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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 82c2be0 | I mean that we here are on the wrong side of the tapestry,' answered Father Brown. 'The things that happen here do not seem to mean anything; they mean something somewhere else. Somewhere else retribution will come on the real offender. Here it often seems to fall on the wrong person. | faith heaven | G.K. Chesterton | |
| d242588 | Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. I think his family will find him at the end of the day in a state of some exhaustion. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| 2d9f296 | If you hang up on me again, I will slice your car into small pieces and hang them on your roof like Christmas wreaths. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 06bf94a | Stop looking at her and you might live longer," Curran said, his voice nice and friendly." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 9c27f38 | But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will." | philip-pullman the-amber-spyglass | Philip Pullman | |
| f291aad | There are some who live by every rule and cling tightly to their rectitude because they fear being swept away by a tempest of passion, and there are others who cling to the rules because they fear that there is no passion there at all, and that if they let go they would simply remain where they are, foolish and unmoved; and they could bear that least of all. Living a life of iron control lets them pretend to themselves that only by the migh.. | Philip Pullman | ||
| fcc10af | LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women. | humor mystery romance-novels | Lauren Willig | |
| 6c9a294 | Curran never did anything without a reason he was so controlled, even his one-night stands were premeditated. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| a20009c | He looked like he needed some jungle ruins to explore or some bad people to hit with a chair. Trouble was, he was the bad people. | nevada-baylor | Ilona Andrews | |
| e408221 | How long does it take?" I asked. "I'm sorry?" "How long does it take you to get dressed for work in the morning?" "Two and a half hours," she said. "Do they pay you overtime for that?" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 73e4609 | If they try, I'll eat them first. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1e15d58 | This doesn't mean you're getting a discount." Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then." Gnome choked on the soup. "I'm old enough to be your grandfather!" Audrey winked at him, gathering the empty bags. "But you're not." | fate-s-edge funny gnome ilona-andrews the-edge | Ilona Andrews | |
| a5fa322 | Oh, I don't know. I might grow on you." She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?" "Like a favorite vice." | fate-s-edge ilona-andrews kaldar the-edge | Ilona Andrews | |
| e4cbbe1 | Audrey turned to him, a sly little spark hiding in her eyes. "THe only man who gets to call me'love' would be waking up next to me after a very, very fun night. "Guess what?" She leaned closer. "You will never be that man." | fate-s-edge fun funny ilona-andrews kaldar the-edge | Ilona Andrews | |
| ca0c611 | What did you write on here? 'Don't die'?" "No, I wrote, 'Don't be an asshole!'"I headed for the house. "On yours or mine?" "On yours." "Well, in that case, your magic isn't working. I'm still an asshole." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 572d89e | Eleven out of twelve work fine. I'd say that's better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e1b83bf | Do you know the runes on your sword are nonsense?" "Yes, but they look mysterious." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 71a3f74 | Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 98bfe18 | The kid was so handsome, he almost looked unreal. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 737c960 | Breathing is like riding a bicycle. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f0606a7 | Please tell me there is coffee." Aunt B grimaced. "They're already crazy. If I let them have coffee, they'd be bouncing off the walls. We have herbal tea," ... I needed to find Julie, find her mom, convince a sociopath to donate some blood for the good of mankind, and deal with a tentacled atrocity swaddled in cloth and his rabid mermaids. I needed coffee." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 50d1c3d | Four shapeshifters are missing, the office smells like blood, you see some weird woman in a transparent gown who clearly shouldn't be in the building, and you run after her?" "It's my job to run after her." "Without backup?" "I the backup." | jim | Ilona Andrews | |
| 118695a | Life was too short and ended too suddenly. If you didn't take advantage of what you had today, tomorrow it might be ripped from you. | cerise ilona-andrews life the-edge | Ilona Andrews | |
| 32edd47 | We took a right at the fork, heading farther north. The charred houses continued. To the right, a large sign nailed to an old telephone post shouted DANGER in huge red letters. Underneath in crisp black letters was written: IM-1: Infectious Magic Area Do Not Enter Authorized Personnel Only A second smaller sign under the first one, written on a piece of plastic with permanent marker, read: Keep out, stupid. "We aren't going to keep out, are.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b729817 | Bring the ex-Consort to me." "Curran!" I backed away from the railing. "Curran, help!" Laughter exploded in the bedroom. Bastard. *" -- | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 84e9a3d | Will you stop meddling in my love life?" I growled. "I'm not meddling. I'm offering commentary." | kate-daniels magic-rises | Ilona Andrews | |
