Lili St. Crow Quotes & Sayings

People are goddamn geniuses at not seeing what they don't want to see. — Lili St. Crow

It wasn't exactly dangerous to be out during the day ... but the Council, every one of them, up to and including August, would have kittens and penguins and little baby narwhals, too, probably, if they knew what I was up to. — Lili St. Crow

I'm here to help you, fucking morons. — Lili St. Crow

The ice," Leon said to thin air over my head, "has now officially broken. — Lili St. Crow

Nice, huh? I was just special all over the place. — Lili St. Crow

Gee, thanks." I couldn't sound more sarcastic, but I was willing to give it a try. My breathing evened out. "What are you here for, then? Tea and cookies?" My mouth wanted to water. He smelled like cookies. Cinnamon ones, with dabs of apple-pie filling. — Lili St. Crow

I'd put a banana on my tray, too. That, at least, didn't
remind me of anything trying to kill me. Could you kill someone with a banana? It didn't seem
possible. Maybe a possessed banana. I'd seen possessed pets before, but not possessed fruit. But
I'll bet it's out there somewhere. — Lili St. Crow

Little pig, little pig, let me in. — Lili St. Crow

I've talked to Bruce about it. He'll have kittens, and Hiro will have penguins, and August will completely throw a fit, but I've made up my mind. It's up to you — Lili St. Crow

And if it took me more than thirty seconds of thinking, he wouldn't let me flounder. He would jump right in and explain. Not like so many others who liked to call themselves teachers. — Lili St. Crow

And now things were as bad as they could get.
I winced inwardly. You're never supposed to even think that. Because it's just an invtation for the world, Real or otherwise, to throw something even more incredibly fucked up at you. — Lili St. Crow

The rest of it spilled out in an incoherent jumble, but he nodded every once in a while. I liked that about him. He was so smart you didn't have to hold his hand and walk him through everything. He could fill in the blanks on his own. — Lili St. Crow

Boys always get the best lashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. — Lili St. Crow

Anything for you, Dru. And I mean it. Now, be quiet and let me concentrate. — Lili St. Crow

We ran and the ghost of Graves ran with us. — Lili St. Crow

Shanks moaned, stirring. "You broke my nuts"
So that was what my elbow had hit. "Sorry." My voice cracked. — Lili St. Crow

Give her the goddamn Advil, Dibs. Jesus. — Lili St. Crow

At least you're not being attacked by vampires anymore. That's something. — Lili St. Crow

Don't send me home, it's boring as fuck-all there. — Lili St. Crow

Jeez. Just over a week was all it took for my life to implode. It was some kind of record. — Lili St. Crow

Every kid's afraid of that right? That someday you'll be left in a corner, like a toy, staring with button eyes and a broken heart. — Lili St. Crow

No problem. First one's free. — Lili St. Crow

Okay," I began. "You're too old for me. You're scary. It's creepy that you were so all over my mom and now you're all over me. — Lili St. Crow

Stealing a car was easy. The hard part was putting up with the whining. — Lili St. Crow

It is our honor, Amelia said, and it was the weirdest thing-it sounded like she really meant it. People don't often say exactly what they really mean. — Lili St. Crow

You're great at fixing things. If anyone could do it, you could. But you can't do this one. You can't fix me. I'm broke. — Lili St. Crow

I rubbed at my temple, where the zit was gone. It still hurt a little , though, deep under the skin. I hate those zits that burrow underground. You think they've vanished, but no, they just barricade themselves right next to the bone and hurt. — Lili St. Crow

No," he agreed. "You're not. She never caused me this agony."
What could I say to that? The way he was looking at me was making my head feel funny. Was making me feel funny and not just in that oh God I just almost died way.
Christophe leaned in. His mouth was a mere centimetres from me. "She never made me think I would die of heart failure. She never, never made me fear for her this way. — Lili St. Crow

You can scrub and scrub, but sometimes something doesn't just go away. It ... it stains you. — Lili St. Crow

Yeah, well things change. Now I want to be here." Another long, seconds-ticking pause. Dust danced in one fading gleam of gold coming through a low window, following long lazy swirls down to the ground. "With you. — Lili St. Crow

He was full of suprises, my Goth Boy. — Lili St. Crow

You can only shove shit under your bed for so long before it starts moving around and wanting to get out. You can only cope for so long before everything breaks. — Lili St. Crow

I mean, seriously, is a baby doll dress for the breastless? I don't know. — Lili St. Crow

You've got a better chance with me, Dru. Don't do something stupid again. If something happens, it's you and me against the world. Got it? — Lili St. Crow

Less speed, less strength, less stamina since I hadn't "bloomed". But I'd bet I was outweighing everyone around me in the brain category. — Lili St. Crow

Then, something meowed.
No, Seriously. — Lili St. Crow

That was what "different" meant. It's just another word for lonely. — Lili St. Crow

