Monsters Quotes - Page 16

• The only monsters I have ever known were men.

  Jodi Picoult

  Men, Known

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe it would be better if we didn't love. If we didn't lose, either. If we didn't get out hearts stomped on, shattered; if we didn't have to patch and repatch it until we're like Frankenstein monsters, all sewn together by who knows what

  Lauren Oliver

  Heart, Together, Would Be

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• The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

  Victor Hugo

  Blessed, Saint, Guarded

  Victor Hugo (1849). “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, p.142

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• Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?

  Dennis Lehane

  Men, Good Man, Would Be

  "Shutter Island". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• Think you've seen it all? Think again. Outside those doors, we might see anything. We could find new worlds, terrifying monsters, impossible things. And if you come with me... nothing will ever be the same again!

  Steven Moffat

  Thinking, Impossible Things, Doors

  "Doctor Who: Children in Need Special". TV Series, November 18, 2005.

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• Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. She stumbled toward me over the rocking deck, the tip of her staff on fire. Our ghostly pal Setne floated behind her, grinning with delight. "There is it!" Setne shook his diamond pink rings. "Told ya Apophis would send a monster to kill you." "You're so smart!" I shouted. "Now, how do we stop it?

  Rick Riordan

  Smart, Fire, Pals

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• It was like a dam of musical critique had broken. Imasu turned on him with eyes that flashed instead of shining. "It is worse than you can possibly imagine! When you play, all of my mother's flowers lose the will to live and expire on the instant. The quinoa has no flavour now. The llamas are migrating because of your music, and llamas are not a migratory animal. The children now believe there is a sickly monster, half horse and half large mournful chicken, that lives in tha lake and calls out to the world to grant it the sweet release of death.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mother, Sweet, Horse

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “What Really Happened in Peru”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?

  Jodi Picoult

  Mean, Definitions, Desperation

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.410, Simon and Schuster

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• It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or own her at all. He could feed the caterpillar, he could whisper through the chrysalis; what hatched out followed its own nature and was beyond him. He wondered if she had the .45 on her leg beneath the gown. Clarice Starling smiled at him then, the cabochons caught the firelight and the monster was lost in self-congratulation at his own exquisite taste and cunning.

  Thomas Harris

  Congratulations, Self, Drs

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• You", he said, "are the single exception that rule". The oldest, deepest, most beautiful flaw in his Silence."Without you, I would be a monster.

  Nalini Singh

  Beautiful, Silence, Would Be

  Nalini Singh (2013). “Heart of Obsidian”, p.203, Hachette UK

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• Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Real, Believe, Needs

  Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Winter Rose”, p.138, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.

  Neil Gaiman

  Long, People, Looks

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• Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British Ribena drink. (Can't blame him on that last one. Sadie grew up in London and developed some pretty strange tastes.

  Rick Riordan

  Flesh Eating, Smell, Scare

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• Armed with my sword and wand, I was all set for a stroll through the swamp to look for a hungry monster. Oh, joy!

  Rick Riordan

  Joy, Looks, Swamps

  Rick Riordan (2016). “Demigods and Magicians: Three Stories from the World of Percy Jackson and the Kane Chronicles”, p.10, Penguin UK

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• he was the monster that stalked nightmare and they both knew it

  Nalini Singh

  Nightmare

  Nalini Singh (2013). “Heart of Obsidian: A Psy-Changeling Novel”, p.10, Penguin

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• Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Morning, Dad, School

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• If someone had asked who could stage the best intervention with a crazy woman who had formerly been an undead monster, Sydney Sage would have been my last guess.

  Richelle Mead

  Crazy, Sage, Lasts

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.180, Penguin

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• I am only one man with one heart...Call me a demon, call me a monster...but I can't be the strongest forever...!!! — Whitebeard's response to his status as the "Strongest Man in the World".

  Eiichiro Oda

  Heart, Men, Forever

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• The Nephilim - the bogeyman for monsters, and all those who could be monsters.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nephilim

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• So maybe it was just as well that my companion was more like Mulder. A coked-out Mulder with a lot of weapons, who knew that the monsters under the bed were real and would gut you.

  Karen Chance

  Real, Bed, Weapons

  Karen Chance (2013). “Tempt the Stars: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.50, Penguin

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• I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Titan hefted his spear and they continued marching into the gloom.

  Rick Riordan

  Bob, Ends, Said

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• Annabeth’s shoulders ached. The elevator’s easy-listening music didn’t help. If all monsters had to hear that song about liking piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, no wonder they were in the mood for carnage when they reached the mortal world.

  Rick Riordan

  Song, Rain, Listening

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.397, Penguin UK

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• Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz." She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?" "Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters.

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Jobs, Islands

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• That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.

  David Levithan

  Hurt, Pouring, Littles

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.35, Egmont UK

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• Love was the most savage monster of all.

  Rick Riordan

  Savages

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.218, Penguin UK

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