The dead don’t need justice. That’s for those of us who are left looking down at the remains.
The curve of her smile promised things that were probably illegal, and bad for you, and would carry warnings from the Surgeon General, but that you’d still want to do over and over again.
The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.
The belts do more than make you fuzzy, Denton. They change the way you think. The way you act.
The Winter inside me was torment and agony—but at least when I was immersed in it, I couldn’t feel.
The Legions have a long tradition, boys. You march hard and fast and show up in places where no one expects you—and then you go to work. He grinned. And you do it all carrying a hundred pounds of gear...
The Denarians want to disrupt civilization, and with the Archive under their control, they could do it. Maybe they’d use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they’d crash the world economy. M...
That’s the great thing about being a wizard. I can always tell myself, honestly, that things could be worse.
That’s the difficult part of being mortal. Of having choice. Much is hidden from you.
That...that bitch.
That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister.
That you are young, the cat said. And less wise than one who is old. I am wiser than you, and I say you should go. It is obvious. You should trust a wiser head than your own. You aren’t any older than...
That was silly, to think that they would not love each other—but sometimes humans are slow to figure things out, because they are heart-stupid. You are, too. That’s okay. Just get a dog. Dogs can teac...
That things will unfold as they are meant to, Forthill said. That even in the face of an immediate ugliness, the greater picture will resolve into something all the more beautiful.
That kind of subtle manipulation always works best amidst a flurry of distractions. Washington’s been doing it like that for decades.
That isn’t going to happen, he told her. It’s going to be all right Fool, Kitai scoffed gently. You do not know that. Sometimes you don’t know the most important things, Tavi said. You believe them. T...
Thank me when I save your life. You’ve done that already, I said. Back in the museum. So we’re even? Once you’ve made that swap, you don’t keep counting, man, I said. Drive safe.
Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard! he shouted, pointing at Doroga. He followed me home! C...
Surely, that is merely a colorful euphemism, rather than a statement of desire.
Stop where you are. He didn’t. He took a step toward me. So I shot him.