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    Jim Butcher
    “Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
    ― Jim Butcher, Storm Front
    tags: demon, paranoia, paranoid
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    Jim Butcher
    “Me and polite have never been on close terms.”
    ― Jim Butcher
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    Jim Butcher
    “An errand is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is not getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo!”
    ― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites
    tags: danger, errands, incendiary-poo, pyromaniac-gorillas
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    Jim Butcher
    “I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.”
    ― jim butcher, Summer Knight
    tags: harry-dresden, humor
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    Jim Butcher
    “Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar”
    ― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat
    tags: humor, life, metaphor, zen
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    Jim Butcher
    “There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.”
    ― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury
    tags: academs, fury
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    Jim Butcher
    “Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. ”
    ― Jim Butcher
    tags: dresden-files-books
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    Frank Herbert
    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi
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    Frank Herbert
    “There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: death, legacy, life, muad-dib, philosophy, truth, wisdom
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    Frank Herbert
    “The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune
    tags: writing
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    Frank Herbert
    “The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty.

    Leto II”
    ― Frank Herbert
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    Rob Thurman
    “I have people in my life, of course. Some write; some don't. Some read; some don't. Some stare vacantly into space when I talk the geeky talk and walk the geeky walk, but they make killer chocolate chip pancakes and so all is forgiven.”
    ― Rob Thurman
    tags: nightlife, writing
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    Sarah Addison Allen
    “To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story.”
    ― Sarah Addison Allen
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    Katie MacAlister
    “Honest to god, Clare, you act like the dress is more important than you being shot!”
    Of course it is! It’s a Versace, you idiot! Bring help! I’m going to save this dress at all costs.” - Sam to Clare”
    ― Katie MacAlister, Even Vampires Get the Blues
    tags: paranormal-romance
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    Katie MacAlister
    “Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety-- Careened. What an ugly word that was”
    ― Katie MacAlister, Fire Me Up
    tags: fire-me-up
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    Libba Bray
    “I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.”
    ― Libba Bray
    tags: inspirational
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    Libba Bray
    “I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment.”
    ― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
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    Art Spiegelman
    “Disaster is my muse.”
    ― Art Spiegelman, Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
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    Jennifer Rardin
    “The padlock clicked open. A voice soundingoddly like South Parks's Cartman echoed through my quivering brain. Goddammit!
    ”
    ― Jennifer Rardin, Bitten to Death
    tags: cartoon, humor
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    Jennifer Rardin
    “Vayl, this is not a pleasant moment for me," I confessed.

    "No?"

    "Locked in a windowless, doorless room with a dancing, headless corpse and a secret sucker that can move fast enought to tear us both a new one if I miss?”
    ― Jennifer Rardin, Bitten to Death
    tags: humor
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    Jennifer Rardin
    “Have you dared to eat my son?"

    I laughed. Actually, it started out as more of a giggle that grew. Because my mind went straight to the gutter.”
    ― Jennifer Rardin, Bitten to Death
    tags: humor
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    Jennifer Rardin
    “Do you even know what hammerd means?" I asked.

    "Something to do with drinking your American beer out of a hole in the side of a can?"

    Dave reached over and slapped him on the shin. "Close enough.”
    ― Jennifer Rardin, Bitten to Death
    tags: beer, humor
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    Jennifer Rardin
    “Apparently you don't have to observe the Rules of Etiquette when reuniting with a muderous spouse.”
    ― Jennifer Rardin, Once Bitten, Twice Shy
    tags: humor
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    Erasmus
    “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
    ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
    tags: books
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    Patricia Briggs
    “It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.”
    ― Patricia Briggs
    tags: dragon-blood, humor
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Fire Study
    tags: life, storm
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    Jaye Wells
    “I walked to the door where Clovis waited. When I looked up, he was staring at Adam. A quick glance backward confirmed Adam was returning his stare. Freaking males, I thought, they couldn’t be more obvious about their territorial dispute if they’d both peed on me.”
    ― Jaye Wells, Red-Headed Stepchild
    tags: funny
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    Rick Riordan
    “Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse
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    Rick Riordan
    “It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.”
    ― Rick Riordan
    tags: explosions, humor, immortals, teenager
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    Rick Riordan
    “Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
    tags: hades, percy-jackson
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