This is a collection of memorable quotes from the House of Night series
MARKED
"If I died, would it get me out of my geometry test tomorrow? One could only hope." - Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery after coughing for the first time (Ch 1)
"Zoey Montgomery! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night!" - The Tracker as he Marks Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery (Ch 1)
“Dude! Leave her
alone. You know she don’t smoke. She’s a vampyre.” – Heath Luck explaining to
Dustin and Drew why Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery is coughing so horribly (Ch 2)
"Clearly he did need some things explained to him by a teenager, but I didn't think it was the right time to mention his unfortunate and obvious fashion impairment." - Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery about John Heffer when he says he doesn't need vampyre theories explained to him by a teenager (Ch 3)
"I'm going to heaven. Well, that'll shock some people." - Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery when she realizes she is outside of her own body (Ch 5)
"Believe in yourself, Zoey Redbird. I have Marked you as my own. You will be my first true u-we-tsi-a-ge-ya v-hna-i Sv-no-yi...Daughter of Night...in this age. You are special. Accept that about yourself, and you will begin to understand there is true power in your uniqueness. Within you is combined the magic blood of ancient Wise Women and Elders, as well as insight into and understanding of the modern world." - Nyx telling Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery about her destiny (Ch 5)
"Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good." - Nyx's advice to Zoey (Redbird) Montgomery (Ch 5)
"One benefit of beginning a new life is that you have the opportunity to start over - to make choices you weren't given before." - Professor Neferet explaining to Zoey Redbird that she can choose whatever name she's like (Ch 6)
"Well, Zoey Redbird, are you ready to begin your new life?" - Professor Neferet to Zoey Redbird before they depart for their tour of the House of Night (Ch 6)
"Cats choose us; we
don't own them." - Professor Neferet explaining the alliance between cats and
vampyres to Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"That,
my dear fledgling, is just the tip of the 'cool' iceberg." - Professor Neferet's
response when Zoey says it's cool for vampyres to always know what time it is (Ch 7)
"And
then something truly bizarre happened. I
could feel his touch through our eyes. I
couldn't look away from him." -Zoey Redbird on making eye contact with Erik
Night for the first time (Ch 7)
"They didn't want to, but we made their arrogant headmaster an offer even he couldn't refuse." - Professor Neferet explaining how they purchased the House of Night from Cascia Hall (Ch 7)
"Yeah, you heard me right. This place is cool because I'm cool." - Aphrodite LaFonte explaining to Zoey Redbird why the girls' dormitory is so amazing (Ch 8)
"Here's what's what. I'm it here. Things go my way. You want to get along here, then you'd best remember that. If you don't, you'll be in for a world of shit." - Aphrodite LaFonte telling Zoey Redbird about her place in the House of Night (Ch 8)
"I like the uniforms, which totally shocked me at first. I mean, would anyone expect to like school uniform? But we can add stuff to them and make them unique, so they don't look like typical stuck-up, boring school uniforms. And there are some seriously hot guys here - even if boys are stupid." - Stevie Rae Johnson filling Zoey Redbird in on life at the House of Night (Ch 8)
"Actually, since I'm gay I think I should count for two guys instead of just one. I mean, in me you get the male point of view and you don't have to worry about me wanting to touch your boobies." - Damien Maslin explaining his position in the group of friends as the gay guy (Ch 9)
"And what's a little melanin difference when a truly soul-deep love of shoes is involved." - Shaunee Cole explaining her twin relationship with Erin Bates (Ch 9)
"Okay, so who the hell wants to eat chocolate in moderation?" - Zoey Redbird when she finds out about how adult vampyres want the fledglings to eat (Ch 10)
"'Cereal' I suddenly perked up. I seriously adore cereal, and have an I (heart) CEREAL shirt somewhere to prove it. I especially love Count Chocula - yet another vampyre irony." - Zoey Redbird when she finds out when Stevie Rae Johnson tells her that they need to eat breakfast (Ch 11)
"Adult vamps know way too much all the time, especially when that vamp is a High Priestess." - Damien Maslin explaining to Zoey Redbird why Professor Neferet knew that she'd be taking Drama class (Ch 12)
"The door opened and oh my dear sweet lord I do believe my heart totally stopped beating." - Zoey Redbird when she saw Erik Night walk into Drama class (Ch 12)
"As he said the last two lines his eyes locked with mine and, just like in the hall the day before, it seemed as if there was no one else in the room - no one else in the world." - Zoey Redbird at the end of Erik Night's monologue (Ch 12)
"'That's what I like about our Zoey Redbird. She has such a way with vulgar language.'" - Damien Maslin after Zoey Redbird substituted "poopie" for a cuss word. (Ch 13)
"Good evening, I am Lenobia, and this...is a horse." - Professor Lenobia at the beginning of Intro to Equestrian Studies class (Ch 14)
"Nobody was slumped down in a pew sleeping or sneakily doing sudoku." - Zoey Redbird explaining the power of Professor Neferet's sermon (Ch 15)
"My secret wish is that I belong...that I have finally found a home no one can take away from me." - Zoey Redbird's secret desire to Nyx (Ch 15)
"And each time Neferet named and element it felt as though a jolt of sweet electricity sizzled through my body." - Zoey Redbird explaining how she felt throughout the ritual (Ch 15)
