C.L. Bevill > Quotes

“In the South, there was a gentle tradition of 'it's only a crime if you get caught doing it.' Sometimes it was known as the Eleventh Commandment. Thou shall not get caught.”
― C. L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“Jack wasn't worried. Wherever Mirie was stuck, she had probably taken over and was ruling as the de facto empress.”
― C.L. Bevill, Amber Moon

“Bubba said something about Willowdean having a stalker,” Miz Demetrice said.

“A stalker?” Aunt Caressa repeated as if she was unfamiliar with the word.

“You know, someone who follows you around, sends you cards, dead flowers, and turns up unwanted,” Miz Demetrice said.

“Oh, you mean kind of like a Republican,” Aunt Caressa Concluded.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Missing Woman

“The superstitious one will never walk upon a grave. It's said that its sinful in the day and terrible bad luck in the dark.”
― C.L. Bevill, Veiled Eyes

“He was beginning to sound like a charismatic preacher on a Sunday after the welfare checks had been delivered.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“Bubba showed it to his mother. Then he played the tape. It was about ten minutes of moaning, wailing, and some chains rattling.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“Fuck you and the paranormal horse you rode in on.”
― C.L. Bevill, Blood Moon

“Cats regard humans as warm blooded furniture.”
― C.L. Bevill, Silver Moon

“The woman ran down the dirt track as if fleeing demons from Hell.”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“into the trees when the occasional car went past them.  When he reached his vehicle, a new Jeep Wrangler, he had put her inside, cautiously buckling her into the passenger seat.  In a case from the rear he had removed another bottle of the special spray he had used at the Whitelaw compound.  He had used more of the spray to disperse their scents. Finally he”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“was a significant amount of profanity involved from the telephone end of the student who invited Bubba to inform George Bufford to place portions of his body inside other portions of his body that”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“just remember, ‘Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Zigzaggery Zombies

“The more of it there is, The less you will ever see.   What is it?   It is darkness.”
― C.L. Bevill, Disembodied Bones

“you,” he responded instantly.  “Do you feel all right?  The doctor said you could have some odd feelings when you awoke.  The enhanced perceptions can be disconcerting.” Isabella’s mouth opened and his eyes focused on her berry red lips.  He couldn’t wait to taste them.  “Do you think I’m…rambling?  Delusional?  Is that why”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. – Robert Heinlein”
― C.L. Bevill, Blood Moon

“Circumstances are rarely what we wish them to be,”
― C.L. Bevill, Hunter's Moon: A Cat Clan Novella

“Black Moon - The second new moon of a month, an infrequent event.”
― C. L. Bevill

“punch. So Bubba obliged.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Missing Woman

“They so stupid they stared at the orange juice carton because it said concentrate.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Curse of the Boogity-Boo

“Finally, Donovan turned and she saw that his eyes were ravaged with hurting.”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“were”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“Bubba was amazed that after everything he had gone through, that it turned out to be so damned easy.  Not only was it easy but the pair of murdering would-be thieves got to dig up a rotting 1946 Chevy truck.  One of his great-uncles, who had supported the Republican candidate, Dwight E. Eisenhower, had stolen it from the governor of Texas”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Dead Woman

“shoulders”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“luscious form now Donovan nearly couldn’t resist the urge to go to her and gather her into his arms.  However, there was that expression”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“Ma’am,” he said solemnly to Miz Demetrice, “you shine as luminously as the lone star that warms our daily hearths and brightens our heavenly bodies.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the 12 Deadly Days of Christmas

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth,”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the Ten Little Loonies

“Sounded win-win to Jack. But on the safe side it was all about tracking down the shifter who had worked with the”
― C.L. Bevill, Silver Moon

“werecat doctor had been dispatched to check on Isabella.  The Cat Clan’s council had wanted to confiscate the book Isabella had stolen,”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon

“It gnaws iron, and bites steel; Grinds hard stone to meal. It slays all in its path, and will ruin many a town, And it will beat the mighty mountain down.   What is it?   It is time.”
― C.L. Bevill, Disembodied Bones

“tucked into bed, he had contacted his people”
― C.L. Bevill, Black Moon