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It was about then that I realized I was an extraordinarily complex person, because my logic typically made no sense.
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My fairy drag mother. The woman who had taught me to trust myself and my instincts. Morgan could teach me magic. My parents could teach me morals. Gary and Tiggy could teach me brotherhood. But Mama taught me that while life had sharp edges, it would only cut you if you allowed it to.
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It's like something so lovely can't just be lovely. It also has to be harsh and corroding.
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I waved back just as hard, because when a half-giant expends that much energy in a greeting, it means you are loved.
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Gus wondered if normal people carried their grief like he did. He wondered if normal people carried it for the rest of their lives like he thought he would. It didn't hurt as much as it once had, but sometimes the scar broke apart and it was all he could do to breathe through it.
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And I'm a Foxy Lady," Tina said. "Because of reasons." She stared at his chest. Everyone understood her reasons. Even me."
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Well. This has been erotic. Enlightening. Gods, this is enlightening. Like eye-opening. Nothing else!
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I would do anything to make you happy because no one had ever smelled like you did. It was candy canes and pinecones. It was epic and awesome. and it was home.
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A werewolf is courting me with a dead rabbit. There's nothing subtle here." "Couldn't have been flowers," she muttered as she slid on her rubber boots by the door. "He gave you flowers," I reminded her as she stepped down the porch. "I meant for you," she said. She bent over and grabbed the rabbit by the ears, pulling it up off the ground. It came up with a low crackle, grass stuck to the underside. "Courting. I swear." "Why are you touchin..
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romance
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It's the hipsters," David said. "It's retro. They need a place to convene and argue whether Holden Caulfield was deep or just a spoiled brat."
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let's watch House Hunters International and make fun of the people when they pick the worst fucking house because they always do, oh my god.
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You are beautiful, and your magic is a wonderful thing. The world knows it now. You no longer have to hide away.
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The cause of death listed by the coroner would be swooning over elderly men who were too precious for this world.
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There are things more important in this world than where I come from. And that's where I'm going.
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Daxton had never even considered looking at a male before (human or otherwise), he found himself getting aroused. He thought that probably made him bisexual, since being gay for one person (or an ape creature) was preposterous and didn't actually occur in the real world.
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You could have become the villain, Gordo. And it would have been within your rights. Instead you just chose to be an asshole.
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I will," he said. "I promise. Ox, or Joe, or Gordo. One of them will find a way. I know it. But it's... it's already taking you away from me. But if Ox can still be my Alpha, even if I'm an Omega, then we have to take that chance. Because if he's still my Alpha and he's yours too, that means we're still connected, even if I can't feel it anymore. You'll still be a part of me. And I have to believe that will be enough to bring me home."
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I have things to say to you, Gordo. So many things. Things you might not be ready to hear. But I will mean every word of them. If it gets to the point where I start to go feral--
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We're going after her, aren't we? Eventually." He wasn't talking about Elijah. "Yeah. We are. You going to be okay with that?" He didn't hesitate. "This is my home. This is my pack. I'll do whatever it takes." I reached up and squeezed the back of his neck. "We're lucky to have you, Robbie. Even if you insist on wearing those fucking glasses."
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It took me a long while to figure it out, why I didn't feel the way everyone else seemed to feel about sex. It doesn't do a whole lot for me, to be honest. I thought maybe it was women, so I switched to men, but it wasn't all that much better. It's... it was mechanical , almost. I was going through the motions but it wasn't really doing anything for me. I could get off but I didn't care about it. I thought maybe there was something wrong wi..
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Because for all his bravado, for all the sass and the sarcasm, he is still the greatest wizard I have ever known. He's the better part of all of us. And I am humbled to be in his presence.
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Chris pulled a small notepad from a pocket lining the inside of his jacket. He opened it, putting it on the table before him. He frowned, patting his outside pockets, before pulling out a stubby pencil that looked like it'd been gnawed on repeatedly. "Okay," he said, opening the notepad to a fresh sheet of paper. "The meeting to get Gordo laid can now commence."
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And he was wearing a tie. With rabbits on it. And that did things for Josy.
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Life is all about chances. It's all about these little moments that add up to greatness. And there are times when you have to grab greatness by the balls and say, 'Hey! Greatness! I've got your nuts and you can't do a single godsdamn thing about it!
