9 Quotes by S.J. Himes

Eroch stretched out, and crawled out of Angel’s sweater and perched on his shoulder, flapping his leathery wings before pulling them back along his ribs. Several detectives stared, and Angel sighed in exasperation as he dodged around a few interested onlookers. “We’re going home! Hurry up,” Angel called over his shoulder, Daniel all but jogging to catch up. “Everyone stop staring! Fuck! Have none of you seen a dragon before?

Vampires moved with inhuman grace - the fae moved as if life were a dance, and only they knew the steps.

Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. It keeps us alive more often than not. Gives us caution, spares us pain. It can also hold us back. Wisdom comes from knowing the difference between listening to our fear, and when to be brave. And sometimes fear settles in us so deeply, the wounds so raw and horrible, that it never truly leaves. ...My point, young man, is fear is senseless, cruel, and, sometimes, necessary.

It felt like fate. That if Gray Shadow and Caius could not find their way to each other, their bloodlines eventually did.

Gerald smiled down at her, and she relaxed, leaning on them both. “I’m glad I came in for a sandwich,” Gerald whispered, and Royrick laughed, tossing back his head.

There is no, one perfect universal intersectionality of life experiences.

Western magical practitioners incorrectly call such a creature a demon, when I would describe it as a kidnapped inter-dimensional alien.

Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. It keeps us alive more often than not. Gives us caution, spares us pain. It can also hold us back. Wisdom comes from knowing the difference between listening to our fear, and when to be brave.

We are, all of us, similar and yet unique, and not one of us alike enough to judge the other. I have my strengths, you have yours.