Emily Skrutskie Quotes & Sayings

And it sucks, because I want to kiss her. It's infuriating how perfect it would be to kiss her right now, perched on a cannon on a pirate ship under the stars. That sounds like something off the pages of an adventure novel. But my life isn't one of those stories. My story is a hurricane, and here with Swift is just the eye. — Emily Skrutskie

But she underestimated me. I played my cards, I laid in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. If she keeps that promise she made to me, I'll show her the truth I've learned on her boat. I don't just raise monsters. I am one. — Emily Skrutskie

But before that day it felt like at least I had an ally on this boat. Now I have nothing. Well, I have a fat baby sea monster. But Bao doesn't tell jokes, and somehow I need that.

I hate how I need that. — Emily Skrutskie

Did it ever occur to you that your neck might matter to me at least as much as mine? Actually, probably more than mine? - Swift, to Cas — Emily Skrutskie

Am I 'just one of them'?" Swift asks, miffed.
"No, you're so much more."
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Home is what you kill for.
And I killed for Swift — Emily Skrutskie

She probably just wants to see me get eaten. — Emily Skrutskie

What do you mean, what's the deal with my hair?" - Swift
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"Did you get bored one day and hack half of it off? You look like you've had a close call with a weed whacker." - Cas — Emily Skrutskie

Don't get too chummy with me, Cas. I'll eat you alive." - Swift
... "Was that a threat? God, you're the least intimidating pirate I've ever had the misfortune to meet." - Cas — Emily Skrutskie

This is a horrible idea," I say with a smile. "Go. — Emily Skrutskie

You're at the top of the world - you're the most powerful thing on the sea when you're serving under her - but there's a cost. There's always a cost. — Emily Skrutskie

You don't touch her controls. You never touch my ship like that again. Next time it happens, I cut a finger off. Each time you go against me, you lose another finger. When you're out of fingers, you're out of luck. Am I clear?"
... "Perfectly," I choke. "Ten chances it is. — Emily Skrutskie

They can try to kill me all they want, but I'm the girl who stands on tha backs of the beasts of the NeoPacific. The Minnow blazes from within, promising life and warmth and vilainy, but out here I'm mighty. — Emily Skrutskie