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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| edf074f | Why are they trying to kill me?" he squealed, cupping his hands over his head. "They're not," I told him. "They're trying to kill me. So stay close." "They're trying to kill you, so I should stay close?" He gaped at me. "That's terrible advice." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 4a48df2 | brusquely | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 4997ae7 | You see," she said, "maybe you are stronger than me. But it doesn't matter, and I'll tell you why: because I've always been smarter than you." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 0b7f310 | again. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 92e334e | Unfortunately," Jessie said, "he caught a terminal case of death." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| c0f87e9 | I explained Crime 101 to the kid. "Guns escalate things. They're only good for crowd control. We're going in after closing hours, so we don't need crowd control." "Yeah," Augie said, "but what about security? What if they start bustin' caps?" Bustin' caps. I wondered how many hip-hop posters he had on his bedroom wall. "Site's handled by Gold Star Security Northwest," I explained. "They don't carry guns, just Tasers and pepper spray. They a.. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| f9ceeab | The cellar itself? Not shown. Probably wanna check that out." "The cellar," I said. "Great. Because nothing bad ever happens in the cellars of creepy old houses." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| e53044f | Seems to me you've got two choices: one, you can get in a gunfight with the United States government--because that always ends well--or you can run downstairs, get as many of your boys out through the emergency exits as you can, and order the rest to surrender. Your call, but bail money's a lot cheaper than a tombstone. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 43c0c51 | Adrenaline after a gunfight's like a coked-up rock star in an expensive hotel room. It doesn't leave until it trashes the place. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 0a1c2fc | Agent Black wanted to put Lauren Carmichael in a ten-by-ten prison cell. I had a better idea: a hole out in the desert, three feet wide and six feet deep. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 5623644 | You mean," she said, "do I want to go and hunt the Bogeyman in the dark? Why, I'd be ever so delighted. Let's roll." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| e7cd1e2 | I felt like the sheriff in an old Western, gearing up for a showdown at high noon, only to find out the black-hat outlaw accidentally fell off his horse and died from a concussion on his way to the gunfight. No satisfaction, no closure. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 6e3eac7 | The world is full of good men who make bad decisions," I told her. "Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. You just have to figure things out the best you can. Make the best choices you can. Choices you can live with." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| c853c84 | Have you ever considered, for even a moment, the list of things I'm not allowed to do because some bitter old men say so? I can't lead a mass, can't earn the greens of a priest, let alone claim my birthright. My entire life, from the cradle to the grave, is dictated by 'traditions' and rules that you aren't subject to. My power was taken away from me the moment I was born a woman. So no, you do not get to give me permission to cry!" "I'm" | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 7c00a1c | You saved me, too," I told her. "Sometimes you just can't do everything alone. And that's okay." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| dcabf7d | magic was the cheat codes for the universe. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 3a64743 | Nobody answered. I put my thumb on the hammer of my gun and cocked it back. A meaningless gesture on most modern pistols, but thanks to Hollywood it got the point across. "I've got four hostages here, and I only need one. If I don't have an answer in five seconds, we start making staff cuts." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 319b921 | But it's not about violence; it's about doing what you can, whenever you can, to stand up for what you believe. You fight and you never, ever give up. That's what makes a man. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 23f6d25 | Honor," she said, "is the coin that stays in your pocket when all your silver has been spent." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| cb3c047 | You could forge your pain into a sword," Nyx said, "and persecute your enemies. Triumph. Survive. But fear imprisons you. Fear of breaking rules. Fear of what people will think of you. Petty little fears." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| b71e701 | I'd rather be hopeful and wrong than jaded and right. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 80f4c28 | Pix?" I said. "Pretend for a second that I'm not a hacker." "I'm a jobber in a tag-team cage match against John Cena and The Rock. My partner just got laid out cold with a folding chair, and the referee is looking the other way." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| f3e20ea | Rare. Rare as pirate gold. Just wave a candle in its general direction. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 32aded3 | The key to walking around places where you're not supposed to be is to look like you're too important to be interrupted. Most people are non-confrontational by nature, and if you give them a good reason not to challenge you, they won't. I | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 44c34d0 | Everyone," Caitlin said, cradling her wine glass, "is the hero of his own story. That goes double for fanatics. Some of the greatest horrors in history were perpetrated by people who insisted, all the way to damnation's door, that they fought on the side of the angels." | heroes history good | Craig Schaefer | |
