Quotes by 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.

I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.

And death doesnt wait for you when your rested and ready. It sneaks up on you when your exhausted and hungry and cold and so scared you cant even see straight

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

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 theyve vanished, but no, they just barricade themselves right next to the bone and hurt.

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.

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 youre young, because youre helpless. You had to just sit there and take it because you were under a certain number , because you werent a real person yet; you could be picked up and dropped like a toy, left behind or thrown away...

Every kids afraid of that right? That someday youll be left in a corner, like a toy, staring with button eyes and a broken heart.

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

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.

Its womans power, food is. You be sure you know wheren the hook is before swallerin it, Dru. You mind me, now.

To Gran, “strong medicine” could be good or bad, just like the laxatives she was forevertalking about. Good for makin’ the mail move smooth, but too much and you shit yerbrains out.-strange angels

Graves leaned forward, eyeing me. “Hey, Dru. You were French-kissing awinged snake. Creeptastic.

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.

Who. Hit. You?

“And death doesnt wait for you when your rested and ready. It sneaks up on you when your exhausted and hungry and cold and so scared you cant even see straight”

“I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.”