Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up through a savage storm, the wind threatening to tear me off and throw me into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan far bel...
Pansy, Murphy sneered.Thomas leered at her. You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.
Hush, Harry. Or you'll go to the special hell.I blinked at that, confused. I'm not supposed to be the guy who doesn't get the reference joke, dammit.
One ravishing dark-haired beauty wearing leather pants and strategically applied electrical tape, stared hard at me and, when she saw me looking, licked her lips very, very slowly. She trailed a finge...
Sometimes the most remarkable things seem commonplace. I mean, when you think about it, jet travel is pretty freaking remarkable. You get in a plane, it defies the gravity of an entire planet by explo...
A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people wh...
Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.You? A Princess Bride quote? I croaked.What is that? she asked.
You don't have to make fun of it.Actually I do, I said. I make fun of almost everything.
Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts...
One does not simply walk into Mordor--except that was exactly what everyone in the story did anyway.)
You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?
Kitai blinked slowly. Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.We have a lot of words like that, Tavi said. They can mean more than one thing.That is stupid, Kitai said. It...
Tengo lo que puede considerarse una actitud muy anticuada y chovinista hacia las mujeres. Me gusta tratarlas como señoras: abrirles la puerta, invitarlas a cenar cuando tenemos una cita, llevarles flo...
Birthdays are about families. Whether they're a biological family or one that's come together by choice, it's your family who gathers to celebrate the anniversary of *you*.
Never touch my brother on his fucking birthday.
You're supposed to be a spirit of intellect. I don't understand why you're obsessed with sex.Bob's voice got defensive. It's an academic interest, Harry.Oh yeah? Well maybe I don't think it's fair to...
Fear was wisdom in a situation like this, and he was pleased that Folly was obviously intelligent enough to know it. He hoped that she would use the fear to make her cleverer, rather than more foolish...
Are you always a smartass?'Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.
Harry, Bob said. Stars and skies, you’re all right! He hesitated for a second, and then said, And looking grim. Even dressed in boxers with yellow duckies on them. I glanced down, and did my best to p...
Maybe this is what it feels like for civilians when they see cops doing some of the dirty work. A lot of times they don’t understand what’s happening. They see something they don’t like and it upsets...
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