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Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3) QUOTES

Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3) QUOTES

1 " And one day, if I see your smile on her face, maybe that'll keep me from feeling I've left a piece of my heart behind. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

2 " Pru shrugs. “I wasn’t sure how long they’d hold our reservation.” A sly grin spreads over her face. “I thought maybe you and Kiernan were just catching up on old times. Although I guess that might have been awkward with your new guy around.” Mom chokes on her tea and gives me a questioning look. I start to respond, but Trey beats me to it. “Perhaps,” he says in a level voice, staring directly at Pru. “But no more awkward than sitting across the table from the aunt who sneaked into her boyfriend’s bedroom.” Pru’s eyebrows rise gradually, and she does a slow clap, her grin widening. “Ooh, touché! After your rather "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

3 " If your faith is so shaky that it can be undermined by books that challenge it, then something is rotten at the core. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

4 " If you look back through history, most visionaries are one step away from madmen.” I "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

5 " If your faith is so shaky that it can be undermined by books that challenge it, then something is rotten at the core. And "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

6 " Victoria Woodhull and her sister were the 1870s equivalent of the Kardashian sisters. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

7 " Charlayne is in front of me, holding a rifle identical to the one in my hand, raised to shoulder height and pointed at Kiernan, who’s sitting on the bed. He looks more bored than afraid. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

8 " Watching people you love walk into danger is a hundred times harder than walking into it yourself. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

9 " I pull my T-shirt over my face and am about to plunge in when it occurs to me that I’m approaching this, as Kiernan would say, far too linearly. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

10 " An annoyed huff when he sees Trey suggests Max considers him an add-on rather than true Fifth Column. But he probably thinks the same about me. Too bad we can’t just step aside and let Max save the day. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

11 " I’d pegged you as cute-but-boring. But it looks like Kate’s little pet has claws. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

12 " Usain Bolt "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

13 " But there’s plenty of truth in fiction. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

14 " The manager rolls his eyes. “Sorry, miss, already picked my dozen—”
“So make it a baker’s dozen,” someone yells from the back.
“Bet she can’t hit the bloody nail anyway. Give us somethin’ to laugh at.” That voice is clearly Kiernan’s, and most of the men chuckle.
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Kiernan comes back about ten minutes later and takes his seat. “Good work.”
I snort. “Don’t give me that. I heard you back there.”
“Just seeding the crowd. A time-honored practice among showmen and politicians alike. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

15 " I toss the formal dress from 1905 onto the chair next to him. He glances up, removing the headphones.
“Did you decide to do a bit of shopping in London?”
I give him a wry smile. “Does this look like something I’d buy? Your great-grandfather picked it out. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

16 " Kiernan, the less you know, the better. You’re always telling me to just trust you and do what you’re asking, and I do—”
He snorts. “When it suits you.”
“Okay, but I do when it seems important. And this is really, really important. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

17 " I’m not following any of this, you know. Beecher who?”
“Henry Ward Beecher.” Another slug from the bottle. “He’s a preacher. Hey, that rhymes.”
Well, that answers any questions about whether the alcohol is working. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

18 " The manager is busy, and our policy is absolute. No respectable establishment—” The man breaks off in midsentence about the time I feel a hand on my elbow.
Kiernan leans in and plants a quick kiss on my cheek. “So sorry to leave you stranded, dearest. You were right—my notecase was lying on the bed, right where I left it. Don’t they have a table?”
The maître d’ lets out a relieved sigh. “My apologies, sir. Your . . . wife . . . failed to tell me you would be joining her. Please follow me.”
“I do hope she wasn’t battering you with the whole women’s rights routine. If so, you have my sympathies. I hear it day in and day out.”
Two middle-aged men at the table we’re walking past seem to find Kiernan’s comment amusing. One barks out a cloud of foul-smelling smoke as he laughs.
There’s this scene in an old martial arts film I watched with Charlayne once upon a time in that faraway reality where the Cyrists and CHRONOS were of no concern. Jackie Chan, or maybe it was Bruce Lee, single-handedly took out every man in the restaurant. While I’m under no illusions that I could actually do that, the feminist inside me would dearly love to try right now. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

19 " Kiernan reaches to pull out my chair, but I beat him to it and then nudge the chair across from me out about six inches with my foot.
He pulls it out the rest of the way and says, “Thank you, dearest,” in a droll tone before retreating behind the menu. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)

20 " Kiernan leans forward. “I’m guessing that’s because you can make it work, Mr. Houdini. Maybe that’s how you manage . . .” He pauses when my kick lands on his shin, but finishes the sentence anyway. “. . . some of your more elaborate escapes. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Divide (The Chronos Files, #3)