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We're a civilized society, are we not?" Esterbrook blinked. "Since when, miss? We're a democracy."
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My pledge of honor upon it.
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I looked, noted details mechanically, and quietly shut the door on the part of my head that had started screaming the second I entered the room.
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Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it's a big part, and sometimes it isn't, but either way, it's part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed.
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See, that's the tragedy of the human condition. No one wants to be corrupted by power when they set out to get it. They have good, even noble reasons for doing whatever it is they do. They don't want to misuse it, they don't want to abuse it, and they don't want to become vicious monsters. Good people, decent people, set out to take the high road, to pick up power without letting it
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But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.
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Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them,
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for you?" "A relic," he said. "A what?" "An artifact, Mister Dresden. An antique possessed by the Church for several centuries." "
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Bikers don't wear all that leather around simply for the fashion value or possible felony assaults. It's handy for keeping the highway from ripping the skin from your flesh should you wind up losing control of the bike and sliding along the asphalt for a while.
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I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.
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We still hadn't learned, though, that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time, you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize that there are more flavors of pain than coffee.
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Nice father figure. Him and Bill Cosby.
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I mean, stars and stones. Two million bucks would buy you a lot of ramen.
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My God, there are times when the sexiest thing a woman can give a man is permission.
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And just because I don't go to bed with everything with a vagina doesn't mean I'm repressed.
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Chicago is an alien citadel, a source of power and terror. Mordor, basically. (One does not simply walk into Mordor - except that was exactly what everyone in the story did anyway.)
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If he stayed close enough to Maggie for long enough, the dog might wind up with more education than me. Then there'd be no talking to him.
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I have a monster under my bed, and it's Mouse.
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All of you, hear me." Michael said quietly. He turned and stood between them - Fallen angels and monsters and scoundrels and mortal fiends - and me. "You think your power is what shapes the world you walk in. But that is an illusion. Your choices shape your world. You think your power will protect you from the consequences of those choices. But you are wrong. You create your own rewards. There is a Judge. There is Justice in this world. And..
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There's a theory making the rounds now that when the meteor hit it only killed off the big stuff. That there were plenty of smaller reptiles running around, about the same size as all the mammals at the time. The reptiles should have regained their position eventually, but they didn't, because the mammals could feel love. They could be utterly, even irrationally devoted to their mates and their offspring. It made them more likely to survive..
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So many terrible things are done for love," Mab's voice said. "For love will men mutilate themselves and murder rivals. For love will even a peaceful man go to war. For love, man will destroy himself, and that right willingly."
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See, that's the tragedy of the human condition. No one wants to be corrupted by power when they set out to get it. They have good, even noble reasons for doing whatever it is they do. They don't want to misuse it, they don't want to abuse it, and they don't want to become vicious monsters. Good people, decent people, set out to take the high road, to pick up power without letting it change them or push them away from their ideals. But it ke..
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You're a genuine Greek god. You're the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot?
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Tavi grinned. 'Are you with me?' 'The plan is insane,' Ehren said. 'You are insane.' He looked around the inside of the tent. 'I'll need some pants.
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Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be.
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Cell phones were like those security guys in red shirts on old Star Trek: as soon as something started happening, they were always the first to go.
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So, ladies, if you ever have some conversation with your boyfriend or husband or brother or male friend, and you are telling him something perfectly obvious, and he comes away from it utterly clueless? I know it's tempting to think to yourself, "The man can't possibly be that stupid!" But yes. Yes, he can."
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Paranoid? Probably. But just because you
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Tengo lo que puede considerarse una actitud muy anticuada y chovinista hacia las mujeres. Me gusta tratarlas como senoras: abrirles la puerta, invitarlas a cenar cuando tenemos una cita, llevarles flores, retirarles el asiento y todo eso. Si tuviese una mejor opinion de mi mismo, lo llamaria caballerosidad.
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If a White Court vampire wants to feed off a human, all she really has to do is crook her finger, and he comes running. There isn't any ominous music. Nobody sparkles. As far as anyone looking on is concerned, a girl winks at a boy and goes off somewhere to make out. Happens every day. They don't get
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All we need is a stuffed animal." He stared at me. "Wh-what did you say?" "A stuffed animal, man!" I roared at him. "Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!"
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What the hell kind of Hell was this supposed to be?
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funny
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when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.
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when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart.
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I didn't know this before, but as it turns out, Tyrannosaurs can really haul ass.
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Here's something else I bet you didn't know about Tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well.
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maybe
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Surely, that is merely a colorful euphemism, rather than a statement of desire.
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A lot can change in a year.
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Subtle and quick to anger?" "Not so subtle."
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I'm not stupid. I've got eyes. I see some things everyone else tries to pretend aren't there. This vampire craze sweeping the nation. Why the hell shouldn't there be some genuine vampires in it?
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How bad is it?" "They drafted me," I said. "That's bad, all right," Bob said cheerfully."
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My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.
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