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“Is it because I'm just a house? For you? "No," Walt said into the smoke and the gloom of the bathroom.
"You're not just a house for me”
― K. Ancrum

“Do you like our house? Is there a garden for your roses? Do you want to paint my fences white?”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Hollis, sweetheart. There ain't nothin' here for me but you.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Do you like it?
Of course, I like it—
Do you like our house? Hollis clarified.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“How familiar was Walt with this? Did his other "rides" tell him? How being possessed didn't feel like being puppeteered from above, or remote-controlled.
That it felt like having someone stand behind you while showing you how to play pool or golf or wheel-throw clay.
Their heat at you back.
Their breath on your neck.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Aw, baby, for you? I'll stick around," he murmured.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Maybe if you weren't such a bitch, people would punch you less," James muttered.
"Exactly!" Hollis cried. "I get punched way too often for that to even be considered a viable motive for anything.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“When frustrated tears finally broke over his lashes, he attempted to squeeze them away, but Eridanys noticed. He sighed, using his thumbs to wipe them from Alba’s cheeks before they could drip all the way down.
“There’s enough salt in the sea,” he whispered. “Don’t add to it with tears, Albatross.”
― Kellen Graves, A Bone in His Teeth

“From the very start, you had all the power. From the very start, I was in the palm of your hand.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

“I have ruined you," Rozanov said when
they broke apart. "No one else will do.”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“The thought hit him that this was it. This was going to be his sex life now. No more meaningless—but undeniably hot—one-night stands. No more booty calls while he was on the road. He was going to give it all up for this chance”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency. I’d rather climb back into Hostile One’s mouth.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“I didn’t react visibly, because I’m used to clients making bad decisions, and I was getting a lot of practice at controlling my expression.”
― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition

“That could be a good sign, right?” “Sure,” I said. It was a terrible sign.”
― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition

“Right, so the only smart way out of this was to kill all of them. I was going to have to take the dumb way out of this.”
― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol

“No, I impersonated my client. My imaginary client. That I impersonated.” I was caught in a loop for a second there.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“ART said, "I want an apology."
I made an obscene gesture at the ceiling with both hands. (I know ART isn't the ceiling but the humans kept looking up there like it was.)
ART said, "That was unnecessary."
In a low voice, Ratthi commented to Overse, "Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don't have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“I lack," said Laurent, "the easy mannerisms that are usually shared with," you could see him pushing the words out, "a lover."
"You lack the easy mannerisms that are usually shared with anyone," said Damen.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Please don't leave me again," he whispered. "I think I could learn to live without you, but I have no wish to.”
― Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke

“It arrived. The brightness between us.”
― Eliot Schrefer, The Brightness Between Us

“Good luck to you, sunflower," Foxface says, a touch of an Irish lilt on his tongue.
"Ezra," he corrects.
"Killian." His smile is light and easy, like they were about to have a chat over drinks and not beat the ever-loving shit out of each other. For a split second, Ezra thinks that's much rather where he'd like to be.”
― Caylan MacRae, Cutting Your Teeth