best friend, but that didn’t excuse her behavior; trauma only works as an excuse for so long.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation

“I’m not a hero; if I’m lucky, I never will be. I just do my job.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation