You know how to use magic? I asked. I prefer calculus.
You about done? I asked him. I need the table.What is it with you people? Butters groused. For God’s sake, these are real injuries here.There will be more of them than a thousand reluctant physicians...
They don't make morgues with windows. In fact, if the geography allows for it, they hardly ever make morgues above the ground. I guess it's partly because it must be eisier to refrigerate a bunch of c...
There’s power in the touch of another person’s hand. We acknowledge it in little ways, all the time. There’s a reason human beings shake hands, hold hands, slap hands, bump hands. It comes from our ve...
There was a flash, a tingling pain in my head, and then a lingering, dull ache. For some reason that didn't surprise me. You don't gain knowledge without a little pain.
There is more to the world than what a review board publishes about an officer or aeronaut, Miss Lancaster. Guard. Your. Tongue.
There are a lot of things I can't control. I don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.I don't want what I am going to face, what kind of choices I am going to have to make. I can't predi...
The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom, he said, and turned for the door.
The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you’re going to go. I
The Sidhe are prancy, but fierce.
Technicality, Shiro said. The cigars? My Christianity, Shiro said. When I was a boy, I liked Elvis. Had a chance to see him in concert when we moved to California. It was a big revival meeting. There...
Sometimes I get tired of being the guy who is supposed to deal with un-deal-withable situations.
So, he said. Mab.I grunted vaguely in reply.You hit that, Sanya said.
Predator is not property, Grimm said in a calm, level tone. She is not my possession. She is my home. Her crew are not my employees. They are my family. And if you threaten to take my home and destroy...
Polka will never die! Butters screamed. I can’t believe I’m hearing this, Thomas muttered.
People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.
Parts of Chicago are wondrous fair, and parts of Chicago look postapocalyptic. This block had seen the apocalypse come, grunted, and said, Meh.
Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for that event to occur. The larger, more significant...
One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.
Murphy caught that arm and continued the motion, using her own body as a fulcrum in a classic hip throw - except that Binder was facing in the opposite direction than usual for that technique.You coul...