Kiss Of Death Quotes

“Unfortunately, my army consists of one unreliable criminal, one girl with a
disability, and one incredibly foolish young vampire with a tanning issue. I am not confident.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Things that Shane doesn't want on his grave:
(1.) I thought it wasn't loaded.
(2.) Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank.
(3.) Killed over Ice Cream”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“What about e-mail? It is e-mail, yes?" Morley asked, leaning even closer. "E-mail is a kind of electronic letter. It travels through the air." He seemed very smug that he knew that.

"Well, not exactly, and would you please either BACK OFF or go find a shower?”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.”
― Rachel Caine

“He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the eyes of his wife.

He pulled her to him, her body soft, her skin warm. She was life, she was his. He took her lips and tasted his freedom once more. The subtle tenderness. The hope hidden in joined breath. He took it into himself. Soaking in the peace that came with it.

And even as the rustling began he felt still, he felt calm. Scratching and scrapping within the stones, and the rustle of wings. But all Eli knew was the nature of love.”
― Rachel A. Marks, Distant Passages: More of the Best Short Stories and Poetry from Double-edged Publishing

“That's not trouble; that's fail. Tell me that isn't all the whites. Like, Michael's and Shane's, too."
"All the whites," Claire said, and held up the guilty red sock. "Yours?"
"Oh, damn." Eve snatched it out of Claire's fingers and shook the sock like a floppy rattle. "Bad sock! Bad! You are never going anywhere fun ever again!”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Giving up is always easy. It's the peace that follows that sucks.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“I hate traveling with amateurs.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too?”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Shane was sitting on the curb next to the old, cracked gas pumps, eating a candy bar. Claire plopped down next to him. “Half?” she asked.
“And now I know you’re my girlfriend, since you’re not afraid to demand community property,” he said, and pulled off the uneaten half to hand it over.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“It's bad enough I have to be trapped in a car with you children. You'll do your best not to act like children.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Wake me for the massacre, okay? Don't want to miss it.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“at least this way we're safe in a room with a door that locks. And the sign says they have HBO."
That stands for Horrible Bloody Ohmygod." Eve said. "which is the way they kill you. When you think you're safe.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Yeah. She'd manipulated the second most powerful vampire in town into taking her side against a psycho bitch-queen sorority girl. She'd talked rationally about putting people's brains into computers. This was a normal day. No wonder she was screwed up.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Damn. That was stupid, wasn't it? We nearly got killed over ice cream.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Oh hell no. Guys don’t talk about that crap.”
“You’re serious.”
“Really.”
“What do you talk about?”
Shane looked at her as if she were insane. “You know. Stuff. We’re not girls. We don’t talk about our feelings. I mean, not to other guys.”
Claire rolled her eyes and said, “Fine, be emotionally stunted losers; I don’t care.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“I can’t take the ring. It means—it means too much to you. It’s all you have left of them.”
“That’s why it’s better if you have it,” he said, and held out the box, cupped in one hand.“Because you can make it a better memory. I can barely look at this thing without seeing the past. I don’t want to see the past anymore. I want to see the future.” He didn’t blink, and she felt the breath leave her body. “You’re the future, Claire.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“„What kind of stupid trip is this? So far, I’ve been assaulted, insulted, arrested, and now I’m tied to a chair by a bunch of vampires in case they crave a little O negative at lunch. And my boyfriend is out there somewhere, dodging sunbeams. This sucks!”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“Any requests on the kind of car?”
“Something with armor?” she said. “Oooh, and headrest DVD. Bonus for surround sound.”
“Rocket launchers,” Michael said.
“One hot yellow Hummer with optional mass destruction package, coming up.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“You know it's desperate," she said. "Shane is going to the library. ”
― Rachel Caine

“Because Oliver wants you, and what Oliver wants, Oliver gets, right? So get your sweet little butt up already.”
“Hey,” Shane said, and stood up. “I’m not telling you again, Jase. Stop.”
“What, because I said she had a sweet little butt? You don’t think she does? Hard to believe, since you spend so much time staring at it.”
― Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had?”
― Rachel Caine

“A kiss is sharper than a two-edged sword. It's a sign of great affection or simply a betrayal.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“I knew a woman once
She never spoke much
When she did
It was to say
That her love was just a nuke away”
― Brendan Bigney, Atomic Kiss