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“It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”
“Right," Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.”
“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.”
“I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.”
“Oh you two look delicious," Bast said, licking her lips. "No, no-er, I mean wonderful. Now, off you go!”
“Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!”
“Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”
“Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet.""You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed.He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship ritua...”
“You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?”
“Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say tell the truth, and when you do, they dont believe you. Whats the point?”
“Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wis...”
“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”
“She blinked. "Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you?""What did... he looked like a guy. So?""A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy?""I guess... Not the dog-headed guy."...”
“His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well, Sadie," Inspector Williams said. "You've got quite an imagination." "I'm n...”
“To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.”
“Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carte...”
“I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.”
“I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible."Oh, yes," she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children.""But this isn'...”
