Saiman's Quotes

#1. Obviously I was missing the whole picture. Any minute now he would leap up, wrench the two-inch silver alloy bars apart despite the fact that silver was toxic to shapeshifters, and heroically kick Saiman's ass. Any minute now. Any minute.

Ilona Andrews

#2. Ask!" the cat said.
"Ask, Kate!" Saiman prompted.
"Ask!" one of the volhvs called out.
I took a deep breath. The cat leaned forward in anticipation.
"Would you like some milk?

Ilona Andrews

#3. Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

Joseph Addison

#4. You destroyed five million dollars' worth of luxury cars."
"Yes, but none of them are wearing human heads as hood ornaments.

Ilona Andrews

#5. There are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late.

Bill Watterson

#6. The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark.
My knight in furry armor.
Saiman opened his mouth. This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.

Ilona Andrews

#7. Every woman should be told she's attractive. Men are seduced by their eyes, women by their ears. Saiman

Ilona Andrews

#8. God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

#9. Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.

Malvinder Mohan Singh

#10. What's this "
"A needle."
"What should I do with it " He'd walked right into it. Too easy.
"Please use it to pop your head. It's obscuring my view of the room.

Ilona Andrews

#11. I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me." "Always happy to oblige.

Ilona Andrews

#12. I constantly doubt myself. I only feel confident in front of the camera.

Anushka Sharma

#13. Give me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech.

Ilona Andrews

#14. What happened?"
"You fell."
"Really? What did I fall into?"
"My fist."
"That explains the headache.

Ilona Andrews

#15. Can I be of assistance?" Saiman asked.
"Have you ever delivered a child?" Doolittle asked.
"Yes, I have."
"Good. We have to perform a C-section. One of her unborn is trying to kill the other."
"Fascinating," Saiman said. [p.304]

Ilona Andrews

#16. I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely.
The only thing he wants in return is for her to love him."
Saiman arched his eyebrows, imitating me. "And?"
"You're the exact opposite of him. You lack the capacity to love, so you want to smother mine as well.

Ilona Andrews

#17. It's a party house."
"I hope for your sake it's a very tame party." If he brought me to some sort of sex orgy, he would fly right through one of those pretty windows, headfirst.

Ilona Andrews

#18. Next to me, Saiman smiled.
We all want what we can't have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck.

Ilona Andrews

#19. I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car."
Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?"
"No. But I like to pretend it is.

Ilona Andrews

#20. That was what it meant to be a woman: to live in an unbearable agony hidden for a time behind smoke and mirrors.

Mary Pauline Lowry

#21. Be aware that you are always invulnerable to personal attacks inspired by envy and spite.

Allen Drury

#22. I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.

Lucy Lawless

#23. Saiman picked up a coffee mug, stared at it, and hurled it against the wall. It shattered into a dozen pieces. We looked at him.
"Your date appears to be hysterical," Rene told me.
"You think I should slap some man into him?

Ilona Andrews

#24. I've read your summary."
"And?"
"It's not incompetent."
Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to be written in crayon?

Ilona Andrews

#25. I flexed my wrist, popped a silver needle into my palm, and offered it to him.
'What's this?'
'A needle.'
'What should I do with it?'
He'd walked right into it. Too easy. 'Please use it to pop your head. It's obscuring my view of the room.'
- Kate & Saiman

Ilona Andrews

#26. I prefer the term 'sexual deviant' myself," Saiman said.

Ilona Andrews