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21 " Why the hell was she smiling like that?...Her mouth was blown so wide that the soft insides showed at the corners, like another grin was building in there. As if her laughter tumbled. Like joy was a living thing. "
― Vicki Pettersson , The Taken (Celestial Blues, #1)
22 " ...a companion had seemed unnecessary fuel when her body still burned at the core, waiting to ignite. But now, with the wind blowing icicles through her [Kit] veins, it felt like she, too, was in the grave. All her nuclear energy had been snuffed like a match between the night's icy fingers. "
23 " But many details were considered too small and mundane for the Centurions' purposes. They tapped the mud too briefly for things like new-fangled coffee-makers to matter. Instant coffee that tasted like a wet dream was apparently one of them. "
24 " She needed facts. Facts were bricks. Maybe she could build herself a wall with them, too, one tall and wide and strong enough to keep her alive when he was gone. "
25 " 'We've all had judgement lapses that had us tiptoeing toward our own personal apocalypse.' "
26 " 'It's much easier to destroy a life than it is to live one.' "
27 " Because you can't unknow your life's experiences,' Grif said. This was his area of expertise. "
28 " 'When there's time for everything, there's value in nothing.' "
29 " Kit loved ginger hair. It put her in mind of blue skies and green hills and made her fantasize about French-kissing young, rebellious English princes on imaginary Welsh vacations. "
30 " It ain’t ever over. You can’t have no future if you don’t have no past, and the past ain’t never done with you. "
31 " If what remained of the night had a scent, it’d be heavy ash and cheap perfume. If it had weight, it’d be a hangover. If it had emotion, it’d be regret. "