"Of course you don't need your hand held. You'll just breeze right through this little ritual like you've breezed through everything else here. I mean, after all, you are Neferet's new favorite." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird in the bathroom before the Dark Daughters ritual (Ch 16)
"If this music was a poem it would be more like 'Some Ho Grinds Her Bootie." - Zoey Redbird explaining Aphrodite LaFonte's dance at the beginning of the ritual (Ch 16)
"Don't pretend that you couldn't tell what was in the wine, and that you didn't love the taste of it." - Deino explaining to Zoey Redbird the use of Elliott as the "refrigerator" (Ch 16)
"Zo, whatever's happening to your body is cool with me. You look seriously hot. You've always been beautiful, but now you look like a real goddess." - Heath Luck telling Zoey Redbird that he still cares about her (Ch 17)
"Kayla Robinson if you don't shut up I'll fly down there and suck every last bit of blood from your stupid cheating cow body!" - Zoey Redbird threatening Kayla after she was caught drinking Heath Luck's blood (Ch 17)
"Bloodlust doesn't usually begin until you're a sixth former and you're almost completely Changed. Once in a while you'll hear about a fifth former who has to deal with it early, but that doesn't happen very often." - Erik Night telling Zoey Redbird about bloodlust (Ch 18)
"Hey, you've seen me drink blood from a cup and like it, puke, kiss a guy, lick his blood like I'm a puppy, and them bawl my eyes out. And I've seen you turn down a blow job, I think I can manage to answer a kinda personal question." - Zoey Redbird talking with Erik Night by the tree (Ch 18)
"It's Star Wars, the original ones. I know all the lines for all the parts...I can even do Chewbacca's parts." - Erik Night explaining that he is a dork to Zoey Redbird (Ch 21)
"So, you still think she can't take down Aphrodite?" - Stevie Rae Johnson to Damien Maslin, Shaunee Cole and Erin Bates after Zoey Redbird tells them she may have an affinity for all five elements (Ch 22)
"Don't ever try to hit me again. I'm not one of the kids you can bully. Get this, and get this now. I'm not scared of you." - Zoey Redbird to Aphrodite LaFonte when she tries to hit her for insulting her desperation for Erik Night (Ch 22)
"And Nyx, I don't understand why you Marked me and why you have given me the gift of an affinity for the elements, I don't even have to know. What I want to ask is that you help me know the right thing to do, and then give me the courage to do it." - Zoey Redbird ending her purification prayer with words to Nyx (Ch 23)
"See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek." - Erik Night as he approaches Zoey Redbird who's sitting next to the tree (Ch 24)
"It is your business...At least I'd like it to be your business." - Erik Night talking to Zoey Redbird about him and Aphrodite (Ch 24)
"What Aphrodite made me feel was all physical. What you make me feel is about touching my heart. I know the difference, Zoey Redbird, and I thought you did, too." - Erik Night responding to Zoey's statement about not being like Aphrodite (Ch 24)
"Are you kidding? Hateful girls, totally cliquish drama-trauma, and the possibility for embarrassment and bloodletting. What's not to love? I wouldn't miss a minute of it" - Zoey Redbird to Erik Night on leaving the school grounds for the Samhain Ritual (Ch 27)
"I am. I didn't come to the House of Night asking for these powers. All I wanted was a place to fit in. Well, I guess this is Nyx's way of answering my prayer...Clearly, the Goddess has a sense of humor" - Zoey claiming her right as leader of the Dark Daughters to Aphrodite (Ch 28)
"Tonight
you showed the wisdom of the Goddess's choice in gifting you with special
powers. You have earned the position of
Leader of the Dark Daughters and Sons and High Priestess in training, through
your Goddess-given gifts as well as through your compassion and wisdom" -
Neferet turning the leadership of the Dark Daughters and Sons over to Zoey
Redbird (Ch 29)
"Whatever happens, we're in it together." -
Stevie Rae Johnson confirming the strength of their friendship before walking
back to the House of Night after the Samhain ritual (Ch 29)
BETRAYED
"Last year I asked for an easel. They got me camping supplies and a subscription to Sports Illustrated." - Damien Maslin explaining the masculine birthday gifts he receives from his parents (Ch 1)
"Why come at all? I wanted to scream at her. Why seem like you might actually care - might actually miss me - and then show so obviously that you don't?" - Zoey Redbird on her mother's attendance at parent visitation day (Ch 1)
"Then let us come to an understanding quickly, Mr. Heffer. I would not think of coming into your home, or into your church, and belittling your beliefs, though I disagree profoundly with them. Now, I do not expect you to worship as I do. In truth, I would never even think to attempt to sway you to my beliefs, even though I have a deep and abiding commitment to my Goddess. So all I insist upon is that you show me the same courtesy I have already awarded you. When you are in my 'home,' you respect my beliefs." - Professor Neferet after John Heffer commented on the religious beliefs of vampyres (Ch 1)
"Ohmygod. Did hell just freeze over?" - Zoey Redbird when Aphrodite LaFonte tells her parents that Zoey deserves to be leader of the Dark Daughters (Ch 2)
"Another two-bowl morning?" - Damien Maslin asking Zoey Redbird if her love of cereal was the reason she was almost late for Vamp Soc class (Ch 3)
"Erik was hot and handsome and very cool. Loren Blake was a whole other universe. At totally off-limits, impossibly sexy universe I was not allowed access to." - Zoey Redbird on Professor Loren Blake (Ch 3)
