Ilona Andrews Quotes

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Saiman picked up a coffee mug, stared at it, and hurled it against the wall. It shattered into a dozen pieces. We looked at him. Your date appears to be hysterical, Rene told me. You think I should slap some man into him?

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Who is Hunter Becker?" "Becker the Gory? Lighthouse Keepers? Boston?" "I would've preferred Becker the Easiley Surrendering or Becker the Quite Reasonable, but beyond that his name tells me nothing.

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One day I'll kill him, you know. I glanced at her. She was deadly serious.

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You know what I like about you? You have no sense. You sit here in my house, you can barely hold a spoon, and you're telling me 'no'. You'd pull on Death's whiskers if you could reach them.

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On your best day, you're only as good as I am on my worst with one arm tied behind my back.

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What is he doing here?" Curran growled. "He's Roland's Warlord. He's here for me." He was here for the woman who had broken his master's blade. "Tough luck. You're mine.

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He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. Rape, he promised. Many, many times. Until you bleed... I'm so flattered.

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He bared his teeth in a happy feral grin. My own personal psycho.

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You could buy a car for fifty thousand dollars. A really nice car. Ascanio's eyes lit up. A Hummer. You could buy a converted Hummer. You don't need a Hummer. I said. Chicks dig the Hummer. You don t need any chicks either. He gave me an injured look. I have needs. I have needs too and right now I need you to concentrate on tracking down Jamar s collection. Get to it. - Andrea & Ascanio

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Butterflies were small and light, and very magic sensitive. For some reason I made them feel safe and they gravitated to me like iron shavings to a magnet. They ruined my ferocious badass image, but you'd have to be a complete beast to swat butterflies.

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I know it's late, but could you find a book for me? It's called The Slavs: Study of Pagan Tradition by Osvintsev." Barabas sighed dramatically. "Kate, you make me despair. Let's try that again from the top, except this time pretend you are an alpha." "I don't need a lecture. I just need the book." "Much better. Little more growl in the voice?" "Barabas!" "And we're there. Congratulations!

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Why the rifle? Everybody knows you can't shoot. Who were these everybodies and would they like to stand in front of me, preferably within ten feet, so I could discuss this issue in greater detail.

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For a second I thought I might actually be alive," I said, looking at Nick's unshaven face. "Now I know- I've gone to Hell and you're my nursemaid.

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Voshak's hair, a pale blond braid, which he bleached, was his trademark. It made him memorable. That's how the slavers operated. They adopted costumes and personas, trying to make themselves larger-than-life and hoping to inspire fear. They counted on that fear. One could fight a man, but nobody could fight a nightmare.

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If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it.

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Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind... I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.

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The vampire stared at me, his mouth slack as Ghastek assessed his options. I took a couple of forms from my desk, put them into the vamp's mouth, and pulled them up by their edges. "What are you doing?" Ghastek asked. "My hole puncher broke." "You have no respect for the undead.

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He snarled. I showed him my teeth. A rolled-up newspaper landed on my head and then on Jim's. None of that in my house! Oh my gods. The alpha of Clan Cat just got smacked with a rolled-up newspaper.

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It was his eyes. When you looked into them, you saw chained violence baring teeth and claws back at you.

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Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant.

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Kate, perhaps you need to explain to your significant other that he is in no position to give me orders. Last time I checked, his title was Beast Lord, which is a gentle euphemism for a man who strips nude at night and runs around through the woods hunting small woodland creatures. I'm a premier Master of the Dead. I will go where I please.

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Aha! So I'm not crazy. You are most definitely crazy, Derek said. But in a deranged, endearing way.

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Juke glanced into her cup before tipping it down to her mouth. "Screw you!" "Now come on, sugar, you know I don't swing that way." "Whatever!

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Were you watching me sleep? Because I thought we agreed that's creepy.

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Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.

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Do you have spies in Clan Heavy? I have spies everywhere. I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate. She had tea with Mahon's wife. Andrea said. Aunt B looked at her. You and I need to work on your air of mystery.

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True strength isn't in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it's in having the will to shield those who need your protection.

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It's not a loup cage, you know,' I told her. 'It's a holding cell. Or safe room. or secure room. I don't think Jim ever settled on a term he could live with.' 'Aha. It's a loup cage.' Andrea cleared her throat. 'I touched it with my finger and it hurt. Is that in case of marital problems?

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Great, now I've turned into a manga character who repeated everything everyone said.

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Good morning, Ms. Daniels. I'm calling to inform you that Julie has left our premises. Not again. Curran's arms closed around me and he hugged me to him. I leaned back against him. How? She mailed herself.

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