Jay Kristoff

“Too many to defeat.But not too many to fight.”

“Yukiko stared back at him. Slurred words and a soft stare, that stupefied, slack-jawed look slinking over his face and turning his skin to gray. An anesthetic, numbing the pain of well deserved loss.”

“You lied to me.""I never lied. I just didn't tell you the whole truth.""You said you were alone.""I am alone.""There's hundreds of you. Maybe thousands. You and your 'family' are everywhere.""Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there." -Yukiko and Kin”

“You walked into this village with a thunder tiger beside you. You have slain demons with your own hands. Are the old myths really that hard to believe? 'They wouldn't be myths otherwise, would they?' 'Then have a care, Yukiko-chan,' Daichi smiled. 'Keeping the company of the last arashitora in Shima sounds like an excellent way to become a myth yourself.”

“Wait," he whispered.But she didn't.”

“Yukiko steered the subject away from sex as fast as she could. She was still occasionally woken by nightmares about the day her father had tried to sit her down for "the talk".”

“Tiger proudly roars.Dragon dives and Phoenix soars.Fox gets the chicken.”

“RAIJIN, TAKE ME NOW. She shot Buruu a withering glance as he rolled over on his back and pawed at the sky. HAVE MERCY ON ME, FATHER. TAKE MY WINGS. CHAIN ME TO STINKING EARTH. BUT THIS TORTURE I CANNOT ENDURE.Oh, shut it.”

“On Salem's Lot: " My favorite vampire story ever. I first read this 20 years ago, and I can still quote lines from it."You have been ill-used, Mr Bryant.""I will see you sleep like the dead, teacher.""The boy makes ten of you, false priest."Fuck twilight. Seriously... ”

“You're hungry.The beast glared.STAY OUT OF MY MIND, INSECT.”

“ENOUGH NOISE. STAND ASIDE. I WILL GUT HIM.”

“DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU MONKEYS.”

“To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served.”

“Dying is easy. Anyone can throw themselves onto the pyre and rest a happy martyr. Enduring the suffering that comes with sacrifice is the real test.”

“It's easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality.”

“He's probably out there in the hallway right now, composing bad poetry in his head." Michi cleared her throat, her voice taking on a breathless lilt:"Pale Fox's Daughter,Her cherry lips haunt my dreams.Something, something, breasts...”

“A conscience is easier to swallow on an empty belly, simpler to swing with a broken wrist”

“Our troubles are but mayflies, rising and falling between the turn of dawn and dusk. And then they are gone to the houses of memory, you and I will remain, Yukiko.”

“Each of you must decide where you stand. All we ask is that you refuse to kneel. You are the people. You have the power. Open your eyes. Open your minds. Then close the fingers on your hand.”

“FEATHERS GROW BACK.... SISTERS DO NOT.”