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  • #1
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you," admonished Perl.
    "Oh right. How could I forget that she made me bait for a snake, left me on house arrest in Ixia, and smuggled me into the Keep in a coffin.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Fire Study

  • #2
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Out of nowhere, Valek appeared before me, yelling in my ear, shaking my shoulders. Stupidly, belatedly, I realized he was the drunk. Who else but Valek could win a fight against four large men when armed only with a beer mug?”
    Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

  • #3
    Maria V. Snyder
    “You put on such a brave front. But I know if I took another step toward you, you'd wet your pants.'

    'With your blood.' I brandished my knife. But I couldn't keep a straight face; the boast sounded ridiculous even to my own ears. I snickered. She laughed. The release of tension made me giddy, and soon I was laughing and crying.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

  • #4
    Maria V. Snyder
    “He made a weak attempt to look innocent, but I knew better. 'Should I guess how many concealed weapons you have or should I strip search you?'

    'A strip search is the only way to be absolutely certain.' Valek's deep blue eyes danced with delight.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Magic Study

  • #5
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Why did Mother ask you to help me rescue Gelsi?” I asked Leif.

    “She thought I could assist you in some way. Instead, I had tried to—”

    “Kill me? You can join the ‘I Want to Kill Yelena Guild.’ I hear they have six members in good standing. Valek is president since he had wanted to kill me twice.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Magic Study

  • #6
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.

    Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. “Are you directing your magic to the candle?”

    “Yes. Why?”

    “You just ordered me to light the candle for you,” Irys said in exasperation. “And I did it.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Magic Study

  • #7
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Be careful,” Zitora said. “He’s armed.”
    “I’m a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm.” Kade made his voice boom and spread his arms wide. His eyes sparked with humor. “I. Am. Invincible.”
    “Until a happy wind blows,” I said.
    “Curse those sunny days.”
    “The bane of your existence.”
    “The scourge of society.”
    “The downfall of decency.”
    “And boring, too. Nothing like a good gale to put a spring in your step.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass

  • #8
    Maria V. Snyder
    “I know I hated magic for a reason," Janco said. "Congratulations. This is the first time you've had a VALID reason to hate something," Ari countered. "Remember your campaign against sand?"
    "Sand! Horrid little stuff. Gets everywhere. I had a perfectly good argue--"
    "Janco." Ari's voice rumbled deep in his throat.
    In a heartbeat, Janco switched gears. "Well, this blood magic sounds worse than sand.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass

  • #9
    Maria V. Snyder
    “I'm glad you're here. We've had some...interesting developments." Leif groaned. "That's Yelena-speak for life-threatening danger.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass

  • #10
    Maria V. Snyder
    “When we reached the beach, Leif fell to his knees with a dramatic cry. "Solid ground! I'll never take you for granted again."
    "Are you going to kiss the sand?" I asked.
    "Don't be ridiculous."
    "Now I'M the one being silly?"
    "Yes.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Sea Glass

  • #11
    Maria V. Snyder
    “[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--'
    [Opal] 'Was?'
    [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Sea Glass

  • #12
    Maria V. Snyder
    “No need to act, i let my fear show "He killed himself," i whispered.
    Eve raised an eyebrow. "Fourteen times?"
    "He had bad aim.”
    Maria V. Snyder, Spy Glass

  • #13
    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

  • #14
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #15
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    Narcotics Anonymous

  • #16
    Steve  Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    Steve Martin

  • #17
    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    Jim Henson

  • #18
    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    Paul Terry

  • #19
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    Robert A. Heinlein

  • #20
    Woody Allen
    “I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
    Woody Allen

  • #21
    I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!
    “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
    Charles M. Schulz

  • #22
    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    Terry Pratchett, Diggers

  • #23
    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    Alexandre Dumas-fils

  • #24
    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  • #25
    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    Benjamin Franklin Wade

  • #26
    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    W.C. Fields

  • #27
    Charles Bukowski
    “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
    Charles Bukowski

  • #28
    Thomas Szasz
    “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
    Thomas Szasz

  • #29
    Oscar Levant
    “There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
    Oscar Levant

  • #30
    Douglas Adams
    “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
    Douglas Adams



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