Quotes from For a Few Demons More

“That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in anger, fear, love, or obligation. You make decisions to irritate people.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Sure am glad I'm not royalty," I muttered. "I wouldn't want to have to bump uglies with someone I can't stand. On a regular basis. And no one else."
"Ow!" I exclaimed, trying to yank my fingers from Trent but finding them caught. Then I colored, realizing what I'd said. "Oh… sorry," I stammered, meaning it. "That was insensitive."
Trent's frown turned into a sly smirk. "Bump uglies?" he said, eyes on the table behind me. "You are a font of gutter slang, Rachel. We must do this again.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Having been a demon curse, however brief, should leave a mark. A streak of silver hair, or bewitching eyes. Maybe crows on one's roof or a hound from hell at your heel. Blowing out my breath I stood and squinted at my reflection. A black eye. Swell.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“I’m your worst nightmare come to walk this side of the lines. I’m an elf, Trent something you’re forgotten how to be. You’re scared of black magic. I can see fear shimmering under your aura like sweat. I live and breathe black magic. I’m so tainted with it that I will use it without thought, without guilt and without hesitation.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“What was in the trunk?" I asked, and my eyes widened when he opened his coat and let me glimpse a big-ass rifle.
"I know these people," he said, his expression going hard. "We handle their insurance.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Do you hurt uncle Kisten', he asked.(...) but Kisten beat me to it. “Only my heart, Audric,” he said. “Ms. Rachel is like the sun. See her sparkling there with the wind in her hair and fire in her eyes? You can’t catch the sun. You can only feel its touch on your face. And if you get too much of it, it burns you.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Bye, Skimmer. Thanks for breakfast.”

“You’re welcome.” Translation: Choke on it, bitch. ”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“I am black,” she said, and a shudder rippled through me. “I am foul with a
thousand years of demon curses. Don’t cross me or I will bring you and your house down. Rachel is the only clean thing I have, and you won’t sully her to

further your high ideas.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“CINCINNATI MORGUE, AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY SERVICE SINCE 1966.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Trent sighed, visibly bothered at my admittedly childish behavior, but I was hot, damn it, and needed money, and therefore I was vulnerable to his bribes and his air-conditioned car.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Minias smiled. Great. Another charming demon. I sort of prefer the insane ones.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“See, this was why I liked coffee. You couldn’t screw up making coffee. Even the bad stuff was good.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Lately I’d begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“It was a nice bit of blackmail that kept him off my back, but he refused to take the message that I wasn’t going to work for him. ’Course, that might be my fault…since I seemed unable to say no when he waved enough money at me.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“And don’t try to sell me any crap about the kindly demon. I know three of you now, and you are all evil, insane, or just plain nasty.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“You pompous little bitch!” the infuriated Were shouted, red-faced and with his thugs backing him. “What are you doing here?”

Mrs. Sarong pushed past the men who had put themselves in front of her. “Arranging your removal,” she said, her voice sharp and her eyes glaring. Removal? As if he were an overgrown tree clogging the sewer line?

The short businessman seemed to choke on his own breath, becoming choleric. Mouth gaping to look like one of his prize fish, he struggled to respond. “Like hell you are!” he finally managed. “That’s what I wanted to talk to her about!”

From my shoulder came a small, “Holy crap, Rache. How did you become Cincy’s assassin of choice?”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Her smile turned wicked. “And I’m not a silly girl to be blinded by a tidy posterior and expansive landholdings.”

Tidy posterior and expansive landholdings? Was that the Dark Ages equivalent of a tight ass and a lot of money?”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Tell me where you want it,” I said.

Minias drew back, his purple robes shifting about his ankles. “You’re asking me?”

“Well, unless you want a big R on your forehead.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Piscary killed people, but he didn’t have the concept of pity or remorse. It would be like telling a shark he was a bad fish and to stop eating people. But Trent? He knew he was doing wrong, and he did it anyway.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Get your hand off me,” I exclaimed, voice loud with misplaced anger as I yanked away from his grip. “I’m a professional, not some distraught girlfriend.” Well, I was that too, but I knew how to act at a crime scene.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“From my ear Jenks snickered. “Awwww, you two are so sweet, I could fart fairy balls.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Do you have a sleeping bag?”

I stared at him. “No. I lost it in the great salt-dip of ’06.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“The gentle sound of her words became the shushing of my blood in my head, and I listened, hovering on the edge of consciousness, bathed in the oblivion of whatever drug they had given me.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Ivy and I will deal with the uncomfortable situation like we always have…by ignoring it. It was something we were both good at.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“I didn’t kill Francis,” I said. “He managed that all by himself. And Lee was dragged off by a demon he summoned. Nick went over a bridge.”

Mrs. Sarong’s smile widened, and she patted my hand again. “Very well done on the last one,” she said, glancing at her daughter. “Leaving an old boyfriend to clutter future relationships is investing in trouble.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“I felt sick. Buying Kisten’s and my safety from Piscary was so wrong. But it was either that or deal with a demon, and I’d rather keep my soul clean and let my morals get dingy.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“You have the right to remain silent, but I doubt you will. You have the right to an attorney, which I imagine Quen will be calling soon. If you can’t afford one, hell has frozen over and I’m the princess of Oz, but in that case, one will be appointed to you. You understand your rights that the entire congregation of Cincy’s finest has heard me recite?”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

“Do you have a finger stick?” she snapped.

“No.”

“Then let me cut your finger.”

“You’re already bleeding,” I said. “Use your blood.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from For a Few Demons More

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