“Here I am with a seriously hunky guy and I'm covered in demon pee. Why does the universe hate me?”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“What did ya learn from this dumbass stunt?”
Here's where she was supposed to apologize, promise to be a good little girl and never do anything like this again.
Screw that.
Riley locked eyes with him. “I learned that the Holy Water better be fresh, that I need practice throwing the spheres, and that someone has to watch my back so asshats don't steal my demons.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Riley. How bad has it been?"
"Just fabulous. The demonic kitten really made my night.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“I'll be there for ya, girl. No matter what.
Beck took a deep breath and released it slowly. He had to stay strong for her, make the tough decisions. It was best that Paul's daughter never know how he felt about her. There'd be less hurt that way, for both of them.
Just keep her safe, God. I can settle for that.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“As Beck drove out of the garage, he gave the parking attendants a big toothy smile and a wave. “There's some snow on the fifth level. Thought ya might like to know. Y'all have a nice day, now!” he called out.
No wonder Dad liked working with you.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“That's Denver Beck, isn't it? Paul mentioned him. What's he like?" Ori asked.
"Oh, where do I start? Beck's mouthy and he lives to tell me what to do." In short, he's so not you. "Why do you want to know?"
A glimmer appeared in Ori's dark eyes.
"Just scoping out the competition.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“That’s when she’d learned that male egos and fruit had a lot in common: Both bruised easily.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Adults always acted like they could fix everything. But they can't. And they know it.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“The demon stopped its frantic attempts to escape. It stared at the glitter and began to pant, fingers twitching in anticipation. More twitching. Faster than she'd expected, it zoomed up to the sparkles, despite the danger. She snagged the fiend right before it picked up the last one, and dropped the Magpie into the cup. Instead of a flood of swear words or the offer of a favor, she heard a long, tortured sigh. Then it sat, sorting the glitter into piles by color.
Now she'd seen everything.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Thanks. For everything. I mean it.’
A slow grin edged onto his face. ‘You’re worth it…Princess.’
Her tennis show hit the door a second after it closed.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“The witch reached into the picnic basket and pulled out a light brown chamois bag about the size of a playing card. “Maybe this will help you. It’ll boost your self-esteem.”
Now we’re getting somewhere. Riley took the bag and opened it. She looked to the bottom to find … nothing.
“Ah, it’s empty.”
“Of course,” Ayden replied. “It’s up to you to fill it. Find things that mean something to you, that represent times where you’ve overcome an obstacle, learned something important. Put those items in the bag and they’ll help you find your strength.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Ya hafta be there for Beck. He only has you."
Riley sighed. "I'll get the car.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Ya lied to me and put yerself in danger. If the Three hadn’t ripped you apart, those two bastards would have. Ya gotta listen to me girl. I’ve been down this road myself.’
Riley Smirked. ‘Those guys wanted to party with you too?”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“'The demon cried, waving its furry arms above his head like a demented orangutan.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Ozymandias controls not only the dead, but the living. He works the dark magics, and it is said he knows the paths between the worlds and walks them without fear. He wields the-"
"Stop! In English, okay?""
"In English?" she asked, throwing the empty wineglass into the picnic basket. Riley nodded.
"You're in serious shit.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Kiss my ass, demon!’ Beck whooped, and shot a first in the air.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Accepting favors from fiends was so against the rules. Like potato chips, you couldn't stop at just one, then you'd find yourself at Hell's front door trying to explain why your soul had a big brand on it that said “Property of Lucifer.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Libraries and demons," she muttered. "What is the attraction?”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Everyone has a breaking point, Riley. He hit his long time ago.
But you didn't.
He smiled and sqeezed her hand.'Because of you.'
Weaving his arm around her waist, they walked up the stairs in tandem.
- Riley Blackthorne and Paul Blackthorne”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“The guy behind the counter had been seriously adorable. Model-level cute. She had mentioned that, and Allan, her then boyfriend, hadn't taken it well.
That's when she'd learned that male egos and fruit had a lot in common: Both bruised easily.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“It’s up to you to fill it. Find things that mean something to you, that represent times where you’ve overcome an obstacle, learned something important. Put those items in the bag and they’ll help you find your strength.’
‘I’m not sure if that’s going to help much.’ Unless I put a brick in it and nail Brandy between the eyes.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
“Riley Blackthorne - kicking hell's ass one demon at a time.”
― Jana Oliver, quote from Forsaken
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“I lean back, try to forget these fields and flanking hills. A long time before me or these tools, the Teays flowed here. I can almost feel the cold waters and the tickling the trilobites make when they crawl. All the water from the old mountains flowed west. But the land lifted. I have only the bottoms and stone animals I collect. I blink and breathe. My father is a khaki cloud in the canebrakes, and Ginny is no more to me than the bitter smell in the blackberry briers up on the ridge. --from Trilobites”
― Breece D'J Pancake, quote from The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
“But I'm struggling to convince myself that logic had anything to do with it.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from This Shattered World
“Every night, around midnight GMT, the Sun sets on the Cayman Islands, and doesn’t rise over the British Indian Ocean Territory until after 1:00 a.m. For that hour, the little Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific are the only British territory in the Sun. The Pitcairn Islands have a population of a few dozen people, the descendants of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The islands became notorious in 2004 when a third of the adult male population, including the mayor, were convicted of child sexual abuse. As awful as the islands may be, they remain part of the British Empire, and unless they’re kicked out, the two-century-long British daylight will continue.”
― Randall Munroe, quote from What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“There comes a point where you have to stop trying to repair yourself and accept the fact that you’re broken.”
― Ilona Andrews, quote from Sweep in Peace
“In less than twelve hours, Purslane’s ship would be travelling so close to the speed of light that the fastest ship ever built would still need a hundred thousand years to catch up with her.”
― Alastair Reynolds, quote from House of Suns
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