"The Dark Daughters and Sons should swear to be authentic for air, faithful for fire, wise for water, empathetic for earth and sincere for spirit." - Zoey Redbird explaining the new standards for the Dark Daughters and Sons (Ch 3)
"Neferet
is your mentor, and it is only right that you go to her with your
confidences, but sometimes High Priestesses can be difficult to talk
with. I want you to know that you can come to me - about anything." - Professor Lenobia's words to Zoey Redbird (Ch 5)
"Cream and silk as one
How I long to taste and touch
The Moon watched us." - Loren Blake reciting Haiku to Zoey Redbird (Ch 5)
"That's what it means to be a mentor and a High Priestess - two roles I fully expect you to take on someday." - Professor Neferet on Zoey's future after telling Zoey that she can talk to her (Ch 7)
"You know how it feels right before a tornado hits? I mean when the sky's still clear, but the wind's starting to cool off and change direction. You know something's coming, but you don't always know what. That's how things feel to me right now." - Zoey explaining her bad feeling to Stevie Rae (Ch 8)
"I just want you to listen to me so that you know that Nyx hasn't
abandoned me. I want you to believe that my visions are still
real...And I want you to owe me. Someday you're going to be a powerful
High Priestess, more powerful even than Neferet. Someday I may need protection, and that's when you owing me will come in handy." - Aphrodite LaFonte telling Zoey Redbird what she wants before telling her how to save Grandma Redbird (Ch 9)
"I think that's the proper was to count sleep sheep. Sleep sheep...hee hee." - Zoey Redbird trying to fall asleep (Ch 11)
"I don't care about the vampyre stuff. You're still Zoey. The same Zoey I've known forever. The Zoey who was the first girl I ever kissed. The Zoey who knows me better than anyone else on this earth. The Zoey I dream about every night." - Heath Luck trying to win Zoey back. (Ch 12)
"I want you to drink my blood Zoey." - Heath Luck in Zoey's car (Ch 12)
"My group, Nature's Jihad (Shaunee came up with our name), planted it just below the water line on one of the pylons (a word Damien had come up with) of the bridge that crosses the Arkansas River on I-40 near Webber's Falls. It's set to go off at 1515 (using military time was another brilliant idea of Damien's). We're taking full responsibility for this act of civil disobedience (more Erin input, although she said terrorism is not actually civil disobedience, it's...well...terrorism, which is definitely different) protesting the U.S. government's interference in our lives and pollution in America's rivers. Be warned that this is only our first strike!" - Zoey Redbird's call to the FBI (Ch 13)
"Down with government intervention and pollution and up with the power of the people!" - Zoey Redbird in her call to Fox News Tulsa (Ch 13)
"I have a feeling it's a brown-pop-for-breakfast kind of day." - Zoey Redbird to Stevie Rae Johnson (Ch 13)
"Damien has died and gone straight to gay boy heaven." - Shaunee Cole referring to the arrival of Jack Twist (Ch 14)
"The young love hormones in this room are enough to give me a headache." - Shaunee Cole making reference to Stevie Rae & Drew Partain and Damien & Jack (Ch 15)
"...what the hell was I supposed to do about (1) Erik, (2) Loren, (3) the fact that drinking Heath's blood was totally against the House of Night rules, and (4) I was definitely going to drink more of his blood." - Zoey Redbird trying to figure out the boy confusion she had gotten herself into (Ch 15)
"Alluring Priestess.
Night can't cloak your scarlet dream.
Accept Desire's call" - Professor Loren Blake's haiku left for Zoey in the rituals book (Ch 15)
"Well, at least my friends didn't know what a bloodlust-filled, hornie freak I was turning into." - Zoey Redbird on her Imprint with Heath (Ch 18)
"That was so romantic I almost peed my pants." - Stevie Rae Johnson to Zoey Redbird after Erik's monologue performance (Ch 19)
"You can also tell him that if he wants a little brown sugar in his Juliet he need look no farther than right here." - Shaunee Cole telling Erik Night what he can say to Cole Clifton (Ch 19)
"I prophesy that this group of fledglings will make history. Never before has so much been given to so many at the same time and place." - Professor Neferet on Zoey, Stevie Rae, Erin, Shaunee and Damien (Ch 20)
"Not only would no one understand, but also no one would believe what I was beginning to see: that there was something dark and wrong about Neferet." - Zoey Redbird's revelation about her High Priestess (Ch 21)
"We don't have candles and we don't have a sacred circle, but it's not like Nyx isn't here. Let's use out elements to help her. I'll go first." - Damien Maslin suggesting the use of the elements to help Zoey after Stevie Rae's death (Ch 23)
"I have no affinity for these things, but I do care about what happens to Zoey, and she has been gifted with an affinity for all five elements...So I, along with all of her friends, ask that the element spirit help her wake up so that she can get over the death of her best friend" - Erik Night calling the element spirit on behalf of Zoey (Ch 23)
"And when she got pissed that accent of hers went out of control." Shaunee Cole remembering Stevie Rae's mannerisms (Ch 24)
"By honoring her memory by living a life she'd be proud of you for living. Live for her, too." - Grandma Silvia Redbird's advice to Zoey (Ch 24)
"You might be here getting ready to defile us virgins." - Shaunee Cole to Damien Maslin on his sleeping in Zoey's room (Ch 24)
"That just means we have to stick together." - Erin Bates on what the group must do after Stevie Rae's death (Ch 24)
