“Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.”
“Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.”
“Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock.”
“Madison looked from Jason, who jerked his head toward the gate, signaling her to get moving, to Longbranch, whose cold, direct gaze said Jason would pay in blood for any kind of double-cross.
One thing was clear: Jason Haley had been lying to her since the moment he set foot on her porch. Was he really plotting with the Roses? Or had he decided to sacrifice himself to get her into the sanctuary?
Madison threw her arms around Jason's neck as if she couldn't face being parted from him and whispered fiercely in his ear, "You lying lunatic bastard. They're going to kill you."
"I love you too," he murmured. "Go find Seph. Help him.”
“Outside the Weirwall, Jack could hear the thud of bodies colliding and the cries of the wounded. It seemed like a lot of noise. Even given the fact that Ellen was involved.
"Why'd she go out there?" Jack demanded. "Why didn't you stop her?"
Brooks spat on the ground. "Have you ever tried to stop Captain Stephenson from anythin'?”
“Commander! Sir! Wake up!"
Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.”
“Sometimes you have to go somewhere else to appreciate what we have here.”
“You lying lunatic bastard. They're going to kill you."
"I love you too," he murmured. "Go find Seph.”
“How'd it go with Leesha?"
"It was great! We were bad cop and bad cop!”
“Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.”
“It's not enough to do something. It's important to do the right thing.”
“We'll have supper in a little while, but I believe we should eat dessert first.”
“Uh, Miss, you have second and third degree burns that need treatment,"he said.
"They'll be okay. I'll just use concealer for a while.”
“Sometimes she wondered if she was doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, since she'd trained herself not to look back at it.”
“He shook his head, ripping his hands free. "I just went to pick it up." He felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a ROCK.”
“I have to believe that people can change. That people deserve a second chance.”
“Hastings sat back, extending his long legs. "It's not enough to do SOMETHING. It's important to do the RIGHT thing.”
“The girl must be looking for another hot-fudge shower," Ellen said. Then she, too, advanced on Leesha.”
“Then talk to Hastings."
Leesha flinched. "He's so scary, you know?”
“His father always treated him as if he were capable of great things. Which made him want to accomplish great things.”
“I wish I believed in something, Madison thought. I wish I belonged somewhere.”
“It had been weeks since anyone had even tried to kill him. As long as someone was trying to kill you, you knew you were important.”
“No one expects the rug to be yanked out from underneath them; life-changing events usually don’t announce themselves. While instinct and intuition can help provide some warning signs, they can do little to prepare you for the feeling of rootlessness that follows when fate flips your world upside down. Anger, confusion, sadness, and frustration are shaken up together inside you like a snow globe. It takes years for the emotional dust to settle as you do your best to see through the storm.”
“The love object occupies the thoughts of the person diagnosed as 'in love' all the time despite the probability that very little is actually known about it. To it are ascribed all qualities considered by the obsessed as good, regardless of whether the object in question possesses those qualities in any degree. Expectations are set up which no human being could fulfill. Thus the object chosen plays a special role in relation to the go of the obsessed, who decided that he or she is the right or the only person for him. In the case of a male this notion may sanction a degree of directly aggressive behavior either in pursuing the object or driving off competition.”
“next to Wainwright, who was already”
“I don't know why you're so hard to convince," I said, "But I'm really not that bad of a guy."
"Spoken like a true serial killer.”
“It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.”
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