My voice wouldn't work right. I made a tiny nod instead, because - how's this for weird? - I didn't want him to let go of me. He'd pulled back a little, with just his lower half, and I was afraid the scorch in my cheeks would set fire to the rest of me, because I had an idea why.
Wow. Oh, wow. — Lili St. Crow

Get me some Midol, all right?"
Benjamin all but choked. Leon studies the ceiling with a great deal of interest, a smile twitching at the corners of his thin mouth. While Benjamin looked ready to sink into the floor, Leon looked highly amused.
I decided I liked him.
"I think you should pick your own Midol." Graves even said it with a straight face, but there was a ghost of a grin quirking his lips ... "Cause, you know, there's different types. — Lili St. Crow

I even poured him a glass of milk.
Call me domestic. — Lili St. Crow

To Gran, "strong medicine" could be good or bad, just like the laxatives she was forever
talking about. Good for makin' the mail move smooth, but too much and you shit yer
brains out.
-strange angels — Lili St. Crow

I searched for something witty to say, settled for bare honesty. I want to pee. — Lili St. Crow

It's woman's power, food is. You be sure you know where'n the hook is before swallerin' it, Dru. You mind me, now. — Lili St. Crow

Do you have any idea how creepy that is, that you were in love with my mother and you're so ... all over me? — Lili St. Crow

I wasn't sure if the word boys should mean dim or incomprehensible. I was hovering between the two, with a healthy dose of testosterone-poisoned. — Lili St. Crow

Book. Candle. Nico. — Lili St. Crow

It's easy to get rid of people, Christophe. All you have to do is rely on them. — Lili St. Crow

I wished Graves would look at me. But he just stood there, glaring out from under his hair. I'm sure he could have painted fuck-off on his forehead and it would have been more subtle. — Lili St. Crow

Amazingly, he smiled at me. "You're bossy." His pupils were still huge, but a little color had begun to come back into his face, especially along his cheekbones. "I like bossy chicks. — Lili St. Crow

I crossed my arms over my chest. Jeez, it was cold in here all of a sudden. And had he always smelled this good? Was it a cologne? Eau de Christmas Pie? — Lili St. Crow

Doesn't it bother you? That I ... well, that I wanted to ... suck his blood? — Lili St. Crow

Some part of me must've thought that would fix everything. Things, don't just get fixed, though. Things get broken, and somtimes they stay that way. You just have to glue them together and hope it holds. — Lili St. Crow

I'm sorry about shooting you. — Lili St. Crow

If wishes were fishes, even beggars would eat — Lili St. Crow

You know how when you're reminded of things, and you can't shut it off quick
enough? Like, before it slips the knife in and twists? Like that. — Lili St. Crow

If I need a reason now, Dru, it will have to be you. — Lili St. Crow

Call them fangs, Dru. That's what they are. — Lili St. Crow

So, Mystery Lady? What's it going to be? You're going to spend your short little life playing by their rules, or are you going to take your chance? — Lili St. Crow

I don't have an accent. Northerners just talk funny. — Lili St. Crow

If wishes could be fishes, even beggars would eat. — Lili St. Crow

I never had trouble eating or sleeping when I thought of her in danger. I didn't want to tear my heart out when she looked sad. I'm tainted, I know as much. Just let me stay near you, Dru. Please. - Christophe — Lili St. Crow

I'm going to draw whoever it is off so you can go back to the dorms and fuck yourselves. — Lili St. Crow

I don't know who I am anymore. I expected the world to crack open and the sky to fall once I said it. Nothing happened. — Lili St. Crow

Why can't I have a normal girlfriend?" he asked the air over his head. "I finally meet someone I like and she turns out to be crazy. — Lili St. Crow

Graves leaned forward, eyeing me. "Hey, Dru. You were french-kissing a winged snake. creeptastic."
"I was stealing her breath, imbecile. go get a towel." christophe shoved him, and graves shoved back. — Lili St. Crow

Like a kid, I hadn't wanted to make it true by saying it out loud. Because if you don't say it, there's still a chance God, or someone, or anyone will notice the mistake and fix it. — Lili St. Crow

People hate it when you call them on jackassery. That's a big fact of human nature: Not a lot of people want to be called on being assholes. They prefer to do their assholishness in the dark and cover it up with fancy words. Because they don't mind being evil - they just hate being evil where people might see. — Lili St. Crow

I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving. — Lili St. Crow

And I knew that tone, the pleading, the fear that was sitting like a spiked ball in his chest. He'd been left behind too, maybe more than I had. — Lili St. Crow

Move first, worry about looking like an idiot later. — Lili St. Crow

Why do you suppose Scarabus had to hide his sister?"
I just knew I was going to say something snide. "For snacking later?"
There were a couple of gasps, one horrified chuckle, and several snorts. — Lili St. Crow

