Monsters Quotes - Page 12

• You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

  Suzanne Weyn

  Worst

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• It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

  Holly Black

  Meat, Rotten, Want

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.

  Rick Yancey

  Children, Real, Dear

  Rick Yancey (2009). “The Monstrumologist”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

  Kohta Hirano

  Running, Men, Dry Up

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• Yes!’ Beck crowed, pumping his fist into the air. ‘That rocks!’ Then he charged off in search of another Three to decapitate. Riley sighed to herself. ‘I’ve created a monster.

  Jana Oliver

  Rocks, Air, Three

  Jana Oliver (2012). “Forgiven”, p.249, Macmillan

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• Look at me!" I roar. "Do you think you'll be the first I've killed today? I wasn't a murderer, but you changed me. I'm a monster now. And I'm hungry." "Meera!" Anotoine whines. "Prae! Please, I beg you. You're civilised people. Help me!" "We can't," Prae says coldly. "Even if we wanted to - and personally I have no problem with him gutting you - we couldn't. He's not ours to control. He's one of your specimens. You helped create him - now you have to deal with him

  Darren Shan

  Thinking, People, Looks

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• He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.

  Leonard Cohen

  Heart, Men, Shapes

  "Beautiful Losers". Book by Leonard Cohen, 1966.

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• I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the softest place to sleep, and nursed me back to health, and haven't asked for anything in return. The animals are on the other side of the fence: monsters wearing uniforms. They speak softly, and tell lies, and smile as they're slitting your throat.

  Lauren Oliver

  Rip, Lying, Sleep

  Lauren Oliver (2012). “Pandemonium”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker

  Christopher Nolan

  Dark, Curves, Knights

  "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• I had been taught to look for monsters and devils and I found ordinary people.

  Jeanette Winterson

  People, Devil, Ordinary

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “The Passion”, p.105, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. “Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It—” The two were out the door.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Doors, Two, Feet

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• As a child, I was aware that, at night, infrared vision would reveal monsters hiding in the bedroom closet only if they were warm-blooded. But everybody knows that your average bedroom monster is reptilian and cold-blooded.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Night, Average

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• I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out information when I wasn't. "I've got one advantage over a normal homicide detective, I expect it to be a monster. No one ever calls me in if it's just a stabbing, or a hit-and-run. I don't spend a lot of time trying to come up with nice, normal explanations. It means I get to ignore a lot of theories.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Running, Jobs, Nice

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.1693, Penguin

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• She wanted to have him hold her and tell her all the demons were pretend, that there was no monster in her closet, that everything would be okay. But that was a lie. The demon was in her head, telling her she was too fat. She had to get the demon out. But she couldn't do it by herself.

  Jackie Morse Kessler

  Lying, Would Be, Demon

  Jackie Morse Kessler (2010). “Hunger”, p.173, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this." "Shut up,Billy." "Think of the people in San Francisco." "I don't know any of the people in San Francisco," Virginia answered, then paused. "Well,actually I do,and I don't like them. But I do like you,Billy, and I'm not going to allow you to end up as lunch for some raggedy lion-monster-thingy." "A sphinx," Machiavelli corrected her. He was standing at the bars again. "Mistress Dare," the Italian said carefully. "I absolutely applaud you for what you want to do for your friend. But I urge you to think of the bigger picture.

  Michael Scott

  Thinking, Italian, Lunch

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• I always root for the monster.

  J.R. Ward

  Roots, Godzilla

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4”, p.269, Penguin

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• A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Real, Boys, Bed

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10”, p.352, Penguin

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• His parting shot to me had been, "I don't want to love someone who is more at home with the monsters than I am." What do you say to that? What can you say? Damned if I know. They say love conquers everything. They lie.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Lying, Home, Want

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15”, p.20, Penguin

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• But witchy magic doesn’t listen to please and pretty please, and anyway, I didn’t really care. I only pretended to care because not caring makes me a monster.

  Franny Billingsley

  Caring, Magic, Care

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.59, A&C Black

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• No, I love watching autopsies of disgusting mutant monsters

  Michael Grant

  Mutants, Disgusting, Autopsy

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• We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

  Douglas Preston

  Differences, Degrees, Kind

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• I loved the idea of a girl going into a dark alley, and a monster comes, and then she just aces him. It’s like, you want to see the tiny person suddenly take control. God, my whole career is basically about that!

  Joss Whedon

  Girl, Dark, Careers

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• When reason sleeps, the monsters of repression will emerge.

  Kate Morton

  Sleep, Reason, Repression

  Kate Morton (2010). “The Distant Hours”, p.438, Pan Macmillan

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• Stop smiling!” she ordered. “I can see you, Carter. Oh…and, uh, hullo, Walt.” The pot monster made squeaky grinding noises as it stood up straight. One clunky arm rose and tried to fix Sadie’s nonexistent hair. Leave it to Sadie to be self-conscious around boys, even when she’s made out of pots and duct tape.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Hair, Self

  Rick Riordan (2012). “The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles Book 3)”, p.114, Penguin UK

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• Texting, even browsing the Internet - all these things can attract monsters.

  Rick Riordan

  Texting, Internet, Browsing

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