"She makes you think she's good, but she's not. Everything that's light isn't good, and everything that's darkness isn't always bad." - Aphrodite LaFonte warning Zoey about Neferet (Ch 26)
"I care about you, too, Erik. I wish I could fix this, make all of the bad stuff go away, but I can't. And I'm not going to lie to you about Heath. I think I've Imprinted him." - Zoey Redbird telling Erik Night about her Imprint with Heath Luck (Ch 27)
"I told Neferet. I told her everything - about the human kids - about those things - everything. That's when she started saying my visions were false." - Aphrodite LaFonte telling Zoey what happened when she shared her vision of the creatures with Neferet (Ch 28)
"We're silent...ghosts...no one can see us. No one can hear us." - Zoey Redbird pulling silence and darkness around herself and Persephone (Ch 28)
"You can do this, Z. You've been Chosen by your Goddess. You kicked vampyre ghost ass. This is something you can definitely handle" - Zoey Redbird giving herself a pep talk (Ch 28)
"Stay back, Elliott! You were a pain in the ass when you were alive, and death hasn't changed anything." - Zoey Redbird threatening Elliott (Ch 28)
"You'd say I'm alive, but I'd say it's not that simple, then again I'm not as simple as I used to be." - Stevie Rae Johnson explaining her new situation (Ch 29)
"Will you ask that of me each time I visit you, Zoey Redbird?" - Nyx after Zoey asks her if she's dead (Ch 31)
"...And also I wish to remind you that the elements can restore as well as destroy." - Nyx's advice to Zoey Redbird (Ch 31)
"If you speak against me I will make sure no human or fledgling or vampyre will believe you." - Professor Neferet threatening Zoey Redbird who knows her secret about the dead fledglings (Ch 32)
"Humans and fledglings and vampyres don't need to believe me about you because Nyx does. This is not over between us." - Zoey Redbird returning Professor Neferet's threat (Ch 32)
CHOSEN
"I'm gonna get a bunch of well-meaning presents that aren't really birthday presents - they're stuff that's Christmas themed because people always try to mush my birthday with Christmas, and that seriously doesn't work." - Zoey Redbird lamenting about her birthday (Ch 1)
"That's us: homos - the few, the proud, the hypersensitive." - Damien Maslin trying to coax Zoey's feelings out of her (Ch 1)
"Hey, if I ever decide to change teams, you'll be the first to know." - Erik Night to Damien Maslin (Ch 1)
"Looks like Heath knows more about what you like than we do." - Erik Night after Zoey receives her gift and card from Heath (Ch 2)
"Keep it. It's not my family and it's not my beliefs." -
Zoey Redbird tossing the Bible back to John Heffer (Ch 3)
"That man is such a damn turd monkey." - Grandma Redbird on John Heffer (Ch 3)
"You can be scary, Z. You control the elements, all of them. Talk about having a girlfriend it'd be best not to piss off." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird when she tells him that his perfection can be intimidating (Ch 5)
"You know, 300 may be the perfect movie. It has something in it for everyone. Man titties for those of us who like that. And girl boobies for those of us who like that. Plus a very large dose of heroic guy action, and who doesn't like that?" - Zoey Redbird describing the brilliance of the movie 300 (Ch 6)
"You don't have any idea how special you are, do you, Zoey? You're unique. Not like the rest of the fledglings. You're a goddess among those who think themselves demigods." - Professor Loren Blake to Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"Nyx decided I needed more shit in my already crap-filled life. So now I have an affinity for earth. Ironic enough for you?" - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 8)
"Erik likes things his way. He also likes a girlfriend who puts him first. Guess you're finding that out" - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird (Ch 9)
"Yes, they were gross. Yes, I wanted to stick a straw in one and suck it down like a juice box. Yes, I'm disgusting." - Zoey Redbird when she retrieves the pouches of blood for Stevie Rae (Ch 11)
"It's the House of Night, not Hogwarts." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 11)
"I'm sure about you being okay because I'm sure that Nyx still love you and she let this happen for a reason." - Zoey Redbird trying to convince Stevie Rae Johnson that she is not a monster (Ch 12)
"Neferet won't like this...Me being with you instead of with the others." - Stevie Rae Johnson to Zoey Redbird (Ch 12)
"I die and now she's you friend?" - Stevie Rae Johnson to Zoey Redbird when she see's Aphrodite LaFonte in the apartment (Ch 12)
"That didn't even look right coming out of your mouth." - Stevie Rae when Zoey says Neferet's 'f***ing' evil (Ch 13)
"Let me cook for you, Zoey" - Loren Blake (Ch 15)
"As I said...you're not like the rest of those fledgling
children. And I happen to adhere to the
belief that some rules were meant to be broken." - Loren Blake to Zoey Redbird (Ch 15)
"Just because they have the biggest mouths that doesn't make
them right." - Zoey on the People of Faith (Ch 15)
"We will not suffer insult without giving insult in return." - Loren Blake on the vampyre reaction to the murder (Ch 15)
"1. I liked Heath. I might actually love him. And the bloodlust thing with him was majorly hot, even though I'm not supposed to be drinking his blood. Did I want to break up with him? No. Should I break up with him? Definitely.
2. I liked Erik. I liked him a lot. He's smart and funny and an honestly nice guy. His being the cutest, most popular fledgling at school didn't hurt, either. And, like he'd reminded me more than once, he and I had a lot in common. Did I want to break up with him? No. Should I break up with him? Well, only if I kept cheating on him with guy number one and man number three.
