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21 " Groovy? Is that some kind of code word? "
― Brandon Sanderson , Calamity (Reckoners, #3)
22 " To a drone I’d have a tiny heat signature, like a squirrel or something. A secretly very, very deadly squirrel. "
23 " Is it gonna take my breath now,” Mizzy asked, “or, like, sometime down the road? I’d like to be prepared. "
24 " He was afraid of stepping up, of becoming everything he could be—not because the powers themselves frightened him. But because if he tried, then the failure was far, far worse. At "
25 " Cody said. “And David…” “Yeah?” “Y’all ever stick your tongue in my ear, and I’ll shoot ya in yer bagpipes. "
26 " Epics are weak because they are fools. They will destroy this world. Give men power, and they abuse it. That is all one needs to know. "
27 " everything grown out of solid salt, "
28 " Keeping him in here is like snuggling up to a bomb, content that it’s not going to explode simply because you can still hear it ticking. "
29 " Get out. I’ll send a bill with a drone. If you survive, I expect it to be paid. "
30 " I hate you,” I muttered. “Ach, now, don’t be like that. Ghosts are drawn to negative emotions, you see. "
31 " solid salt, "
32 " I felt cowardly, but part of being in a team was about recognizing when someone else could do a job better than you. And part of being a man was learning to let your immortal girlfriend take a turn being the heroic one. "
33 " My dad, he liked people who were straightforward. Said he’d rather get cussed out by someone who meant it than be smiled at by someone who didn’t. "
34 " »No somos momentos, Megan, ni tú ni yo. Somos acontecimientos. ¿Dices que quizá no eres la misma persona que hace un año? Bien, ¿quién lo es? Yo no, por supuesto. Cambiamos, como las nubes en el cielo y el sol del amanecer. "
35 " There are more than a few cities like Newcago, where the ruling Epics are clever enough to realize that a population with mobiles is a population they can propagandize and control. "