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It was fascinating, how frightened people who lived in a vampire’s backyard could be of the rest of the world. Just because something was unfamiliar, that didn’t mean it had sharper teeth or crueler claws than the monster they already knew.
“On a scale of one to pissed I'd rate them pissed.”
― Too Like the Lightning
― Too Like the Lightning
“There's a saying that somebody tilted this country on its end, and everything that wasn't securely attached fell into California.”
― Borderline
― Borderline
“I love you, and I am your wife, and I forgive you of all the sins of this world, all the sins we invented just to commit within our cave. I love you ... In a world without end. I love you.”
― Palimpsest
― Palimpsest
“You want to leave. Huh. Keep in mind everything I just said, and now consider that you're the only person who's successfully flown that thing. You're in possession of critical knowledge that we've spent billions and a decade of our lives trying to acquire. I'm not saying this to scare you, only to appeal to your logical reasoning – do you think there's anything we won't do to extract that information from you?”
― Dark Matter
― Dark Matter
“Do you know what happens to men who fall in love with me?” she asked.
Ga took a moment to think about it.
“They get locked in your tunnel and fed nothing but broth for two weeks?”
Playfully, she said, “No.”
“Hmm,” Ga said. “Your neighbor tries to give them botulism and then they get punched in the nose by the Dear Leader’s driver?”
“No.”
“Okay, I give up. What happens to men who fall for you?”
She shimmied her body so that her hips were under his.
“They fall forever,” she said.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
Ga took a moment to think about it.
“They get locked in your tunnel and fed nothing but broth for two weeks?”
Playfully, she said, “No.”
“Hmm,” Ga said. “Your neighbor tries to give them botulism and then they get punched in the nose by the Dear Leader’s driver?”
“No.”
“Okay, I give up. What happens to men who fall for you?”
She shimmied her body so that her hips were under his.
“They fall forever,” she said.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
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