3. I liked Loren. He existed in a whole other universe than Erik and Heath. He. Was. A. Man. An adult vampyre, with all the power and wealth and position that came along with it. He knows stuff that I was only beginning to guess at. He made me feel like no one had ever made me feel before; he made me feel like a real woman. Did I want to break up with him? No. Should I break up with him? Not just yes, but hell yes." - Zoey Redbird breaking down her currently love life situation (Ch 16)
"We'll totally use your superior sneaking-out-of-school skills during finals this spring when we're supposed to be studying." - Shaunee Cole after Zoey tells them about the tree leaning on the wall (Ch 17)
"I won't forget about you, not even after I'm dead. And this is normal for me. Loving you is my normal" - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 18)
"Yep,
we call it Z. A. T. - Zoey Alone Time." - Damien Maslin covering for Zoey
Redbird (Ch 20)
"I hope you got rid of him - I mean, that particular stuff this time." - Erik Night to Zoey
Redbird about Heath Luck (Ch 20)
"I was crazy about Heath. And his blood. Erik was an amazing guy who I really, really liked. Loren was completely delicious. Jeesh, I sucked." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 20)
"Holy crap? You said holy crap? You know, that's another almost cuss. I'm starting to worry about your terrible potty mouth." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird (Ch 21)
"Listen
to me! He's not dying. He's Changing!" - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird
about Erik Night (Ch 22)
"It has. Our Imprint has replaced it. Now let's finish it. Let me make love to you, baby." - Professor Loren Blake (Ch 22)
"You belong to me!" - Professor Loren Blake to Zoey Redbird (Ch 23)
"Young girls are so ridiculous - so predictably easy." - Professor Loren Blake to Professor Neferet (Ch 24)
"She's powerful, but she'll never be able to tap into her
gifts if she doesn't have her friends to help keep her head on straight while
she's chasing around after you." - Professor Neferet to Loren Blake (Ch 24)
"I'd sacrificed true love and a popped cherry to the god of
deception and hormones." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 24)
"It is a place of power. I am not surprised you were drawn here." - Darius to Zoey Redbird about the east wall (Ch 24)
"Our Z's been fucking Loren Blake." - Erik Night (Ch 25)
"Being Chosen of our Goddess is as much pain as it is privilege." - Zoey Redbird remembering a quote she read from an ancient vampyre Amazon High Priestess (Ch 26)
"She can't be earth! I'm earth! It's all that's left of me! I won't let her take it away!" - Stevie Rae Johnson on Aphrodite representing earth (Ch 26)
"No. This is how I make up for everything I caused. This time it's me who was Chosen. Remember, I made this sacrifice freely." - Aphrodite's voice in Zoey's head (Ch 26)
"They'll all think you're not crying because you're brave and strong. But I know you're not crying because you don't have a heart. You're not capable of caring enough to cry." - Zoey Redbird to Professor Neferet (Ch 27)
"She's and evil bitch? Are those the words you're searching for? Yeah, she is." - Zoey explaining Neferet to Erik Night (Ch 27)
"Believe in yourself, Daughter, and get ready for what is to come." - Nyx to Zoey Redbird (Ch 27)
UNTAMED
"I'm Zoey Redbird, currently the undisputed Queen of Making My Friends Pissed Land." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 1)
"It's Stark, not James." - James Stark (Ch 2)
"Aphrodite makes us understand why women have drowned their babies." - Shaunee Cole (Ch 3)
"Mary Poppins was British. Which means she wasn't
countrified." - Stevie Rae Johnson to Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 4)
"I saw all of it happening because you were dead, Zoey. Your death made it happen." - Aphrodite LaFonte on the cause of the vampyre/human deaths in her vision (Ch 4)
"As much as I hate to say it, you've got to make sure the nerd herd isn't pissed off at you anymore, because you being friendless is not a good thing." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird (Ch 5)
"Damien and the Twins already know something that is going to get them in major trouble with Neferet. They know about me." - Stevie Rae Johnson (Ch 5)
"Since I'm working for Nyx, and not myself. And Nyx gives a shit about Zoey; therefore, I give a shit about Zoey." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 7)
"You better listen to her. I counted two real cuss words and one almost cuss in that little speech. She's serious" - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 7)
"As I have already said, I love you, Aphrodite. I always will." - Nyx (Ch 8)
"Your imperfection is part of your power. Look to the earth for strength, and the stories of your grandmother's people for answers." - Nyx to Zoey Redbird (Ch 8)
"I'd thought Neferet was scary? Shekinah made her look like a bratty child." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 9)
"Remember the lesson out ancestors learned with their precious blood: Fear and bigotry are bred from isolation and ignorance." - Shekinah (Ch 10)
"Oh, please. You aren't what I'd call swishy and fluttery." - Zoey Redbird to Damien Maslin on his 'gayness' (Ch 11)
"And I realized what hot-guy scale he should be on: the Bad Boy Hot Scale." - Zoey Redbird on Stark (Ch 11)
"That's why I had to tell you about me, and that's why I needed to know if you were strong enough to protect the people you care about." - James Stark to Zoey Redbird (Ch 12)
"I'd never seen a gaze so haunted by regret." - Zoey Redbird about James Stark (Ch 12)
"I just found you-I don't want to leave you so soon" - James Stark to Zoey Redbird (Ch 12)
"Be vigilant and wise today, Zoey." - Shekinah to Zoey Redbird (Ch 14)
"So besides a totally messed-up ritual, I have class with Erik to look forward to." - Zoey Redbird after looking at her new class schedule (Ch 15)
"Child, what I believe is that your Nyx is just another incarnate of our Blessed Mother, Mary. I also believe devoutly in Matthew 7:1, which says 'Judge not, that ye not be judged." - Sister Mary Angela (Ch 15)
