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What happened in the past can't be changed, but it can be a guide for what happens in your future.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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1201faf
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You're living in the present. It's a reminder that you can see the future if you just point the glass in the right direction.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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How touching," Janco said, pretending to wipe his eyes. "Get going, Yelena. I don't want you to see me cry." He faked a sniffle. "I'm sure your ego can handle it," I said. "Or will you need to beat up some trainees to feel like a man again?"
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Maria V. Snyder |
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31cf0f2
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Is there anything else you haven't told me?" My head spun. So much had happened and we still needed to stop a powerful magician. Death was a real possibility. I needed Valek to know how I felt.
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feelings
love
truth
resist
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Maria V. Snyder |
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c425c89
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there is more than one way to poison a person's heart, and it doesn't even require a meal.
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followed a step behind. My thoughts churned as my emotions seesawed
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She put her hands on her hips and surveyed the area with a cocky smile on her face. The smirk spread when the traitor met my gaze. "No hello for your old friend?" she asked me. "Don't be rude Baby Face." "Go to hell, Wynn."
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baby-face
cocky-smile
hell-wynn
smirk
traitor
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My future appeared to be a long twisted road fraught with knots, tangles, and traps. Just the way I liked it.
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Care to explain?" Ari asked. "Didn't you see my signals?" "Yeah. But they didn't make sense. Five into one and it's an intrusion." "It's an illusion! Five of them are an illusion." "That's not the signal for illusion. This is." Ari demonstrated the proper signal. "That's what I did." "No, you didn't. You did a weird twisty thing with your pinky." "I had a scimitar at my throat. I'd like to see you try signaling under those conditions." -Jan..
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funny
bickering
funny-and-random
funny-quotes
funny-humor
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It was in the crypt," Loren said, gesturing. "We just managed to get it here after you pulled your little surprise on us." "You're the best." I blew him a kiss. "Hey, what about me?" Quain asked. "You're second best, as always," Loren said."
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monastry
loren
quain
the-monkeys
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Your soul is drenched black with the blood of your victims, my dear, and that is why you can't see it. When you die, that heavy blood filled essence will sink to the bottom of the earth where you will burn in eternity for your crimes.
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murder
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Can you feel your pulse? That means Valek isn't here, because if he was, you'd be dead. No pulse.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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if you put enough sheep together you have a herd--a force to be reckoned with.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact.
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humor
magic-study
janco
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What the hel--" "Finally! I can talk!" Janco said. Ari turned. Janco held the Sandseed's scimitar in his hand. The man lay on the ground, unconscious. "Care to explain?" Ari asked. "Didn't you see my signals?" "Yeah. But they didn't make sense. Five into one and it's an intrusion." "It's an illusion! Five of them are an illusion." "That's not the signal for illusion. This is." Ari demonstrated the proper signal. "That's what I did." "No, yo..
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Maria V Snyder |
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Fear can be a big motivator.
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motivation
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You've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.
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posion-study
valek
yelena
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weariness seemed to settle on him like a coating of dust.
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weariness
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Maria V. Snyder |
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Leif: Getting killed would have been easier. No guilt. No worries. No fear. Caring for someone is terrible and wonderful. I don't know if I have the strength to do it for another. How do you deal with it? Yelena: I focus on the wonderful parts and suffer through the terrible parts, knowing it will end eventually.
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Kade: Life is rarely fair. Opal: I know that now. Parents teach their children to share, to play fair, to be honest. But... surprise! Life isn't fair. And it takes a while to transition from the childhood lies to the adult reality. I probably clung to the part of me that still expected fairness longer than most.
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Ari said you screamed and raved a lot while he took care of you. In fact, he said that if Reyad was alive today, he'd gut the bastard without a moment's hesitation. I just thought you might want to know." Janco gave me a brotherly kiss on the forehead and left."
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We should make a list of who want to kill you, love. It'd be shorter." I'd be offended, but it was actually a good idea."
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Maria V. Snyder |
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You could put the sass into assassin
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Lavender Lady not go again," Kiki said in my mind. "I'll try to avoid it. No promises, though." She huffed. "Next time Kiki go."
