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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8480c04 | Did you hear that?" a woman asked. I crouched behind the growth. No. No, you didn't hear anything. Don't mind me, I'm not hiding the corpse of a nasty creature behind your flower bed. Nope. Nothing here but cute, fluffy bunnies scampering adorably into the night..." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f7d4f11 | A wise man once said, "A human mind is the place where emotion and reason are locked in perpetual combat. Sadly for our species, emotion always wins." I really liked that quote. It explained why, even though I was reasonably intelligent, I kept finding myself doing something really stupid. And it sounded much better than "Nevada Baylor, Total Idiot." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f115d64 | I wouldn't put it past you," Kaldar said. "Or him. Who knows what the hell he might do?" William made a cutting motion across his throat. "He might kill you if you're not careful," she told him. "Who, Will? We're the best of friends." William rolled his eyes." | kaldar | Ilona Andrews | |
| 9c4eda7 | Saiman reached into the trunk and pulled out a pink tulle tutu. "No." "Yes." "It won't fit." "Elastic waistband," Saiman said. "It will fit." Curran's grin was pure evil. "Don't you dare," I told him. "It's too bad the magic is up," he said. "I'd take pictures." "Shut up." "Have no fear, Alpha," Ascanio said. "We'll tell no one." Kill me, somebody. Saiman held out the tulle skirt to me. "Maybe it will work without it." "Don't be .. | curran kate-daniels saiman | Ilona Andrews | |
| ecc2de0 | Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free. | self-confidence | Ilona Andrews | |
| e101a5b | Dina, I'm bored," Caldenia announced. Too bad. I guaranteed her safety, not entertainment. "What about your game?" Her Grace gave me a shrug. "I've beaten it five times on the Deity setting. I've reduced Paris to ashes because Napoleon annoyed me. I've eradicated Gandhi. I've crushed George Washington. Empress Wu had potential, so I eliminated her before we even cleared Bronze Age. The Egyptians are my pawns. I dominate the planet. Oddly, I.. | science-fiction urban-fantasy | Ilona Andrews | |
| e873ac7 | She was beautiful and radiant. He remembered the concern in her eyes. The same concern drove her now, pushing her toward acts of violence. On the surface, he'd be a fool to turn her down. She was driven by tragedy, just like him, and she would be incorruptible, just like him. He needed a blade to kill, but she could kill dozens at once empty-handed. She was Death, and she had just asked to be his ally. | richard-mar | Ilona Andrews | |
| 9ca6df2 | You are not meant to be at peace. We, the human beings, are meant to live life to its fullest. We are meant to experience it all--sadness, disappointment, rage, kindness, joy, love. We are meant to test ourselves. It is painful and frightening, but this is what it means to be alive. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b69de69 | Doolittle stopped and looked at me. For a moment he looked stricken, and then he crossed his arms. "There will be none of that, now. You are my fines work. If I ever go to one of those medmage conferences they keep inviting me to, I will take you with me. Look!" He held his hands out toward me. "Bone dragons, sea demons, rakshasas, and worst of all, our own people, and these magic hands kept her alive through it all. Look at her walk! You c.. | kate-daniels | Ilona Andrews | |
| 71238e0 | Robart blinked, momentarily thrown off track, but recovered. "I will have my knight returned to me." Knight? What knight? Oh shoot. I had completely forgotten about the vampire who'd almost chopped the police car in a half. I'd left him in the basement holding cell for almost four hours. I concentrated. The knight was alive and well. He was sitting on the floor meditating. I gave the floor a little push and felt it slide up, carrying the kn.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1027e21 | Oh, this was getting better and better. Beau was making a valiant effort to remain stoic, but his face betrayed the long-suffering look of someone who had to listen to something patently idiotic. "What happened next?" an older female voice asked. "We got up to leave, and the girl wanted to come with us, and the first black guy, he, like, got up and he was all, 'You're not leaving!' and we were all like, 'Yes we are,' and then I threw some c.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| aa241bf | What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured. If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything. | kate-daniels parenting | ilona andrews | |
| 8d0be4d | Hi, Jim," I said. He didn't look at me. "The man wants to know what's going on. And he wants her at the Keep. Now." "Talking about yourself in the third person now, are we?" The bouda smiled." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b033b07 | Kate sat at her desk. Grendel sprawled by her feet, an enormous black monstrosity that had more in common with the hound of the Baskervilles than with any poodle I had ever seen. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 9440d39 | Sophie raised her head. Light filtering through the trees dappled her face. "Hawk." Charlotte looked up as well. A bird of prey soared above the treetops, circling around them. "It's dead," Sophie said. "George is guiding it. He is very powerful."The realization washed over Charlotte in a cold gush of embarrassment. "Is George spying on Richard and me?" "Always," Sophie said. "All those perfect manners are a sham. He spies on everyone and.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 5b5f792 | Do you remember when we went to the Black Sea and you pretended to be infatuated with Lorelei?" "Not that again." His face shut down. "I'm going to do something very dangerous and stupid. I've done some idiotic things in my life, but this takes the cake." "Tell me." "No." Gold rolled over his eyes. "What do you mean, no?" "If I tell you, you will stop me from doing it." "Now you have to tell me." I shook my head. "I'm calling in the Lorelei.