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1 " The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been a strangled gasp. Above all, it was quiet, and it seemed to have no source. It whispered. "
― Cherie Priest , Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
2 " He hadn’t found what he’d meant to find, but his need to swipe and hoard something had been appeased for now. "
3 " She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger. "
4 " In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold. "
5 " Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right. "
6 " Even down here, money has plenty to say. "
7 " He stayed close, and he stayed quiet. It was easy to do, almost; the silence above was so alarmingly complete that it was easier to keep it than to break it. "
8 " Sure he’s dead, and it’s a good thing for us. It’s hard to argue with a dead man. A dead man can’t change his mind or make new rules, or behave like a bastard so no one will listen to him anymore. A dead man stays a saint. "
9 " So here's the rules - keep quiet, keep close, and if we're spotted, climb like a goddamned monkey…If I get picked off, you don't come back for me. If I see you get picked off, I aint coming back for you. Life's hard. Death's easy "
10 " Boys disobey their parents with such great regularity that it’s barely worth a comment; and if yours is talented enough to rebel in such grand fashion, then you ought to consider it a point of pride that he’s such a sharp lad. "
11 " I’ve got a lot of wishes about it, but you know what they say. ‘If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.’”“I’ve never heard that before in my life, and I’m not sure I even know what it means.”“It means that you could spit in one hand and wish in the other, and we all know which hand’ll fill up quicker. "
