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“That lady in the white sneakers is an acrobat. And a spy,” Patricia said. “She travels around the world, doing performances and planting cameras in top-secret buildings. She can sneak in anywhere because she’s a contortionist as well as an acrobat.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“Patricia pulled her legs out of the railing and got to her feet. “But you’re lucky,” she said. “There’s a difference between your type of outcast and mine. If you’re a science geek, people give you wedgies and don’t invite you to their parties. But if you’re a witch, everybody just assumes you’re an evil psycho. It’s kind of different.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“Listen,” Patricia said from the bottom of the stairs. “Tommington was a good cat. I didn’t have anything against him. He was just doing his cat thing. I never meant him any harm, I swear.” There was no response.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“was almost to the train station when I noticed a series of bright lights moving fast in the sky overhead. I stopped, trying to figure out what it was. It wasn't a plane or a flare or any kind of reflection. More like a blur of shooting stars. Except that shooting stars were usually higher in the sky, I thought. This thing was heading downward and breaking apart as it traveled, almost like fireworks, but dispersing in a more random way. It looked a little bit like photos I’ve seen of an aurora borealis, but I was sure if something like that was going to happen I’d have heard about it.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Mallory gave him a sharp look and frowned. “And bring attention to us being at the field? Are you out of your mind?”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I patted where he indicated and felt something below the surface of the cloth. I could see the stitching where the fabric came together. I couldn’t see a pocket, and yet… I leaned over to inspect it, and then pulled at the seam. It came apart with the ripping sound of Velcro. The old man was right; he did have a hidden pocket.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“That’s not true,” he said, giving her a steely-eyed look. “Why would you say that?” He turned back to me. “The woman at the desk asked them to wait while she went and checked, and then to distract them, I knocked over a cart full of supplies.” He tapped his forehead. “Using only the power of my mind, Russ.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“It was not such a long way to the weightlessness of the needle’s hollow interior. She had her choice then: either towards the engine core, where Sering had no doubt taken steps to ensure that he would not be disturbed; or away. Away, in a very final sense.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

“Doctor Avrana Kern awoke to a dozen complex feeds of information, none of which helped her restore her memories of what had just happened or why she was groggily returning to consciousness in a cold-sleep unit. She could not open her eyes; her entire body was cramping and there was nothing in her mental space except the overkill of information assailing her, every system of the Sentry Pod clamouring to report.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

“Sounds great,’ Isla said, reaching him, and pulling him into a hug. ‘Listen, sorry about earlier . . . ’ She nodded towards the bathroom. ‘It’s just”
― Amanda Brittany, Her Last Lie