But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
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 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...
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...
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...
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*.
I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specific...
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...
If the Eagle Scouts had some sort of Sith equivalent, Marcone was it.
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.
Insecurity, thy name is teenager.
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...
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...
Wait. You don't understand. I just wanted it to stop. Wanted the hurting to stop.I smoothed a bloodied lock of hair from her eyes and felt very tired as I said, The only people who never hurt are dead...
I'm never really comfortable at parties. Maybe I'm just not the partying type....I think it's because I'm never sure what to do with myself.I mean, there're drinks, but I don't like being drunk.... Th...
It was why no sane cat allowed kits to come anywhere near human beings. Humans seemed to feel that it was perfectly acceptable to teach kits to accept food from their hands as a matter of course, rath...
Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.You? A Princess Bride quote? I croaked.What is that? she asked.
What's with that? Butters screamed, his voice high and frightened. Just covering his head with his arms? Didn't he see the lawyer in the movie?
Pansy, Murphy sneered.Thomas leered at her. You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.
You don't have to make fun of it.Actually I do, I said. I make fun of almost everything.
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