Nuh-uh. No deals with the devil. I’ve learned my lesson on that one. ~Jaime Vegas Kelley Armstrong More Quotes by Kelley Armstrong More Quotes From Kelley Armstrong He lifted his brows. "If I really thought it was the absolute best thing for our kids, you'd have had a battle on your hands. That was just a debate." "With chair-throwing." "Heated debate. Fights involve chair-breaking. Chair-throwing is just getting your attention. Kelley Armstrong fightingkidshands Simon had drawn three pictures. In the top left corner, like a salutation, was a ghost. The middle had a big sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. The third in place of a signature, was a lightning bolt surrounded by fog. Beside the drawing, someone had scrawled in inch-high letters 10 A.M. Tori snatched it from me and turned it over. "So where's the message?" "Right there." I pointed from picture to picture. "It says: Chloe, I'll be back, Simon. Kelley Armstrong fogsignaturesdrawing His gaze travelled down me, then zipped back to my face. "Sorry." "Focus, Rafe." "I am. Just on the wrong thing. Kelley Armstrong focussorryfaces To distract myself from thoughts of my father, i decided to check out the dead body. Kelley Armstrong checksbodyfather Yes," I said "You were saved by a girl. Horrible, isn't it?" He slid out and looked down at my bare legs. "Not just a girl, but a half-naked one. Now that's hot. If I'm still unconscious, don't wake me, okay? Kelley Armstrong nakedgirlhot I'm just saying it's not time for that either. We need to focus and having Maya moon over Rafe is making everyone uncomfortable." Rafe grinned. "Doesn't bother me. Kelley Armstrong focusmoonneeds It's a road," Corey said, pointing. "A dirt road," Hayley muttered. "So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway? Kelley Armstrong dirt-roadswanttwo A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one? Kelley Armstrong parentnamespast Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas Kelley Armstrong vegasscrew-upsreal I'd always thought of myself as an open-minded person. I had no patience with anyone who put down other kids because of their race, religion, or sexuality. But that's just one kind of open-mindedness. There's another kind, too, the kind that's willing to see people for who they really are and admit when you were wrong about them. That's the part I still need to work on. Kelley Armstrong racekidspeople Derek? Derek!-Chole Chole! what are you doing out here? i said we will check it out later. key word WE-Derek oh, yeah I decided to come out on my own. thats why i was calling your name repeatively- Chole Kelley Armstrong keyscallingnames You didn't answer my question. Are you all right?" I didn't do anything" Yeah. You did." He looked at me. "You did a lot" -Chloe & Derek- Kelley Armstrong chloeyeahanswers He obviously needed more practice, but no matter how often I abandoned him out there, his sense of direction never seemed to improve. Kelley Armstrong abandonedpracticematter There are lots of things in the folklore, like they can only be killed by a silver bullet, that don't realistically work, if you're trying to say they have existed for hundreds of years, unknown. Kelley Armstrong bulletstryingyears Einstein theorized that time travel was possible, but he was looking at it as unidirectional, going forward. Traveling into the past is much more problematic, as countless stories have demonstrated! Kelley Armstrong time-travelstoriespast I'd like to see a world where, if a teenager fears she's seeing/hearing things, she feels as comfortable seeking help as she would if she found a lump on her leg. Kelley Armstrong hearing-thingsteenagerworld I understand that I may make mistakes with characters who don't share my own background, but I commit to doing my best. Kelley Armstrong mistakemaycharacter Especially in the world of fantasy and superheroes, it's great to have role models that aren't in skimpy little outfits, in impossible poses. That's so important for young women. Kelley Armstrong greatwomenimpossibleworld The first piece of 'long' fiction I wrote was a novella parody of Stephen King's 'Christine.' I was in high school, and my version was about a kid with a possessed locker instead of a possessed car. It was also my first attempt at humour, which fell completely flat because no one who read it realized it was a parody! Kelley Armstrong kingcarlongschool It took many years to accept that fantasy is the fuel for my storytelling passion, and without that, I really am a hack, writing for money or approval rather than for the pure delight of storytelling. Kelley Armstrong fantasypassionmoneywriting