| 0a38798 | Do they have target priority protocols?" I asked. "Would they be able to differentiate between a high- and low-priority target?" Rogan's face shut down. "No." "No, they don't?" I clarified. "No, I won't let you do this." We stared at each other. The tension in the room was so thick, you could slice it with a knife and serve it with tea. Leon whistled a melody from a gunfighter Western." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1ca1b30 | I didn't say I just wanted sex." "Let me quote: 'Do you want seduction, dinners, and gifts? Seduction is a game, and if you pay enough in flattery, money, or attention, you get what you want. I thought you were above the game.' Did you not say that to me a week before you strolled into my garage to invite me on 'a date'?" "Yes. I wanted to skip the bullshit." "So what happened? You changed your mind and now you want the bullshit?" Rogan's p.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 6ce7f72 | How much did you hear?" "Everything that mattered." He nodded, his face unreadable. "It is what it is. All cards are on the table." "Not quite." I sat up. "Oh?" "The real Rogan hasn't asked me." He frowned. "I want the dragon to ask me." "Be careful," he warned. "I know what the Head of House Rogan wants. I heard all of his noble warnings about the future of House Baylor. I saw him told himself in check. I want to know what you want, Connor.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 03cd583 | I could've fallen for someone steady. Dependable. Well-grounded. But nooo, I had to lose my head over this idiot. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| dc9e860 | Having a fling with you doesn't appeal to me. You're handsome, but you're too inexperienced to be good in bed. Having ridden many horses doesn't make you a good rider; it just proves that you can't recognize a good one or don't know how to keep her. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f062d8d | The problem with being an alpha is that you can never make the first move. Makes you feel like you're taking advantage of your position. You have to wait until the other person decides they want in." Jim set the basket on the coffee table and crouched by me. "And sometimes it seems like that person likes you, and you try to test the waters, so you try to tell her how you feel, that she matters and that you want to be with her and you're con.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 586215b | Attosecond?" Gaston asked. "I'm guessing it's a very, very small fraction of a second," I said. "One quintillionth of a second," George said, without raising his head from his reader. Jack pondered him. "Have you started memorizing random crap again to amuse yourself?" "No, I'm connected to the wireless," George said. "I googled it." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 332f135 | Is it going to hurt?" "You bet." Sergeant Major had a lousy bedside manner." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 3c327cb | No, it's not a 'corpse thing.' I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning... | Jen Lancaster | ||
| ec39133 | The living room is a monument to my impulsive spending habits. I've got more than two hundred DVDs, including cinematic greats such as Monkey Bone, Corkey Romano, and A Night at the Roxbury, leading me to believe not only do I have awful taste in films, but I also have a Chris Kattan fixation. What I don't have is $4000 earing intrest in a money market account. | Jen Lancaster | ||
| fc5f77e | Jen gets completely sloshed and it's her wedding) I was supposed to meet Carol and her family at the aquarium the next morning, and somehow had the presence of mind to leave a voicemail apologizing in advance for not being able to make it. I was please at myself for being so responsible and considerate. After I left the message, I blissfully headed off to bed, wearing a face full of makeup, all my grown up jewelry, and a relatively restri.. | Jen Lancaster | ||
| cd1fb5e | it'd be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.' 'Oh, I've done that,' Mark said airily. 'It's a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn't need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick | Margaret Peterson Haddix | ||
| 968c7d5 | Yetta thought. | choice choices suffrage vote | Margaret Peterson Haddix | |
| 94303ac | The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery. | Paramahansa Yogananda | ||
| b8839e7 | You go often into the silence, but have you developed anubhava?" He was reminding me to love God more than meditation. "Do not mistake the technique for the Goal." | Paramahansa Yogananda | ||
| fc4b0fb | Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your life with a clear conscience. | duty | Jeff Shaara | |
| 8be8750 | Do not abandon what You have begun in me, but go on to perfect all that remains unfinished. | Augustine of Hippo | ||
| b196e50 | For no one should consider anything his own, except perhaps a lie, since all truth is from Him who said, "I am the truth." | Augustine of Hippo |