Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.


Rachel Caine

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
Our products are safe and have always been safe, and Ag-Mart stands behind its commitment to its wor...
LEO BOTTARY
All I need is you even though I don't know if I can have you.
FATMA ALFALASI
Our firefighters have always been innovative and resourceful, especially when its comes to their too...
DAVID BILLIG
I thought you'd be interested in these things as a government man. Ain't you mixed up in the prices ...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE.
LORRIN L. LEE
Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
DANIEL MELGAçO
What prevails in every corner of this globalized world is the real struggle of our species for its o...
FIDEL CASTRO
Don't do it, because you have to do it. Do it, because you love to do it.
PRITISH PATTANAIK
To learn, sometimes you have to feel the fool.
JEFFREY FRY
He needs to continue to have a rubber-stamp legislature and its our job to make sure that he doesn't...
DAN PARKER
Be the best you can be. Do the best you can do. Have the best you can have.
LORRIN L. LEE
Everyone has there own good reasons for being what they are being, doing what they are doing, and ha...
LORRIN L. LEE
Any darkness that comes out in my life is the fruit of my own appetites, and it's my choice either t...
MARK HALL
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contes...
E. O. WILSON
Weve made it tough for looters to get into the neighborhoods, ... We work with a military police uni...
AARON KATZ
Sometimes life gets a little boring so you have to do something crazy to remember your alive!
NEIL OLSSON
If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very...
BEV PERDUE
Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites.
THOMAS FULLER
We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough res...
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
A tax system is best if it can be kept as simple as it needs to be to satisfy all its various purpos...
IAN YOUNG
Mankind have angels and devils, this thing is called balance!
DEYTH BANGER
Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ...
SARAH DARER LITTMAN
Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals si...
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS
Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals si...
H. G. WELLS
I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship w...
C. JOYBELL C.
I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and ...
BEV PERDUE
Shakespeare's Iago could be played as a soul in hell, driven, dark and desperate, willing to do anyt...
LAURA LEE GUHRKE
For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he sai...
DIANA GABALDON
I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead tr...
WAYNE DYER
To have more... Be more. Do more. Give more.
LORRIN L. LEE
Are you being the best you can be? Are you doing the best you can do? Do you have the best you can h...
LORRIN L. LEE
DO what you LOVE. BE with those you LOVE. HAVE the things you LOVE.
LORRIN L. LEE
Saving species is a noble cause, ... But if it is so important then the public needs to open its wal...
GREG WALDEN
Believe. Have faith. Don't stand in your own way. If you don't believe in yourself, a positive outco...
AKIROQ BROST
Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you...
J.K. ROWLING
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own...
P. L. TRAVERS
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our...
RICHARD DAWKINS
What we do is as American as lynch mobs. America has always been a complex place.
JERRY GARCIA
I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.
LILLIE LANGTRY
I think it's Rachel starting to show what Rachel can do. Rachel's a very quiet kid who I think has a...
DAVE JOHNSON
Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.
ANDRE MALRAUX
Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only
ANDRE MALRAUX
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temp...
OSCAR WILDE
I think we have to be willing to kill some individual animals to protect the species overall and not...
DAVID BARON
Historically, Europeans have been fanatical about their chocolate, especially dark chocolate. Slowly...
DAVID BOLTON
It's been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince peopl...
JOHN HOGAN
London has the trick of making its past, its long indelible past, always a part of its present. And ...
