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41 " I always dreamed ’bout ridin’ the big wheel,” Mick added, looking down at his shoes with a plaintive expression. “But me mom needs all the money I c’n make.” He glanced around at the others and then back at me. Those big brown eyes—with long black lashes that were going to make him a real heartbreaker in a few years—were all the more effective because they were still brimming with tears from the ear twist. “But it’s okay, Miss Kate. I don’ wanna make no trouble for you. "
― Rysa Walker , Timebound (The Chronos Files, #1)
42 " Unfortunately, I’ll need to watch them again at some point, because my mind keeps straying back to reality. I envy Deo’s ability to lose himself in fantasy for a while. That type of break seems almost as useful as sleep for keeping stress at bay, and I’ve never really mastered it. "
― Rysa Walker , The Delphi Effect (The Delphi Trilogy #1)
43 " Charlayne is in front of me, holding a rifle identical to the one in my hand, raised to shoulder height and pointed at Kiernan, who’s sitting on the bed. He looks more bored than afraid. "
― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)
44 " Watching people you love walk into danger is a hundred times harder than walking into it yourself. "
45 " I pull my T-shirt over my face and am about to plunge in when it occurs to me that I’m approaching this, as Kiernan would say, far too linearly. "
46 " An annoyed huff when he sees Trey suggests Max considers him an add-on rather than true Fifth Column. But he probably thinks the same about me. Too bad we can’t just step aside and let Max save the day. "
47 " Kate has been in here every few days for the past eighteen months or so. Helped him behind the counter on many occasions. They flirt shamelessly with each other, and threaten to leave me and Amelia behind so that they can run off to Niagara Falls together. Jess has asked about Kate each time I’ve stopped by the past few days. "
― Rysa Walker , Splinter (The Chronos Files)
48 " photographs at my grandmother’s house—her "
49 " I’d like to think those laws will be overturned, but the Supreme Court is as useless as tits on a bull these days. "
― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)
50 " You’ll always have discontents in any system, Kate. Some people feel they’re being oppressed or held back, even if they have everything they need or everything that a reasonable person could want. Some people always want more. "
51 " Katherine leaned forward, pushing the glowing "
52 " The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA has created a truly incredible online simulation of the 1893 Columbian Exposition that made me feel as though I’d actually strolled the sidewalks of the Wooded Island, toured the Palace of Fine Arts, and explored the Midway Plaisance. "
53 " They see exactly what they want to see and nothing more. It’s like Niemöller said, if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "
54 " Timebound is her debut novel. "
55 " Things that are different, things that don’t fit into our own typical surroundings, do tend to set off some sort of subliminal trigger in most people. Your pulse beats faster, you become more aware of your environment, more in touch with your fight-or-flight response. "
56 " humans have failed to protect the Planet, the Planet shall protect itself. "
57 " There’s a valid point somewhere beneath the layers of insanity. But most of the things you described are… incremental evils, if that makes sense. The mistakes of one generation build upon the mistakes of the next and you get a society that no one really wanted. "
58 " You know, this would be a lot easier to get used to if you had to go back to your TARDIS or whatever before you disappeared. "
59 " You look very librarian.” He’s right. The blue dress falls just below the knee and is probably the frumpiest-looking thing I’ve ever worn, but at least it’s loose enough that I can fight in it if I have to. "
60 " if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "