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1 " Because it’s a fucking spider. Those fuckers are assholes. And they can kill. And there’s nothing normal about an animal that spins fucking yarn out its ass and catches other animals in its ass-yarn so it can fucking suck their blood out. That’s wrong. "
― Pippa Grant , The Pilot & the Puck-Up (The Copper Valley Thrusters, #1)
2 " Those fuckers are assholes. And they can kill. And there’s nothing normal about an animal that spins fucking yarn out its ass and catches other animals in its ass-yarn so it can fucking suck their blood out. That’s wrong. "
3 " I don’t mention him puking, because despite being a badass unafraid to call him a baby—which we both know he’s not—I don’t rub people’s shortcomings in their face. Life’s too short to be a shithead—the cruel kind, not the take-care-of-yourself kind—and you never know who you’re going to need tomorrow. "
4 " She’s staring at me, which, yeah. Of course she is, because I’m babbling like a fucking fourteen-year-old girl swooning over fucking Prince Manning. But this is Fireball, and you never know what she might be thinking. So I cut a glance at her to see if it’s an I’m considering it stare or if it’s an I’m letting a loony bin drive me around on a golf cart stare, and—“Fuck! "
5 " My mother says honesty is the true mark of a person.” “If you can’t be a good example, be a warning. "
6 " There’s so much testosterone radiating through the air we’re all about to keel over from penis poisoning. "
7 " I’ll get yours,” Panther says to Bailey. He flashes a rare smile. “If you’ll promise to not hit me with that stick.” She puffs her chest up and shoves the hockey stick at Zeus. He shakes his head. “Keep it.” And then the big old goober pulls a Sharpie from his back pocket and flips it to me. “Sign that for her, Fireball. If she says please.” And once again, Zeus Berger has managed to take me by surprise. Dammit. "
8 " No risk, no reward,” Peach says softly. “And, honey, love’s the biggest reward there is. Finding your person? That one in a billion who makes it okay for you to be you? "
9 " And you know what happens if he breaks your heart?” Fuck. The thought makes my chest squeeze so bad my lungs go inside out. “You heal, Joey. You remember the good times. You move on.” She pauses in the hallway. “And we break his kneecaps after we plant spider eggs in his bedroom. "