“Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.”
―
Steve Hockensmith,
Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Failure is but the longer road to triumph.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand!” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Lieutenant Tindall told me I'd find you up here tilting at putrid windmills. Now I know what he meant.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Doubt, Master Liu always said, is death.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Somewhere in the city, Pestilence was raising an army for its fellow horseman, Death.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Shy, delicate, gentle Jane, though the eldest, could no more initiate conversation with a newly met man than a rose petal could belch.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Longbows, crossbows, hair bows, rainbows - that's not the point.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“We can honor what lies behind us without being a slave to it,” Kitty said.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Let's make a game of it, shall we?" she said. "Whoever kills the most, wins." "I will kill twenty!" Lydia declared."I will kill thirty!" Kitty countered.Mary paused for a moment of sober calculation."I will kill thirty-two." she said."I will kill as long as I must," said Jane."And I will kill as long as I can," said Elizabeth” ― Steve Hockensmith
“He checked himself without really looking at himself. He was ten pounds heavier and a few dozen hairs grayer than he'd been the year before. He knew that. He didn't need to see it again.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Blarney: 12 Tales of Lies, Crime & Mystery
“A world with zombies in it had no tolerance for softness or sentiment. The dreadfuls infected everything just by virtue of existing. To live in their world, one had to become like them. Dead inside. So” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Hey there! You have reached the voice mailbox of GW Fletcher. If you've got something nice to say, wait for the tone. If you don't, do us both a favor and hang up now, asshole. Ha! Just kidding, Mom! You can go ahead and leave a message, too.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Fool Me Once
“like a shaft of coal jutting from a glass of milk.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Undead isn’t inhuman!”)” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“I was now old enough to see the day when the average teenager (Clarice didn’t qualify) couldn’t spot a Terminator reference. My time had clearly passed. If we’d been Eskimos, I would have crawled out onto the ice to die. First things first, though. I walked over and pushed Clarice’s legs off the couch.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Give the Devil His Due: A Tarot Mystery
“Failure is but the longer road to triumph.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand!” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Lieutenant Tindall told me I'd find you up here tilting at putrid windmills. Now I know what he meant.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Doubt, Master Liu always said, is death.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Somewhere in the city, Pestilence was raising an army for its fellow horseman, Death.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Shy, delicate, gentle Jane, though the eldest, could no more initiate conversation with a newly met man than a rose petal could belch.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Longbows, crossbows, hair bows, rainbows - that's not the point.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“We can honor what lies behind us without being a slave to it,” Kitty said.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Let's make a game of it, shall we?" she said. "Whoever kills the most, wins." "I will kill twenty!" Lydia declared."I will kill thirty!" Kitty countered.Mary paused for a moment of sober calculation."I will kill thirty-two." she said."I will kill as long as I must," said Jane."And I will kill as long as I can," said Elizabeth” ― Steve Hockensmith
“He checked himself without really looking at himself. He was ten pounds heavier and a few dozen hairs grayer than he'd been the year before. He knew that. He didn't need to see it again.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Blarney: 12 Tales of Lies, Crime & Mystery
“A world with zombies in it had no tolerance for softness or sentiment. The dreadfuls infected everything just by virtue of existing. To live in their world, one had to become like them. Dead inside. So” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Hey there! You have reached the voice mailbox of GW Fletcher. If you've got something nice to say, wait for the tone. If you don't, do us both a favor and hang up now, asshole. Ha! Just kidding, Mom! You can go ahead and leave a message, too.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Fool Me Once
“like a shaft of coal jutting from a glass of milk.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“Undead isn’t inhuman!”)” ― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After
“I was now old enough to see the day when the average teenager (Clarice didn’t qualify) couldn’t spot a Terminator reference. My time had clearly passed. If we’d been Eskimos, I would have crawled out onto the ice to die. First things first, though. I walked over and pushed Clarice’s legs off the couch.” ― Steve Hockensmith, Give the Devil His Due: A Tarot Mystery
