Vampire Librarian Quotes

“Maybe the only way to stand a chance was to match their darkness with my own. To stop clinging to humanity, to stop pretending.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I blinked, surprised anew by Lazarus's contradictions. He was an ancient vampire the council sent after their deadliest criminals, and he was a cat dad who read romance books, and he tore spines out of his enemies.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“Keith, have a drink," the terrifying, spine-shredding vampire instructed his cat. "Keith!" he repeated, sharper when Keith sidled past him and towards the door. "Drink! Water! I give up," he sighed when his cat disappeared from view.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“Because you're a pain in Lorn's ass," he spat, his eyes so dark they were almost black. His nostrils flared as he got to his feet, and I was immensely relieved that a knee to the balls was a universally acknowledged pain in all species.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I needed to be that badass bitch who'd threatened Thatcher in an alley beside a pub, but if I was any literary heroine right now, I was Desdemona, about to die a tragic death for a bullshit reason.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“The cat didn't so much as glance my way, but my heart warmed at the gesture anyway. Being killed and returning as a vampire would be a lot more bearable if I had a cat friend.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I must have been staring in shock because Quinn threw her head back and laughed, and Isaiah said, "I know. The Shadow Bringer is a soft-hearted cat dad. It shocked us all when we found out.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“Where the hell have you been? I looked for you everywhere." With an expression of raw relief on his face, Lazarus stalked across the library and scooped the cat into his arms, pressing a long kiss to Keith's head.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“He could just as easily be trying to kill me, or to send a warning. Don't worry too much." I choked on a laugh. He really didn't know me at all if he thought I wouldn't worry about it, if he believed I could brush these fears off my shoulder like a bit of stray lint. "I worry about everything," I laughed. There was nothing remotely like humour in the sound.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I love you," I told the library, staring at the mezzanine level with its intricate gold railings, marble columns, and marble busts of famous authors and poets—I spotted Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Rudyard Kipling, and Emily Dickinson.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I might marry him," I told the room.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I was Elizabeth Bennet, facing down Lady Catherine De Burgh. I was Eowyn defying orders to kill the Witch-King of Angmar. I was Katniss, shattering the Capitol with a handful of berries.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“The three buttons at his collar were undone, offering a glimpse of pale skin and angular collarbones, and I suddenly became a Victorian gentleman obsessed by a tiny gleam of skin.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“He froze in the act to give me a baleful perusal, and found me severely lacking. I sighed, but I wasn't too disappointed; I knew it was the nature of cats to scorn new people.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“We burn in the sun, that's true," Lazarus explained, somewhere between patient and ominous. "Garlic does nothing to repel us, but holy water stings like a bitch." I snorted, more at the modern term in his mouth than the idea of being stung. "And crosses?" "Terrified older vampires who were raised to be religious and believed they'd become corrupted by the devil. Some are still afraid of them, but most of us are nonplussed.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“There's a TV," Lazarus confirmed with a laugh, red eyes crinkling. "We're vampires, not cavemen.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“Lazarus, the vampire who'd compelled me unconscious and abducted me, had just spent twenty minutes lovingly preparing a homemade meal for his cat.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“And you did want my help with your hunger, after all. Sex helps. So does violence—sparring." The look he threw my way dripped with self-assuredness. "Let me know whichever you choose, Karina. Either one will end with you, panting, on your back.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“Sorry for taking so long," he said, the corner of his mouth curving and a dimple appearing in his cheek. Ugh, he had a dimple? Who decided vampires could have dimples?”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“You slept like the dead," a low, gravelly voice drawled. "Pun intended.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“The burning, the scratch, the man I could barely remember … it all made sense. I wasn’t dying. I was becoming a vampire.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“I was a librarian, for fuck’s sake! I wasn’t designed for fighting vampires and running for my life.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“When I’d said I wanted a story full of intrigue and mystery, I meant to read it, not be the main fucking character.”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian

“No harm ever came from reading a book… The Mummy (1999)”
― Kristin Kova, Vampire Librarian