Sapphire Flames Quotes

“Follow me,” Linus ordered. “And cheer up. We’re about to embark on a killing spree accompanied by massive property damage. Try to have fun.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“There was tartle, a Scottish word for the panicked pause you experience when you have to introduce someone, but you don’t remember their name. There was backpafeifengesicht, a German term for a face you’d love to punch. There was gigil, a Filipino word for the urge to squeeze an item because it is unbearably cute.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Alejandro opened his mouth "Marry Me!"
"If she says Yes shoot him." Bern said to Leon, his face completely serious. "She'll thank us later."
Bugg stirred in his seat. "Catalina! Do not marry this dickfucker! There are better birds in the sea!" He turned to my mom and said "Pardon my French.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“It’s a very special couch,” I told her. “Mad Rogan once fell asleep on it. We’re thinking of having it gold-plated and donated to a museum . . .”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Either he fell asleep in his clothes, or he felt the need to be fully dressed at two o’clock in the morning for some nefarious reason. Leon didn’t have any other kind of reasons.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“I`ll kill you and eat your guts while you sream."
"Not in that order, you won`t.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“I’m curious, have you ever attempted to prevent her from doing what she wanted to do? I’d be delighted to hear how it went.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“It’s a hunting revolver.” I slumped back. “It’s for big game hunting.” “Texas,” Alessandro said, loading a state’s worth of meaning into a single word.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Catalina,” Grandma Frida called out behind me. “When you’re done cutting up the body, call me. I’ll help you hide it.” I turned and looked at her. Grandma flexed her arm. “Ride or die.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“We reminded them once, then a second time, and then we sent my sister in an Armani suit, armed with her laptop. None of us had any idea what she said, but the payment usually arrived within twenty-four hours.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Say something. Something smart. Our stares connected. His eyes were still the same; calculating, lupine, and heated by amber magic from within. “You’re late,” I told him. Yes! Brilliant. I said a thing and it made sense. It had a subject and a verb and they went together. Catalina Baylor one, Instagram Alessandro a big fat zero. “Beauty takes time.” “Oh, get over yourself.” I stepped aside.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“He wants to see you. He says it’s an emergency. Hurry up before Mom shoots him.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“There is a pithivier?” “Yes,” I said. He put his fork down and faced me, his expression besotted. Do not blush, do not blush . . . Alessandro opened his mouth. “Marry me.” “If she says yes, shoot him,” Bern said to Leon, his face completely serious. “She’ll thank us later.” Bug stirred in his seat. “Catalina, do not marry this dickfucker. There are better birds in the sea.” He turned to my mom and said, “Pardon my French.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“He turned the frame, so I could see his picture in it. “Smoochie poo?” “It’s Italian for ass clown. What are you doing in my room?” “Admiring your taste in arts and crafts?” He tilted the frame. “The application of glitter could use some work.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“I`ll kill you and eat your guts while you scream."
"Not in that order, you won`t.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“The responsible thing to do, the Head of the House thing to do, would be to send her on her way. This wasn’t our fight and there was no profit to be made here. We were an emerging House, and we had neither the financial resources nor the manpower of MII. If I helped her, I would be putting all of us in danger. But she was a friend. She’d kept us all from dying at Nevada’s wedding, and when I looked at her, my chest hurt.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“In a child’s world, it’s all about them: how this affects me, how this makes me feel, why is life so unfair? An adult sees a problem and tries to fix it. They think of other people and they plan their actions aware of the consequences. They understand that there will be time to deal with grief and loss after the danger is over.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“What part of ‘drop it’ don’t you understand?” “The part where you keep interfering with my investigation and shooting people I need to interrogate.” “Interrogate? I must not understand the meaning of that word, because from where I’m sitting, you blunder around asking people questions until they try to kill you.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Safety glasses, Catalina!”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“The world was full of interesting words used to describe complicated things. There was tartle, a Scottish word for the panicked pause you experience when you have to introduce someone, but you don’t remember their name. There was backpafeifengesicht, a German term for a face you’d love to punch. There was gigil, a Filipino word for the urge”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“I want to help her as much as anyone,” Bern said, “but my job in this family of Care Bears is to provide logical analysis, so humor me.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“In human history whenever one social group enslaved another, the slaves suffered until they could take no more, and it always ended in an explosion of violence.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Alessandro, in pictures or in person, he made me think of duels and courting, of a time when men carried swords and women concealed daggers. There was a dangerous edge to him, hidden deep in his eyes, and it drew me to him like a magnet. But that Alessandro was a fantasy, born from reading too many books set in medieval Italy with all its wars, glamour, art, and poison. He was a fantasy the way imagining being a secret princess was a fantasy. I knew it wasn’t real, but it was so seductive, I couldn’t let it go.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“My twenty-eight-year-old sister took the time out of her busy schedule of wrenching the truth from terrorists and murderers and preparing for an extended trip overseas”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Where did you find this charmer ?" Linus asked me.
"In an abandoned mall. He followed me home.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“It was like piling money into a heap and setting it on fire twice a month.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“The smile died. It was like the sun being turned off. I felt like a moment of silence was in order.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“An unit is only as good as its leader. That’s why a good leader holds herself to the highest standard. It’s not about being liked or being fair. It’s about deciding what your goal is and doing what is necessary to achieve it. Especially when it’s difficult.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“Bug turned to me. “I have been chasing that shit monkey all over the fucking city. He destroyed three of my drones. He mocked me.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames

“The Major never sleeps. Sometimes he rests his eyes while thinking deep thoughts.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames