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1 " I didn't look back. Sometimes, not looking back is the only mercy the world has left to show. "
― Seanan McGuire , Magic for Nothing (InCryptid, #6)
2 " And you shouldn't believe all the press about Ouija boards. They can't be used in an exorcism. Trivial Pursuit can, but that's another story. "
3 " The history of the human race has been one long quest to find, novel things and then kill, eat, or enslave them. There's a reason the aliens haven't made an appearance yet, is what I'm saying. "
4 " I WAS DONE. No. That wasn’t quite right. I was a hundred miles past done, cresting into the Fjords of Nope, heading for Fuck-That-Ville. "
5 " Every time I think my family has plumbed the depths of stupidity, somebody goes and finds a goddamn shovel.” —Jane Harrington-Price "
6 " Sometimes monsters are made, not born. "
7 " When someone judges you for something you can’t help, try to forgive them. They don’t understand. And if they keep doing it, knock their fucking teeth in. "
8 " It’s not that I don’t date. It’s that I don’t date. I am an essentially misanthropic person: I don’t like people much, and they usually reward me by not liking me either. "
9 " Everything was going to be perfect. "
10 " But oh, sometimes the future is a very long way away, and sometimes the present matters more than anything that might be coming down the line. "
11 " where she would have slept and showered and done all those other wonderful things that make the world a less unrelentingly awful place. "
12 " I was here for revenge. And revenge did not need a nap. "
13 " The history of the human race has been one long quest to find new, novel things, and then kill, eat, or enslave them. There’s a reason the aliens haven’t made an appearance yet, is what I’m saying. "
14 " We can run from our past, but the past follows. One step at a time, forever, the past follows. "
15 " The trick is not learning to disappear. The trick is learning to hide in plain sight, until everyone around you swears you belong exactly where you are. "
16 " You mustn’t blame yourself for things you didn’t do and couldn’t have prevented. That way lies madness. "
17 " I nodded, unable to keep from smiling grimly. “It’s a goddamn Shakespearean comedy, being me. "
18 " If they were going to have to identify my body by my dental records, I was going to make sure they all got a good look at my teeth. "
19 " When it came to guys, I was too loud, too aggressive, too sarcastic—too me. Boys wanted delicate and dainty and flirty and fun. "
20 " We need a miracle. Maybe it’s you. "