Cherie Priest famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Cherie Priest

#Men #Said #Made
Oh, it doesn't work at all. That's the problem! It's an endless, halting parade of inspections, bribes, and nonsense-but if you're aboard a Texas vessel, you'll find less inconvenience along the way." "It's because of their guns!" declared Mr. Henderson, once more escaping his reverie, bobbing out of it as if to gasp for air. "Concise, my love." Mrs. Henderson gave him a smile. "And correct. Texans are heavily armed and often impatient. They don't need to be transporting arms and gunpowder to create a great nuisance for anyone who stops them, so they tend to be stopped...less often.
-- Cherie Priest

#Gun #Air #Texas
Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown
-- Cherie Priest

#Goth #Brown #Steampunk
Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.
-- Cherie Priest

#Sometimes
OMG YOU GUYS it has come to my attention that SOMEONE on the internet is saying that my fictional 19th century zombies are NOT SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND. Naturally, I am crushed. To think, IF ONLY Iâ€™d consulted with a zombologist or two before sitting down to write, I couldâ€™ve avoided ALL THIS EMBARRASSMENT.
-- Cherie Priest

#Writing #Thinking #Two
I immediately felt better about killing him. Iâ€™ve never known a Trevor who wasnâ€™t a total douchebag. Itâ€™s just one of those names that goes so nicely with selfish, arrogant, malicious behaviorâ€”and really, what did I know about this guy? Nothing, except that his name was Trevor and heâ€™d been nabbed in the midst of breaking-and-entering. That was plenty.
-- Cherie Priest

#Selfish #Names #Guy
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 canâ€™t afford me.
-- Cherie Priest

#Hate #Thinking #Cost
I hate meeting new people even new clients who intend to give me money. I try to be pleasant but I'm not very good at it. The best I can usually pull off is 'professional if somewhat chilly.' It's not ideal no. But it beats 'awkward and bitchy.
-- Cherie Priest

#Hate #People #Giving
In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the groundâ€”or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.
-- Cherie Priest

#Lying #Wings #California
I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into full-on panic mode, as if each falling flake crashes to earth with its own individual baggie of used hypodermic needles. Itâ€™s ridiculous.
-- Cherie Priest

#Cheer #Fall #Mean
And people tended not to bother a woman with a book.
-- Cherie Priest

#Book #People #Bother
It was a train full of strangers, and they were all the same.
-- Cherie Priest

#Community #Stranger #Train
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.
-- Cherie Priest

#Men #Thinking #Clothes
She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger.
-- Cherie Priest

#Looks #Thirty #Minutes
You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be.
-- Cherie Priest

#Smart #Boys

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