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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 7c3e35a | The four words of power. Obey, Kill, Protect, and Die. Words so primal, so dangerous, so powerful that they commanded the raw magic itself. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f2bac02 | Screw that. We're going to lunch." "It's almost dinnertime." "Then we're going to dinch. Or lunner. Or whatever the hell early-dinner-late-lunch stupid combo we can come up with." "Now isn't . . ." Andrea's eyes blazed. "Kate, I'm nine months pregnant and I'm hungry. Get in the damn car." I got in the Jeep, and Andrea peeled out like a bat out of hell. "We're" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ad053e3 | I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther from me. Note to self: work more on sweet and less on psycho-killer. "Since" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f8f0a5e | It's not good to stare too long at the Mire. It might look back. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 79e9511 | Grendel waved his tail. Whatever horrors happened in his canine life, Grendel always bounced back with easy enthusiasm whenever some food made an appearance. A treat, a blanket in a nice warm house, an occasional pat on the head, and Grendel would be as happy as he could be. If only people were so easy. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| c0a3e75 | I know human nature. We might sacrifice a few, because we are stupid and hardwired for group survival. But we would never die in the thousands because a god wished it. Those kinds of numbers require material gains, like power, wealth, territory. | sacrifice raphael human-nature | ilona Andrews | |
| 1c6e4e1 | If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things, and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want 'there' to be. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 2228120 | know what they say about abominations," Caldenia said. "We make the worst enemies." "Was that a threat?"" Dagorkun's eyes narrowed. "A warning." Caldenia folded her hands on her lap. "There is only one time to make threats: when you intend to negotiate. I do not." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 74c3e13 | Look what the cat dragged in." He was playing to the audience. Never good. "Is he talking to me or you?" Curran asked. His voice was deceptively light. "I don't know," I said. "But I'm sure he'll get around to telling us." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| dae6f4c | Her life was broken like a mirror and the shards kept cutting her fingers. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ccaecfd | There comes a point where you have to stop trying to repair yourself and accept the fact that you're broken. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 510e2b6 | Are you going to let me go?" Jack asked quietly. "I'm thinking about it." "So Gaston gets let go but I don't?" "I like him more than I like you." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 89e729b | You shouldn't give up what you are to make somebody else happy. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| fed2dff | How much are you lifting?" "Seven hundred." Alrighty then. I will just stand over here, out of your way, and hope you don't remember my promise to kick your ass. He grinned. "Wanna spot me?" "No thanks. How about I just scream verbal encouragements at you?" I took a deep breath and barked. "No pain, no gain! That pain is just weakness leaving your body! Come on! Push! Push! Make that weight your bitch!" He cracked up. The weight stopped, pe.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 15657a5 | Scared?" "Of you? Nah. If you grow claws, I might get my sword, but I've fought you in your human shape." It took all my will to shrug. "You aren't that impressive." He cleared the distance between us in a single leap. I barely had time to jump to my feet. Steel fingers grasped my left wrist. His left arm clasped my waist. I fought, but he outmuscled me with ridiculous ease, pulling me close as if to tango. "Curran! Let . . . " I recognize.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| a0aaa77 | There are many different kinds of evil. Some people are evil because they like to cause pain. Some people are evil because they are selfish and care only about themselves. He is the worst kind of evil. He believes he knows how to bring about a better future, and, if he has to, he will pave the road to it with corpses of innocent people. He has no boundaries. There is nothing he won't do to get his way." "What" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 6d2c2b0 | seeing Derek fall as he turned human again, and then running too fast up Pillar Rock. She'd dropped to her knees and put her head on his chest, and when she'd heard the strong, even heartbeat, she'd cried and then kissed his lips gently, because he was asleep and he would never know. He'd scared her so much. Stupid wolf. Her stupid, stupid wolf. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 34e6f03 | Where the hell would I go without you, Kate? No matter where I went, you would be there in my head. I would miss you every moment of my life. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 8cc829d | Where is everybody?" "Hiding," she said. "Except for Doolittle. He was excused from the chewing-out due to having been kidnapped. He's napping now like he doesn't have a care in the world. I got to hear all sorts of interesting stuff through the door." "Give." She shot me a sly smile. "First, I got to listen to Jim's 'it's all my fault; I did it all by myself' speech. Then I got to listen to Derek's 'it's all my fault and I did it all by my.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| d9149c6 | It rolled over you like old oil from a fryer. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1f1dfd0 | Chicks dig a man of mystery." "You don't say." "You know what else chicks dig?" "Subatomic vaporizers?" "And werewolves. Chicks really dig werewolves." "Poor" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 490778a | I'll hold the door as a shield, but you'll have to fire." "Why can't you just slice them to pieces like that chopstick?" "Because my telekinetic magic doesn't work on living things. I can throw something metal fast enough to slice an opponent to pieces. I can hurl a board at him, because cut wood is dead. I can choke him with his own clothes if they are loose enough. But I can't simply throw a body." Oh. "So the best way to fight you is to .. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 5dcfd1d | I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 421149b | The world was going crazy. Nothing left to do but hold on and yell "Wheee!" at strategic moments." