A knockout, Curran said behind me.I jumped in the air about a foot and managed to land with some semblance of dignity. He had managed to sneak up on me again. Time to save face. Nah. That wasn't a kno...
¿Desde cuándo te importa una mierda mi bienestar? Creo que estás confundido en cuanto a la naturaleza de nuestra relación. Tú y yo no nos llevamos bien. Tú eres un monstruo psicópata del control. Pret...
My father asked. If you build a tower in Lawrenceville, I will smash it, set it on fire, and salt the ground it stood on.
Sure, let me get my shoes.
« Are you hungry, baby? Curran asked.Starving.I think we should go to dinner.Great idea.What are you going to wear?My badass face.Good choice, he said. »
Zealot’s psyche is a tightrope. They have severed everything else in favor of their goal. They will pay any price for their victory, and that makes them infinitely more dangerous.
Who?
Which had required enough dimensional finagling to make an entire university of theoretical physicists beg for mercy,
When sleep mugged him.
Typical sentient’s psyche is a spiderweb. Pull on the right thread and you will get the desired result. Praise them and they will like you. Ridicule them and they’ll hate you. Greedy can be bought, ti...
The Law of Bronwyn had proven true again and again, so often that it was simply accepted. Once a species is introduced to interstellar spaceflight, it will advance technologically but not socially
Her scent made him want to whine like a puppy because he had to stay away.
Hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.
Eighteen
[I]f you continue to rely on others for that security, you will never find it. You're a Prime, a woman, and a mother. Make yourself secure. Take charge of yourself. My circlework my be shaky and crook...
You’ll always be a bastard. There is a part of you that enjoys kicking the door in and throwing a severed head on the table.
You're right. I have no idea what it's like to take shit from people I could kill with my eyes closed.
You're Mad Rogan! Leon burst out.Yes, Mad Rogan said, his voice calm.And you can break cities?Yes.And you have all this money and magic?Yes.Where was Leon going with this?My cousin blinked. And you lo...
You want an excuse for your failure and so you found someone to blame. If you survived, you would always be dirt, ground under someone else’s boot.
You think this is some sort of comedy going on here? Collins gave him his tough stare.A little red spark flared in Barabas’s eyes. Excuse me. He struck with preternatural quickness and yanked a five-f...