Simon R. Green Quotes

There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...

Never go anywhere without condiments. Condiments are our friends.

The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising.

Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem.

Though I often run out of courage and good sense, stubbornness keeps me going.

If you don't trust anyone, they can't let you down.

You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said.

While the cat's away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity.

What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

Wait. You've got principles? We'll have to update your file.

Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers.

After all, you’re only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived.

When God wanted a city levelled, or all the first-born slaughtered in one night, he sent an angel.

I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.

Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.

Books can be terrible snobs.

Angel: And what will you do with the world, once it is yours?' N. Hob: 'Punish it, for not loving me.

The cream-tiled walls were spattered here and there with old dried bloodstains, deep gouges that might have been clawmarks, and all kinds of graffiti. As usual, someone had spelt Cthulhu wrongly.

Oh God, it's her, run!

You want me to sneak up on an angel and rip out its pinfeathers, so you can make a fashion statement?

Last night I dreamed I was still human, but now I have woken up, into something better. Farewell, my friends, farewell.

I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone off a bike with a baseball bat; you never really lose the knack.

Who's got my Jaffa Cakes? You know I can't function without Jaffa Cakes.

No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us

I always feel most alive when everything else is dying all around me

Revenge is simply justice with teeth.

When you are tired of life, come to Haven. And someone will kill you.

God does so love to make a man break a promise.

Because nothing makes love and life matter more than the knowledge that some day it must end.

There has been peace. There will be peace again. But right now, we have work to do.

As if we'd fall for an obvious trap like that, " said Happy. "We're not going to fall for an obvious trap like that, are we? Oh shit, we are. I want to go home.

Ghosts are the only ones who never have to feel scared. Because the worst thing in the world has already happened to them.

Love conquers all, " murmured Kim. "I heard it in a song, so it must be true.

The doors of Hell are never bolted or barred, to those who belong there.

No more shooting from anyone. Or I am going to get seriously cranky with everyone. Suddenly, and violently and all over the place.

You have to believe in your dreams because sometimes they believe in you.

To fight with demons, your intent must be pure. And even then, there's no guarantee you'll win.

It's always thoughts of family that drive me crazy, and it's always my friends who bring me

Love is for the living, for people who have a stake in the future.

They thought he was scared all the time because he was a coward. The truth was, only he could see the world clearly enough to know how truly scary it was.

What the hell are you doing here? You weren't on the guest list. Hell, you people aren't on anybody's guest list. If you turned up at a funeral, the corpse would walk out on you.