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“Alexis, please mind your mouth. Cursing in Russian is still cursing.”
“We dont get to choose what happens to usbut we always get to choose how we react to it.”
“We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.”
“That excuse only works until you discover the person is merely an individual like any other.”
“In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thingokay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous.”
“In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing…okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous.”
“Her pulse raced, pounding in her ears above the howling wind. A wave of dizziness crashed over her with the rapid flood of adrenaline. She gasped in a breath. Dont let go.”
“The brain represented the most complex organism ever to exist, and impossible to tame. Morality could not be spawned by tweaking a few genes or shutting off a few neurons. Not yet. So though humani...”
“I wouldn't be your best and most marvelous friend in the galaxy if I didnt point out there might be a few negative consequences from all she gazed upward and twirled her hand in the air this.”
“He simply preferred the sensation of soil beneath his feet and wind in his hair, of fresh, non-recycled air which carried on it the scent and taste of life. He preferred what was solid and real, wh...”
“In the space of a breath he had crossed the distance separating them and spun her around into a vise grip from behind. Somehow, the gun was out of her hand and in his. He locked her arms between th...”
“Noyou can ask for a beautiful, witty, intelligent yet minxy woman in your arms every night, a mansion on a hillor better yet in the skyand the best bodyguards to protect you when someone does inevi...”
“Yes, she loved her ship more than she had loved him. But what she loved even more was what it gave her: freedom, and the key to the marvels of space. It gave her the stars, and she doubted she coul...”
“He had seen many criminals in his years in Division. Dangerous men and even more dangerous women. Small-time hucksters and savvy crime lords. Spies, gangsters, assassins, insurgents and wannabe-rev...”
“They sit in their soundproof rooms and issue tone-deaf edicts and call themselves controlling the world. And one day they ask you to die for them.”
“He swallowed hard, annoyed at the sudden dryness in his throat. No reason to become all emotional about it now. He had already sold his soul for a chance at vengeance, and there was no getting it b...”
“I wouldn't be your best and most marvelous friend in the galaxy if I didn’t point out there might be a few negative consequences from all…” she gazed upward and twirled her hand in the air “…this.”
“No…you can ask for a beautiful, witty, intelligent yet minxy woman in your arms every night, a mansion on a hill—or better yet in the sky—and the best bodyguards to protect you when someone does in...”