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Hasn't stopped us before. And besides, if they wanted to kill us, we'd be dead by now and would be having an entirely different conversation. I wonder if I'd still be mad at you, or if we would talk in words or pictures. Maybe in smells. That would be cool." -Janco"
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humor
afterlife-speculation
funny-and-random
funny-but-true
funny-quotes
thought-provoking
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Devlen: Stop second-guessing yourself. Do what you need to do. Don't apologize. When the time comes, you'll know what is important and what isn't. Opal: I thought you said there weren't any easy answer. Devlen: I didn't say it would be easy. Sometimes being true to yourself is the hardest thing to do.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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I signaled when Owen's wife was linked to him, who was linked to Yelena." Valek paused, marveling at the intricacies of magical communication. Ixia really needed to find a way to keep up."
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Hay una sola cosa que deseo hacer cuando me liberen. Estar contigo
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I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover. Let them wonder.
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wonder
judgements
yelena-zaltana
outcast
perceptions
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Maria V. Snyder |
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But how many times can you upset someone and still return to normal? Isn't there a point when the person gives up on you?
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Maria V. Snyder |
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Valek glowed with his own inner fire. For him, I would risk the flames' heat.
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He pulled back and I recognized the eagerness in his blue eyes. "Interesting problem, though. Could be a bit tricky." "Free Leif and then you can play," I said. He grinned. "Promise?" "If I don't get to them first." "That's my girl."
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You said I was afraid to come back to the Keep. Well--" I spread my arms wide, flinging drops of water onto Leif's green tunic "--here I am." "You are here. I'll grant you that. But are you unafraid?" "I already have a mother and a Story Weaver. Your job is to be the annoying older brother. Stick to what you know." "Ohhh. I've hit a nerve."
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Ari's coming with backup. Should I pretend we barely survived without his help or gloat that we didn't need him at all?" "Tough decision," I said. "You can't go wrong with either one," Kade said. "You guys are no fun. I have to go with the gloating. But no mention of that magic stuff. It ruins the effect." Janco rushed off."
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Maria V. Snyder |
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I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on my side in a fight. But for a rat to like the cat? That scenario ended only one way. With one dead rat.
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spying
spy
fight
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Maria V. Snyder |
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You have my heart, my soul, my life. I'm an empty shell without you.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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I've got a splinter that I can't get out. It's killing me and affecting my duty." "Uh-huh." I examined the minuscule speck that could be dirt."
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nurse
healer
liv
splinter
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Maria V. Snyder |
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I had realized my fears and acknowledged my mistakes.
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fear
mistake
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Maria V. Snyder |
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You certainly are real. A real pain in the ass, but that's who I fell in love with.
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Maria V. Snyder |
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I had to admit there was one good thing about staying in the south. Instead of being the only person with tan skin, I finally looked as if I belonged. Living in the north with the pale-skinned Ixians for so long, though, had not prepared me for such a variety of brown skin tones. Much to my embarrassment, I had found myself gawking at the deeper mahogany skin colors when we first entered Sitia.
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yelena-zaltana
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Maria V. Snyder |
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a3d4f00
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The benefit of appearing so young is I'm constantly underestimated
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zitora
judgement
experience
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Maria V. Snyder |
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b763c0b
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I may have discovered what those beans are." It was a weak opening. What I really wanted to say was, "What the hell's the matter with you?" But I thought a soft approach more prudent."
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Maria V. Snyder |
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There's an arrest warrant out for her. Did you even consider taking her to the Commander?" "No." "Why not?" Valek didn't try to hide his disbelief. "Killing isn't the only solution to a problem. Or has that been yourformula?" " My formula! Excuse me, Mr. Assassin, while I laugh as I remember my history lessons on how to deal with a tyrannical monarch by killing him and his family." Valek flashed me a dangerous look."
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Maria V. Snyder |
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Janco stepped between us. "Let's see if I have this right," he said to Cahil. "Yelena beats you, so you want a rematch, but you think she'll use her magic instead of her fighting skills to win. That's quite the quandary." Janco pulled at his goatee. "Since I taught her everything she knows, and I don't have any magic, thank fate, how about you fight me? Your long sword against my bow." " You taught her everything?" Ari asked. Janco waved aw..
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