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 227f958 | She wants lilacs in her wedding bouquet." "Okay . . ." Nevada had said she wanted carnations, but we could stuff some pretty pink lilacs in there. I didn't see the problem. "Blue," Arabella squeezed out. "She wants blue lilacs." No and also no. "Nevada . . ." "I had to hide in a bush of French lilacs yesterday and they were very pretty and smelled nice. The card on the tree said, 'Wonder Blue: prolific in bloom and lush in perfume.'" I goog.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 96d6429 | He smiled a slow, predatory grin. "Resistance is futile." "You are not assimilating me." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| f2c8d98 | I wasn't even that lovable to begin with. I was a selfish ass, but somehow something I did made this man love me, deeply and without reservations. He knew things about me that I would die to keep secret. I trusted him more than I trusted anyone in my life. I mattered to him. He was suffering and I wanted it to stop. I wanted to see him happy. I loved him so much. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 38faec3 | Follow me," Linus ordered. "And cheer up. We're about to embark on a killing spree accompanied by massive property damage. Try to have fun." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e2258f6 | The porch light came on and Aunt B swung the door open. Middle-aged and stout, with graying hair rolled into a bun, she looked like she should be baking cookies, not ruling a brood of social deviants with a penchant for hysterical laughter and kinky sex. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 6d08c08 | He once starved a woman to the brink of death, trying to break her. Poetic justice, he reflected. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| c1a577a | I glanced at him. "Why did you eat the tiger?" He shrugged. "I don't know. It was a compulsion. I saw him and I had to make him not be." "You worry me," I told him. He pointed back at the Guild with his thumb. "Pot, kettle." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| a779d25 | In the living room Derek sprawled on the floor on a blanket, his eyes closed, his body human, corded with hard muscle, and covered only with a strategically placed towel. Julie knelt by him, long tweezers in her hand. "What's going on?" "Quills," she said. "Very thin quills. There was a magic plant and he decided it would be a good idea to give it a hug. Because he is smart that way." So they had taken Julie with them. Considering where I'd.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| df3c414 | I called the Keep, introduced myself to the disembodied female voice on the phone, and asked for the Beast Lord. In less than fifteen seconds Curran came on the line. "I'm going into hiding with Jim." The silence on the other side of the phone had a distinctly sinister undertone. Perhaps he thought that his kissing superpowers had derailed me. Fat chance. I would keep him from having to kill Derek. That was a burden he didn't need. "I thoug.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 850107a | I dreamt of Curran snarling "Fix her!" And Doolittle saying that he wasn't a god and there was only so much he could do. I dreamt of Julie crying by my bed, of Jim sitting near, of Andrea telling me some frustratingly complicated story . . . The noises blended in my head until finally I could stand it no longer. "Would all of you just be quiet? Please." I blinked and saw Curran's face. "Hey," he said. "Hey." I smiled. There he was, alive. I.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 69dc4a3 | I walked into the kitchen and found Mad Rogan in it. He sat at the table, dressed in a blue Henley shirt and jeans, sipping coffee out of a mug with a little grey kitten on it. His dark hair was combed back from his face. His jaw was once again clean shaven. Somehow this new, on-his-best-behavior version was scarier than witnessing him calmly breaking a man with his bare hands. After what we'd been through, I would've expected him to hole .. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| cc9d4e5 | Children think you are a god. You are the center of their universe, you can fix anything, you can shield them and protect them, and then one day they find out you can't. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| c58b15a | Christopher's expression sharpened, growing somehow more fragile. "The two of you only remember the man in the cage. Before that I was the Legatus of the Golden Legion. I murdered my way to the top. I committed atrocities. And unlike Hugh, I have nobody to blame but myself. I own everything I've done. I did it because I wanted power. I must live with it. Hugh lives with his memories. It will be his choice to atone for what he has done, or n.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b772c78 | His voice matched him, deep and slightly raspy. If dragons existed and could talk, they would sound just like him. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 4a401b5 | Your body belongs to you alone. Touching it is a privilege, and it's up to you to grant it. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 3c7e8fb | What happened?" I asked quietly. "I lost some people," [Rogan] said. There was an awful finality in his voice. I hadn't thought he cared. I'd thought he viewed his people as tools and took care of them because tools had to be kept in good repair, but this sounded like genuine grief -- that complicated cocktail of guilt, regret, and overwhelming sadness you felt when someone close to you died. It broke you and made you feel helpess. Helple.. | nevada-baylor | Ilona Andrews | |
| d216254 | They called this place Hadramout. It means 'death has arrived. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 476e453 | Julie has developed some issues." Julie was an issue riding on an issue and using a third issue for a whip." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ab33881 | There were bags under my eyes and they weren't Prada. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 8f75c02 | How can it not exist? What does that--" A tiny grey body shot in front of the Land Rover. "Squirrel!" Mad Rogan swerved to the side, trying to avoid the suicidal beast. The SUV hit a curb and jumped. For a terrifying second, we almost flew, weightless. My heart leaped into my throat. The heavy vehicle landed back on the pavement with a thud. The squirrel leapt into the grass on the other side. I remembered to breathe. "Thank you for not kil.. | squirrel mad-rogan nevada-baylor | Ilona Andrews |