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- I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
- They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
- Carney is like a graveyard where everyone already owns their plots and has built houses on top of them.
- Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from…
- Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them…
- I can't trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I'm not sure I can trust myself not to hurt them, either.
- So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to mind; in fact,…
- You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely.…
- Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.
- Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase." I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The bag contains panty…
- Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small…
- The inside is packed with people. Lots of them crowding the bar, passing drinks back for people to carry to tables. A bunch of guys…
- As Val jumped down onto the litter-strewn concrete after them, she thought how insane it was to follow two people she didn't know into the…
- She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome…
- It's not that I want you to be a certain way--don't you want a boyfriend?" "Why bother with that? Let's find incubi." "Incubi?" "Demons. Plural.…
- I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder…
- Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?" He asked warily.…
- I'm not very good at explaining things," she said. "But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that…
- That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.
- Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made of knives. They…
- Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
- The funny thing about good people—people like Daneca—is that they really honestly don’t get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly hard time reconciling…
- The problem with cell phones is that you can’t slam them down into a cradle when you hang up. Your only option is to throw…
- There’s something about her—Cassel, I have met many evil men and women in my life. I have made deals with them, drank with them. I…
- The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster