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“Stalked?” echoed Jaime. “No, I just watched him. At night. From behind a bush. Using night-vision goggles.”
“I wish the wizard had lived up to his promise and given you a heart.”
Glory’s like a bowling ball. She gets picked up, fingered, and thrown in the gutter, and yet she still comes back.”
“It’s not that I’m ignoring you. I’ve just lost interest in the conversation.”
Whoa there, Popeye, that had a hint of paranoia to it. Maybe you should quit the crack pipes.
“Sometimes people need to have something moved from their reach before they realize how much they want it.”
“And I can’t do it because, what? Because I’m a female? I’ll have you know that there are plenty of things women can do that men can’t.” Tao snickered. “Like what?” “Well, bend over in prison, for one. Multitask, ask for directions, belly flop with dignity, bleed for five days every month yet not die—”
“Do you know what you taste like? Sin. You taste like sin.”
“So you’re going to gang up on and beat up a girl. Huh. Your bravery staggers me.”
What your sister fails to realize is that the huge circle of fire in the sky is what the world revolves around, not her.
“Look, guys, you might want to think twice before doing this. I’m not an easy target. And I’ve seen CSI. I know how to get rid of the bodies and everything.”
“You’ll have to excuse him. He has a habit of dishing out cheesy lines. It might be some kind of disorder—we’re looking into it.”
Oh, and Tao? Don’t try winding her up. She’s better at it, and she’ll have you in tears.
“And if this was Taryn we were talking about? What would you do?” Trey’s expression was fierce. “Everything I could to keep the crazy woman alive, no matter what it was.” Dante hadn’t expected any other answer. “Then don’t ask me to give up on Jaime. I won’t.”
“Good. Because nothing and no one will keep me out of your life, Jaime. Not even you.”
“You know what I don’t understand? Why they sing ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.’ Why do they wonder? They already know what it is—they answered their own question before they even asked it.”
“I know I’m a little fucked up. Don’t give up on me, baby. I’m not saying that things will suddenly be perfect. I’m a guy, and guys can be stupid. I admit I need the room to mess up a little. I can’t promise I won’t piss you off again, but I can promise you that I’ll never deliberately hurt you. Nothing is more important to me than you. Nothing.”
For
“I’m not the type of person to sit on my ass while everyone else shovels the shit.”
“I can protect her.” “Sure you can. But this isn’t about your level of macho-ness. It’s not about you, so stop trying to make it about you.”
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