“You humans certainly have your hearts set on being happy, don’t you?”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“What other lost soul has the misfortune to have you as their fairy godfather?”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“Neat' was the highest superlative possible from Burndee and it was not a word that he often used...unless he was describing something he had done. 'Neat'--without even 'very' or 'really' attached to it--was extremely high praise from Burndee.”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“I’m good, but I’m not that good. Unless we steal a baby—” Colin”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“My first choice would be to give you more god children, but that would be far too cruel a thing to do—to them.”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“It almost made him feel sorry for Colin and that was just as unthinkable an estate as marriage.”
― Allison Tebo, quote from The Reluctant Godfather
“If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...
If you're a pretender come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!
Come in!”
― Shel Silverstein, quote from Where the Sidewalk Ends
“the look of the sky as the day's blue blood runs out of its cheek.”
― Stephen King, quote from Bag of Bones
“There really was no advantage, that I could see, in having brothers: they chewed with their mouths open, and ate every single Poppin' Fresh roll before I'd even had one.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Shadowland
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it much.”
― Joseph Conrad, quote from Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
“Myrnin," she said. "He didn't show up at the rendezvous." "And? Dude's crazy, in case you didn't notice recently. He probally went of the chase butterflys or something”
― Rachel Caine, quote from Fade Out
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