ANNA QUINDLEN
It's an unfortunate commentary on the willingness of this administration to undermine the Endangered...
DAVID HOGAN
Having riches ultimately means having few needs.
J.R. RIM
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wa...
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wa...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologi...
ROBERT MATSUI
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of surviv...
WENDELL BERRY
Female say Pack Leader stop,” Pack Leader said angrily.
“What?” Caine could make no sense...
MICHAEL GRANT
I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It's premature to say anything about the exact structure, but it's clear whoever is in charge needs ...
BEVERLY CIGLER
Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?”
MICHAEL GRANT
[A sane person would have turned down the assignment.] And all this risk for what? ... To satisfy my...
PETER STARK
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she...
BIBLE
I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times o...
ROBERT BYRD
I said if he was willing to focus, I would help him build the best collection of its kind.
DIANA LEE
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our mann...
LAWRENCE STERNE
needs a political transition to make its government responsible and accountable to its people.
ROBERT ZOELLICK
I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want. But I'm also not going to take a vow of cha...
NENIA CAMPBELL
The fifties -- they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a...
ELIZABETH HARDWICK
The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a ...
ELIZABETH HARDWICK
I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.
CANDICE SWANEPOEL
One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch i...
BEN HOROWITZ
If I have learned anything from this relatively short life span we have, its two things. Choices and...
LORENZO FERRARI
I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.
NATASHA RICHARDSON
Music for me would have been a Religion. If there was anything I would worship after God and My Pare...
OLASOT
[Rasco has also served as a volunteer firefighter and first responder. He graduated from Prairie Gro...
GREG MACK
I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.
EMINEM
America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Isla...
NANCY PEARCEY
I don't know why we have to fight each other, but am sure its for survival, Darwin's principle, surv...
EPHDAN
I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its f...
AYN RAND
Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA
I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy ...
SARAH DESSEN
One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its matin...
DIAN FOSSEY
I came to the MRF just to have a bowl outside. I have been indoors all winter and it does take its t...
SIMON JONES
You don't have to have a mandatory process if you have principled individuals willing to work togeth...
DAVE MERRITT
I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. Bu...
JUDD GREGG
I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve...
AARON KATZ
Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatur...
LEWIS THOMAS
I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always l...
R. KELLY
As I live life, I believe that the highest value I, and anyone who is ready, able and willing, is to...
NICK CATRICALA
A great way to LIVE is to BE, DO, and HAVE all the things you really, really, really want before you...
LORRIN L. LEE
To be happy: BE Yourself. DO what you love to DO. Have what you love to HAVE.
LORRIN L. LEE
BE Memorable. Do Memorable Projects. HAVE Memorable Experiences.
LORRIN L. LEE
We have our own endangered species issues right here in Colorado and Summit County, whether its lynx...
PETER ADLER
You're damned if you're too thin and you're damned if you're too heavy. According to the press I've ...
JENNIFER ANISTON
Atlanta reaches out its arms and heart across the many miles to tell these individuals and families ...
SHIRLEY FRANKLIN
I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
JAMES WOODS
I do love that high school group. They're willing to do anything to make it happen and they have suc...
MAGGIE BOBA
money has no essence. It's not "really" anything; therefore, its nature has always been and presumab...
DAVID GRAEBER
I think every newspaper needs to follow its conscience. They have readers to serve and they know bes...
BETH GRACE

More Rachel Caine

Claire. Wake up.” She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane’s shoulder, and Michael wa...
RACHEL CAINE
Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was...
RACHEL CAINE
Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “...
RACHEL CAINE
She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.
RACHEL CAINE
But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?"
Claire sig...
RACHEL CAINE
Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all ...
RACHEL CAINE
Perv."
He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?
RACHEL CAINE
Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve.
RACHEL CAINE
See? My plans don’t all suck. Just most of them.
RACHEL CAINE
Dammit, Michael, get out of my room, you pervert!” Could you even be a pervert if you were dead? S...
RACHEL CAINE
OMG OMG OMG, Shane is totally crushing on the new roomie! I can’t believe it. I always pictured Sh...
RACHEL CAINE
You are not my high school crush, idiot.”
“Great. I can die happy, then.
RACHEL CAINE
It’s in Latin.”
“So? What does it say?”
“I don’t read Latin!”
“You’...
RACHEL CAINE
You’re kind of a psycho. I get that.”
“I might be,” Monica agreed, and gave her a slow,...
RACHEL CAINE
Oh, hey, Claire,” she said, and blinked. “Where are you going?”
“Funeral,” Shane said...
RACHEL CAINE
I’m not a kid!” she told Shane hotly. “I’m only, like, a year younger than Eve!”
“A...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.
RACHEL CAINE
Is it him?” Dad asked. “Did he get you into trouble?”
“Not me,” Shane said. “I’ve...
RACHEL CAINE
Kid,” Richard said wearily, “I am not in the mood. I haven’t slept in thirty-six hours, my sis...
RACHEL CAINE
She wasn't absolutely sure who kissed whom this time. Maybe it was gravity tilting, stars exploding....
RACHEL CAINE
Michael!” Oliver’s voice came faint through the front door. “Something you should see, my boy!...
RACHEL CAINE
Bite me
RACHEL CAINE
Crosses?"
"Definitely"
"Why?"
"Because they're evil, soulless, bloodsucking fiends?"<...
RACHEL CAINE
Have I mentioned how hot Michael is? Hot, hot, hot. I mean, all guitar players are crushworthy - it'...
RACHEL CAINE
The second bathroom's downstairs - that's kind of the emergency backup bathroom when Shane's in ther...
RACHEL CAINE
There's a ghost in this house! An unquiet spirit!"
Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath...
RACHEL CAINE
That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.
RACHEL CAINE
And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go ...
RACHEL CAINE
You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you ...
RACHEL CAINE
You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart p...
RACHEL CAINE
You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor."
"But you're a minor," she point...
RACHEL CAINE
Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat...
RACHEL CAINE
Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'
It was the perfect motto for Morganville.
RACHEL CAINE
Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much."
"Dick. That's not what you said last night."
RACHEL CAINE
That's it? That's your big goodbye?" Eve asked.
Claire looked at Eve mystified. "I think I need...
RACHEL CAINE
What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, ans...
RACHEL CAINE
Crap, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I'm thinking we have about fifteen vampires a...
RACHEL CAINE
Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.
RACHEL CAINE
Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called when you were in the middle o...
RACHEL CAINE
My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.
RACHEL CAINE
If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.
RACHEL CAINE
Shane looked down at the staked vamp at his feet. 'Claire?'
'Yes?'
'You staked a vampire w...
RACHEL CAINE
No, not you two. Stay here.'
'Does he just not get how unfair and sexist that is?' Eve asked. '...
RACHEL CAINE
Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said.

You have others?" Claire asked.<...
RACHEL CAINE
You. O Positive. How many exits?"
"What?...Oh shit, did you just call me by my bloodtype?
RACHEL CAINE
Whatever, crazy chick who maybe lives here and maybe also breaks into Michael's house when they're a...
RACHEL CAINE
I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass." RACHEL CAINE
Promise me you’ll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know.”
Claire felt a flutte...
RACHEL CAINE
Can I come back and see you sometime?"
"Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and ...
RACHEL CAINE
Better broke than dead.
RACHEL CAINE
Welcome to Morganville.You'll never want to leave.And even if you do...well, you can't. Sorry about ...
RACHEL CAINE
Jealous?"

"Maybe."

"No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse.
RACHEL CAINE
I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow...
RACHEL CAINE
Don't run I never liked fast food
RACHEL CAINE
Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--"
"Home...
RACHEL CAINE
Oh, God, it's early," he groaned. "Hell. Well, at least I can grab the bathroom first."
Claire ...
RACHEL CAINE
You're kidding," Shane said. "Do you think I want to visit Crazy McTeeth in his lair of insanity?" RACHEL CAINE I am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.'
Excellent' Shane sai...
RACHEL CAINE
...will you be so kind as to provide me with a few places where I might look for a murderer?"
"...
RACHEL CAINE
Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't think s...
RACHEL CAINE
Me neither,” Shane put in. “Homie don’t play that.”
“I wonder, sometimes, if your gen...
RACHEL CAINE
I have no idea what that is, but yawn, anyway, just on principle. Eat up. Pancakes is brain food. RACHEL CAINE I'll do it!"
"No, you won't," Shane and Michael said, at virtually the same time. Shane contin...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."
Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you ...
RACHEL CAINE
Boys. I'd turn gay if they weren't so sexy.
RACHEL CAINE
Claire said. “I might be able to get him to stop.”
“Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might ...
RACHEL CAINE
How'd you get to be so good at this?"
"I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin...
RACHEL CAINE
Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire," she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit."
"You d...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…”
He glanced over a...
RACHEL CAINE
Bite me, Goth princess,” Shane called from the back. “Not literally or anything.”
“Mayb...
RACHEL CAINE
Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”
RACHEL CAINE
She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you...
RACHEL CAINE
You okay?"
"Fine."
"Your heart's beating really fast."
"Gee, thanks. That's very comf...
RACHEL CAINE
He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?"
"Like what?"
"Like hitting on you....
RACHEL CAINE
Doorman: Good morning Mr. Peaknis

