The only way to make sure that the Hand didn't get to you would have been to kill your brother. I could've done it, but I didn't. I just gave him some drugs.You gave an addict in rehab drugs, and you...
Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don’t look awful this time.Me (Ilona): ...~A little later~Kid 2: *wandering into the kitchen*Kid 1: Hey, you’ve got to...
If you can't make it go away, wait it out.
Breaking into the house in the middle of the night just wasn't his style. He did his best work in plain view, and, usually, his tongue was doing most of it.Now that was an interesting thought.
Our standard rate. A doubloon a day.It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.Half a doubloon a day, she said.No, you see, the idea behind bargai...
I had to give it him, to flatter and insult a woman in one propostition took talent.
And you expect me to commute two hours each way from the Keep to the Order. I kept my voice mild. I suppose I won't be needing my job, my house, or my clothes anymore.I didn't say that. Although let m...
All that was missing was a neon sign that read EVIL AND CONFLICTED ABOUT IT with a flashing arrow pointing at his head.
Will you take this seriously? The future of an entire species is at stake.Yes, we’re going to save them with a fart gun.
I know human nature. We might sacrifice a few, because we are stupid and hardwired for group survival. But we would never die in the thousands because a god wished it. Those kinds of numbers require m...
Mad Rogan: Resistance is futile.Nevada: You are not assimilating me!
Curran smiled. What’s so funny?Your panties have a bow, he said.I looked down. I was wearing a short tank top—not mine—and my blue panties with a narrow white strip of lace at the top and a tiny white...
Andrea raised her eyebrows. Look at you, all high-speed.Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something.Andrea held her hand out. You'll jinx it.
Your definition of ‘well’ is troubling at best. He suddenly smiled and affected a slight accent. ‘I do not think that word means what you think it means.’He was obviously quoting something he and Jaso...
What happened? I asked quietly. I lost some people, [Rogan] said. There was an awful finality in his voice. I hadn't thought he cared. I'd thought he viewed his people as tools and took care of them b...
The skull sat on top of an old Stop sign. Someone had painted the surface of the octagon white and written KEEP OUT across it in large jagged letters. A reddish-brown splatter stained the bottom edge,...
Next to me, Saiman smiled. We all want what we can't have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck.
I looked at him. You really need to work on your threats. I can't tell if you're threatening me or inviting me for tea.
Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.
What the hell is this? Desandra asked This is Cuddles. She's a mammoth donkey. Derek grinned, leaning on the fence. Do you have any self-respect left?Nope.