Seth Grahame-Smith Quotes

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On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.

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I know of nobody that is coming, I am sure, unless Charlotte Lucas should happen to call in- and I am sure my dinners are good enough for her, since she is an unmarried woman of seven-and-twenty, and as such should expect little more than a crust of bread washed down with a cup of loneliness.

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I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain.

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So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid.

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Your quarrel is with God. I merely wish to offer Him the opportunity to judge you.

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Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.

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Abe didn't say a word. He made straight for his journal and wrote down a single sentence. One that would radically alter the course of his life, and bring a fledgeling nation to the brink of collapse. I hereby resolve to kill every vampire in America.

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But there are others of my kind...those who see themselves as lions among sheep. As kings—superior to man in every way. Why, then, should they be confined to darkness? Why should they fear man?

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Father may have been wanting in some things, but here he was masterful. Night upon night, I marveled at his power to hold listeners in rapt attention. He could tell a story with such detail, such flourish, that afterwards a man could swear it had been his own memory, and not a tale at all.

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And when this intoxication has worn away... when every desire is fulfilled and every language learned- when there are no more distant cities to explore; no classics to be studied; not another coin to be stuffed in to one's coffers- what then? One can have all the comforts of the world, but what use are they if there is no comfort in them?

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Elizabeth sheathed her sword, knelt behind him, and strangled him to death with his own large bowel.

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Her only fault is that she lacks sense enough to avoid falling in love with such a fool as I!

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Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see

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Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.

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It is their nature, beautiful and simple. That you would destroy such beings, Mr. Lincoln, such superior creatures, seems madness to me. That you speak of them with such reverence, Mr. Poe, seems madness to me. "Can you imagine it? Can you imagine seeing the universe through such eyes? Laughing in the face of time and death—the world your Garden of Eden? Your library? Your harem?

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Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

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America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

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This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into our wounded bosoms the soothing balm of vengeance.

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There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven't the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven't the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.

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No ninjas! How was that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without any ninjas! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must have been quite a slave to your safety.

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My sisters and I cannot spend any substantial time searching for Wickham, as we are each commanded by His Majesty to defend Hertfordshire from all enemies until such time as we are dead, rendered lame, or married.

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However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.

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He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.

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We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.

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All I ask is that my final months be happy ones, and that I be permitted a husband who will see to my proper Christian beheading and burial.

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Miss Bennet, I am quite aware of your superior talent for cutting down the Lord's forsaken flock. I merely mean to spare your gown.' Thank you,' said Elizabeth, composing herself, 'but I should rather my gown be soiled than my honor.

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So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.

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Of all the weapons she had commanded, Elizabeth knew the least of love; and of all the weapons in the world, love was the most dangerous.

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Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

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My men have suffered greatly (from boredom), much blood has been shed (by mosquitoes), and I have swung my ax mightily (chopping firewood). Surely we have earned our place in the annals of history—for never has there been so little war in a war.

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