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But if you worry too much about all the things you could be, you'll miss out on all the things you actually are.
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Hey! I've been . You're supposed to be nice to me." "You were grazed. And then let women carry you back." "That's because I'm a feminist." Jessie sighed."
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Time is a river, I've learned. Always moving forward. But for people like me, people who have loved and lost, the river is something we fight. We swim against the current, trying to get back to the way we once were, trying to hold onto anything to keep us from getting swept away. It's exhausting and eventually we tire. Still we push on.
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Above it was a sign. It didn't have any words on it. Instead there was a fluffy teddy bear with an eye patch, a harness, and a leather cap tilted on its head. It had a cigar sticking out of its bared teeth. I had never seen a teddy bear leer before. It was quite eye-opening.
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Mark was watching me. "What?" I asked, still chuckling. He shook his head slowly. "Uh--nothing. I just--it's nice. Hearing you. Like this. I like it. When you laugh." Then he blushed furiously and looked away."
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But I still had trouble with words sometimes. It wasn't that I didn't have any. It was that I had too many, and they all got stuck trying to come out at once. But that was okay. Because Joe had plenty.
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It's not how wishing works. If we got everything we ever wished for, we wouldn't have the capacity to be thankful for all the things we'd already been given. I've got so much already. I don't ever want to lose sight of why it's important.
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Roses surrounded the raven, thorns wrapping around its talons. Runes and archaic symbols stretched along my forearms: Romanian, Sumerian, Gaelic. An amalgamation of all those who had come before me. Marks of alchemy, of fire and water, of silver and wind. They had been carved into me by my father over a period of years, the raven being the last. All except for the one on my chest above my heart. That'd been mine. My choice. It wasn't magic,..
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I am not defined by tragedy. Instead, I made it my bitch.
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Sam Haversford. You had a crush on him
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She liked to talk big sometimes, you know. I think we all do.
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Kelly said, "I don't understand. Why does he keep making those faces at me? Why does he stutter every time I try talking to him? I didn't do anything to Robbie. I don't get why he's acting weird." Robbie said, "I don't even know what to say to him! I don't even know him. Anytime I try and talk to him, I forget how to talk and--oh my god, are you laughing at me? You're a fucking bastard, Ox, I swear to god."
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The script supervisor wasn't pleased, but Quincy told him that sex wasn't needed to show love." "Wow," Josy said. "That's deep. My name is Josiah Erickson, and I approve this message."
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Maybe try the hipster ones." "You're so hot, I better date you before you're cool!" Quincy shouted. "My feelings for you are one hundred percent organic and locally sourced! Are you gluten-free tonight, because I'd like to take you on a date! I'd still care about you even if you went mainstream! Roses are red, your shirt is ironic, your drink of choice is probably a mason jar filled with a vodka tonic!"
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He's going to murder me," Josy moaned. "And then he won't want to be my boyfriend because I'm dead, and no one wants to date a dead guy except for necrophiliacs and teenage girls."
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I wouldn't make out with Darren," Vince said. "I'm in a one hundred percent committed relationship with Paul." "Aw," Paul said. "That's so--wait a minute. That's the only reason?" "Well, yeah, I guess," Vince said. "I mean, he's attractive, right?" "You'll get there in a second," Paul said. "Get where? It's not as if I'm going to do--oh. Wait. He's my brother." "There it is," Corey said."
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I could appreciate the older man. I had eyes, after all. He was all tall and barrel-chested and rocked a mustache that curled at the ends. Gary and I agreed he was a total KILF.
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It started when I was a kid. I would pout and people would give me things like burritos or baseball cards. Then I got older and people would try and give me sex instead, and I just wanted another burrito.
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Dammit. I liked my potential murderer.
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And what's that about?" he asked, nodding toward the wolf that now had the collar of Carter's coat between its teeth and was trying to drag him away. It wasn't going so well for the timber wolf, seeing as Kelly had burst out of the bar with an impressive battle cry, grabbed his brother's leg, and was pulling him in the opposite direction. "I couldn't even begin to tell you." "Kelly!" Carter shouted. "Save me!" "I ," Kelly yelled back."
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