Mike Carey Quotes

Dragons were a problem sometimes, but they only came on Tuesdays, so you could work around them.

If I had a box full of all the evils of the world, I'd open it just a little way and push you inside. Then I'd close it again for always.

The world seems to work in predictable ways, and you think you see the pattern. But that's fatal. Because it's only a pattern until you meet the first event that doesn't fit. And by then it's too late...

Truth isn't handed *down*, brother. You beat it out with *hammers* and anneal it in your own *blood*.

You're a vampire, Richie. And I've got a gun the size of Nebraska. What's the worst that could happen?

I learn about how stories work for the same reason that soldiers learn how to strip a rifle.You should, too.

Men, women, children - all have souls. Tables. Rocks. Wheels. Cups. All likewise have souls. Spirit lives in matter. All matter. Where else would it live?

The world is a book. Some words stand out from the page.

Michael: There's nothing here to fear.Lucifer: Well, there's always the truth.

And send not to ask for whom the fucking bell tolls, because you're not going to like the answer.

Cara terbaik untuk memangkasnya adalah membiarkannya tumbuh hingga berbuah dan kemudian menghukumnya dengan keras. Ia tidak melihat hal ini sebagai kekejaman, hanya sebagai pengasuhan yang baik, sama...

The key fob played the first bar of Für Elise as I locked the car up. I hoped that Beethoven's ghost was out there somewhere, making the night hideous for the managing director of Ford's.

I could dodge the kick, but the stable door was already down - and I hadn't even realised it until I saw the splinters.

Grudging praise is the most flattering of all.

It wasn't what I was expecting, but like I've always said: if life gives you lemmings, jump off a cliff.

At least the smoke would give me a little cover; it was also choking me, making my eyes water and my lungs ache and spasm with each breath, but you can't have everything.

I'll be fine ' Pen told me a little curtly. 'Where are you going anyway ' 'The United States. Alabama.' 'Looking for a change of scene ' 'Looking for a dead woman.' 'Get Jenna-Jane Mulbridge to come d...

Far as I can see, we mostly exist as *ideas* in each other's heads. The way *you* see me. The way my *boss* sees me. The way the *waitress* at Lindy's sees me.

You never apologised to me for getting my legs broken, either.I said sorry in my own way, Gary.By never referring to it again and dodging the subject whenever I brought it up.Exactly.

And for Peter... well, sometimes cruelty is kindness in disguise. Sometimes pain is the best teacher. Sometimes it does you no harm to realize that there's a limit to what you can get away with.