"Stevie Rae, please tell me those kids are not eating people." - Zoey Redbird to Stevie Rae Johnson on the red fledglings (Ch 16)
"That is not for you to worry about, Zoey, I've often forged
my own path and am used to taking a machete to weeds and other bothersome
barriers." - Sister Mary Angela (Ch 17)
"Maleficent looked like she'd love to have a big bite of
Zoey for dinner." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 17)
"It fulfills all the basic food groups: grease, mashed potatoes, and brown pop." - Zoey Redbird on Charlie's Chicken (Ch 17)
"But I don't ever want to see you again. Loving you hurts too much, Zoey." - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 18)
"No! Erik is not my boyfriend anymore. I can't get pissed
when another girl goes after him. I have to ignore it. Maybe I'll even make a
point to try to be her friend to show everybody how over him I am." - Zoey
Redbird (Ch 19)
"Not in my heart. I never betrayed you in my heart." - Zoey Redbird to Erik Night (Ch 19)
"The Sons of Erebus are mighty warriors with vast skills." -
Darius (Ch 20)
"You know, you really
wouldn't melt or anything if you'd cuss a little. My Goddess, bullpoopy is unbelievable lame." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird (Ch 20)
"Oh, yeah, right. I didn't even like Dr. Seuss when I was a
kid. No damn way I wrote that poem." -
Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 20)
"Ancient one sleeping, waiting to arise
When earth's power bleeds sacred red
The mark strikes true; Queen Tsi Sgili will devise
He shall be washed from his entombing bed
Through the hand of the dead he is free
Terrible beauty, monstrous sight
Ruled again they shall be
Women shall kneel to his dark might
Kalona's song sounds sweet
As we slaughter with cold heat" - Poem from Aphrodite's vision (Ch 20)
"No, I'm just burdened by geeky friends." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 21)
"Well, don't get all warm and tingly. As soon as I find her, I'm going to drown her in the bathtub." - Aphrodite LaFonte on the nice Aphrodite (Ch 23)
"The same old stuff of the scary, life-shattering, world-ending variety we're so familiar with." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 23)
"Yeah, she can come. But warn him that Aphrodite has a new cat, and the cat is a weird furry clone of Aphrodite." - Zoey Redbird to Damien when he asks if Jack could bring Duchess (Ch 23)
"I didn't say it out loud, but it definitely looked like she was becoming one of the nerd herd." - Zoey Redbird on Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 24)
"Neferet consistently underestimates me. It makes sense that she underestimates you guys, too." - Zoey Redbird to her friends (Ch 24)
"I never said I didn't like kissing you. The problem is too many guys have like kissing you." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 26)
"No matter what happens, I want you to promise me that you'll remember Kalona must not rise." - Grandma Redbird to Zoey Redbird (Ch 28)
"She's been my mother and my father. I love her very much." - Zoey Redbird about Grandma Redbird (Ch 29)
"Honey, it's okay.
Humor helps in these kinds of situations. And you're really cute when
you giggle." - Damien Maslin to Jack Twist (Ch 30)
"Aphrodite could always put the candle down while you light
it and do an interpretive earth dance." - Jack Twist (Ch 30)
"Then we all hurried out of the dorm and, with confident hearts, headed straight into our last moments of innocence." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 30)
"In Nyx's name, I think you for your sacrifice tonight and for your love and loyalty. You are blessed by Nyx and beloved of her Priestess." - Zoey Redbird to Erik Night (Ch 31)
"Aim for the true mark - the one that will make the earth bleed. Now!" - Professor Neferet to James Stark (Ch 32)
"We make up a Plan, and then we figure out how to take our school back. Together." - Zoey Redbird to her friends (Ch 33)
"Not that the path was smooth and pothole free. But still, it was my path, and like me, it was bound to be unique." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 33)
HUNTED
"Yeah, I know you. I made you up. This is my dream. You're a mixture of Zac and Johnny." - Zoey Redbird to the man in her dream (Ch 1)
"I spent centuries I your arms. This time our joining will be controlled by me, and you will revel in the pleasure I can bring you. Throw off the shackles of your distant goddess and come to me. Be my love, truly, in body as well as soul and I will give you the world!" - Kalona to Zoey Redbird (Ch 1)
"I didn't die this time. I just almost died." - Stevie Rae Johnson to Zoey Redbird (Ch 2)
"Her, cheer up. Zoey's grandma didn't say the Raven Mockers actually ate people. She said they just picked them up with their humongous beaks and threw them against a wall or whatever over and over again until every bone in their body was broken." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 2)
"I can't keep a tattoo and she's covered in them." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 2)
"But we're little bits of vanilla and chocolate. We'd tempt even the nicest bloodsucking monster." - Erin Bates (Ch 2)
"But you need to know if you go all crazy from agony and bite me again, I'm going to knock the shit right out of you." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Stevie Rae Johnson (Ch 3)
"Ohmigod, girl-on-girl action while the guy gets the benefits." - Jack Twist (Ch 3)
"No matter; it will not affect us." - Darius to Aphrodite LaFonte on the Imprint between Aphrodite and Stevie Rae (Ch 3)
"Great. I'm drinking cheap red wine out of a bottle. Miss Teen Country Vamp just bit me - again. And now I'm going to be witness to a nerd herd rumble." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 3)
"My mama told me don't trust no white boy, even a pretty
one. I'm thinkin' a pretty white boy
with wings explodin' up from the ground in a mess of blood and ugly-ass bird
things is double trouble." - Kramisha (Ch 5)
"A Star Wars analogy always works." - Erik Night (Ch 5)
