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1 " But when you’re in love, you’re not in control of what you think or say or do. And there is nothing I love more than control, and nothing I love less than not having it. So you tell me —what is a person like me supposed to do with a feeling like that? "
― Kami Garcia , Dangerous Creatures (Dangerous Creatures, #1)
2 " Ridley Duchannes. Is there even one stupid tiny little part of you that loves one stupid tiny little part of me? "
3 " She didn't know why she broke everything she played with. Why she hurt everyone she cared about. Pushed away everything she wanted. "
4 " What can I say? Payback’s a bitch. But here’s the thing: So am I. "
5 " There are only two kinds of Mortals in the backwater town of Gatlin, South Carolina—the stupid and the stuck. At least, that’s what they say. "
6 " It’s all a matter of perspective. Here’s mine: I’ve been called a lot of things, but what I really am is a survivor—and while there are more than a few stupid Sirens, there are zero stupid survivors. "
7 " Link held up a spoon. “Bend this fork with your mind.” “It’s a spoon.” “Trick question.” Sampson grabbed it and crushed it in his hand. Link swallowed. “So you think with your fists? Good to know. "
8 " I hate and I love. You ask why I do this? I do not know, but I feel and I am tormented. —CATULLUS "
9 " Let’s get something straight: I’m supposed to be the bad guy. I will always disappoint you. Your parents will hate me. You should not root for me. I am not your role model. "
10 " No,” she said suddenly. “It’s not a cage, Nox.” She put her hand on his shoulder. “Love is an open door. "
11 " Sure, Lena gets the credit for being the most powerful Caster of all time. Whatever. It doesn’t make me any less excellent. Neither does her too-good-to-be-true Mortal boyfriend, Ethan “the Wayward” Wate, who defeats Darkness in the name of true love every day of the week. "
12 " There was a special place in Hell for guys like Lennox. It was called life. "
13 " But you could control her.” “Of course. I’ve got the oldest power of all—an obscene amount of money. "
14 " No, she certainly is not. She would burst into flames if she set one foot on a good Christian campus, and don’t you forget it.” “Jesus loves everyone, Mom. "
15 " When I kissed you, I tasted fire. I don’t know what it means. I thought you should know. "
16 " He looks like ambition, she thought. He looks like danger. "
17 " Not even the most powerful Natural in a millennium had seen him coming. "
18 " You must be really proud of yourself for pulling that one off.” His eyes didn’t waver from her face. “I’m almost never proud. They say it goes before a fall, and I’m not planning on falling. "
19 " A troubled Necromancer. An Illusionist with a secret. An Incubus marked for death. A Darkborn in hiding. A Siren with a past. "
20 " This wasn’t how they talked. They threw things at each other. Insults, jokes, sometimes even remotes. They made war and made peace and made up and made out. They didn’t do things like set ground rules. They didn’t do feelings talk. They didn’t get it out in the open. "