Urban Fantasy Quotes

“No one, none of us have rights. There is no destiny. We have responsibilities to ourselves and each other. We have responsibilities and the choice whether or not we live up to those responsibilities.”
― Brian Fatah Steele, Further Than Fate: five tales of post-mythic darkness

“Noc knew that his girlfriend was better as he got to the door of Kay’s living room. This he could tell by the sound of her screaming at Turney for some infraction on the Son of Time’s part. He opened it to see her soaking wet, cornering Turney by the stereo and holding a ball of Hellfire. Noc burst out laughing at the normalcy of the whole thing.”
― Brian Fatah Steele, Petty Like A God

“Bullshit. You can paint with a fork, you can kill with a fork. A fork is a tool. Don't let yourself be confined by the definitions of others.”
― Brian Fatah Steele, Unknown Book 7050528

“Been lickin’ peanut-butter spoons? Maybe I should call you butterfingers. It has a better ring than Hella Shella. - Tran

'Answer my question, Tran. Right now. Or I show you just what these fingers'--I wiggled my fingers under his nose-- 'can really do.' I took a step closer, erasing the distance between us. 'And let me tell you, emo boy, you are not going to like it. Let’s just say, that peanut butter I ate, freshly made.' I licked my lips with care. 'I’m actually quite skilled when it comes to crushing nuts.' - Shella”
― Krista Alasti, Taming Shadows

“God, why do I bother trying to help you? It’s not like you appreciate it. It’s not like the word ‘thanks’ is in your vocabulary. It’s like you’re not capable of being nice to someone you decided to despise when you were six-years-old. Sure, about twelve years have passed, but what’s time compared to your rock-headed mind? - Tran”
― Krista Alasti, Taming Shadows

“¿Lucifer?
- Sí, Lucifer. Satanás, Belcebú, Belial, la antigua serpiente, el gran dragón, el dios negro, el puto ángel caído.”
― Katherine Vega, No habrá paz para los malditos

“When a people forget their stories, they don’t become modern. They become hollow.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“That’s how they keep you quiet. Forget the shape of your soul, and you start mistaking silence for peace.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“It’s your booze. I’m just drinking it.”
― C.L. McCollum, 13 County Road 666

“This city doesn't want saving. It wants control. And magic... magic always picks a side.”
― Bugsy Jones, Warlock: Volume 1

“-¿Un bufete de abogados?
-Para ofrecer representación legal gratuita a los falsamente acusados de algún crimen. Quiero que tengan la oportunidad de defenderse, la que yo no tuve en la Rebelión.”
― Katherine Vega, No habrá paz para los malditos

“¿Nunca has pensado que quizá no era un castigo, Lucifer? Que Padre te dio un reino para que lo gobernaras a tu antojo, sabiendo que jamas podrías haber sido feliz en la Ciudad de Plata. Tu no naciste para vivir ahí. Necesitas el libre albedrío.”
― Katherine Vega, No habrá paz para los malditos

“We've lived below the surface for so long, and most of the human world doesn't know about beings of a more magical nature around them.”
― Sabrina Blackburry, Dirty Lying Sirens

“We were a single, devastating force, two halves of a primordial power, our bond forged in the fires of creation and tempered in the blood of unending war.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“Myths are not mere explanations; they’re mirrors. They reflect us, yes, but they also profoundly shape us, guiding the contours of our souls. If something lives in your blood long enough, if it resonates deep within your soul, it becomes more than metaphor; it becomes truth, undeniable and real.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“No point telling a man what he already knows. Only thing I can do is remind him he hasn’t forgotten.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“I had thought, foolishly, that knowledge could survive anything. That memory, if carefully preserved, would always endure, but now I saw the brutal truth. It wasn’t fire or war or overt violence that erased a people; it was forgetting. Quiet, systemic forgetting.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“They’ve turned language into a weapon. Make people afraid of the truth and they’ll burn it themselves.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“You are the storm’s echo, and the fire’s breath. You are the hinge upon which the next world turns.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“I gave you rage,” he said. “You turned it into discipline. Do not forget your fury.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“We remembered it all. Not just the pain. Not just the deaths, but the joy, the laughter, the quiet moments of peace. The first kiss in a ruined orchard before the skies fell, before the world broke. The laughter shared between desperate missions. The quiet hours spent watching stars in a world too cruel to deserve them.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“Go Fuck yourselves!!”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Revealed

“If you want to save your kid, his personality would be all in his head.. Why would you keep his body and use a random elephants head?”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“Draupadi was clearly the kim kardasian of her time - someone with a clear head on her shoulders but nobody really paid attention to anything above her shoulders”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“When Indra wanted to disrupt a sages penance, he would disburse Celestial hotties like OnlyFans subscriptions”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“Kunti had been a gracious host to a wandering sage named Durvasa. Pleased with her devotion, he taught her a magical hymn that could be used to invoke any god to ‘bless her’ with a child. It goes without saying that dishing out boons like that to a teenager wasn't a smart idea.”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“It turned out that sex with a god was divine in more ways than one. Once Surya was done illuminating places where the sun didn’t shine, a baby appeared.”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“Despite his good intentions, Pandu was unable to keep it in his pants. Long story short, he got handsy with Madri; one thing led to another, and soon, Madri and Kunti became widows.”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“The sane thing to do when finding out your spouse is blind would be to support him through the use of your perfectly functioning eyes
If you are really pissed, give him the cold shoulder, tell him you have a headache every time he is feeling amorous, sigh deeply and tell him “I’m fine’ when you are clearly not - maybe even re-arrange the furniture.”
― Rohan Monteiro, Shadows Rising

“I think humanity will be just fine without you.”
― Stewart Chisham, Hudsonville - What Lies Beneath: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy