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1 " Stray cats are like two-timing men. He got tired of you and took off. He doesn't find anyone new? He'll come slinking back. By then, if you're smart, you'll have decided you're better without him. "
― Kelley Armstrong , Visions (Cainsville, #2)
2 " Going through the customs dampened them further. Customs inspectors must have a mental twist that makes them suspicious of innocence. Dewy-eyed honeymooners, red-cheeked provincials, and helpless little old ladies lash them into frenzied investigation while slinking Orientals hugging small black bags are passed with scarcely a glance. George and Harriet stood under the letter “R” and watched reproachfully while a muttering little man flung their underclothes and dirty laundry right and left, leaving scattered heaps for them to put back in their suitcases.“I thought the French were supposed to be so polite,” said Harriet indignantly.Maybe it can't be proven statistically, but it’s a safe bet that any given American on his or her first trip to France will at some point remark with indignation that he or she had thought the French were supposed to be so polite. "
3 " The manager swiftly overtook him, sliding effortlessly past the skinny Englishman, with the practiced ease of someone used to slinking around ailing, despotic monarchs. "
4 " She is a mess, her dress once pulled together long and fresh, now drooping and awkwardly weighted to one side of her head. " What happened? Are you okay?" The women clamor around her.Nick walks out in perfect order and perfect swagger, passing her with a downward glance. " You forgot your panties" . He said tossing her underwear onto the table in front of her. After being embarrassingly ignored by the group of debutants, the nearby college boys feel justified by the turn of events and break into hysterics. Slinking out the side door, the mortified women exit without another word. "
5 " A pair of werewolves occupied another booth. They were eating raw shanks of lamb and arguing about who would win in a fight: Dumbledore from Harry Potter books or Magnus Bane." Dumbledore would totally win," said the first one. " He has the badass Killing Curse." The second lycanthrope made a trenchant point. " But Dumbledore isn't real." " I don't think Magnus Bane is real either," scoffed the first. " Have you ever met him?" " This is so weird," said Clary, slinking down in her seat. " Are you listening to them?" " No. It's rude to eavesdrop," said Jace. "
6 " Trees down south have a difference to them, a subtle, slinking movement, mile by mile- a gracefulness, a swagger. Lanky trees stretching out their wiry thin, Spanish moss-covered branches, moss that sways and beckons ... come here, come here, it says. "
― Suzanne Palmieri , The Witch of Belladonna Bay
7 " Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind. "
