The coolly logical part of her brain noted almost sardonically that Edilio had a superpower after all: being Edilio.
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.
They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as the fear and the necessity became abstract. And only her own a...
The only thing to do was read. Hermit Jim had exactly thirty-eight books. She had inventoried them. There were fairly recent novels by Patrick O’Brian, Dan Simmons, Stephen King, and Dennis Lehane, an...
The fool says 'I never intended to kill. I meant only to wound.' But I tell you that if you prick a finger with a poisoned thorn you may not claim innocence when the heart dies. Do not plant a weed an...
But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain.
There's no hurry. I'm not a pint of half-and-half about to expire. I can wait until I meet the right person.
I know she's checking me out. Fair enough, because I'm checking her out.Ah ahhh ahhhh!Eve cries out suddenly. She's in pain. Bad pain. So it's possible she's not really checking me out.
[Caine]Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were.[Sam]Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.
The end is the best part of any story
Caine erupted in disbelieving laughter. "Yeah, that'll do it. 'I'm just a kid, Your Honor!' Hah. They'll have to find a few scapegoats, and guess who it will be? You and me, surfer boy. You and me.
The balance of this world is not upset by accident. It is not upset by those who blunder accidentally into wrong. Evil comes when those who know better, who have seen the pain they cause, nevertheless...
We take the names of madmen, because madness is our fate. Terribly melodramatic, that.
But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.
That's right. Endgame. The FAYZ barrier is coming down; at least that's my bet. But there's also a ninety percent chance you and me both end up dead. Ten percent chance we both actually get out alive....
People are idiots, Choo. Always remmber that: people are faithless, backstabbing, weak, creepy, stupid, lazy idiots.
If there was ever an example for redemption, it's you.
You May Now Leave The FAYZ.
And then the turbines generate electricity that goes into the whole town.""You mean they aren't powered by giant hamsters on wheels? I was misinformed.
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