“She'd grown up believing in hell in an abstract nightmare way; but west Texas had given her something more concrete upon which to dread the afterlife.” — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right. — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.” — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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.” — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“But the other half of my motivation came from farther back in my brain, in the curious part that I inherited. It came from… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“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… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
