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1 " You mentioned the Elders when Officer Grimshaw called about the new trouble. Who are they?”“They are Namid’s teeth and claws.”Oh crap. “So they’re what, the world’s hit men? "
― Anne Bishop , Lake Silence (The World of the Others, #1; The Others, #6)
2 " Do the Sanguinati have trouble with mosquitoes?”“You mean, do the big bloodsuckers get pestered by the little bloodsuckers?”Judging by my attorney’s laughter, if I failed to turn The Jumble into a viable business, I could always get a job as a stand-up comedian in a vampire bar. "
3 " « A bit of useful information. My name is Victoria “call me Vicki” DeVine. I used to be Mrs. Yorick Dane, but giving up my married name was one of the conditions of my receiving valuable property—aka The Jumble—as part of the divorce settlement. Apparently the second official Mrs. Dane didn’t like the idea that someone else had had the name first. Fortunately, she didn’t seem as possessive about Yorick’s Vigorous Appendage. I could have told her that a couple dozen other women had had it before she took possession. But it wasn’t likely that she would keep solo possession of the appendage for long, so let her figure things out the hard way like I did. Of course, if she had been one of those indulgences, then she already knew the signs and might be able to nip them in the bud. » "
4 " Talking about us and them is part of what caused the trouble and got a lot of people killed in the past year. "
5 " This body has been disturbed.” “I’d be disturbed too if I was suddenly dead,” I replied. "
6 " The other thing I realized by the end of the evening was that humans and the Others did have one thing in common—we both had a love for, and fascination with, stories. I learned that every form of terra indigene had its own teaching stories as well as stories that were the repository of their history and connection to the world. And they all had stories that were told for the fun of it. "
7 " A dumb-ass piece of wisdom that has been proven wrong too many times to count. Words can cause as much damage as a fist. They can leave deep scars that never fully heal. And they can kill. "
8 " The fact that it took him a decade to realize I was five foot four and plump instead of a five-foot-ten pole dancer with big tits was confusing. "
9 " Would you take credit for someone else’s achievement when you had nothing to do with that achievement?” Ilya asked. “No.” “Then don’t take credit for someone else’s mistakes. "
10 " Stupid body. Stupider brain for not posting a sign that said DREAM THREAT—PLEASE IGNORE. "
11 " It felt like forever, and since I hadn't gone back inside the house to get my wristwatch before we headed out, time was measured by how it felt. "
12 " Since it looked like this was going to be my new normal, I might not be using the straightest ruler when it came to measuring crazy. "
13 " I may not be using the straightest ruler when it comes to measuring crazy. - Vicki DeVine "
14 " It’s easier to believe something if someone else thinks the same thing. "
15 " he wasn’t the only one riding a horse that might as well have a sign pinned to its tail that read, MY RIDER IS A STUPID BEGINNER. I’LL HANDLE THIS. "
16 " Or maybe I was projecting from past experience with men. Man. The one who used to leave me feeling that something was my fault even when I couldn’t have controlled someone else’s actions or thoughts or opinions. "
17 " Words can cause as much damage as a fist. They can leave deep scars that never fully heal. And they can kill. "
18 " That’s the trouble with hiding in your safe place and hearing but not hearing a verbal hammering. You do hear the words, and with the right trigger, all your feelings come out as word vomit or lava— a hot projectile that can’t be controlled at all. "