"Bat, pigeon, ravens - I don't care about distinctions right now. Any fluttery, flappy thing is not cool with me." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"Jessica Alba in Sin City. The kid has excellent taste. She's one hot vamp actress...What? It's not my bedroom." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird while peeking in Dallas' room (Ch 7)
"No, I'm pretty sure you saved me because without you I don't think I would have had any free will." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"I didn't feel any pain when you cut me. All I felt was you. The heat of your body. The way you smell. The way you feel I my arms. That's why that creature didn't affect me. That's why I didn't believe Neferet. You saved me, Zoey." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"I love you, Z. All that's happened between us hasn't changed that, even when I wanted it to." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 7)
"And the worst though of all hit me: Did Erik think because I'd had sex (once!) that now it was open season on nailing Zoey? Ah, crap!" - Zoey Redbird while making out with Erik Night (Ch 7)
"Shadows in shadows
He watches through dreams
Wings black as Africa
Body strong as stone
Done waiting
The ravens call" - poem written by Kramisha (Ch 7)
"Eyes watching always
Shadows in shadows they wait
A black feather falls
First accepted, loved
Then betrayed - spit in the face
Vengeance sweet like dots" - poem written by Kramisha (Ch 8)
"They done
Wrong
Like ink from a busted pen
Thrown away 'cause of someone else
Used up
But he come back
Dressed in night
Fine as a king
With his queen
The wrong
Made right
So right" - poem written by Kramisha (Ch 8)
"I know they could have. I think when two people care about each other enough, anything can be forgiven." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 9)
"Boyfriend, no ex. Just like vampyre, not fledgling," - Erik
Night to Heath Luck (Ch 10)
"Make sure it doesn't. Because if you let anything happen to her. I'm going to find you, and vampyre or no vampyre, I am going to kick your ass." - Heath Luck to Erik Night (Ch 10)
"You know, you two are ridiculous with your puffing up and your testosterone and crap. I mean, I could summon the elements and kick both of your butts." - Zoey Redbird to Erik Night and Heath Luck (Ch 11)
"You're not going anywhere with him." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 11)
"As your girlfriend, you've just pissed me off. As your High Priestess, you've just insulted me. And as someone with a working brain, you've made me wonder if you've lost every bit of your sense. What do you think I'm going to do in the minute or so I'd be alone with Heath standing outside in the parking lot during an ice storm? Lie down and let him do me right there on the cement? Is that really the kind of girl you think I am?" - Zoey Redbird to Erik Night (Ch 11)
"We're already connected. We'll always be connected. So put the Imprint back between us where it belongs." - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 11)
"Zzzzzoey? We Havvvve been loooooking for you." - Raven Mocker (Ch 11)
"I'll have to say 'hell no' to that little messed-up plan of yours." - Heath Luck to the Raven Mocker (Ch 11)
"No! There's no resting! Hey, let's pretend like we're in that Titanic movie you used to watch over and over again. You know, the one with Leonardo DiStupio." - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 12)
"You can't die 'cause you've always believed the best of me, so I've tried to be what you believe I am. Without you, well, I'm afraid the good in me will die, too, and I'll give in to the darkness. Plus, there are so many things I still need to tell you. Important things." - Stevie Rae Johnson to Zoey Redbird (Ch 12)
"You have to make it through this. We need you. I need you, and I'm sorry about all that stuff before." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 13)
"No human can live with this kind of wound." - Darius (Ch 13)
"Didn't I fucking tell you! What happened was your fault!
You shouldn't have been here!" - Aphrodite LaFonte to Heath Luck (Ch 14)
"It's just that I expected to get a heads-up if you were going to die, that's all." - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 14)
"He's not my boyfriend. He's the human I've Imprinted with. There's a big difference." - Zoey to Erik about her re-Imprint with Heath (Ch 15)
"If he's a human who has Imprinted with a High Priestess, he's called her consort. If he's a vampyre, he's given the title of the High Priestess's mate. And no, It doesn't mean she can't have both." - Erik Night to Zoey Redbird (Ch 15)
"I'm your blood donor, and that's it." - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 15)
"What once bound him
Will make him flee
Place of power - joining the five
Night
Spirit
Blood
Humanity
Earth
Joined not to conquer,
Instead to overcome
Night leads to Spirit
Blood binds Humanity
And Earth completes." - Poem written by Kramisha (Ch 15)
"She comes back
Through blood by blood
She returns
Cut deep now
Like me
Humanity saves her
Will she save me?" - Poem written by Kramisha (Ch 15)
"Let me guess. Stark's another guy, isn't he?" - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 15)
"Well, let's see - a not-so-wild guess says that Stark told Z about his gift because she's top-shit fledgling and he wanted her to know the real deal with him. Can't you see you're wearing her the hell out with all these questions!" - Aphrodite LaFonte (Ch 15)
"There's nothing I'm not willing to give you, Zo. When are you going to understand that? I'm just wishing you would leave me with a little pride." - Heath Luck to Zoey Redbird (Ch 16)
"And remember that no matter how big and bad you think you are, you'll never be able to do this for her." - Heath Luck antagonizing Erik Night (Ch 16)
"Plan B: be ready to move everyone to the abbey buy don't tell. No one knowing = Neferet not knowing where you are" - Zoey's note to Stevie Rae (Ch 16)
"Remember, my little A-ya, the warrior can protect you from all other except me. Not even the power of your elements can keep me from claiming what will eventually be mine again." - Kalona to Zoey (Ch 18)
"You should know I only share my blood with those I have
invited to last or me. And I have
offered you no such invitation, boy.
