“Men were good for one thing only. Killing spiders. Other than that, I was on my own. It was sad though. Where was the chivalry of yesteryear?”
―
Kate Carlisle,
Homicide in Hardcover
“If my life were a book, I would have masking tape holding my hinges together. My pages would be loose, my edges tattered and my boards exposed, the front flyleaf torn and the leather mottled and moth-eaten. I'd have to take myself apart and put myself back together, as any good book restoration expert would do.” ― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill
“Well, that was embarrassing. There was nothing wrong with talking to the voices in my head--unless everyone else was listening in.” ― Kate Carlisle
“I felt disoriented. Didn't I already know my gift? I had my super-self-control that had allowed me to skip right over the horrifying newborn year. Vampires only had one extra ability at most, right?Or had Edward been correct in the beginning? Before Carlisle had suggested that my self-control could be something beyond the natural, Edward had thought my restraint was just a product of good preparation- focus and attitude, he'd declared. Which one had been right? Was there more I could do? A name and a category for what I was?""Can you project?" Kate asked interestedly. "Project?" I asked. "Push it out from yourself," Kate explained. "Shield someone besides yourself."... I wished fervently that I might be good at this projecting thing, too, like I was somehow mysteriously good at all the other aspects of being a vampire. My human life had not prepared me for things that came naturally, and I couldn't make myself trust this aptitude to last. It felt like I had never wanted anything so badly before this: to be able to protect what I loved.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“He'd once explained that when he was a boy his very proper parents had forbidden him and his brothers to curse in the house so 'feather buckets' was the young boys coded way of saying 'f*ck it” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. —Paul Valéry” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“I had to say it gave me a warm feeling to picture Meredith Winslow spending twenty years or so in an ill fitting orange jumpsuit, cozying up to a great big girl named Beulah” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“An artist can try and pretend he is not following rules, but let's remember that nature itself provides rules. Gravity for instance.” ― Kate Carlisle, Books of a Feather
“Many of the world’s problems would be solved if people would just shut up and pass the cupcakes.” ― Kate Carlisle, The Book Stops Here
“Men were good for one thing only. Killing spiders.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“She wore leopard-skin leggings, a tight black turtleneck sweater and sparkly red heels. I don't make this stuff up.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“So how's the putrid pile of caca doing?” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“I'm sorry, darling, but it's the only face I've got.” ― Kate Carlisle, Murder under Cover
“I believe in books,” her friend whispered. “We have to save them all.” ― Kate Carlisle, Buried In Books
“Derek,” I said after a moment, “have you ever noticed that women can be really stupid?” He put his arm around my shoulders. “And yet, they’re generally smarter than men.” “That’s a sad, sad statement.” ― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill
“I needed another sibling the way I needed a sixth toe. Or a twelfth toe. You know, an extra one on each foot. Never mind.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“Ah, memories” ― Kate Carlisle, Ripped From the Pages
“Never waste, never worry” ― Kate Carlisle, Murder under Cover
“If my life were a book, I would have masking tape holding my hinges together. My pages would be loose, my edges tattered and my boards exposed, the front flyleaf torn and the leather mottled and moth-eaten. I'd have to take myself apart and put myself back together, as any good book restoration expert would do.” ― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill
“Well, that was embarrassing. There was nothing wrong with talking to the voices in my head--unless everyone else was listening in.” ― Kate Carlisle
“I felt disoriented. Didn't I already know my gift? I had my super-self-control that had allowed me to skip right over the horrifying newborn year. Vampires only had one extra ability at most, right?Or had Edward been correct in the beginning? Before Carlisle had suggested that my self-control could be something beyond the natural, Edward had thought my restraint was just a product of good preparation- focus and attitude, he'd declared. Which one had been right? Was there more I could do? A name and a category for what I was?""Can you project?" Kate asked interestedly. "Project?" I asked. "Push it out from yourself," Kate explained. "Shield someone besides yourself."... I wished fervently that I might be good at this projecting thing, too, like I was somehow mysteriously good at all the other aspects of being a vampire. My human life had not prepared me for things that came naturally, and I couldn't make myself trust this aptitude to last. It felt like I had never wanted anything so badly before this: to be able to protect what I loved.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“He'd once explained that when he was a boy his very proper parents had forbidden him and his brothers to curse in the house so 'feather buckets' was the young boys coded way of saying 'f*ck it” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. —Paul Valéry” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“I had to say it gave me a warm feeling to picture Meredith Winslow spending twenty years or so in an ill fitting orange jumpsuit, cozying up to a great big girl named Beulah” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“An artist can try and pretend he is not following rules, but let's remember that nature itself provides rules. Gravity for instance.” ― Kate Carlisle, Books of a Feather
“Many of the world’s problems would be solved if people would just shut up and pass the cupcakes.” ― Kate Carlisle, The Book Stops Here
“Men were good for one thing only. Killing spiders.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“She wore leopard-skin leggings, a tight black turtleneck sweater and sparkly red heels. I don't make this stuff up.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“So how's the putrid pile of caca doing?” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“I'm sorry, darling, but it's the only face I've got.” ― Kate Carlisle, Murder under Cover
“I believe in books,” her friend whispered. “We have to save them all.” ― Kate Carlisle, Buried In Books
“Derek,” I said after a moment, “have you ever noticed that women can be really stupid?” He put his arm around my shoulders. “And yet, they’re generally smarter than men.” “That’s a sad, sad statement.” ― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill
“I needed another sibling the way I needed a sixth toe. Or a twelfth toe. You know, an extra one on each foot. Never mind.” ― Kate Carlisle, Homicide in Hardcover
“Ah, memories” ― Kate Carlisle, Ripped From the Pages
“Never waste, never worry” ― Kate Carlisle, Murder under Cover
