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61 " He really is alive.” “No thanks to you dicks. "
― Kendare Blake , Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
62 " I get to be Peter Venkman,” says Thomas. “Nobody gets to be anybody,” I snap. “We are not ghostbusters. I’ve got the knife, and I kill the ghosts, and I can’t be tripping over you the whole time. Besides, it’s obvious that I would be Peter Venkman.” I look sharply at Thomas. “You would be Egon. "
63 " She’s standing above me the goddess of death, black lips and cold hands. "
64 " Just let me kill you,” I mutter in frustration. "
65 " You do know what we’re dealing with here, don’t you?” I ask. “She’s not just a ghost. She’s a hurricane. Overkill is fine by me. "
66 " Girls on the other hand, have always come easy. I don’t know why that is, exactly. Maybe it’s the outsider vibe and a well-placed brooding look. "
67 " You’re … what was it Carmel said earlier?” She looks down, then back at me. “An ass. "
68 " You know what you are, don’t you?” she asks. “You’re my salvation. My way to atone. To pay for everything I’ve done."“Anna,” I say. “Don’t ask me to do this. "
69 " … you’ll need some help getting acquainted. I’m Carmel Jones.” “Theseus Cassio Lowood. What kind of a parent names their kid Carmel?” She laughs. “What kind of a parent names their kid Theseus Cassio?” “Hippies,” I reply. “Exactly. "
70 " Bad girls are as useless as they are stupid… "
71 " Cross the threshold, beauty girl," he says."You cross mine," she says back. "
72 " I watch him with amusement. There’s a blue light special on territorial jocks in aisle four. "
73 " Four small flames ignite and illuminate our faces and chests, revealing expressions that are part wonder, part fear, and part feeling stupid. "
74 " Stand my ground, is what I think. After this is over, I might puke. Assuming, of course, that I’m still alive. "
75 " Carmel’s a very pretty girl,” she says hopefully. “Thomas seems to think so.” She sighs, then smiles. “Good. He could use a woman’s touch.” “Mom,” I groan. “Gross.” “Not that kind of touch,” she laughs. "
76 " ... the cupboards start opening and closing by themselves, drawers slamming shut and the walls start to bleed. Slamming doors and smashing plates. Anna is acting like a common poltergeist. How embarrassing. "
77 " He says you kill ghosts for a living. Like you’re a ghostbuster or something.” “I’m not a ghostbuster. "
78 " It's like I'm trapped in one of those omniscient dreams where you just watch yourself do stupid shit, yelling at yourself about how stupid it is, and your dream-self just keeps doing what it's doing anyway. "
79 " The thought makes me reach back for my knife, my sharp, throat-cutting security blanket, as I look around. "
80 " She’s no ordinary ghost, that seems certain,” he says. “I know. Something’s made her stronger.” “The way she died?” he asks. “I’m not sure. From what I’ve heard, she was just murdered like so many others. Throat slit. But now she’s haunting her old house, killing whoever steps inside, like some goddamn spider. "