Kaylin Mcfarren Quotes

As Sloan approached the door, Paul Lyons lifted his eyes to watch her leave. He found himself wondering why after all these years they couldn't manage to get along for a lousy twenty minutes. Perhaps it was the result of their inability to compromise - to give each other the benefit of the doubt. Or maybe they'd both simply lost the ability to trust another human being and believe anything good could come of this world. ~ Kaylin McFarren

Rachel slid inside her silver Kia and slammed the car door, grateful that the museum's security guard was now watching from a distance. If he hadn't been, she might have acted on a homicidal impulse and run Chase over, the manipulative jerk. In fact, it made her feel better just to imagine it. ~ Kaylin McFarren

Revenge requires taking oneself apart from the noise of men and of things, even from what resembles them; only the twisted soul remains. The consequences of my actions can not be remedied nor can they be wiped away. Eight deaths I must atone for in the afterlife. I'm cursed in both worlds. But one more job and my obligation ends. One more kill and I am free. – Akira Sato, Twisted Threads ~ Kaylin McFarren

Soaring in the heavens, away from all civilization, would allow her the freedom she needed to escape from the gravity of what people thought. ~ Kaylin McFarren, High Flying

I didn't know until that night that the world is full of monsters. Monsters with dark souls and claws, waiting for the chance to tear you apart. ~ Kaylin McFarren, Soul Seeker

You haven't got a clue, Devon," Akira spat out. "I would have chosen any life other than the one I have. I envy your naïveté. Your belief in the possibility of love. I know you don't understand any of this or who I am, but I was like you at one time. I only wanted to see the best in people. To believe this world was filled with hope and kindness." Her bitterness was apparent. "I thought compassion came with understanding…with seeing inside a person's heart and knowing their true mind. But I was wrong. Nothing in this world is what it seems. ~ Kaylin McFarren

She chuckled, and smiled, and realized that perhaps it was best not to share too much, at least not yet. Feeding slices of her life to her best friend over a long period of time could be the best way to keep him from choking. - Skylar Haines, High Flying ~ Kaylin McFarren

You see, Katie," Pastor Ron said, "that's what makes faith so tough to grasp, but also makes it so wonderful. It's all about believing in something - whether it's God, or other people, or even yourself - when you've got nothing else to go on. Nothing but a little voice inside telling you it's more than a hunch. ~ Kaylin McFarren

You don't need incredible resources to impact another human being. You can make a difference by being conscious, by thinking of creative ways to make others feel good about themselves. ~ Lucy Kaylin

Which would pretty much end most of the lives that Kaylin cared about, although to be fair, it would probably end the other ones, as well. ~ Michelle Sagara

Kaylin swiveled in her chair. ~ Michelle Sagara

Kaylin hated politics. Hated them. She hated the stupid decisions, the game playing, the grandstanding. She hated political decisions made by people who never had to do any of the law's actual work. She hated the pervasive sense of superiority and smugness that underlay all of the rules. ~ Michelle Sagara

(I'm not online.) I don't have a fax. I don't go in for any of that stuff. The typewriter is as far as I went. ~ Walter Kaylin

At the very least, if I have not - yet- chosen to end your life, I refuse to allow any of my kin to forever deprive me of my prerogative to do so. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Communication was often like this, though: stumbling, tripping, getting up again. Moving, however clumsily, forward. ~ Michelle Sagara

Her bosom filled the jacket like a pair of boxing gloves stuck inside it. ~ Walter Kaylin

The Swords were the city's peacekeepers, something illsuited to Kaylin; the Wolves were its hunters, and often, its killers. And the Hawks? The city's eyes. Ears. The people who actually solved crimes. ~ Michelle Sagara

It made no sense, but nothing did at the moment, and at least this was a good crazy. ~ Michelle Sagara West

The Chinese went to their knees trying desperately to get their rifles into action, but the Mongols were on them too fast. Abusing their horses cruelly, they drove them right in among the riflemen, and men were kicked, stamped upon and died beneath frantic hooves. ~ Walter Kaylin

Kaylin glanced at the small dragon, who exhaled the sigh of the long-suffering everywhere. ~ Michelle Sagara

Some days, Kaylin fervently wished that she had already passed Adult 101 and could get on with being the person she wanted to be. ~ Michelle Sagara

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative. ~ Michelle Sagara West

The fact that he gave her the creeps just proved she was normal. He had the flat, dead face of an item turned out by machines. His eyes were cold as marbles pressed into dough. His insides went with the surface. He could beat a man insane or take it himself, and it didn't mean a thing to him. ~ Walter Kaylin

Can you hold off on the whole war thing until after I'm dead? ~ Michelle Sagara West

I'm sworn to uphold his laws. Saying that you killed someone because they annoyed you isn't codified as acceptable, by those laws, anywhere I'm aware of."
"You are clearly not looking carefully enough. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Is this some sort of test?"
"Everything that doesn't kill you is."
"Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Where are you going?" Kaylin stopped. "I'm following you." "Which is usually done from behind. ~ Michelle Sagara

The children watch,' she added softly. As if the children were the keepers of all conscience. And maybe, Kaylin thought, just maybe, they were a good keeper. To protect your children, you struggled with your anger, mastered it. Your struggled to explain away your fear, or theirs. There probably wasn't all that much difference, in the end. You worked hard to be worthy of the trust they so carelessly - and completely - placed in you. ~ Michelle Sagara

Do I have to do everything myself?" The cry was a soul-freezing mixture of rage and torment. "Ain't there no one to stop asking questions and just do my bidding? By God, I'll kill and kill and kill and kill and never stop killing if people don't do what I say. I'll beat you dummies till the blood runs out of your eyes. I'll tie every man on this godforsaken island to a tree and he'll bark like a dog for me to throw him a bone. ~ Walter Kaylin

When you have all eternity, the word hurry is relative."
"And the guards, being mortal, have less of it, and their version of slugglish doesn't approach your version of fast?"
"Something very like that. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Evanton creaked his way toward the sound of the bell at a speed that made snails look fast - if he decided to answer the door at all. If you made the mistake of ringing the bell while he was already on the way, he got angry. Kaylin had learned this early. On the other hand, if he'd actually failed to hear the door when she was expected, and she failed to ring the bell a second time, he also got angry. It was very much lose-lose, with hope wedged in to add anxiety. ~ Michelle Sagara

Kyuthe," he said. "Kaylin. An'Teela. You carry my heart in your arms. ~ Michelle Sagara

I'm never going to understand the Barrani."
"You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either."
"Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun. ~ Michelle Sagara West

She outpaced Severn. Whole years of her life had been narrowly defined by the fact that she couldn't even keep up. ~ Michelle Sagara

Bosch had left Nigeria with his infamous Butcher Boys - assorted sizes, shapes and colors, but all killers for a price - when his scheme to take over a native village backfired. He had figured on cleaning up by selling the village girls in the Congo but found himself dodging spears, knives and related items of cutlery instead. ~ Walter Kaylin

Teela turned to Severn. "I'm having trouble remembering why I haven't
strangled her yet."
Severn shrugged. "I have that problem myself some days. At the moment,
though, the only betting pool in the office seems to be on the Sergeant."
"Ha-ha." Kaylin said with a distinct lack of cheer. And then, because she
was a fiefling, "What odds?" He cuffed the top of her head. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Stop judging your life only by the failures," he whispered.
"What should I do?" she whispered. "I'm always going to fail."
"We all do," he said softly, his voice closer now. "We all fail. But none of us fail all the time. ~ Michelle Sagara West