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1 " Ranger locked eyes with me. " Please," he said.Tank and Hal were goggle-eyed. They weren't used to " please." I wasn't used to it either. But I liked it. Okay," I said. " Be careful. He's insane. "
2 " Kyra." Fred caught Kyra's eyes. " I'm not in love with Ariana and I don't want half the kingdom." " You don't?" He shook his head. " But I might stick around for a little while longer. There are some interesting things in the Kingdom of Mohr." " Like what?" " Like a certain funny and extremely talented potioner." Kyra took a breath. " I have to warn you, Hal isn't that great as a boyfriend. He's pretty self absorbed. "
3 " Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's devoted to than he does about the objects and pursuits themselves. It's hard to say for sure whether this is even exceptionally bad, this tendency. "
― David Foster Wallace , Infinite Jest
4 " The northern soldiers are just men,” Hal told the men in his command. “And women,” he amended. “When you cut them, they bleed, just like us. "
― Cinda Williams Chima , Shadowcaster (Shattered Realms, #2)
5 " You can't rush art." I crumpled another lost attempt and tossed it behind me. " Besides, patience is a virtue." " It's a virtue until it's a waste of time," he pointed out.The cello unleashed a few notes that sounded strangely bright for such an instrument, and Hal nodded in its direction. " See; even a musical instrument agrees with me. "
6 " Suddenly Hal burst through the nearby trees and came to an abrupt halt when he saw her. " Cassie, are you hurt?" He asked it so casually, as if he came upon women being held at sword point by nude men all the time. "
7 " She was deemed an unfit mother, in spite of the fact that she goes to the gym every day,' Hal once told me. . . .Beautiful people are often forgiven for many things--and maybe she's gotten through life that way, but I don't forgive her for anything--and I don't even know what awful things she's done other than showing a lack of parental fitness. "
― Neal Shusterman , Challenger Deep
8 " Is he safe?" I whispered as soon as the baker was out of earshot." I very much doubt it," Hal said in a low voice.I frowned. " You're meant to say 'yes, I'd trust him with my life.' That sort of thing. Something reassuring." He blinked twice at me. " I beg your pardon. Next time I'll read between your very vague lines, and lie. Will that make you happy? "
9 " What about Danny Thomas?" Uncle Hal asks. " What happened to him?" Dead," Uncle Abdelhafiz says. " Nice Lebanese boy." " Never mind about Danny Thomas, look what happened to your whole family! Look at your cousin Farouq, Great Uncle Ziad, Auntie Seena and Jimmy's son Jalal," Aunt Jean cuts in disapprovingly." Dead, dead, dead, and in jail. "
10 " So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life. "
