“I can understand bitchiness in any language.”
“You can put on as many airs as you want, but in the end, that dress is the same as you: an old, cheap design dressed up to look like its worth more than it is.”
“You’ll know her by a crown of stars and flowers, and then when you take her to your bed and claim her, you will swear your loyalty to me.”
“We're pieces on a gameboard, Dr. March, and some of us are more powerful than others. You. Me. Her. We're the ones the gods want. We're the ones they're fighting over.”
“I can't shut my brain off. It's like a hamster wheel." ~ Justin”
“Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki”
“Sex and battle were each dangerous in their own ways.”
“You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well, I'm going to.”
“I slept with her because she was hot and wanted me. Maybe we're dealing with the supernatural, but I'm still human.”
“You're on a roll here, aren't you? Never thought I'd have a heckler while pouring out my heart and soul.”
“Anger could flip to passion in a heartbeat.”
“She made no other moves, but there was tension in her that said she was a lioness that could strike at any moment.
You know, remarks Magnus conversationally, lionesses do all the work while lions sit around.”
“You can crawl back to whatever hole you live in and fuck your landlord for rent.”
“I'm sad because you remind me of home. Because you are beautiful and bright and dynamic and whole lot of other things I haven't seen for a long time... and won't see again anytime soon.”
“Ignore her. She hasn't been laid in, like, in a week. It's a wonder she's still alive.”
“You must not have played chess in a while. The king is the weakest piece in the game.” He gave Justin a level look. “The queen’s the strongest.”
“If they'd had proof of what he'd tried to do, Porfirio wouldn't have lived long enough to die in an explosion.”
“Quite, Justin told them. I'm trying to have a moment.”
“You sure have a high opinion of yourself, thinking it's going to happen again.”
“Make sure you marry a plain man, Tessa. They won't stray, and they'll never have power over you.”
“A dream doesn't mean anything. I dreamed the other night that I went riding on a dinosaur.”
“If the same guy’s still here, he’s not really all that stable either. Actually has the balls to call himself Golden Arrow.”
“And,” Mae added, voice prim, “if you try to brag about this, no one’s going to believe you. No one will believe someone like me would sleep with someone like you.” That was the gut punch. It was also the last word, because he couldn’t muster another response.”
“I don't think Blanca was worth it, Horatio told him. She wasn't even that good.”
“You must not have played chess in a while. The king is the weakest piece in the game.” He gave Justin a level look. “The queen’s the strongest.” “What”
“I don’t know . . . jaguars and obsidian. That’s not their style. Why didn’t she use a silver dagger on you?” “Maybe”
“Justin might live another day after all, much to the relief of gullible women everywhere.”
“The trouble with aggressive nonsmokers is that they feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They seem to think that one day you'll look back and thank them for those precious fifteen seconds they just added to your life. What they don't understand is that those are just fifteen more seconds you can spend hating their guts and plotting revenge.”
“Everybody has his talent, everybody has his gift from God, and we go about sharing gifts with each other, that's the way of the world, the best way.”
“I don’t explain love, Bart. I don’t think anyone can. It grows from day to day from having contact with that other person who understands your needs, and you understand theirs. It starts with a faltering flutter that touches your heart and makes you vulnerable to everything beautiful.”
“Ludzie nie zaklepują sobie innych ludzi. Podejmują świadomą decyzję, że będą z nimi. To wymaga wiary. Rysujesz koło na piasku i zgadzasz się w nim stać, i wierzyć w nie.”
“Sudden falls can come to societies that know too little history or that have furnished their minds with easy one-note propaganda in place of the true complexity and terrible beauty of the storied past.”
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