Ink & Sigil
Kevin Hearne
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We have a box of salt in there distilled from the tears of men who try to harass us.”
“But besides all that, if ye ever have the power to make someone's dream come true and ye don't, then what kind of a selfish shite would ye be?”
“Whenever someone shoulders past me or cuts me off, I feel like rooting for them instead of getting angry, and I hope they’re able to make it to the toilet before disaster strikes. I cheer for the steadfastness of their sphincters and wish them long life and clean underwear. People think I am patient, but not really; I just get it. We are ruled by our bladders and bowels.”
“No a word 'bout my nails, Al. Or anything. This situation here is only because I love ma wee brother and need tae convince his bride's family that I'm totally normal and no involved with the occult, plus I'm pretending that ma uterus desperately wants a ten-month lease from some man's seed but I'm just too busy at the moment, awright?”
“Nigel went to Toronto on holiday and got his skull cracked by a hockey puck.”
“Is that a thing selkies do, make ye pine?” [Their beauty is a defense. The idea is that humans won’t want to hurt them if they’re extraordinarily beautiful.] “Really? That seems like an epic misjudgment of humanity.”
“After all, there is nothing so deadly, so ultimately terminal, as being alive.”
“A toast! Tae inks and sigils and straight razors, tae good bosses and wizards on lizards, tae outsmarting evil when ye can and kicking its arse when ye cannae do that, and tae distillers of fine spirits everywhere. Sláinte!”
“present company excluded—and if someone could only find a way to apply enough suction, maybe Parliament would finally get its heid pulled out of its arse and do something sensible for once. These aren’t solutions to the emptiness. They are merely harnesses, safety lines tethering you to the cliff face as your bollocks dangle over the abyss. Absolutely vital to survival, but never a replacement for the great lost love of your life. I lost my wife to an auto accident when we were fifty. I’ve been dangling ever since.”
“gods so rarely do anything tae us. Or for us”
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