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I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum.
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Real ghosts are so much easier to deal with than the kind we carry around in our heads. Most people haunt themselves more effectively than any spirit.
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was a clear, pale blue like the eyes of a Siberian husky dog. Human beings just didn't have eyes like that.
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That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.
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menage
shifters
vampire
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It may be a crush, or hero worship (...), it may not be love, but if you've never felt anything stronger, how do you tell the difference?
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It was after 2:00 A.M. before we got back to the graveyard. The Feds had kept us forever, like they didn't believe we were telling them the whole truth. Fancy that. I hated being accused of concealing evidence when I wasn't. Made me want to lie to them just so they wouldn't be disappointed.
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It wasn't just my beast's hunger, but Jean-Claude's blood thirst and Richard's craving for flesh. It was all that and the ardeur running through all of it, so that one hunger fed into the next in an endless chain, a snake eating it's own tail, an Ouroboros of desires.
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jean-claude
richard
narcissus-in-chains
thirst
vampire
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Why, you may ask, didn't we have a cow tonight? No one would sell Bayard one. He had the brilliant idea of telling the farmers why he wanted the cow. The God-fearing folk would sell their cows to be eaten, but not for raising zombies. Prejudiced bastards.
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just because it's childish and unfair doesn't mean it isn't the way I felt. Stupid, but true.
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I talk to myself every once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it. I
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Out last chance is a cat's magic sight. We are doomed.
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magic
humor
cat
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Fears are not meant to be shared; they're meant to be conquered.
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I really wish the "normal" people would leave us freaks alone and stop trying to save us. We get by, we take care of each other, and the people who cost the freaks their jobs didn't give them employment, or a place to stay, or a family to be a part of; they just destroyed their world and felt morally superior for doing it."
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I took a fresh mug of coffee. Grilling grieving families always goes down better with caffeine.
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You either pay as you go with Raina, or you end up owing her, and owing comes with interest, and the interest is hell to pay.
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raina
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If you are not a lady, then you are a whore. You do not want to know what would happen to a human whore within these walls." He seemed tired as he said it, as if he'd been there, done that, and hadn't had a good time."
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Falling does not cover the speed and abruptness of being thrown from less than ten feet high.
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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The truth is so often disappointing, or ugly; don't you find that, ?
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Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.
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Is your hair as soft as all those curls look?" "No."
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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Sociopaths spend their lives studying people, because we have to imitate things we don't understand, or feel, to blend in. It makes us some of the most observant people on the planet.
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I was learning that happily-ever-after was the beginning of the next chapter, not the end of the story.
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Bir an gelir birini seversiniz. O iyi ya da kotu oldugu icin hissetmezsiniz bunu. Sadece seversiniz. Bu sonsuza dek birlikte olacaginiz anlamina gelmez. Birbirinizi incitmeyeceginiz anlamina da gelmez. Yalnizca seversiniz. Bazen oldugu kisiye ragmen, bazense oldugu kisi yuzunden. Ve onun da sizi sevdigini bilirsiniz. Kimi zaman sirf siz oldugunuz icin, kimi zamansa size ragmen.
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sevgi
şeytani-düşler
ask
insan
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He thought I was a cop and deliberately didn't call me "officer" or "detective." I let it go. If I really had a professional title I'd have demanded it, but getting into an argument because he wouldn't call me "detective" when I wasn't one seemed counterproductive."
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Ma petite ...' 'No, you've done enough talking. It's my turn. If you harm Richard Zeeman, I'll kill you.' 'He means that much to you?' There was surprise in his voice. Great. 'No, you mean that little'.
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He wanted you dead, now he doesn't, I don't know why. Chimera's crazy, he doesn't need a reason to change his mind.
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bacchus
chimera
narcissus-in-chains
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I hoped what little dinner I'd eaten wasn't something my new baby-rich body didn't like. I didn't want to throw up all over the bad guys, or then again maybe I did. It would certainly be distracting.
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pregnancy
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I am not always certain that it is I who am the better person, ma petite, but together we are the better person.
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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it was more like two scared kids huddling in the dark when they knew the monster under the bed wasn't just real, but was holding a grudge.
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At least I'm not dead. That can be remedied. Jean-Claude & Richard
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threats
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We would never go shopping together or eat an entire cake while we complained about men. He'd never invite me over to his house for dinner or a barbecue. We'd never be lovers. But there was a very good chance that one of us would be the last person the other saw before we died. It wasn't friendship the way most people understood it, but it was friendship. There were several people I'd trust with my life, but there is no one else I'd trust w..
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death
friendship
laurell-k-hamilton
edward-forrester
obsidian-butterfly
ted-forrester
anita-blake-vampire-hunter
soulmates
bromance
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She looked up at me, eyes puffy, nose running. Real crying is like real sex. If you really do it, it isn't pretty.
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I never want to put my whole world in any one person's hands again, Jason. If they die, I won't die with them.' 'So you'll hold a little of yourself back from everybody.' 'No,' I said, 'I'll hold back a piece of myself for myself. No one gets all of me, Jason, no one, except me.
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independence
death
strong-women
love
laurell-k-hamilton
anita-blake-vampire-hunter
jason-schuyler
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But I was naturally suspicious; it comes from working too closely with the police for too long. Cynicism is so contagious.
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suspicious
police
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Everyone else goes home for nostalgia, and happy memories. I end up feeling like I never fit in with the family as a child, and being older hasn't changed that.
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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No one had said anything, or even lifted an eyebrow at me; sometimes it's just the inside of your own head that is the problem.
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Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt said that. It is a quote I try to live by.
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I had a moment to visualize Larry out in the dark all alone, unarmed except for his cross. The thought made my skin cold. I opened my mouth to yell at him and closed it. Never dress anyone down in public unless it's an object lesson. I said, "Any tracks?" I gave myself a dozen brownie points for yelling. "Do I look like Tonto? Beside the ground is just grass and it's been so dry lately. I don't think there'd be any tracks."
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I prayed as we walked up the hill. I prayed and felt a measure of calm return. No visions. No angels singing. But a feeling of peace flowed over me. Ii took a deep breath, and something hard and tight and ugly in my heart let go. I took it as a good sign that I'd get to Jeff in time. But part of me was skeptical. God doesn't always save someone. Often He just helps you live through the loss. I guess I don't entirely trust God. I never doubt..
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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What's the matter with you tonight?" he asked when we were out of earshot of Stirling and Co. "I told you." "No," he said, "it isn't just the murder tonight. Hell, I've seen you kill people and be less upset afterwards. What's wrong?"
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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I'd worked my share of serial killer cases, but none of the killers had ever mailed me a human head. That was new.
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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42838e6
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Most of the time you're ass deep in alligators.
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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If you don't feel loved maybe the outward trappings like weddings and wedding rings become important? (Page 567)
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love
security
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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fac9681
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All fear is the same no matter the cause of it; you conquer or are conquered by it. I wasn't into losing, not even to myself, maybe especially to myself.
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