Only A Monster Quotes
"Dad had never liked spending money, but he painted an S on Joan’s blue T-shirt and found a red napkin she could use as a cape."
"You’re a monster, Joan." She said monster like being a monster was as special as being an elf.
"Monsters are the bad guys," Joan said skeptically.
"Clever and stubborn. She didn’t believe things without proof either."
"We hide in plain sight," Gran said. "Do you know what that means?"
"Someone shouted behind her and Joan hurled herself across the garden, crushing hydrangeas as she ran."
"Had they seen her going in? She had to assume they had."
"Joan, you’re running for your life, girl. So bloody run!"
"She wasn’t sure when she began to hear the other sounds."
"The other side of the hedge wall could be miles of twisting paths away, or a single turn."
"You saved my life. My family will pay the debt."
"It’s important to look respectable. We represent our families."
"What kind of hotel has a first-aid kit in the bathroom, and no robes?"
"You almost traveled without taking time first."
"Dragons need not fear other dragons."
"You're wrong. Every monster who died that night had stolen time."
"I'm going to come after you. I'm going to stop you from killing anyone else. I'm going to kill you."
"The King protects us from humans discovering us."
"If Nick gets to the Court before we do—if he changes the timeline—he's going to end us all."
"When he wants something done, he sends a member of the Monster Court in his place," Tom said.
"I suppose you enjoyed the show?" Aaron's disdainful remark to Joan.
"There’s no way in. We need to cut our losses," Aaron said.
"I know what it was," Tom said. "Saw one once at the Court. But you’re not going to find one in any bloody market."
"I’ve spent my whole life escaping events like this," Aaron revealed to Joan.
"I always thought that the King was just a man," Ruth said. "But this kind of power is . . . I’ve never heard of anything like it."
"They steal from humans. That’s all they do," Nick explained to Joan.
"You don’t want me dead yet. You want to kill me before I kill your family," Nick said to Joan.
"Tom drew the iron bolt quietly and pulled the gate inward. They all retreated instinctively from the gaping mouth."
"Beside Joan, Aaron put his hand over his mouth as if he were going to be sick."
"There’s nothing there," Ruth whispered. "It looks like there’s something there, but there’s nothing there."
"Joan could feel it too—the horror of it. Her stomach roiled. Her skin crawled."
"Ruth hesitated again. Her eyes were sunken with fatigue; her skin was almost gray."
"For a second, the moon had been smaller, and in a different part of the sky."
""I don’t know about this," Ruth whispered. "I can’t even feel the Hunt power."
""Close your eyes," Joan whispered, "and try. Just try. One more time."
"There was another flash, and this time it lasted long enough for Joan to see the buildings grow and shrink."
""You must be joking," Aaron whispered. "If the gate closes while we’re crossing . . ."
"Joan craned to look farther up the road. The great gate into Whitehall Palace had vanished."
""These clothes are really memorable," she murmured."
"Joan slid into it, remembering the other time she’d worn Aaron’s jacket—terrified and cold."
""You’re the idiot," Joan said to Ruth, almost in tears with relief."
""What if you’d fallen into that timeless abyss or whatever it was?" Ruth demanded."
"Otherwise, everything looked just as it had when they’d left."
""I think we’re back in the nineties," Ruth said."
""We’re almost through," Tom said, and Joan realized that she was seeing daylight."
""There’s a safe house in Southwark," he said. "The Court doesn’t know about it."
""What happens if you’re in a tunnel and can’t get out of the way of a train?" Aaron said, dry."
""We’re going to have to buy every Jamie Liu painting in the gallery," Tom’s expression seemed to say."
""You need to give me what you found," Tom said softly."
""It’s a message. But you won’t be able to decode it," Tom said."
""Yes," Tom said. "The message was meant for me."
""Why would the prisoner have left you a message? Who was he?" And why had Nick been looking for him?"
""Let’s not insult each other," Tom said, almost gently."
""You know they used to hang pirates here?" Tom’s tone was casual."
""And afterward, they put him on a pole and let the Thames take him three times."
""To get to the Royal Archive," Tom almost spat the word."
""He’s the transformatio? He’s the device? He’s the one who can change the timeline?"
""There’s no device. The transformatio really is just a myth."
""But I know he left something in that room. Give it to me," Tom held out his hand."
""Step back or I will," Joan threatened, feeling the power of her own conviction."
""Because you don’t have the Hunt power," Tom said, revealing a crucial truth."
""I saw what you did to that lock," Tom whispered, sharing a secret only they knew."
""You know they used to hang pirates here?" Tom said, hinting at the dangerous past they both were entangled in."
""Let’s not insult each other," Tom said, pleading for honesty between them."
""I’m not leaving you here," Joan said to Ruth, demonstrating her unwavering loyalty."
""You absolute idiot. You could have killed us both!" Ruth exclaimed, showing her concern for Joan’s reckless bravery."
"What did she want? There were too many answers to that question."
"To her relief, the drug didn’t know which answer to force from her."
"Peace," she said. "Between monsters and humans."
"I killed your family, Joan. Are you saying you could ever forgive me for it?"
"Just like you could never get over the fact that I’m a monster."
"What was broken between them couldn’t be fixed."
"I can control it." If the compulsion allowed it, then surely it must be true.
"You were tied to a chair before they died," Joan said. "You were tortured."
"You shouldn’t know that," he said, soft and dangerous.
"They were recording the process of making you into the hero."
"They didn’t just do it once," she said. "They killed your family over and over."
"You were trained in how to identify us, how to kill us."
"You resisted them. You didn’t want to become this."
"The first time I met you, it was like I already knew you."
"You were like the sun. I was always turning toward you."
"You kissed me that night," she said. "I’d never wanted anything so much."
"It isn’t me you remember," she managed. "I’m not that other Joan."
"We don’t have to be the people we were made into."
"If we can make this timeline better, I want to try."
"Someone changed the timeline, but they couldn’t make me forget you."
"It’s different this time," she promised Jamie. "If she comes back, we’ll be waiting."