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1 " It wasn’t a passing shower but a steady drumbeat of water, the kind of rain that settles in, puts its feet up and makes it clear that it’s not going to leave. "
― Benedict Jacka , Hidden (Alex Verus, #5)
2 " Tricking people who want to hurt or manipulate me? Something I’m good at. Getting people to like and trust me? Something I’m bad at. "
3 " I once read an article which made the argument that modern Western schools have a good deal in common with modern prisons, and I’ve always thought it was pretty accurate. With both schools and prisons, the ones running the system have a very simple set of priorities for their inmates: they want them to stay on the premises, they want them to stay healthy and watered and fed, and they want them not to be gratuitously violent in a way that’ll draw public attention. "
4 " Russell Square is one of the odder areas of London. "
5 " Okay, next one’s . . . a little figure of a cat.” “Can you tell what it is?” “Kind of . . . It feels like it’s something for talking. Communicating? Does it let you talk to cats?” “Not bad,” I said. That had been right on target. “It’s a summoning focus. Toss it over and I’ll show you.” Luna slid the figurine across the desk and I picked it up. It was made of alabaster, and I traced a finger across the smooth surface to the cat’s chest and tapped it. “See this point? When you channel your magic there, it sends out a call to the nearest feline within range of about the right size and draws it to you.” “So it summons a housecat?” “As long as there’s one around.” “That sounds cool. So what, you can get it to spy on people and stuff?” “No, it acts like a normal cat. It checks to see if you’ve brought it anything to eat, and if not it buggers off. "
6 " European history is one very long study in conflict, violence and rule-breaking.’ ‘Haven’t we advanced beyond that? "
7 " It's easy to say there's another way of you're not the one who has to find it. "
8 " Not everything is about you. "
