“If you need to run, always imply that you'll return.”
―
Vanessa Len,
Only a Monster
“if people belonged together in the true timeline, then our timeline tries to repair itself by bringing them together.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“You're a hero and I'm a monster", she whispered. "There's only one way that story ever ends.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“They’d known each other far too long to think they could ever change each other’s natures.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“There wasn’t going to be a happy ending, she reminded herself. She was a monster and he was a hero. Everyone knew how that story ended.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Monsters look like giant spiders," Joan said. "Or like robots." She'd seen enough cartoons to know. Gran sometimes told jokes without smiling. Maybe this was one of those times. But Gran's eyes weren't shiny with a held-in joke. They were serious. "That's pretend monsters," she said. "Real monsters look like me and you.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Where are you going?” He frowned. “Just don’t,” she said. “Don’t help. Don’t do anything else for me.” She felt his eyes on her as she walked away.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Tom Arnold is already waiting at the bar when I arrive, and Vanessa purrs loudly when she spots him. I ignore the slut and stand next to him, waiting for him to notice me, bopping my head slightly to Andy Williams singing Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. At last, he turns and smiles at me.“Pip! You look lovely,” he tells me with an appreciative glance. I simper.“So do you,” I tell him, attempting to bat my eyelids like Vanessa would. “Have you got something in your eye?” he frowns. “Contact lens is playing up,” I mutter.“I didn’t know you wore contacts,” he says in surprise.“All the better to see you with, my dear,” I respond in a deep voice, and he gives me a strange look.I clear my throat. “It’s a free bar tonight, isn’t it?” ― Claire Gallagher, The Strange Imagination of Pippa Clayton
“In the bathroom mirror, Joan did look like death - gray-skinned and glassy-eyed. She splashed cold water on her face and came up looking like death with a wet face.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“look after each other. To be good to each other. To help people in need. I believe it—I believe we should help people if we can.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Sometimes she even talked about herself as half. Half-monster, half-human. Half-English, half-Chinese. As if she were made of construction blocks that had been put together and could be disassembled again. But that wasn't how she felt inside.” ― Vanessa Len, Never a Hero
“What am I?” Joan whispered. “I don’t know,” Aaron said. “All I know is that if you undo the massacre, you can’t ever meet me. You can’t ever trust me. I won’t know. I won’t remember what-” He cut himself off. Then he ground out. “I won’t remember what you mean to me.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“A person who can't travel isn't a monster.""Is that what you say about Olivers who can't?" "An Oliver who can't travel is an oxymoron.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Don't look at them. Look at me."-Aaron Oliver” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“if people belonged together in the true timeline, then our timeline tries to repair itself by bringing them together.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“You're a hero and I'm a monster", she whispered. "There's only one way that story ever ends.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“They’d known each other far too long to think they could ever change each other’s natures.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“There wasn’t going to be a happy ending, she reminded herself. She was a monster and he was a hero. Everyone knew how that story ended.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Monsters look like giant spiders," Joan said. "Or like robots." She'd seen enough cartoons to know. Gran sometimes told jokes without smiling. Maybe this was one of those times. But Gran's eyes weren't shiny with a held-in joke. They were serious. "That's pretend monsters," she said. "Real monsters look like me and you.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Where are you going?” He frowned. “Just don’t,” she said. “Don’t help. Don’t do anything else for me.” She felt his eyes on her as she walked away.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Tom Arnold is already waiting at the bar when I arrive, and Vanessa purrs loudly when she spots him. I ignore the slut and stand next to him, waiting for him to notice me, bopping my head slightly to Andy Williams singing Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. At last, he turns and smiles at me.“Pip! You look lovely,” he tells me with an appreciative glance. I simper.“So do you,” I tell him, attempting to bat my eyelids like Vanessa would. “Have you got something in your eye?” he frowns. “Contact lens is playing up,” I mutter.“I didn’t know you wore contacts,” he says in surprise.“All the better to see you with, my dear,” I respond in a deep voice, and he gives me a strange look.I clear my throat. “It’s a free bar tonight, isn’t it?” ― Claire Gallagher, The Strange Imagination of Pippa Clayton
“In the bathroom mirror, Joan did look like death - gray-skinned and glassy-eyed. She splashed cold water on her face and came up looking like death with a wet face.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“look after each other. To be good to each other. To help people in need. I believe it—I believe we should help people if we can.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Sometimes she even talked about herself as half. Half-monster, half-human. Half-English, half-Chinese. As if she were made of construction blocks that had been put together and could be disassembled again. But that wasn't how she felt inside.” ― Vanessa Len, Never a Hero
“What am I?” Joan whispered. “I don’t know,” Aaron said. “All I know is that if you undo the massacre, you can’t ever meet me. You can’t ever trust me. I won’t know. I won’t remember what-” He cut himself off. Then he ground out. “I won’t remember what you mean to me.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“A person who can't travel isn't a monster.""Is that what you say about Olivers who can't?" "An Oliver who can't travel is an oxymoron.” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
“Don't look at them. Look at me."-Aaron Oliver” ― Vanessa Len, Only a Monster
