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> [“For just this moment, we have the closest thing to an advantage we're likely to get. And if we don't use it, we're gonna lose it." Look at me busting out all the tired old metaphors. Like I'd been saving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/for-just-this-moment-we-have-the-closest-thing-to-an-advantage-we-re/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

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## More by Cherie Priest

> [Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/sometimes-everyone-is-right-not-always-and-not-even-usually-but-once/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“I don’t see why not,” I all but snapped at him. “His body was experimented upon, and there are records of it. What else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/i-don-t-see-why-not-i-all-but-snapped-at-him-his-body-was/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [I hate meeting new people even new clients who intend to give me money. I try to be pleasant but I'm not very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/i-hate-meeting-new-people-even-new-clients-who-intend-to-give-me/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/steampunk-is-what-happens-when-goths-discover-brown/)

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> [You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/you-re-a-smart-boy-or-if-you-re-not-you-ought-to-be/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been a strangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/the-sound-came-again-there-was-a-whistle-to-it-and-a-moan-it-was/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/she-was-thirty-five-and-she-did-not-look-a-minute-younger/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/the-captain-strikes-me-as-a-competent-officer-and-competent-officers/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [It's funny what they say about men in uniform - how people think women just can't resist 'em. Fact is, I think we're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/it-s-funny-what-they-say-about-men-in-uniform-how-people-think-women/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“For just this moment, we have the closest thing to an advantage we're likely to get. And if we don't use it, we're gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/for-just-this-moment-we-have-the-closest-thing-to-an-advantage-we-re/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into full-on panic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/i-gave-three-quiet-cheers-for-minnesota-in-seattle-a-dusty-inch-of/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“He was carrying bulky loot; I could see it under his zipped-up sweater. And when I unzipped it with a one-handed rip, I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/he-was-carrying-bulky-loot-i-could-see-it-under-his-zipped-up-sweater/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“Modern families are complicated things. Siblings, half siblings, stepparents, stepcousins, what have you. You can't pick who you're born to, that's for sure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/modern-families-are-complicated-things-siblings-half-siblings/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

> [“But the other half of my motivation came from farther back in my brain, in the curious part that I inherited. It came from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/but-the-other-half-of-my-motivation-came-from-farther-back-in-my/)

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> [“Few witnesses agree, and fewer still were granted a glimpse of the Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine. Its course took it under the earth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/few-witnesses-agree-and-fewer-still-were-granted-a-glimpse-of-the/)

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