If he ever frosted his hair blue, he’d look like a gas burner.
In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.
It just goes to show that no matter how great a nail you give humanity, we’ll manage to hammer it into the ground crooked. We suck. It’s the nature of our species.
It was the kind of place you went when your earthly troubles became too much for you and you were looking for a creative way to commit suicide.
It was the kind of sky that called space pirates to their ships.
It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers.
I’d like to go to one, she said. It might not be my thing even, but I’d like to go at least once to say I’ve done it. Sometimes I feel cheated. I know it’s selfish, but sometimes I wonder what it woul...
I’d missed him so much, it almost hurt. It started the moment I left the Keep and nagged at me all day. Every day I had to fight with myself to keep from making up bullshit reasons to call the Keep so...
I’m going to find Julie and I’ll ground her ass until she forgets what the sun looks like, and then I’ll go over to that school and pull their legs out.
I’m going to name him Olasard, after he who hunts the evildoers and rips out their souls. The Ripper of Souls gave me a befuddled look. I looked at Maud. There weren’t a lot of kids’ books, she said.
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. My ears are still ringing from that big boom your head made when it hit the stairs. Is your brain okay? Because your skull sounded hollow.
I’m sorry, but I don’t have anyone else to ask. If I go to Connor, my son will hold his relatives upside down one by one and shake them until they confess.Which would be a lot of fun to watch.
Just so you know: if a rakshasa shows up, I left my sword in the car.
Landon slid back into the driver’s seat and pointed at my saber. Put it away.Say the magic word.Please, Landon squeezed out.I slid the blade back into the sheath and petted it. It’s okay, Sarrat. If h...
Landon spun the wheel. The Land Rover nearly careened, turning off the road. Landon parked and bolted out of the car, slapping the driver's door closed behind him.
Let me help, he said. You've been taught all your life that killing another person is wrong, and that belief persists even in the fact of facts. Not only would Peaches have killed us given the chance,...
Mad Rogan was walking next to me with that same confident stride that had made me notice him back in the arboretum, and I knew precisely where he was and how much distance separated us. My whole body...
Mad shapeshifters ripped into monsters, their eyes crimson with rage. Witches howled, loosing spells and arrows. The air steamed with blood. The clamor of swords, the pain-laced cries of the injured,...
Marriage was a trap. The moment the man said the word I do at the altar, he surrendered his freedom. He was no longer free to pursue other women. Staying out past the appointed hour required his wife’...
Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten. She would break down later when she was alone, but neither he nor anyone else would ever see it.
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