I've been bitten, beat up, tied to a bed, James Bonded out, and now you finish off by choking a goddamn teacher! — Lili St. Crow

I just bonked a werewulf on the noggin. Jeez. — Lili St. Crow

Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch. — Lili St. Crow

It was like my hormones had decided to stage a revolt whenever he got within a ten-foot radius. — Lili St. Crow

Come on. Keep moving. Your lips are turning blue."
"Keep my lips out of this. — Lili St. Crow

Come on. Say something, Dru. Don't just sit there and look like I've stabbed you. Christ. — Lili St. Crow

I love you!" he shouted, his eyes glowing laser green.
"I love you, okay? I'm not some hopeless retard you pull along behind you because you feel sorry for him! I love you and I'm going to prove it! — Lili St. Crow

You've kidnapped my friend. Sucked her brain out! Not that she had much to begin with, but - "
"Bite me." The laughter didn't hurt, now. I didn't even feel weird saying it. Bite me.
Pretty funny, for a part-vampire.
"Ha. You wish. Lesbo vamp girl."
"Lesbo?"
"You love me."
"We'd never work, Nat. You're too high maintenance."
We both cracked up, and right then, the darkness was kind. — Lili St. Crow

He was so close it was hard to breathe. It was exactly like being next to an oven baking a really spicy apple pie. — Lili St. Crow

I hit the dance floor, wincing a little bit as the DJ looped feedback through the throbbing of a useless song about someone playing poker with his face or something. — Lili St. Crow

I would not put my little bird in the jaws of a trap without being near enough to make sure it wouldn't close on her. — Lili St. Crow

Leon actually laughed. "They have slushies up front."
"Jesus Christ," Benjamin muttered. "Nordstrom's. Macy's. We could go to Paris for the spring season. I was expecting transatlantic flights."
I figured ignoring that was best for all concerned. "Is there an Old Navy around here? They've got shorts and stuff." I caught the look Benjamin gave me. "What?"
"Nothing. We just thought a svetocha would be more, well, difficult." Leon's mouth twitched. "I do seriously want a slushie."
I tried a tentative smile. I definitely liked him now. "I haven't had one in ages. Maybe the guys outside - the double blonds - would want one, too?"
For some reason Leon found that utterly fricking hysterical. H snorted and chuckled all the way through Housewares to the Health and Beauty section, and even Benjamin unbent enough to grin. — Lili St. Crow

Another big ripping sound. Jesus. Had they brought supernatural dynamite in to tear the whole place apart? — Lili St. Crow

Yeah. Calm down. Two of the most useless words in the English language. — Lili St. Crow

I don't need an invitation to step over your threshold. -Cristophe — Lili St. Crow

Nat flung her arm over my shoulders and Alex leaned against my other side, the prohibition against touching gone for a few brief seconds as everyone collapsed together in a heap.
But I wasn't wulfen. I was still lonely. — Lili St. Crow

Did you feel me up when you were tying me down?"
"Um, no. Did you want me to?"
"Well, it would have been nice. — Lili St. Crow

Anna never wanted to walk when she could be carried, your mother wanted to walk when she could fly, and you want to run before you can walk. — Lili St. Crow

It's dangerous and dirty and smells bad and
"
"Yeah, well, so is sex and drugs and everything else worth doing. — Lili St. Crow

You're not dead. You're too goddamn annoying to be dead. — Lili St. Crow

And death doesn't wait for you when your rested and ready. It sneaks up on you when your exhausted and hungry and cold and so scared you can't even see straight — Lili St. Crow

Sonofabitch answer me!" My voice bounced off the walls, made the whole room whirls around me. My blood pounded in my ears. Adreline poured through my blood, copper winding me tighter and tighter.
"YES!" he screamed back "yes. i am a fucking virgin, don't shoot me goddammit fucking please! — Lili St. Crow

I'd already shot a zombie. Maybe this smartmouth blue-eyed apple-pie boy would be next. — Lili St. Crow

His undies had ridden up into the crack of his narrow ass, of which I was treated to a full view of as he turned and tried to go as quietly as possible up the stairs. — Lili St. Crow

Whoa. Back up. I smell? — Lili St. Crow

Fury ignited behind my breastbone , a hot glow like coals blooming into something sharp and dangerous. It was the same old crap- someone thinking they can push you around because you're young, because you're helpless. You had to just sit there and take it because you were under a certain number , because you weren't a real person yet; you could be picked up and dropped like a toy, left behind or thrown away ... — Lili St. Crow

A Zombie. Okay. Whew. All right. — Lili St. Crow

Get to it. I mean, if you're wanting to beat me up, too, you'll have to stand in line. — Lili St. Crow

Dru? Don't leave wihtout me."
What could I say to that? I said the only thing I could.
"I promise. — Lili St. Crow