The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Quotes

“Oh. It’s you,” she said, the words and the unenthusiastic tone that went with them dropping off her tongue like a lead weight. Hart resisted the urge to grind his molars into a fine powder. “Most people start with hello.” “Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Let me ask you something. If you had to choose between saving my life or saving a dog, which would you choose?” “The dog.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I want to be with someone who asks me how my day was, someone who finds what I have to say interesting. I want to be with someone who thinks that - I don't know - that I'm kind of special. That's all.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I was afraid you wouldn't feel for me what I have felt for you since the day I walked into Birdsall & Son and found a woman there who was color and light and joy in a world that had come to seem colorless and dismal and lousy to me.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I’ve been thinking on your situation, vague as it is to me, and I can’t help but wonder if more people are lonelier than either of us will ever know. Maybe lots of people are walking through their days, lonely as can be and believing no one understands what it’s like. That’s not a very cheering thought, is it?”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“It was the apology that rattled her the most, that made her wonder if she’d never had him figured out at all. She had called him arrogant the day they met, but an arrogant man apologized to obtain absolution. A good man admitted his errors and expected nothing in return. Now Mercy had a burning desire to find out whether or not Hart Ralston was a good man.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“He figured that if he could no longer love Mercy in person, he could at least love her through the pages of her favorite novel.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“She wished she could hate him, but she didn't. The sad truth was that she loved him, even if she was struggling to forgive him.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“But if we are going to inform your dad that we’re dating, I’d rather it be over a nice, wholesome dinner, not when I’m leaving your place first thing in the morning because I’ve spent the night worshipping at the altar of your glorious, beautiful, intoxicating pussy.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Everyone knows that cuddling gets hot and uncomfortable after two minutes,” she informed him. “Then if either of us gets hot or uncomfortable, we’ll desist, and no hard feelings. Deal?”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“She laughed, and he knew then that he would never tire of the sound.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I do care about him. But he's a mess. And I can't fix him. And I shouldn't have to.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“See? There's far more to fear from the living than from the dead. You remember that.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“She had no right to be full of life when she was surrounded by death.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Good gods, he thought, I’m turning into a fucking feelings factory. He cleared his”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“What are you doing here?” “Existing. What are you doing here?”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Committing it to ink makes it truer.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“You might be the last living creature I see on this earth, so quit being a dick,” Hart told him.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Holy Three Mothers, how many times?” Mercy wavered, a denial on her tongue, but she knew it would do her no good now. “How many times for him, or how many times for me? Because they’re not the same, and I am definitely in the lead.” Lilian screamed in her face.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Bassareus regarded Hart, studied the bottle in his hand, then turned his attention back to Hart. “She must be a hot piece of ass.” “You look like a rabbit, but you’re actually a pig, aren’t you?” Hart said, making it clear that this was a statement, not a question.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“It annoyed Mercy to no end that after years of putting up with that insufferable marshal, some primal inner instinct continued to think he looked good enough to eat.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I guess you’re still alive, then,” she said flatly. “I am. Try to contain your joy.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Then again, she wondered which was sadder: losing someone you truly loved, or never loving someone to begin with.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I face my own mortality every day. I can buy a fabulous blouse from a mail-order catalog, cook a terrible dinner, and go to bed with a good romance novel, but when I send the dead sailing across the Salt Sea, I know that the new blouse and that terrible dinner and a good romance novel won't mean a thing when I'm gone. And honestly, it's a comfort. It's something that links me to everyone around me, no matter who they are. Most people seal themselves off from death, but that doesn't change the fact that we're all joined together by this single thread.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“One by one, he thought of the people who had mattered to him. Pushing aside the remorse and regret that usually accompanied his memories. He wanted only love at his side now.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I thought, if living is this miserable, why wouldn't people want to leave it behind?”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“I can't believe what a wimp you are. You slay the undead on a regular basis. Pretty sure you can handle telling that nice lady that you wrote her some love letters.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“He draped his forearm across the open window and let the ocean spray cool his skin. If only it would soothe the burning inside him, this pernicious emotion he could not name with accuracy. Disenchantment? Regret? Whatever it was, it accompanied him like an unwanted guest in his passenger seat.”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“If we are going to be friends - true friends - shouldn't we know each other as people, with all our faults and foibles included?”
― Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy