“The Serpent sleeps buried in the silken mud at the bottom of the sea. The water is freezing and dark and suffocating. The Serpent awakes and shifts, raising the mud in a floating cloud. The Serpent cries. There is no answer.”
“At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where the water is freezing and dark, a great black Serpent sleeps in the mud.”
“Disaster area. I've seen some messy offices, Leo, but his absolutely has to win first prize.”
“What the hell were you doing at the Hurrah? You won't find a date there, none of them are into chicks.”
“At only twenty-eight I felt no great rush to settle into anything boring.”
“I promise to love you forever,” Teague said when he put her back on the ground. He reached down and kissed her knuckles. Mina smiled and spoke softly, “Forever isn’t long enough.”
“De vez en cuando un milagro, oro y risas, y de nuevo la esperanza cuando crees que a tu alrededor todo es destrucción y silencio.”
“Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.”
“You also ought to know that mandrake is a powerful aphrodisiac and is used in love magic, particularly to break down female resistance. That’s the explanation of mandrake’s folk name: love apple. It’s a herb used to pander lovers.’ ‘Blockhead,’ Milva commented. ‘And”
“If you weren't there, and I weren't here... If I weren't me... but you were still you, I would be interested in letting you like-like me.”
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