“I stop fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now. T-shirt”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“IF IT HAS TIRES OR TESTICLES, IT’S GONNA GIVE YOU TROUBLE. —BUMPER STICKER”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“DON’T GO BUYING TROUBLE.
IT’S FREE AND IT KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE.
—T-SHIRT”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Make it quick," I said when I picked up.
"Okay. Two men from the FBI are here." Cookie said. Quickly.
Crap. "Men in black are at the office?"
"Well, yes, but they're actually in more of a navy."
Crapola. I so don't have time for men. In any color. "Okay, two questions. Do they look mad, and are they hot?"
After a long, long, pause, Cookie said, "One, not really. Two, no comment at this time. And three, you're on speakerphone."
After another long, long pause, I said, "Okie dokie then. Be there in a jiff.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“WITH GREAT BREASTS COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. —T-SHIRT”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“NEVER BE AFRAID TO DART AROUND IN PUBLIC, HUMMING THE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME SONG. —T-SHIRT”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“I WAS AN ATHEIST UNTIL I REALIZED I WAS GOD. —BUMPER STICKER”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“SOME GIRLS WEAR PRADA. SOME GIRLS WEAR GLOCK 17 SHORT RECOIL SPRING-LOADED SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS WITH A LOADED CHAMBER INDICATOR AND A NONSLIP GRIP. - T-SHIRT”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“She shook her head then took off again, and I found myself struggling to keep up with her in my bunny slippers. With a sigh, I realized I was getting way too much exercise. I'd just have to counteract it later with cake.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Chocolate and coffee ? Together ? Whoever came up with that combination should have won a Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least a subscription to Reader's Digest.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“You hit me again," I said, growing oddly annoyed.
"Ya think?" Evil Riggs said. Smart-ass.
"Part of my brain hurts. I demand to know what that part of my brain is called and what its job is.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“There is nothing to fear but fear itself. And spiders. ~Bumper sticker~”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“He was like chocolate-covered heroin, and I was an addict through and through.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“I sort of got off on making bad guys sweat. Which was not unlike my love of making good guys sweat, just by very different means.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“For the first time in my life, I was in a shoot-out. A real, honest-to-goodness shoot-out with a bad guy. And, apparently, we both sucked.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“...and then she glared at me, the same glare my stepmother used to give me when I gave her the Nazi salute. That woman was so touchy about her resemblance to Hitler.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Yeah, but what happens if life hands me pickles? - Bumper sticker”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“I do not," I felt oddly appalled by her statement. "I'm an excellent liar. Ask my dentist. He swears I floss regularly.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“His gaze slid over me like a veil of fire. He could ignite my deepest desires with a single glance. I decided right then and there no more reading romance novels by candelight.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Sorry. i just can't seem to help myself. My brain is freaking out. Two predawn mornings in a row. It doesn't know what to think, how to act. I'll have a talk with it later. Perhaps get it some counseling.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Cookie dropped her purse and tried to catch it midair. In the process, she knocked over a vase. When she lunged for the vase, she slipped on the tile and overturned an entire table. A lovely handblown piece of glass flew in my direction, and all I could think as I caught it was, Really? Again? We were going to have to practice muscle control.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“I’m Charlotte Davidson: private investigator, police consultant, all -around badass. Or I could’ve been a badass, had I stuck with those lessons in mixed martial arts. I was only in that class to learn how to kill people with paper.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“This is one Fruit Loop beyond certifiable.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“He took a long draw then asked, “What’d I do?”
“You knew about the guy threatening my dad?”
He paused, shifted in his chair, so freaking busted, it wasn’t funny. “They told you?”
“Why, no, Swopes, they didn’t. Instead, they waited until the guy knocked the fuck out of my dad and readied him for spaceflight with duct tape then tried to kill me with a butcher’s knife.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket? ~Bumper sticker~”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“That you honestly believe I am capable of hurting innocent people for no reason.”
“You’re not?” I asked, hope softening my voice.
“Oh, no, I’m more than capable. I just didn’t realize you
knew that.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“He'd been in surgery for-like-ever, then in recovery, but they put him in a room because, despite the amount of blood loss, his wounds were no longer life threatening. "You here to get in my pants?" he asked.
"You're not wearing any pants," I reminded him. "You're wearing a girly gown with a built-in ass ventilator.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“Where the hell did my bones go?" I asked. This whole upright thing had me stumped.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“That’s the thing about things. They tend to happen.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
“I suck at all this supernatural stuff. But I fry a mean chicken.
Oh, good. I hate it when the nice ones get fried.”
― Darynda Jones, quote from Second Grave on the Left
Darynda Jones
Born place: in The United States
See more on GoodReads
“They had stared at her with great uncomprehending eyes. Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything. Unblinking and unabashed, they stared up at her. The end of the world lay in their eyes, and the beginning, and all the waste in bewteen.”
― Toni Morrison, quote from The Bluest Eye
“Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without end.
It flung them like stones.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, quote from The Sirens of Titan
“Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.”
― Haruki Murakami, quote from Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.”
― Henry James, quote from The Portrait of a Lady
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?”
― Dan Brown, quote from Digital Fortress
Adolf Hitler: My Par...
Passion and Purity:...
Visions of Heat
Outcast of Redwall
If There Be Thorns
Belong to MeBookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.
