#kate

Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slit somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#parenting

Gaspard eyed me cautiously. “I really can’t say,” he responded in his formal nineteenth-century style. Can’t, or won’t? I thought. ↗

— Amy Plum

#kate #until-i-die #style

I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want there to be no doubt the act was deliberate. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#kate #acting

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#kate

Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#magic-strikes #cute

Kate smirked. "What?" "Your horse looks pink." "So?" "If you paste some stars on her butt you'll be riding My Little Pony." "Bugger off." I patted the mare's neck. "Don't listen to her, Sugar. You are the cutest horsey ever. The correct name for her color is strawberry roan, by the way." "Strawberry Shortcake, more like it. Does Strawberry Shortcake know you stole her horse? She will be berry, berry angry with you." I looked at her from under half-lowered eyelids. "I can shoot you right here, on this road, and nobody will ever find your body. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#color

Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate-daniels #ilona-andrews

I looked at him. "You really need to work on your threats. I can't tell if you're threatening me or inviting me for tea. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#kate #magic-slays #threats #tea

He's not-" Daniel started to say. He watched a red-tailed hawk land in an oak tree over their heads. "He's not good enough for you." Luce had heard people say that line a thousand times before. It was what everyone always said. Not good enough. But when the words passed Daniel's lips, they sounded important, even somehow true and relevant, not vague and dismissive the way the phrase had always sounded to her in the past. "Well, then," she said in a quiet voice, "who is?" Daniel put his hands on his hips. He laughed to himself for a long time. "I don't know," he said finally. "That's a terrific question." Not exactly the answer Luce was looking for. "It's not like it's that hard," she said, stuffing her hands into her pockets because she wanted to reach out for him. "To be good enough for me." Daniel's eyes looked like they were falling, all the violet that had been in them a moment before turned a deep, dark gray. "Yes," he said. "Yes, it is. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#fallen #lauren-kate #luce #laugh

I think your girlfriends getting Jealous," Luce said, gesturing at the pair. "Which one?" He asked. "I didn't realise they were both your girlfriends." "Neither is my girlfriend. I meant, which one did you think was my girlfriend? ↗

— Lauren Kate

#kate