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“Did evil creatures think of themselves as evil? Or did they think they were doing what was right? Was evil something that was in your heart or was it how people viewed you?”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Tentacles whipped around him with inhuman speed. He cried out again. I heard the horrifying sound of bones crushing. And then I, too, screamed in horror, as Luca’s bloodied body dropped into the pit.”
― Katherine Applegate, The First

“Its body had been eviscerated, its guts ripped out. Its head and hind legs were missing, but from what was left over, it appeared that it had been purposely cached here.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Hello there, young man. Would you like to see the children’s menu?” A vein pulsed in Artemis’s temple. “No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children’s menu. I have no doubt that the children’s menu itself tastes better than the meals on it.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Eternity Code