Back away before what happened here gets any worse." - Darius to Stark (Ch 19)
"I am a vampyre, Zoey. You will be one soon. To us having bottled human blood is the same as having bottled water. Only there is a lot more kick to blood." - Darius to Zoey (Ch 19)
"'Well, boy, I think you'll find that some of us have rules written here' - Darius pointed to his heart - 'and rules written there aren't subject to the changing whims of those around us.'" - Darius to Stark (Ch 20)
"You know, all I have to do is think about killing you and shoot this arrow. Wherever you are, you're dead." - Stark to Darius (Ch 20)
"I don't go anywhere without my bow, and no one leaves campus without them knowing." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 20)
"You asked me to promise you two things before you died. One was not to forget you, and I haven't. The other was to look after Duchess and I'm letting you know that I've made sure she's okay." - Zoey to Stark (Ch 20)
"What if there's nothing left in me worth loving?" - Stark to Zoey (Ch 20)
"It was like attending Stepford High School," - Erin Bates (Ch 21)
"The world is falling apart. It's really okay to cuss a little." - Aphrodite LaFonte to Zoey Redbird (Ch 22)
"Not you. I would not take your will away." - Kalona to Zoey (Ch 23)
"No! I am not her! I am Zoey Redbird, and if I love someone, it's because he's worth loving, and not because I'm a piece of dirt that's been brought to life." - Zoey to Kalona (Ch 23)
"I came here because you make me feel." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"Don't you see, evil will win if good people do nothing." - Zoey to Stark (Ch 24)
"It's harder for him to get into your dreams if you're not sleeping alone." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"Cool! I don't have to be told twice. I'm a monster, not a moron." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"You really don't have to be scared of me. I'm not going to hurt you." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"Come on over here. You can put your head on my chest and go to sleep. I'll keep you safe. I promise." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"I would tell you that you looked really hot today when I saw you naked, but that probably wouldn't be appropriate, being as we're in bed together but not doing anything." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 24)
"I watched you while you were sleeping and you looked completely at peace. I wish I could feel that. I wish I could close my eyes and feel at peace. But I can't. I can't feel anything if I'm not with you, and even then all I can do is want something that I don't think I can ever have, at least not now. so I left this, and my peace, with you. Stark." - Stark's note to Zoey (Ch 25)
"A guy once told me that girls' purses reminded him of spiders." - Zoey to Stark (Ch 25)
"Now, sweet Zoey, or as I like to think of you, A-ya, I give you the honor of choosing what piece of work we shall study first. Be wary! The entire class must abide by your choice. And know that I shall play the lead in whatever you choose." - Kalona to Zoey (Ch 27)
"Medea, Ancient Greek tragedy set in a time when gods still walked the earth. It's about what happens when a man has too much hubris." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 27)
"Father ssssays, find Zzzzzoey, and I find Zzzzzoey. Father ssssays, watch Zzzzzoey. I watch Zzzzzoey." - Raven Mocker (Ch 27)
"Stark's kiss was more of a sweet questions mark, which I answered with a definite exclamation point." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 28)
"I already have a vampyre boyfriend and a human guy I've Imprinted. As my grandma would say, my dance card is more than full." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 28)
"You are good. I can feel it. You're good down deep in your heart, where it counts." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 28)
"I'm pledging myself to you. Warriors have done it for ages - pledged themselves, body, heart, and soul, to protect their High Priestesses, I know I'm just a fledgling still, but I believe I qualify as Warrior already." - Stark to Zoey (Ch 28)
"I'm you High Priestess and you've pledged yourself to me. That means you have my heart, too." - Zoey to Stark (Ch 28)
"You've been Marked and Chosen by our Goddess. That is enough for me. It is also enough for Dragon and Anastasia." - Lenobia to Zoey declaring her their new High Priestess (Ch 29)
"Look deeper, Zoey Redbird, and I do believe you will discover who Nyx has Chosen to personify Night." - Professor Lenobia to Zoey Redbird (Ch 29)
"Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own." - Lenobia to Zoey when she's feeling self-conscious about the scar across her chest (Ch 30)
"I don't know if you've heard of this, but there is something many of us use, called a cellular telephone. Believe it or not, Dragon and Anastasia each have one." - Lenobia to Zoey (Ch 31)
"Just so you know, I'm going to tell Jack you were laughing at me, and he'll get mad at you. That means the next time I purchase a gift for you, he will go on strike and not supervise its tasteful wrapping." - Damien Maslin to Zoey Redbird when she laughs at his fear of riding Persephone (Ch 31)
"I think that caused his Change. I think with the red fledglings their Change has something to do with the choice between good and evil." - Zoey Redbird on Stark's Change (Ch 31)
"Follow your heart and your instinct, and you will no go wrong. Make him flee, Priestess." - Lenobia to Zoey Redbird (Ch 32)
"I will never be with you. My choice will always be for my Goddess, and you are the opposite of everything she stands for." - Zoey to Kalona (Ch 33)
"Thinking you can possess me, like I'm a piece of property, is your first mistake. My soul is drawn to you. But like you said, I'm a different A-ya. I have free will, and my will is not to give myself to the darkness." - Zoey Redbird to Kalona (Ch 33)
"That's what my aim won't miss. The part of my lady's heart I hold as my own." - James Stark (Ch 33)
"Weird burn, but besides feeling like I've been run over by
five elements, I think I'm fine." - Stark to Zoey (Afterward)
"Warrior, when you pledge yourself to the service of a High
Priestess, the goal is not to frighten her to
death but to protect your lady from
death." - Darius to Stark (Afterward)
