Django Wexler Quotes

‘‘This isn’t some stupid storybook where the underdog wins in the end. This is the real world. The strongest do what they want, and everyone else has to live with it. Or”—she glanced significantly at Isaac—“not.”

The strongest don't always get what they want," she said to Ending. "Not when the weak can work together.

Alice scooped the cat into her arms and planted a kiss on his fuzzy forehead.
“What was that for?” Ashes sputtered. “What have I ever done to deserve that?”
“I wanted to say thank you,” Alice said, putting him on the ground. “For everything.”
“Yes, well. Far be it from me to dispute my own heroism,” Ashes muttered. “But proper thanks should involve tuna.”

Some things are more important than following the rules.
Aren’t they?

Ashes looked around at the palm trees, the perfect ocean, and the immaculate beach.
“Ugh,” he said. “I’m in hell.”

At that age, Alice had grasped the idea that some things in books were real, and others were not.

“I wouldn’t try it,” Alice said. “They’re bigger than you are.”
“They’re all wing,” he said dismissively. “Believe me. Large birds are the natural prey of the cat.”
“Maybe once they’ve been roasted and carved,” Alice said. Ashes snorted.

It was a bit like trying to tie both shoelaces at once, one with each hand.

Don't tell me this is about protecting humanity," Alice said. "None of you cares one bit about the people in the real world. This is about power, just as it always has been. You're afraid of losing a little bit of power.

They were pretty friendly, for dancing skeletons," Isaac said, waving after them.
"If I've learned one thing," Alice said, "it's not to judge by appearances.

Maybe that’s wisdom, seeing things that are obvious.

But—though she was not an expert on cats—she was fairly certain that they did not, as a rule, snicker.

But didn't that hurt?"
Dex shrugged. "Pain is an illusion. The body is only a clay vessel holding the immortal essence of the soul, so it is a mistake to attach any import to the difficulties it may encounter. In fact, the whole episode reinforced my fundamental understanding of—" She caught Alice's expression. "Yes. It hurt quite a lot.

Magic, you’ll find, is nine parts dull to one part excitement, and the exciting bits usually hurt like the blazes.

But it’s not justice that they’re mostly concerned with, it’s division of the loot.