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531dfb0 This is what it looks like when someone's fighting for his soul," she said. "He needs his friends to believe in him. The fastest way for us to help make him into a monster is to look at him like he is one." Jim Butcher
6ac6afe The vampire's true appearance was grotesque--but it wasn't as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a lot worse, and some of the Elder Things could rip your mind apart just by letting you look at them Jim Butcher
81a315d When a mortal dreams, all kinds of strange things can happen. When a wizard dreams, it can be even weirder. Sometimes, dreams can be intense enough to create a little, temporary world of their own. wizards Jim Butcher
a0c0a5c Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing. consequences dresden-files fantasies playboy Jim Butcher
4ec62f4 Mab had the kind of power you had to describe using exponents. Jim Butcher
98732ae I flicked a comb through my wet hair, for all the good it would do, and said, "How do I look?" "Mostly human," she said. "That's what I was going for." -- Jim Butcher
9c04306 Holy water, a couple cloves of garlic, vials of salt, and iron fillings filled the basket, intended to be door prizes for anything that showed up in an attempt to suck my blood, carry me off to faerieland, or sell me stale cookies. Jim Butcher
4aa86bc I am somewhat proud of this," Mab's cold voice said. "To be sure, the White Christ never suffered so long or so terribly as did this traitor. Three days on a tree. Hardly enough time for a prelude. When it came to visiting agony, the Romans were hobbyists." Jim Butcher
a50ab33 Sometimes, when I get bored, I stop and think. Jim Butcher
69a1a1b if you go exploring, you might find something that could hurt you." "If one doesn't , one is not truly exploring" Jim Butcher
208ee46 We had reached the doors to my suite, which still felt awkward to say, even in my own head. My suite. Guys like me don't have suites. We have lairs. Jim Butcher
14d6824 Peabody may not have seen the man turn into a grizzly, but he was bright enough to know that Injun Joe was getting set to adjust another relative ass-to-ears ratio. humourous Jim Butcher
f7ca475 You will probably find, in life, that successes and victories tend to overshadow the risks you took, while failure will amplify how idiotic they were. Jim Butcher
8477b2f Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become somewhat tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation of complacent Americans who had allowed the television to raise their children. Jim Butcher
614b6cc It gets sort of Zen after a while," Butters said brightly. "Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is a jar." Jim Butcher
811f1b1 Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge. Jim Butcher
502c2f4 There were guns on the coffee table. Like, a lot of them, broken out on cloths, being cleaned, leaned against a nearby chair, where a large equipment bag waited to receive them. Karrin's favorite little Belgian carbine was there, along with what looked like a couple of space guns. "New toys?" I asked. "I'm a girl, Harry," she said, rather smugly. "I accessorize." "Is that a bazooka?" "No," she said. "That is an AT4 rocket launcher. Way bett.. toys Jim Butcher
61b2a4c At one time in my life, a shapeshifted, demonically possessed maniac crashing through a window and trying to rip my face off would have come as an enormous and nasty surprise. But that time was pretty much in the past. Jim Butcher
3ae3818 You have a skill. You can do something no one else can," Barron says. "Seriously. You know what's good about that? It's valuable. As in you can trade it for goods or services. Or money. Remember when I said it was wasted on you? I was so right." Holly Black
ea0a53b You put a curse on that girl over there," I tell him. "Fix her ." "She admired my ears," the boy says. "I was only giving her what she desired. A party favor." "That's what I am going to say after I gut you and use your entrails as streamers," I tell him. " -- jude-duarte the-wicked-king Holly Black
16623b7 He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be. Holly Black
7718289 please,Tana,please.' -lots of characters in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown books dark gavriel holly-black literature paranormal paranormal-romance romance tana-bach the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown vampires ya Holly Black
ec0bcea To Ben, love was the flame in which he wanted to be reborn. He wanted to be remade by it. Holly Black
3385de8 Don't take it personally," Call said. "Lots of people find me really annoying. It's not just you." Holly Black
bba0672 I need your help," says the tiny figure. Her voice is sad and soft and sounds like Lila's, but with an odd accent that might just be how cats sound when they talk." Holly Black
9f44923 She's an old lady," Barron says. "And she's been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce old dudes. Lose money at canasta." Holly Black
f6161fc When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining. Holly Black
583a012 He had green eyes so clear and bright that they made you think of poisonous drinks or maybe mouthwash. Holly Black
9325604 Christmas is supposed to be this time when everyone is nice to one another and forgives one another and all that, but the true meaning of Christmas is . And in the real world, Santa's not fair. Rich kids get everything and poor kids get secondhand crap their parents bust their asses to afford. It costs money just to sit on Santa's lap. Holly Black
fef14b3 Yeah," Tamara said. "An old bowling alley. There must be a town not too far from here. But how could Aaron be there? And don't say something like 'working on his score' or 'maybe he's in a bowling league' or something like that. Be serious." Call leaned against the rough bark of a nearby tree and resisted the urge to sit down. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to get up again. "I'm serious. It might be hard to tell in the dark, but I have m.. humor sarcasm Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
dab9832 When we fall that first time, we're not really in love with the girl. We're in love with being in love. We've got no idea what she's really about--or what she's capable of. We're in love with our idea of her and of who we become around her. We're idiots. Holly Black
77cf85f That was the problem with monsters. Sometimes they looked just like everybody else. Holly Black
0cfe085 And Barron is probably right--we should give this up. Not for the reason he's saying but for the one that's implied. The one about it not being okay to lurk around outside buildings, spying on girls you like. Holly Black
e6c3fdf But in all the stories, you have a single chance; and if you miss it, then it's gone. The door isn't there when you go back to look. There is no second invitation to the ball. This is my chance. Holly Black
65e817e The downside of letting everyone know you're going to be all alone so they can attack you is that everyone knows you'll be all alone so they can attack you. Holly Black Cassandra Clare
ca751e7 I think you impressed him with the sheer force of your stupidity. Holly Black
ec18ed9 I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Holly Black
34293bc You are nothing. You barely exist at all. Your only purpose is to create more of your kind before you die. He's wrong about me. I am going to make my mayfly life count for something. I won't be afraid of him or of p=Prince Dain's censure. If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse. -Pg. 210 inspirational the-cruel-prince Holly Black
1b95db4 I hate you because your father loves you even though you're a human brat born to his unfaithful wife, while mine never cared for me, though I am a prince of Faerie. I hate you because Locke used you and your sister to make Nicasia cry after he stole her from me. Besides which, after the tournament, Balekin never failed to throw you in my face as the mortal who could best me. Holly Black
090cbd0 The disturbing thing about Cardan is how well he plays the fool to disguise his own cleverness. clever Holly Black
6d68df8 He hates you. Even if he wants you, he hates you. Maybe he hates you the more for it. Holly Black
c8db28d I told him that bed-and-breakfasts have ginormous whirlpool tubs, and that I'd be willing to do unspeakably sinful things to him in it." A strangled sound came from one of the two nerdy guys behind us in line, both wearing tortured expressions and staring at Erin. We stifled laughs. Maggie sighed. "Poor Chaz. He never had a chance... he's gonna be standing in front of a bunch of people saying 'I do' someday without knowing how it happened.".. Tammara Webber
1990955 I've heard people say My heart stopped--which of course isn't possible unless you've just died--but I now understood where the perception might originate. Tammara Webber
d979930 I have only one truth to stand on. "I. Love. Her." Tammara Webber