Cherie Priest Quotes

Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown

It's funny what they say about men in uniform - how people think women just can't resist 'em. Fact is, I think we're just pleased to see a man groomed, bathed, and wearing clothes that fit him.

It was a train full of strangers, and they were all the same.

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal. We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.

You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be.

Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.

And people tended not to bother a woman with a book.

She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger.

I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the cost, you probably can’t afford me.

In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.

The distance between an honest Christian mystic and a fortune-teller is sometimes less than half a whisper. Less than a pot of tea or the space between two book covers.

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal.We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.

Last century’s magic is this year’s science.

The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been a strangled gasp. Above all, it was quiet, and it seemed to have no source. It whispered.

I met his eyes because I could not refuse them... they were the color of a storm clashing with a setting sun.

Every affair is a fairy tale or a tragedy.