“ As Dorothy J. Heydt famously said, the eight deadliest words for any work of fiction are 'I don't care what happens to these people. Charlie Jane Anders
“ You turned your guilt into resentment, because that seems easier to face. You won't move on until you turn it back into guilt, and then into forgiveness for yourself. Charlie Jane Anders
“ He went to make coffee. Because when you have just heard about the possible transformation of the human race into feral monsters you need to be doing something with your hands and creating something h… Charlie Jane Anders
“ Booze really was medicinal, after a near-death experience. Holding a drink in both hands and letting it corrode the topmost layer of his mouth and throat, Laurence felt a spiritual relationship with B… Charlie Jane Anders
“ Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answe… Charlie Jane Anders
“ Laurence felt a weird combination of shame and rage, as though he'd grown another new body part just in time to get punched in it. Charlie Jane Anders
“ And she felt like they, the two of them, right here, right now, could make something that defied tragedy. Charlie Jane Anders
“ When it comes to love triangles and duels to the death, you should always cheat. - Fairy Werewolf vs. Zombie Vampire Charlie Jane Anders
“ I don't actually think that ethics are derived from principles. At all." Patricia scooted a little closer again and touched his arm with a few cool fingertips. "I think that the most basic thing of et… Charlie Jane Anders
“ That’s the definition of evil right there: not faking it like everybody else. Because all of us crazy fuckers can’t stand it when someone else lets their crazy show. Charlie Jane Anders
“ Loneliness was a full-body sensation, an anti-exhilaration, from his core outward. Charlie Jane Anders
“ Maybe she would have done more good as a playwright than as a doctor, after all — clichés were like plaque in the arteries of the imagination, they clogged the sense of what was possible. Maybe if eno… Charlie Jane Anders
“ Why would anybody be a Satanist, anyway? I don’t get it. You can’t believe in Satan without believing in God, and then you’re just picking the wrong side in a big mythic battle thing. Charlie Jane Anders
“ A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn't know it yet. Charlie Jane Anders