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1 " Stray cats are like two-timing men. He got tired of you and took off. He doesn't find anyone new? He'll come slinking back. By then, if you're smart, you'll have decided you're better without him. "
― Kelley Armstrong , Visions (Cainsville, #2)
2 " My foggy brain slid away and— And I was still dressed in only my bra and panties. Well, at least it’s a nice set of bra and panties. Yep, these were the thoughts going through my brain as I looked at a photo of a decapitated head on my bed. "
3 " Gabriel discourages emotional attachments the way most of us discourage door-to-door salesmen. They're inconvenient, intrusive, and liable to end up saddling you with something you never wanted in the first place, at a cost far higher than you wish to pay. "
4 " There is no freedom from the prison of the mind "
5 " We are imprisoned by the truth we dare not see. We are imprisoned by the questions we dare not ask. "
6 " Sex, a switchblade, and motorcycle lessons. You really are making sure my night ends on a high note. "
7 " Archangel or hound from hell . . . with Gabriel, it depends on the day. "
8 " Between Ricky’s charm and persuasion and Gabriel’s lock picking and sleight of hand, if I took enough lessons, I could become a first-rate private eye. Or a master criminal. "
9 " Note to clients, quicklime is a preservative, not a corrosive. "
10 " There is no freedom from the prison of the mind. "
11 " Walshes had been taking advantage of gullibility and stupidity ever since they conned their fellow cavemen out of their spears. Highwaymen, pirates, swindlers, and card sharks . . . their family history was both colorful and dark. "
12 " Yeah, I know. These days, weird is my life. I should get that on a T-shirt. "
13 " Everyone had heard what happened and they were all so pleased, so very pleased. Which seems a little odd, but in Cainsville “a little odd” was the norm. "
14 " Religion exists to instill false security and blind faith, "
15 " He turned, a stray slip of moonlight illuminating a sliver of his face, blue eyes glowing almost preternaturally in the darkness. "
16 " I could mentally lift the vision wholesale and stick it into the already overflowing “crazy shit I’ll deal with later” box in my brain. "
17 " You have no idea what a fairy circle is, do you? Which is shocking for a changeling child. "
18 " I even pulled out the can of cat treats. Yes, I’d bought him treats. Give it another month and I’d be collecting his shed whiskers and claws like a proud momma preserving her baby’s first haircut and lost teeth. "
19 " Yours is more than business. Your opinion of him - and your continuing relationship with him - matters. My nephew is not accustomed to that, and he's struggling with it. "
20 " There wasn’t much there—just Macy’s school texts, various biology and anatomy and nursing tomes. Fascinating stuff, I’m sure. Especially the one on thanatochemistry, whatever the hell that was. "