Mr. P.: Go to hell
RACHEL CAINE
So don't preach at us like you're some kind of saint. You're just another sinner.
RACHEL CAINE
But why can't we just order what we need? Or buy it?"
Myrnin flicked the silver ring on his rig...
RACHEL CAINE
Two more of the gamers Claire had gifted with the invitation stumbled by; one grabbed Claire's arm a...
RACHEL CAINE
You are not trapped in the box forever," Myrnin said, "as you well know. But I still need you, so yo...
RACHEL CAINE
Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anymore." Eve
RACHEL CAINE
I never forget,” Myrnin said in a choked whisper. “Certainly not with your nails in my throat. T...
RACHEL CAINE
Stay where I am? Jesus Christ, what choice do I have? This house is twenty-five hundred squ...
RACHEL CAINE
Afternoons are hard. Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anym...
RACHEL CAINE
There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of informa...
RACHEL CAINE
[Myrnin to Claire about their costumes of Pierrot and Harlequin, respectively]
"Don't they teac...
RACHEL CAINE
Claire stretched out against the wall and kissed it. "Glad to see you, too," she whispered, and pres...
RACHEL CAINE
Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass," Jason snapped.
RACHEL CAINE
Michael patted him on the shoulder. “I like this plan,” he said. “You and Eve, picking up cake...
RACHEL CAINE
Jason talking about Michael -

"Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass," Jason snapped.
RACHEL CAINE
You're seriously going to worry about what people think right now?"
"No, I'm worrying about peo...
RACHEL CAINE
Hey, Mikey? You get her hurt and I'll end you."
"You let anything happen to Eve and I'll do the...
RACHEL CAINE
I’d kiss you, too, if I was closer.”(claire)
“I wouldn’t,” Michael said. “I don’t...
RACHEL CAINE
No,” Shane said. “I’m not leaving you two here alone. We stick together.”
“I’m stil...
RACHEL CAINE
Your father's an asshole. It's not a disease. You don't have to catch it.
RACHEL CAINE
The universe explodes, hell freezes, and Shane does something resonable.
RACHEL CAINE
What about Myrnin?'
Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. Sh...
RACHEL CAINE
That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna ...
RACHEL CAINE
At the very leadt, we can grab Monica and hustle her skanky ass back to her dad wile you brave, stro...
RACHEL CAINE
Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?"
"That's deja vu, and I hate you right n...
RACHEL CAINE
Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway."
"Says the kid who came back....
RACHEL CAINE
Funny how physics didn't go away when you were murdered.
RACHEL CAINE
Maybe I should, I don't know leave? Because this is starting to sound like one of those reality show...
RACHEL CAINE
He looked down at himself and laughed softly. ‘‘My dark side dresses better than I do.’’ He ...
RACHEL CAINE
Clumsiness would be just as deadly an opponent.
RACHEL CAINE
See?" he said, with an unholy amount of glee. "I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more o...
RACHEL CAINE
You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it.
RACHEL CAINE
Are you in the car that's almost caused three accidents on North Vance?" Hannah asked. "Because I'm ...
RACHEL CAINE
karma's a bitch, and so am I
RACHEL CAINE
Don't play his game. Play yours.
RACHEL CAINE
I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often.
RACHEL CAINE
A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she e...
RACHEL CAINE
Claire to Myrnin: "Do the guards at the mall know you're out?" He didn't look up. "That's very doubt...
RACHEL CAINE
You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.
RACHEL CAINE
Stop being so..."
"Charming?Attractive?Irresistible?
"I'm going with arrogant.
RACHEL CAINE
No bacon for you."
"Then no eggs for you. Either of you."
Eve glowered at him. "Prisoner e...
RACHEL CAINE
You're sure he's not a vampire?' Claire said.'I've seen movies. They're sneaky.' She was kidding. Ev...
RACHEL CAINE
Bathroom, maybe? Which is where I need to go."
"Ooh, me, too," Eve said.
The boys rolled ...
RACHEL CAINE
I can handle Glory."
"Can you?" Eve asked. "Because I notice you never call her Gloriana. Just...
RACHEL CAINE
You better check your playlist. Because you are on the wrong track.
RACHEL CAINE
Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her.

She ...
RACHEL CAINE
You humans, always eating. I'll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working." Myrnin set as...
RACHEL CAINE
Are you armed?" Oliver asked her.
She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively...
RACHEL CAINE
Is this your bedroom?" she asked, and turned to look at him. Myrnin straightened and jammed the big ...
RACHEL CAINE
Marriage is a big word for all guys,” Shane said. “You know that. It’s kind of an allergy. We ...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane dragged Eve's suitcase into the room and dumped it on the floor beside her bed. “Hey, Dark P...
RACHEL CAINE
This won't stop her from getting elected," Shane said. "Stupider people get elected all the time. It...
RACHEL CAINE
And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.
RACHEL CAINE
Shane padded back to the couch and flopped, sucking on his own can of soda. Eve shot him an exaspera...
RACHEL CAINE
What in the hell is going on around here?” she yelled. “Could you guys keep it down to aircraft-...
RACHEL CAINE
You’re not seriously going out again, are you?”
“Seriously, yeah. Bowling. Her name’s L...
RACHEL CAINE
Mom logic.
RACHEL CAINE
Her eyes burned, her muscles ached, but in some strange and secret place, she was happy to finally b...
RACHEL CAINE
The vamp in McMann’s stared at me. I guess he didn’t like the Goth look. Most of them don’t; s...
RACHEL CAINE
But – Michael, you said you didn’t know Oliver, and–”
“I didn’t, until he killed me...
RACHEL CAINE
She dug in her backpack, found her cell phone, and checked for coverage. It was kind of lame in Morg...
RACHEL CAINE
Because you know, I’m your best friend, but you’re just not that badass, man.
RACHEL CAINE
Yeah, she was hot, all right, but I think she had the hots for you - kept saying how she saw you ove...
RACHEL CAINE
Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!
RACHEL CAINE
Michael held me when I got inside, because I was shaking all over. That felt so good. Warm all the w...
RACHEL CAINE
Tell me he’s not talking to Brandon,” Claire said.
“Um… Ok. He’s not talking to Brand...
RACHEL CAINE
Don’t!” Lillian yelled, and put up her arms when Shane pulled back the bat.

