If anyone was going to get themselves murdered to guarantee they would remain the center of attention, it would be him.

— Seanan McGuire

If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.

— Seanan McGuire

If it had been my decision, you would still be sleeping, and I would be hoping every hour of every night you lived was filled with the foulest of dreams.”“My only nightmare at this moment is the quality of the mattress you saw fit to place me on,” said Simon. “Really, brother, have you never heard of lumbar support?

— Seanan McGuire

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.

— Seanan McGuire

If you wish to find your answers, you’ll need to begin thinking, not merely reacting.-- Lily

— Seanan McGuire

I have a swizzle stick shaped like a little monkey,” announced Rose. “Let’s help the dead man with his problem.

— Seanan McGuire

I just feel like we’re starting to interfere on a level that’s sort of. . . Extreme.” “But that’s what heroes do.

— Seanan McGuire

I just wasn’t sure it was a good idea to approach heroin the way I’d always approached detecting. Can you really shake the world until justice falls out?

— Seanan McGuire

I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.

— Seanan McGuire

In the interests of friendship, I hope you’ll forgive me what I’m about to do.”“Forgive you whey—” My sentence was cut off as he clamped his mouth over mine, kissing me deeply....“Ready to make a scene?” He raised an eyebrow. “Do I have a choice?”“Not really. To quote something someone said to me recently, in the interests of friendship, I hope you’ll forgive what I’m about to do.” I drew back my hand and slapped him across the face. The smack of flesh striking flesh echoed through the hall. Conversations stopped as people whipped around to stare at us. Raising my voice to something just below a shout, I snarled, “You asshole!

— Seanan McGuire