It was good to be hugged. Even by a monster.
I got bored, he says. Besides, you know what's creepier than walking around your dead brothers' apartment? Sitting alone in a hearse in front of his apartment.
Don't know. Don't care. I'm hopping on a bus and going until I can't go any farther. Until I find a place that feels like home.'He's quiet for a long time. 'How will you know what home feels like?'It...
Can't get away from your own self.
My mortal father used to say, .
Would you? Mom smiles and touches my hair, pushing it back from my forehead. I let her, but I grit my teeth. Her bare fingers brush my skin. I am thankful when none of my amulets crack. Do you know wh...
Waves tossed themselves against the shore, dragging grit and sand between their nails as they were slowly pulled back out to sea.
Watching my back is the perfect opportunity to stick a knife in it.
The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves.
That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.
It occurs to me that maybe desire isn't something overindulging helps. Maybe it is not unlike mithridatism; maybe I took a killing dose when I should have been poisoning myself slowly, one kiss at a t...
Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
If she'd known she was going to die at his hands, she would have dressed up.
I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria.But actually trusting someone when...
I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.
I haven’t had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone’s dead and my root beer’s gone. Horrifyingly, she felt her eyes prick with sudden tears. He bent down and picked up Aidan...
I concentrate on what I am going to say to Vivi, instead of thinking of Cardan. I do not want to consider what happened between us. I do not want to think about the way his muscles moved or how his sk...
Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
Stop thinking, he said.I have to think, said val. You said I was supposed to concentrate.Thinking makes you slow. You need to move as I move. Right now, you're merely following my lead.How can I know...
She fell asleep like a flame being extinguished.