| 0e0b49b | It's true. We get these hormonal urges to tear down corrupt corporations and send entitled billionaire assholes to prison." I shrugged. "Women, right?" | Craig Schaefer | ||
| f145ba9 | You can't take a life--good or bad, whether they've got it coming or not--you can't take a life without burning out a little of the light in your heart. And you've only got so much light. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 5440bf8 | There's no council of wizened wizards overseeing the world of magic, no hidden academies where bright-eyed and precocious youths learn the secrets of the unknown. What we do have is a collective desire, as a community, to keep anyone from fucking up our action. One of the first things any fledgling sorcerer is taught? Keep your mouth shut about magic, or someone will shut it for you, probably with a bullet or a corrective curb-stomping. Now | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 90c0caa | Well hello," Caitlin said, eyeing the shepherd. "The last time I saw you, you were wearing your heart on your sleeve. Because I ripped it out and put it there." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 094fd4f | There are two answers to evil," she said. "The first is to justify it. The evil that you do is for a good cause, you'll be validated in the end, it needed to be done, etcetera, etcetera. Of course, once you start walking that road, it's all downhill. I'm sure this Tony person didn't start by drowning children. You have to work your way up to that kind of atrocity." "And the second answer?" "You own it. Be truthful and accept your own nature.. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 305e361 | Do you have the soul? Where is it now?" she asked, a little too urgently for my liking. "Stashed someplace safe," I told her. That someplace was the trunk of my car parked out in the driveway, but I didn't feel like sharing that much." -- | Craig Schaefer | ||
| b859cba | Look at this writing. Can you read? What does it say?" "Happy...graduation, sir?" "It was for a funeral! Happy graduation? What's he graduated to? Worm food?" | Craig Schaefer | ||
| d4b87ae | Good. I need to arm up. All I've got is a gun with four bullets, and it's a really embarrassing gun. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| a30a4c4 | Hope for the best, plan for the worst, | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 5a95a5a | Oh, hey," I said. "Looks like the whole Vegas Metro SWAT division is here. Plus the FBI, Homeland Security, and probably the IRS for good measure." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 77fb365 | Sounds ominous," I said. "Do you get a cool code name, too?" "No, but I have handcuffs--" "Kinky." "--and a gun." I shook my head. "There you go, ruining the mental image." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| e496c45 | Of course, the best lies are always wrapped in verifiable truth. It makes the filling easier to swallow. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 4b50b5c | Alchemist's...clay? What is that?" "It's a special kind of clay," I said. "And it won't set off the metal detectors?" I stared at him through the slot. "No," I said. "Because it's clay." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| e35b0ab | He held out his hand. "Give it to me," he hissed as his fingernails lengthened into claws. "If you insist," I said. Then I shot him in the face." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 5efa344 | Monsters always prey on the people who've already been beaten down. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 8981c32 | And, uh, could I borrow somebody's car? Mine's impounded and I can't reclaim it because I'm kinda legally dead right now. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 9aa1151 | I'd never broken into a cemetery before. There's a first time for everything. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| f3b0faa | Most confidence games depend on the mark not knowing they're being conned. The Kansas City Shuffle depends on the mark knowing it. Not only do they have to see you coming, they have to figure out your entire plan before it happens." "Problem being," Corman said, "they're working to stop the wrong con. You get 'em looking left, while you rob 'em blind on the right." "We can't take the coin out of the building," I said, "but Royce can. So let.. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 386b1c5 | I knew a junkie when I saw one, and this guy was a long-term member of the heroin weight-loss program. | Craig Schaefer |