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1 " Here lies Kate Kane, killed in a foreplay accident. Beloved daughter. Sorely missed. "
― Alexis Hall , Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)
2 " Let me down right now, you impotent angst puppy. "
3 " I have to rescue my girlfriend from a killer shit faery, and I’ve got no way to carry my magic sword. "
4 " The game went on for about two hours. People hit balls to places. Occasionally they would go other places, and people would cheer. This is my experience of all sport ever. "
5 " If it wasn't for werewolf cousins, there'd be far fewer fashion interns, It boys, graphic novelists, bespoke shoe boutiques, and sushi-haggis fusion restaurants in the world. "
6 " Yes, I was a faery-blooded, thirty-something PI with trust issues and a drinking problem, and she was a bloodthirsty undead nun with a pudding fixation, but I honestly thought we were in with a chance. "
7 " Oh, you fuckguzzling shitweasel. "
8 " I was slightly depressed that I lived the kind of life where you needed a sewer kit, but the only thing more depressing than having a sewer kit is needing a sewer kit and not having one. "
9 " Marlboro Lights, he sighed. Barely a peck on the cheek of destruction.I'm commitment phobic. "
10 " Before I knew what I was doing, I was giving chase. I was dimly aware it was a really bad idea, but I just couldn’t stop. Faery magic: fucking with people’s heads since ten million BC. "
11 " As a general rule, I’m suspicious of unassuming men in their late fifties because they’re usually terrifying supernatural monsters. "
12 " We awkwarded for another long moment. "
13 " You smell of cheap cigarettes and dirty sex. "
14 " There was no way I was going. "
15 " This woman did not look like my Nan. At all. It was like she’d been whittled down until she was nothing but skin and ferocity. "
16 " Okay, I’ll take Pretty Fly For a White Guy and you take Tall, Dark, and Deliquescing. "
17 " the oysterer’s daughter, believing all that had happened to be the Devil’s curse for her inversion, wallowed in darkness and misery, drinking the blood of vermin, and praying to a god who wouldn’t answer for a death that wouldn’t come.” I rolled over to face her. “That’s really sad. What happened next?” “She got over it.” “Is that it?” I caught the glint of Julian’s teeth as she smiled. “Yep.” “I thought you were going to be redeemed by the love of a good woman.” “There’s still time, sweeting. "
18 " A holy sisterhood devoted to protecting the world from evil spirits.” I perked up a bit. “You mean demon-fighting ninja nuns?” “Basically, yes. "
19 " That’s so sexy,” said Julian dryly. “Hamster cheeks totally do it for me. "
20 " God, you’re sexy when you’re being an idiot. "
