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3a017b9 The only thing "free" about so-called free time is that it doesn't cost the boss anything. Free time is mostly devoted to getting ready for work, going to work, returning from work, and recovering from work. Free time is an euphemism for the peculiar way labor as a factor of production not only transports itself at its own expense to and from the workplace but assumes primary responsibility for its own maintenance and repair." freedom work Bob Black
4be8c53 No one will sing songs in our memory. We are the last of the Free Companies of Khatovar. Our traditions and memories live only in these Annals. We are our own mourners Glen Cook The Black Company
3bdbd03 She already has my heart. I would like for her to take my penis, too. Is that so much to ask? Shayla Black
81dce85 She thought of the grainy video of him she had seen, head tipped back, so covered in blood that she hadn't remembered his features, hadn't remembered him as looking like anything but a monster, laughing, endlessly laughing. Mad as a dog. Mad as a god. Holly Black
a2cdde6 It was as if whatever demon possessed them, whatever force kept their corpses from the grave, had refined them in the blaze of its power, burning away their humanity to reveal something finer. Holly Black
ba06791 I left mad behind a long time ago. The world is the way it is. I can only fix my little piece of it. Holly Black
8cd1e2d Don't know. Don't care. I'm hopping on a bus and going until I can't go any farther. Until I find a place that feels like home.' He's quiet for a long time. 'How will you know what home feels like?' It hangs in the air between us, as frozen as our breaths. I don't have an answer. wanderlust Holly Black
2ae14a3 Adventuring turned out to be boring. Zach thought back to all the fantasy books he'd read where a team of questers traveled overland, and realized a few things. First he'd pictured himself with a loyal steed that would have done most of the walking, so he hadn't anticipated the blister forming on his left heel or the tiny pebble that seemed to have worked its way under his sock, so that even when he stripped off his sneaker he couldn't find.. fantasy humorous reality Holly Black
13b63b3 I forbid you from speaking aloud about your service to me. I forbid you from putting it into writing or into song. You will never tell anyone of the Roach. You will never tell anyone of any of my spies. You will never reveal their secrets, their meeting places, their safe houses. So long as I live, you will obey this. jude oath prince-dain the-queen Holly Black
3c8c03c No amount of takeout Chinese food or politeness ought to make me forget exactly who and what I am dealing with. Holly Black
6470ec5 I wasn't kind, Jude. Not to many people. Not to you. I wasn't sure if I wanted you or if I wanted you gone from my sight so that I would stop feeling as I did, which made me even more unkind. But when you were gone--truly gone beneath the waves--I hated myself as I never have before. jude-duarte wicked-king Holly Black
482f1c3 He heard Tamara scream his name, and Jasper yell, "We're supposed to stay here," but Call didn't slow. He was going to be the apprentice that Aaron thought he was, the one who there was nothing wrong with. He was going to do the kind of things that got you mysterious heroic achievements on your wristband. He was going to throw himself right into the fray. He tripped over a loose stone, fell, and rolled to the bottom of the hill, banging his.. Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
9aac367 Cardan's eyebrows rise, but he has all the appearance of blissful unconcern. "My lady, you flatter me. I had no idea you were interested." Her gaze is unflinching as she passes her gift to one of Cardan's personal guard. "May you grow into the wisdom of your counselors." "The fervent prayer of many," he says." prayer wisdom Holly Black
d638aff After all, I'm already a murderer. No one really expects a murderer to stop killing. Holly Black
ea56645 Apparently you can do lots of things very skilfully while asleep, Mr. Sharpe, but attending my class does not seem to be one of them. Holly Black
d4101d3 Each of you will have a chance to play it, and whosoever plays most sweetly, you will have it. For art is more than virtue or vice. vice virtue Holly Black
d157c65 Ah! A lady of mystery! My very favorite kind. locke Holly Black
0340717 He leans in and closes his eyes. "Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop." I am shocked into silence." Holly Black
3da9267 Someone tries to betray the High King, murder. Someone gives you a harsh look, murder. Someone disrespects you, murder. Someone ruins your laundry, murder. Holly Black
98ec72b As I make my way back to the tournament and my sisters, I can't stop thinking of Cardan's shocked face, nor can I stop considering Locke's smile. I am not altogether sure which is more thrilling and which more dangerous. Holly Black
ea51c41 Marry me," he says. "Become the Queen of Elfhame." Holly Black
d240676 But I didnt do anything wrong.." Which is stupid of course, things dont happen to people because they deserve them." Holly Black
3119307 Storms are less fickle than they are, seas less capricious. Holly Black
3d55df0 He closed his eyes. ' ' he said, but she could hear despair in his voice. It made her even angrier. It made her want to live down to his expectations. Holly Black
07aa645 Jack looked surprised when she stumbled upon him, which was odd, because he was almost never caught off guard. As his mother once said about him, Jack could hear the thunder before the lightning bothered to strike. Holly Black
e5f8fcb Hazel kissed boys for all kinds of reasons -- because they were cute, because she was a little drunk, because she was bored, because they let her, because it was fun, because they looked lonely, because it blotted out her fears for a while, because she wasn't sure how many kisses she had left. Holly Black
c7d5809 lt's an honor and a delight to meet you and a tragedy you're here Holly Black
0617090 Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. Holly Black
730ad52 No, I cannot see myself serving Balekin. Holly Black
08a860b You shouldn't let it bother you," Drew said earnestly. "That's just babble. It doesn't mean anything. None of you are going to die and you're obviously not dead. For Pete's sake." Holly Black
9e5ba57 By the time dad died, the junk was so piled up that there were tunnels instead of rooms. Holly Black
b759d55 because she remembered things that hurt more easily than anything nice. Holly Black
333a0df Curiosity could be almost as powerful as desire. Shayla Black
8d0da0e I want to be tangled up in all her strings. Shayla Black
f4dd5d6 I got shot saving you. That should speak very clearly about my feelings. After all, I'll bear the scars of loving you for the rest of my life. Shayla Black
79271aa Do not be afraid to try. Do not be afraid to fail. Be afraid to simply exist never knowing either the high of success or the low of failure. Shayla Black
fc09926 Picture the rest of your life without Del and give me a one word description of it." "I can't decide between bleak or pathetic," Tyler admitted finally. "There you go." Shayla Black
b850eee His pretty face could not make up for the fact that he had the IQ of a dead houseplant and the emotional range of a frozen pea. Shayla Black
6077e38 You smell like happiness, Shayla Black
7c4682f Is he going to- will he live?" "No," said Gavriel. "No chance of that. He wants to die, so he will. But not tonight and not because of me." "Oh," Tana said. "So he's okay?" Holly Black
1f97bcc I love you," Severin said, looking up, looking at nothing at all. "I love you like in the storybooks. I love you like in the ballads. I love you like a lightning bolt. I've loved you since the third month you came and spoke with me. I loved that you made me want to laugh. I loved the way you were kind and the way you would pause when you spoke, as though you were waiting for me to answer you. I love you and I am mocking no one when I kiss y.. Holly Black
39684dc He would make out with girls in front of her. He would make out with boys in front of her. He would wink at her from across rooms, daring her to criticize him. Holly Black
b6b99e6 At the window of my room, I catch my reflection in the glass. Shaggy black hair. Sneer.I look like a hungry ghost, glowering in at a world I am no longer fit to be a part of. Holly Black
de8728d It's just that Hazel is so--people like Hazel. Boys like Hazel. She goes through this world as if nothing touches her, as if no one can reach her, as though she's focused on something bigger and better and more important that she's not going to tell you a single thing about. It drives people crazy. It charms them. Holly Black