Monsters Quotes - Page 15

• I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Crazy, Moving, Men

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.201, Vintage

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• I was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.

  Marilyn Manson

  Too Late, Way, Becoming

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• It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

  Jim Butcher

  Voice, Want, Matter

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.136, Penguin

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• He whipped the chair around and actually split one of the things in half with the impact, spilling the spray of blood that was reflective, like mercury. John bellowed, "Anyone else want to donate blood to chair-ity?" He ducked into the the door and bashed one monster right in the wig, screaming, "There's some dessert! With a chair-y on top!

  David Wong

  Impact, Doors, Blood

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• It's not a good feeling--knowing that you profoundly deserve the title of monster. It's better to be kind than to feel guilty.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Knowing, Feelings, Titles

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “The Host”, p.427, Hachette UK

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• Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Fighting, Dust

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• It's not John who wants to cut his mother into tiny pieces, it's Mr. Monster. See? I feel better already.

  Dan Wells

  Mother, Cutting, Feel Better

  Dan Wells (2010). “Mr. Monster”, p.2, Macmillan

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• It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.

  Hilary Mantel

  People, Trying, Desperation

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• The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling.

  Richard Siken

  Alive, Body, Way

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• I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps might think it’s just one of their own monsters enjoying the sunrise.

  Tamora Pierce

  Thinking, Dragons, Sunrise

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “The Realms of the Gods”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• ...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Rose, Swallowing, Alive

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• I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!

  Stephenie Meyer

  Children, Sacrifice, Denial

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• Really, boy, unless you're ready to deal with the monster, you shouldn't go looking under the bed.

  Stefan Petrucha

  Boys, Bed, Deals

  Stefan Petrucha (2012). “Ripper”, Penguin

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• I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. I wasn't worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, a thief. And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over with soon. Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Pain, Liars, Moving

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.51, A&C Black

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• Living in a place like this, she must have learned how to see all the monsters that can hide a person.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Persons

  Lauren DeStefano (2012). “Fever”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away.

  Jim Butcher

  Running, Years, Encounters

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.10, Penguin

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• Young Reinette: Monsieur, be careful! The Doctor: It's just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry, everyone has nightmares. Even monsters under the bed have nightmares! Young Reinette: What do monsters have nightmares about? The Doctor: Me!

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Worry, Bed

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• What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Fear, Silly, Men

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• Inside each of us is a monster; inside each of us is a saint. The real question is which one we nurture the most, which one will smite the other.

  Jodi Picoult

  Life, Real, Saint

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.

  Rick Riordan

  Doubt, Matter, Sometimes

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• And broken both your hearts? How would that have benefited me? You are as dear to me as another half of my soul, Jem. I could not be happy while you were unhappy. And Tessa—she loves you. What sort of awful monster would I be, delighting in causing the two people I love the most in the world agony simply that I might have the satisfaction of knowing that if Tessa could not be mine, she could not be anybody’s?

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Heart, Agony

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• Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Funny Things, Treats

  Ellen Hopkins (2012). “Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• There was no black or white. Someone who had been good her entire life could, in fact, do something evil. People were just as capable of committing murder, under the right circumstances, as any monster.

  Jodi Picoult

  Evil People, White, Black

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• So, been attacked by any vampires yet?" "Not one." "Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?" It's been really quiet on the supernatural front" "Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.

  Rachel Caine

  Dog, Water, Zombie

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• Sometimes I think maybe they were right all along, the people on the other side in Zombieland. Maybe it would be better if we didn't love. If we didn't lose either. If we didn't get our hearts stomped on, shattered: if we didn't have to patch and repatch until we're like Frankenstein monsters, all sewn together and bound up by who knows what. If we could just float along, like snow. But how could anyone who's ever seen a summer - big explosions of green and skies lit up electric with splashy sunsets, a riot of flowers and wind that smells like honey - pick the snow?

  Lauren Oliver

  Summer, Flower, Sunset

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