“Hell,�...
RACHEL CAINE
Of course, we could all die soon. I'm writing because Michael's patrolling the house and Shane and C...
RACHEL CAINE
I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through thi...
RACHEL CAINE
Not bad,” she finally said. “At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time.”
“Mad...
RACHEL CAINE
You’re still here. No beer. I’m not corrupting a minor.”
“But you’re a minor,” she ...
RACHEL CAINE
I’d say over my dead body, but I think you already made that point,” Michael snapped. “Thanks ...
RACHEL CAINE
Eve said, in a high, squeaky, airless voice, “The ghost! You’re the ghost Miranda was talking ab...
RACHEL CAINE
It's called being polite; they probably didn't teach you that at home. Doesn't mean I like you or an...
RACHEL CAINE
She's nice when it suits her. That doesn't mean she's nice.
RACHEL CAINE
Claire sighed. She supposed people always did like that sort of girl, and always would. And secretly...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane groaned. "Yo, Drama Princess, want to tone it down a little? Somewhere, Sandra Bernhardt wants...
RACHEL CAINE
Home," he repeated. "Home is where the heart is. Why don't you leave yours here? I'll take very good...
RACHEL CAINE
Give the girl some credit. At least she told you, instead of letting you figure it out on your own."...
RACHEL CAINE
Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Alw...
RACHEL CAINE
She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.
RACHEL CAINE
Trav, if you cross us -- "
"I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terro...
RACHEL CAINE
You were leaving, and you didn't even know if I was okay.
RACHEL CAINE
Girl, it's an umbrella, not a Lamborghini,
RACHEL CAINE
And about Shane, I swear, if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to punch him in the face. Well, pu...
RACHEL CAINE
Monica's eyes were fierce and fiery, but she didn't move, and after a second she turned and ran up t...
RACHEL CAINE
I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What ...
RACHEL CAINE
You shouldn't be afraid of me because I'm a vampire. You ought to be scared because you just trash-t...
RACHEL CAINE
What time is it?"
"Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?"
"Um...no. Than...
RACHEL CAINE
Things happen. Things that physics and math and crap that gets measured in a lab can't explain. Peop...
RACHEL CAINE
And girls are much more mature.” Eve nodded wisely. “So you’re about ten years older than Shan...
RACHEL CAINE
I don’t read Latin!” “You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the in...
RACHEL CAINE
Run first, mourn later.
RACHEL CAINE
In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized g...
RACHEL CAINE
He loped off down the hall, and she felt a pure burst of fury. Boys. Why were they always such dumba...
RACHEL CAINE
We're not exactly going to the wilderness, Shane. You don't have to take everything. There are vendi...
RACHEL CAINE
Bite Me!-Shane Collins to Eve Rosser.
The Morganville Vampire Series
RACHEL CAINE
Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.
RACHEL CAINE
Y si eres tan lista como pareces, deberías saber que es una estupidez creer que la ciencia lo resue...
RACHEL CAINE
No, no era una superheroína, pero era otra cosa. Era una persona... con recursos.
RACHEL CAINE
bite me. oh wait, you can't from way out there."
- eve
RACHEL CAINE
I can't simply adopt strays because they seem winsome.
RACHEL CAINE
Hell, I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.
RACHEL CAINE
Okay, that really shouldn't have happened. And we’re not going to talk about that, right? Ever?”...
RACHEL CAINE
At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time."
"Made myself a batch with it," Shane said...
RACHEL CAINE
We're clear," she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that
RACHEL CAINE
shane:do we have a choice
michael:dont think so
shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go...
RACHEL CAINE
That’s kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so OK.
RACHEL CAINE
Run first," Shane said. "Mourn later."
It was the perfect motto for Morganville."

"C...
RACHEL CAINE
Hell,” Shane spit in disgust. “I can’t hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.” He tossed her...
RACHEL CAINE
Mortals simply aren't what they used to be," he said. "A thousand years ago, you would have bartered...
RACHEL CAINE
There once was a kindly farmer who found a viper freezing on the ground in the snow. Please help me,...
RACHEL CAINE
Glad it was you and not me," Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. "Any brain damage?"
"Sinc...
RACHEL CAINE
Did you bring me a hamburger?
Did I-No,Myrnin,I didn't bring you a hamburger.Bizarre.He'd neve...
RACHEL CAINE
I didn't bring you here," he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of the year?"
"No," I...
RACHEL CAINE
You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"
He raised the bill of his olive drab ba...
RACHEL CAINE
It's been the toughest week of my life, not touching you. Not talking to you. Waiting to see what yo...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane’s dad stopped the van,” Claire said. “He took Monica as a hostage.”
For a second,...
RACHEL CAINE
He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This ...
RACHEL CAINE
What’s burning?”
“Your brain.
RACHEL CAINE
Um… Eve…can I ask…?”
“About what?” Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she sus...
RACHEL CAINE
Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.
RACHEL CAINE
You know, I thought you were a mousy little thing when I first saw you, Claire, but you're not, are ...
RACHEL CAINE
I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the con...
RACHEL CAINE
Mom and Dad had a lot to answer for, she decided. She couldn’t even be rude to evil
vampires ...
RACHEL CAINE