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“Elphaba gave him a sidelong glance. I think you enjoy going to school, Nick. Are you sure canoodling with teenage girls isnt your ulterior motive?Perish the thought, Elphaba, perish the thought. Im...”
“Good, evil, these are human concepts, ways people have for understanding what it means to be alive, Nick said. Before people came along, this planet was teeming with life, fighting to survive, to l...”
“Elphabas face darkened again. Then she asked, hesitantly, as if afraid of the answer, So, how do you get the evil life force?From innocent people, Elphaba, Nick spoke so quietly he almost whispered...”
“The only way Magick ever has power is when its secrets are truly secret. Once too many people know how it works, then it doesnt work anymore.”
“Make no mistake, Elphaba, Goddess Magick was potent in the old days. During the Dark Ages the Catholic Church had their hands full fighting it. Unfortunately, in large measure the Church won that w...”
“Nick wouldnt dream of going on a case without his beloved cat. After all, they had been together for over three hundred years.”
“All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem.Besides me, of course.”
“I had been a happy normal wife and mother in Orange County until ten years ago, when I was attacked by an evil vampire... and turned into one myself. It's made my life since gross and scary and, le...”
“I put the carpetbag on a ledge, and then, hanging upside down by my razor-clawed feet, slept until sunset. A first for me, and actually quite comfortable.Lord help me.”
“Tell me, Mrs. Moon, will your need for sustenance trouble you on this excursion? How often do you need to feed?" I couldn't tell whether his interest was scientific, or whether he was afraid I migh...”
“Becoming a fae leader? Not on my bucket list.”
“She walks into my life legs first, a long drink of water in the desert of my thirties. Her shoes are red; her eyes are green. She's an Italian flag in occupied territory, and I fall for her like Pa...”
“I stole a bit of a chopped vegetable and was about to put it in my mouth when Jaes long fingers closed over my wrist. What? You cant eat this raw?Its bitter melon. You wont like it. He went into th...”
“He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory?”
“The instant Isabella Cortez left the safety of the FBI building, goose bumps skittered across her skin and her senses went on high alert.”
“I actually do have a motto, said Heat. Its Never forget who you work for.'" And as she voiced the words, Nikki felt a creeping unease. It wasnt exactly shame, but it was close. For the first time i...”
“She tried to focus on the element of riddle or at least puzzle contained in the letter and ignore the sense of doom that was sweeping through her like clouds rolling to the shore over open water.”
“If there was one thing which Sloan had learned over the years it was that you should never underestimate the element of luck in detective work.”
“Persistence is often a detective's greatest ally.”
“Wolfe still paid no attention to me. As a matter of fact, I didn't expect him to, since he was busy taking exercise. He had recently got the impression he weighed too much- which was about the same...”
