Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
Some words have a power that has nothing to do with supernatural forces. They resound in the heart and mind, they live long after the sounds of them have died away, they echo in the heart and the soul...
Someone is out there, I said. Someone who has been manipulating the events. Playing puppet master, stirring the pot, stacking the deck - Mixing metaphors? Thomas suggested.
Something was trying to dig its way beneath the wall and into the garage, practically right underneath my butt. I felt a chill of fear, followed swiftly by anger at the thing that had added to already...
Sometimes I think that's where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.
Sometimes I think that’s where most of us are, I said. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It’s that second bit that’s important.
Sometimes the things that are good for you, in the long run, hurt for a little while when you first get to them.
Sometimes, Hoss, he said very gently, you lose. Sometimes the darkness takes everyone. Sometimes the monster escapes to kill again another day. He shook his head and looked down. Sometimes, Hoss, the...
But once you put all the stupid things I do aside, I’m really not all that interesting. I like reading, staying home, going on walks with my dog—it’s like I’m already a retiree. Who wants to hear abou...
Souls, I said. I mean, you always wonder if they're real. Even if you believe in them, you still have to wonder: Is my existence just this body? Is there really something more? Do I really have a soul...
Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Fighting all who rob or plunder! Underdog!
Stop learning, start dying,
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...
Suppose I tell you to fuck off.I will no longer be in a playful mood, it purred. I will come for you. I will kill your blood, your friends, your beasts. I will kill the flowers in your home and the tr...
Surely, that is merely a colorful euphemism, rather than a statement of desire.
Tavi grinned. Are you with me?The plan is insane, Ehren said. YOU are insane. He looked around the inside of the tent. I'll need some pants.
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...
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.
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...
That kind of subtle manipulation always works best amidst a flurry of distractions. Washington’s been doing it like that for decades.
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