The Senior Council--Couldn't find its heart if it had a copy of , X-ray vision, and a stethoscope.
The Faerie Courts are duking it out up there, and it’s probably going to be very hairy. The Summer Lady is our baddie, and the Winter Knight is her bitch. She has a magic hankie. She’s going to use it...
That’s why black magic is so easy—it comes from lust, from fear and anger, from things that are easy to feed and make grow.
That’s the true power of a wizard. I know things. Knowledge is power. With power comes responsibility.
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.
Strength is the first virtue, Alera said. That is not a pleasant fact. Its distastefulness does not alter the truth that without strength to protect them, all other virtues are ephemeral, ultimately m...
Speak only to those who listen. Anything else is a waste of breath. The answers to your questions were there, if you listened for them.
Sometimes you get what's coming around. And sometimes, you are what's coming around.
Sometimes I hate having a conscience, and a stupidly thorough sense of honor.
Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike. Most chicks do, I said. Roar of the engine and so on. Murphy’s blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. Pig. You really enjoy dropping a...
So I, uh, sort of threw myself out of the passenger seat of a moving car. Don’t look at me like that. I’m telling you, it made sense at the time.
She was a complex woman, Anastasia said. Brilliant, erratic, passionate, committed, idealistic, talented, charming, insulting, bold, incautious, arrogant—and short-sighted, yes.
She pressed the rest of her clothes into my hands and said, Don't do anything weird with them.I was going to shellac them into a dining set and serve a four-course meal in them, I said, but if you're...
She might be the Archive, but she's still a kid, Kincaid.He frowned and looked at me. So?So? Kids like cute.He blinked at me. Cute?Come on.I led him downstairs.On the lower level of the Oceanarium the...
She had never gotten it through her gentle head that there was a time for a soft paw and a time for red claws.
She could be a pain in the ass, but she was one gutsy chick. Her kids were lucky to have a mother like her. A lot of moms would say that they would die for their children. Charity had placed herself s...
See, that’s the tragedy of the human condition. No one wants to be corrupted by power when they set out to get it. They have good, even noble reasons for doing whatever it is they do. They don’t want...
See, here’s the thing. Morgan was right: you can’t win them all. But that doesn’t mean that you give up. Not ever. Morgan never said that part—he was too busy living it.
Sanya told you about his beliefs.' I felt the corners of my mouth start to twinge as another smile threatened. 'Yeah.' Shiro let out a pleased snort. 'Sanya is a good man.' 'I just don't get why he'd...
Race me back. Beat me there, and I’ll tell you. I blinked. What kind of kindergarten crap is that? His grey eyes flashed with anger. You want to know what it’s like? Beat me down the beach. Of all the...