Book of Quotes

Blood Charged

Dragon Blood: Blood Charged by Lindsay Buroker

- "And the ability to flame hordes of enemy soldiers with a wave of your hand"

- "Very nice. You didn't even skin a knee."

- "Unless you left me under a bed in someone else's house, yes"

- "I thought it was your unwillingness to give up the long nights of bed bouncing with your soul snozzle that prompted the move"

- "'You forgot to button yourself in,' Ridge said, pointing to the man's crotch"

- "'I'm sure that's the sort of romance that books are written about.'"

- "'Don't tell me you were looking for a place to piss in the garden,' Ort growled. 'I'm sure there's a rule on the books somewhere about leaving yellow snow on the castle grounds.'"

- "'The idea that Jaxi would do something so helpful as cleaning? Or the fact that she can?'"

- "'Loopy . . . loops? I'm going to make sure nobody ever puts you on a committee for naming things.'"

- "'Colonel Zirkander, sir.' He glanced at the closed door. 'Is . . . Deathmaker in trouble, sir?'

'I don't know. Is he not sharing his ice cream?'"

- "'The kissing is nice,' Ridge said, 'but it's also the fact that you're jabbing me in the gut with a book and a sword hilt that gets me excited about taking you places.' He grinned, unaware of of undaunted by her concerns. 'That's not a combination I've gotten from many girls.'"

- "No . . I was pimple-faced, and precocious. The human boys wanted nothing to do with me. Also, I could fry their balls off with a thought. I think that intimidated some of them."

- "Ugh, Jaxi thought. This is so cloying sweet, I may gag."

- "There weren't words to articulate how relieved and glad he was to have her back there instead of Colonel Thugly"

- "I wasn't sleeping. I was practicing feigning death, the way hog-nosed snakes do, so if I'm overrun in a big battle someday, the enemy will ignore me and go on to someone else. Someone with a big mouth full of big words maybe."

- "'Yes . . . my massive brawn is an ever-present burden. It's amazing I can fit through doorways without having to turn sideways.'"

- "I don't think so. But I can barely remember my name right now, so I'm an unreliable source."

- "'Visiting,' Apex said. 'There is no grammatical reason to add extra letters or syllables to the word.'"

- "'How come we don't get hugs when he wants favors from us?' Duck asked."

- "'That's more than a friendly hug. I'm fairly certain he's touching her butt.'"

- "We'll all be hugging and touching butts"

- "Aren't you the one who offered to staple General Paltimer's nostrils shut to heal his sinus infection, last fall?"

- "I don't want his dragon-damned slime on me."

- "'Good to see you, sir. I've been keeping your lady safe in your absence.'"