Favorite quote from your main character

"You can't do this, Scott. You can't. Sure, the future could bring pain, and destruction, and suffering, and unspeakable tragedy. But WE make the future. Together. Take it from somebody who sees every possible eventuality. There are some variables that are just out of our control."

 

"Why would I question a world that suits me perfectly?" (about a very corrupt society)

 

I have a few. Mostly from the guys, so far. I'll try and put them in the order they appear in. For a little bit of context, Emily is probably the protagonist, Ragnar is her love interest, Joel is the antagonist. Emily and Joel are British, Ragnar is Icelandic, and there are three German characters, as the novel is set in Germany. Ragnar's sister also appears a couple of times and plays a significant role, even though she's a minor character.

I SURVIVED LAACHER SEE.
(Printed on some hoodies Joel made up for some of the other characters early in the novel. A couple of them are used as plot devices at various points in the story).

Ragnar: Laacher See is just a dead volcano that's twitching and farting because it doesn't realise how dead it is.
Joel: How many dead volcanoes do you know that fart rocks big enough to kill people?

Emily: Your own private aurora.
(After she buys Ragnar a colour changing solar bottle to help ease his homesickness).

Ragnar: Well, at least this time it happened in daylight.
(When the volcano finally erupts, after having had multiple nightmares where it erupted at night. One of my real life one-liners that happened to fit extremely well).

Joel: Ragnar, if you get killed wearing that, the media will have a field day!
Ragnar: And if you get killed trying to stop me getting killed, I'll tell my sister to write a song about it. Now get climbing.
(When they climb up on the roof to clear off the ash and Ragnar is wearing his I Survived the Volcano hoodie. Ends BADLY).

Ragnar: I don't want to die in the dark.


That last one... OUCH.

 

"It's foolish to think shared wounds and hardship builds closeness and trust. That only happens in fables. When I'm done here, I hope I never see any of you again."

 

The narrator, an actor leaving the business, during an interview with a magazine. When asked about the honesty of fellow actors:

"Oh, probably because there’s been a cultivation of certain character traits into their personality that’s worked well for them. You know, the sum being the public image. And to potentially upset that might mean having to deal with a reality that they’re not prepared for, let alone knowing exists. To a narcissist, the idea of a moral inventory can be quite upsetting."

 

"It's not that simple. Nothing's ever that simple, Jessie."

 

Including that blanket statement.

 

"Albert, put down the chicken and let's discuss this rationally."

and

"Of course it's trying to eat us. It's a fucking crocodile!"

 

I haven't actually used this yet, but:

Krailik (hero antagonist): "Wait, you think of yourself as being Lawful Evil?"

Alec (villain protagonist): "You say that like it's a bad thing!"

 

"You know, I like lawn chairs better when they're not trying to kill me"-Isaiah.

 

A female tandem jump instructor, talking to a client who had been hitting on her:

"This is my fiancé, Johnny. You'll be jumping with him. The only thing that gets him harder than I do is jumping, so if you feel anything while you're spooning at ten thousand feet, try not to wiggle too much, okay, sexy?”

 

I just finished watching the Judge Cuts of AGT, I'd been mad at Simon Cowell for not being the Mean Judge anymore who happens to have a mean way of pointing out when acts legitimately messed up, now he's just a Mean Judge who taunts the winning acts by pretending they're not going through, and I am so disappointed in him because he'd been a role model for me to learn how to be sarcastic to the people who need it and now he's just a bully to the people who deserve better.

This, this was beautiful. You have restored my faith in misanthropy, and now I have to find a way to work the phrase "You have restored my faith in misanthropy" into a scene someday

 

*Context* Isake is the same guy from earlier posts i've made to this thread, at the end of Breaking All Illusions, which i'd called And From Black To White in earlier posts, he found out he was captain commander of a country (and later became Emperor) Zari is his advisor and was once his tutor during his formative years as a master swordsman student. Gunnarr is Isake's son, who they found during this books storyline, and was the reason why Isake got made Emperor.

“kiss me” Zari said.

“what?” Isake said, thinking he’s misheard him.

“come on dad, everyone knows anyway” Gunnarr spoke.

“ah, f**k it...” Isake said, and he and Zari kissed, everyone once again erupting into a roar and Kilnir smiling, Alaya slightly taken aback and Lori laughing along with Gunnarr.


it's honestly taken me 3 books to get my MC to stick it to the man, despite at this point being the man lol

 

Urk. Gay romance. My only weakness. (I like how everyone's okay with it in this story)

 

in the first book/early in isake's life it wasn't as such, it was as he got to where he was in terms of the right people/country/attitude he could finally accept himself for it

 

'Who else, Chet? Who's idea was this trip? Who put me on the spot when little miss Bonnie Parker asked us for a ride?'

 

Female character standing in a small hillbilly Deliverance type town. "Which one of you is the village idiot, I can't tell."

 

"We slay gods, demons, ghosts, and even the monsters in your closets. That's our trade... Cowards need not apply."

 

Here's a little back and forth between my MC and his frenemy.

"What's wrong with you?"
"I got moved up into advanced math..."
"Oh, no," He seemed shocked. A bit too shocked, "I meant in general, it was an insult, please don't start talking about your problems."

 

This is a little long, I know, but the last line needs context:

“That’s not why I’m here, I swear. Just want to chat, alright? So tell me about Skylar. It must be nice to have a woman around who can put up with you and take care of you. Lydia decided she didn’t want to do that with me anymore.”

“I know, Scotty.”

“And then that awful girl Trina I was dating decided the same thing. Got sick of my shit, she said, so she just up and left.”

“I know, Scotty.”

“That’s the problem with women, Hye. They play you. They lead you on, make you think they love you, tell you that you’re the only guy for them, and then next thing you know, they’re gone and they’ve taken your dog and your house.”

Hyeena sighed. “Weren’t you dating Trina while you were still married to Lydia?”

“Yep. Too much of a good thing, I suppose. I hope they both go to hell.”

 

I just love keeping-it-real-MC lowering the boom on pretentious-as-hell-MC.

"Let me let you in on a secret," Nate said. "This is for croutons. Turning hard bread into even harder bread is hardly a shameful act, though I'm sure you'd throw yourself on your paring knife before buying bread that wasn't hand-kneaded by virgins and baked in a seventeenth-century wood-fired oven. So no offense, Zachary, but do me a favor? Fuck off and mind your own business."

 

When there was supposed to be a concert in heaven,
"Will there be enough space? Oh wait, there are more people in hell."

 

My two protagonists, Kale and Freddie (who is a 13 year old girl), are cornered in an alley by the newly revealed antagonist, Bishop. I just love Kale's wise-arse attitude.

The Englishman chuckled through his nose. It was an arrogant sound that oozed control. “That’s a brave choice for an unarmed man. What’s your name?”
Kale thought fast. “Jack. Jack Daniels.”
The man’s eyebrows arched. “Really.”
Kale shrugged. “Father liked the drink. Who are you?”
“All right Mr Daniels, you can call me Bishop.”