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21 " Mayhem now, please. "
― Seanan McGuire , Discount Armageddon (InCryptid, #1)
22 " Telepaths have ethics?" Dominic's eyes narrowed, tone and posture united to convey disbelief."My mother and I do," said Sarah, letting her head settle against the back of the chair. "We mostly got them from Babylon 5, but they still work. "
23 " Life as the chosen religious figure for a colony of cryptid mice can be a lot of things, but it's definitely never boring. "
24 " Hello carnivore,' said the mouse priest. He turned and bowed to Uncle Mike and Dominic. 'Hail to the High Priest of Goddammit Eat Something Already, and to the God of Hard Choices in Dark Places.' Ryan blinked. 'What?' 'It's a mouse thing, just roll with it, you'll be happier that way,' I advised. "
25 " If you offered me the chance to do it all over, knowing what I know now, after the things I’ve seen . . . I’d shoot you in the head. That ain’t the kind of thing you ask a lady. —Frances Brown "
26 " First, check your ammunition. Then, check your escape routes. Finally, check your hair. —Frances Brown "
27 " When in doubt, play dead. Well, unless you might be dealing with a ghoul, or a basilisk, or something else that likes its meat a little ripe. Actually, when in doubt, just start shooting. —Alice Healy "
28 " I mean, it was hard on them. They were turning their backs on everything they’d ever known, because they’d decided there was something that mattered more than doing what they’d been taught to do. Hell, what they’d been raised to do. This wasn’t a choice they made on a whim. This was everything to them. "
29 " What's to stop the populace from decrying you as a witch and rising against you?""I don't know. A couple hundred years of social evolution, combined with a general failure to believe in anything that doesn't have a Wikipedia entry? "
30 " You’d think the predators of the world would eventually learn that it’s not a good idea to charge the sort of person who brings throwing knives to a dance club. "
31 " Hail the purchase of the socks!” cried the mice, before dissolving into general rejoicing. "
32 " Remember, Very,” Dad used to say when I whined about the goggles, “if your opponent has night vision and you’ve never bothered to learn the local landmarks by anything but sight, you’re going to be in a bit of a pickle when it’s time to avoid getting disemboweled. "
33 " When all else fails, put on a fresh coat of lip gloss and pretend you have no idea what that horrible thing that just went running down Main Street was. A surprisingly large number of people will believe you. "
34 " Protecting the human race should really come with a per diem, I swear. "
35 " Not that we'd had much opportunity for casual conversation - all our conversations so far had been focused on killing each other, killing something else, or trying not to get ourselves or anybody else killed. "
36 " Here’s a tip: wiping out a sentient species isn’t ‘extermination.’ It’s genocide. Get your terminology straight. "
37 " I wish you’d stop saying that.” “I wish I had a pony.” Marcy gave her socks one last adjustment and strode out of the changing room, leaving me alone with Carol. “You’d probably eat the pony. "
38 " My brother went for guns, more guns, bigger guns, and, also, guns. "
39 " Why did you put spaghetti sauce into your cousin’s drink?” “Because I like it that way,” said Sarah, taking the glass. “You have your chemical stimulants and I have mine, monkey. "
40 " Nothing lasts forever. That’s the tragedy and the miracle of existence—that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do is make the best of the time we have. And go down shooting, naturally. "