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1 " We ran and the ghost of Graves ran with us. "
― Lili St. Crow , Defiance (Strange Angels, #4)
2 " Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly. "
3 " Shanks moaned, stirring. “You broke my nuts”So that was what my elbow had hit. “Sorry.” My voice cracked. "
4 " I would not put my little bird in the jaws of a trap without being near enough to make sure it wouldn't close on her. "
5 " Anna never wanted to walk when she could be carried, your mother wanted to walk when she could fly, and you want to run before you can walk. "
6 " It was like my hormones had decided to stage a revolt whenever he got within a ten-foot radius. "
7 " I mean, seriously, is a baby doll dress for the breastless? I don’t know. "
8 " I hit the dance floor, wincing a little bit as the DJ looped feedback through the throbbing of a useless song about someone playing poker with his face or something. "
9 " Nat flung her arm over my shoulders and Alex leaned against my other side, the prohibition against touching gone for a few brief seconds as everyone collapsed together in a heap.But I wasn't wulfen. I was still lonely. "
10 " There was a hole inside her, and it twisted. "
11 " I wondered what I’d end up looking like once I bloomed. I couldn’t even guess. If I had to be stuck in my own skinny, gawky, coltish body forever… well. It probably wouldn’t be so bad.I wouldn’t mind a little more in the chest, though. But wild horses wouldn’t drag that out of me. Ever. "
12 " If I need a reason now, Dru, it will have to be you. "
13 " Don’t send me home, it’s boring as fuck-all there. "
14 " People are goddamn geniuses at not seeing what they don't want to see. "
15 " It wasn't exactly dangerous to be out during the day... but the Council, every one of them, up to and including August, would have kittens and penguins and little baby narwhals, too, probably, if they knew what I was up to. "
16 " You know how when you’re reminded of things, and you can’t shut it off quickenough?" Like, before it slips the knife in and twists? Like that. "
17 " Move first, worry about looking like an idiot later. "
18 " Wulf aside, boys are stupid. Always were, always will be, world without end, amen. "
19 " The taste of rotting, waxen oranges slid across my tongue, paying no attention to the fact that I was chewing on a wad of spearmint gum. Gran called it arrah-an aura. I was calling it danger candy nowadays. I always felt like spitting it out, but spitting would only make it worse.Plus, spitting on a dance floor is damn rude. I was raised better. "
20 " I never had trouble eating or sleeping when I thought of her in danger. I didn't want to tear my heart out when she looked sad. I'm tainted, I know as much. Just let me stay near you, Dru. Please." - Christophe "