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1 " To my embarrassment, I was crying again. Real girl tears for the second time, these ones born out of frustration. That didn't happen to me very often, but I hated it when it did. It was faulty wiring in the female body, tear ducts attached directly to the frustration meter. Trying to explain to men that no, I wasn't being manipulative, I just couldn't stop my eyes from leaking salt water, only added to the aggravation. "
― C.E. Murphy , Demon Hunts (Walker Papers, #5)
2 " Cute. Who is she?” “The devil.” “Really. I thought the devil would be taller. "
3 " All I've got is a pocketful of attitude. "
4 " except my eyes had fallen right off the vista and landed on a black 1967 Chevy Impala. It didn’t belong up here in the woods any more than Petite might’ve, but it was a beautiful car. Gary parked a few spaces down from it and I got out to walk circles around it. Kansas license plates. I patted the Impala’s hood and mumbled, “Long way from home, aren’t you, baby?” before reluctantly turning away. "
5 " Disaster’s good for the oligarchy. Ha,” Billy said to my goggle-eyes. “Fair’s fair. You pull out ‘exsanguinate,’ I pull out ‘oligarchy.’” “I’m in awe. There’s nothing sexier than a guy with a big vocabulary. Don’t tell your wife I said that. "