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Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that. (Patricia Briggs)
I hope this means you'll quit asking me to kill you. It gives me indigestion. View quote
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Coffee or orange juice?” "Water is fine.” His eyebrows went up. "Uh-oh,” Auriele said, but she was smiling. Darryl was not. "Are you implying that my coffee is not the best in four counties? Or my fresh-squeezed orange juice is less than perfect? View quote
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Now, I'm not very vain. If I'd ever been, making my living covered in various grease and dirt mixtures would have cured me quickly. Still, I wasn't up to facing two sexy men when I had one eye swollen mostly shut and half of my face black and blue. View quote
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My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech. View quote
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A werewolf tossed me against a giant packing crate while I was trying to rescue a frightened young girl who'd been kidnapped by an evil witch and a drug lord. View quote
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You should be home sleeping. What is the use of having a man in the house, if he cannot take care of you for a while?” "Mmm,” I said. "I give up. What's the use of having a man in the house? View quote
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But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them. View quote
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I thought you couldn't make it here until morning," I said. "I hurried. View quote
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I like what you've done to your face," Ben said, tapping his eye. View quote
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Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. . (Patricia Briggs)
Do they always flirt with biblical quotes?" Asil asked Tad. In long-suffering tones, Tad said, "They can flirt with the periodic table or a restaurant menu. We've learned to live with it. Get a room you guys." View quote
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Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified. View quote
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Survivors can't always choose their methods. View quote
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I can't protect you from knowledge. View quote
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He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too. View quote
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She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn't thought he'd be a moviegoer. View quote
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Mine, ... Mine is what she is. View quote
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A second floor window opened, and Kyle stuck his head and shoulders out so he could look down at us. "If you two are finished playing Cowboy and Indian out there, some of us would like to get their beauty sleep.” I looked at Warren. "You heard ‘um Kemo Sabe. Me go to my little wigwam and get ‘um shut-eye.” "How come you always get to play the Indian?” whined Warren, deadpan. "Cause she's the Indian, white boy,” said Kyle. View quote
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She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause. View quote
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You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story. (Patricia Briggs)
I feel like I'm lost in an anime movie" I said, as Coyote picked the thing up. "One of the tentacle-monster ones." Most of them were X-rated and ended up with a lot of dead people. View quote
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Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it. View quote
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You play games with people's lives.(...) You forget that they are fragile. View quote
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Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny. View quote
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