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f16c514 | The Civil Majority takes its root from the quote by Johanna Hemlock, a nineteenth-century philosopher and Prime. The Civil Majority seeks to limit House involvement in politics." "What's the quote," I asked. "In a country ruled by a civil majority even the smallest minority enjoys greater protection than a majority living in a country where power is hoarded by select few," Cornelius said." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| a57e026 | This is embarrassing," Mr. Haffey informed me. I winked at him. "What, Mrs. Haffey never carried you over the threshold on your wedding night?" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 8f14a4f | Just wait until he figures out I shut him out of his slut hut." The poodle whined softly. "I don't need any criticism from you. If you can go a day without barfing or destroying my house, then I might listen to what you have to say. Until then, keep your opinions to yourself." I fell back into my bed and put a pillow on my head. I'd just had a conversation with a poodle and accused him of criticizing me. Curran had finally driven me out of .. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 92b9175 | So you want to throw me out on my ass?" Bob swallowed. "There aren't enough people here, Bob. You need to get reinforcements. Go ahead." He smiled, baring his teeth, a sharp carnivore grin. "I'll wait." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| efb6d57 | Some magic talents are destructive. Some are subtle. But no magic user should be taken lightly. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ef7bdea | Sometimes it helps to live through it," I told her. "Find a time when nobody will bother you, and imagine it. Imagine the worst-case scenario in as much detail as you can manage. Let yourself live through it; feel the fear, feel the pain. It's a terrible thing to put yourself through, but once it's done, the anxiety goes away. It never disappears completely, but it leaves you alone enough so you can function." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 5cfaf8a | I don't care if he is Curran. In your ward, you are god. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 5c33d1c | He smiled at me. It was the kind of smile that blazed a trail from your heart to your mind and popped into your head the next time you wondered why you put up with a man who made you want to punch things. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e6cb456 | To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea. | Tom Stoppard | ||
| 424f633 | Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the rape of the Sabine Women - or rather woman, or rather Alfred -Get your skirt on Alfred! | Tom Stoppard | ||
| 8d3c2d2 | THOMASINA: But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue! | humor libraries thomasina | Tom Stoppard | |
| e85f255 | when one is alone it is impossible to be dead. | dead | Adolfo Bioy Casares | |
| 8342c9e | Tal vez toda esa higiene de no esperar sea un poco ridicula. No esperar de la vida, para no arriesgarla; darse por muerto, para no morir. | Adolfo Bioy Casares | ||
| 62f2092 | As long as scepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involved into doubting everything about climate change predictions. | science | Tim Flannery | |
| e2c3118 | There's nothing more dangerous than a short guy with something to prove. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 2ba1b68 | Red was smiling back at me. "Ok. I'm not in trouble. But tell me your heart didn't start beating for the first time in a month." I couldn't deny it. So I didn't." | Eoin Colfer | ||
| f51f0b2 | I do remember, Holly. I remember it all. Especially you. It's a real comfort to have you here. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| d497091 | Being part of a secret is a great source of strength. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| d4d5cba | The others ignored him, busy doing what men generally do in dangerous times: putting on their trousers. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| c9cedef | Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood - but chances were very good that he wouldn't, couldn't, and never would, unaided by the paidhi, come up with the right forecast of human behavior because he didn't come with the right hardwiring. Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. | gut-reaction instinct think thinking | C.J. Cherryh | |
| 55fd178 | I would suggest that you remember she is old because some of her enemies are dead. | C.J. Cherryh | ||
| b426db6 | Is that the end... of all the races and civilizations, and the dreams of the world, to be able to leave a few stones buried beneath the sands, to tell the Dark that we were here? | death | C.J. Cherryh | |
| 38d25a7 | It is better to reveal a weakness than allow oneself be suspected of a vice. | Denis Diderot | ||
| 1baab80 | Without knowing it, Javert in his awful happiness was deserving of pity, like every ignorant man who triumphs. Nothing could have been more poignant or more heartrending than that countenance on which was inscribed all the evil in what is good. | good law | Victor Hugo | |
| 9aead15 | Suffering engenders passion; and while the prosperous blind themselves, or go to sleep, the hatred of the unfortunate classes kindles its torch at some sullen or ill-constituted mind, which is dreaming in a corner, and sets to work to examine society. The examination of hatred is a terrible thing. | Victor Hugo | ||
| e9ec993 | In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D---- He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D---- since 1806. | Victor Hugo | ||
| af228f2 | For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown. | royalty | Victor Hugo | |
| d17bb47 | It is difficult to frighten those who are easily astonished; ignorance causes fearlessness. Children have so little claim on hell, that if they should see it they would admire it. | Victor Hugo |