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Reincarnation? He shrugged. I've never seen any evidence that it's real. But I've never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make someone willing to come back.

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I told them," he said in a clear, carrying voice, "that they should not give someone as old and powerful as I a daughter to love. That it would end badly.

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I narrowed my eyes at him. "Stuff that. I'll write a doctoral thesis. Then I can go do what most of the other people with doctoral degrees in anthropology do." "What's that?" asked Calvin. "You don't need to encourage her," said Adam seriously, but his eyes laughed at me. "The same thing that people with degrees in history do," I said. "Fix cars or serve frnech fries and bad hamburgers.

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Are you going to tell me what that was about? Adam asked as we went back upstairs. Sometime, I told him. When we're telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.

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It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.

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Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons — like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.

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Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that. "Yes," observed Adam blandly. "I do." Yep. That was the one that came to mind. And he didn't even blush when he said it. Maybe Gordon would miss the double entendre. But he grinned cheerfully at Adam.

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Bran was stripping her futon down to the bare mattress when she entered her apartment. It was sort of like watching the president mowing the White House lawn or taking out the trash.

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Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that.

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Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there's no such things as ghosts.

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No-pocket jeans are only slightly less irritating than thong underwear.

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A second floor window opened, and Kyle stuck his head and shoulders out so he could look down at us. If you two are finished playing Cowboy and Indian out there, some of us would like to get their beauty sleep. I looked at Warren. You heard 'um Kemo Sabe. Me go to my little wigwam and get 'um shut-eye. How come you always get to play the Indian? whined Warren, deadpan. Cause she's the Indian, white boy, said Kyle.

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Pack is for comfort when you hurt, I thought, putting my head back down. And for the first time in a long time, maybe the first time ever, I appreciated being a part of one.

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You okay now ?" he asked. "Okay." He tightened his arms and lifted me off my feet. "Mercy?" he growled into my ear. I wrapped my legs around his waist. " Yeah", I said. "Me too.

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Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.

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Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck.

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I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.

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A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

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Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified...

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I'm not threatening to kill myself. But you need to know this about me because—if you want to be my mate—I won't be like Leo. I won't let you sleep around with anyone else. I won't be forced either. I've had enough. If that makes me a dog in the manger, so be it. But if I am yours, then you damned well are going to be mine." - Anna to Charles

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Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said "bunny rabbit" in that tone of voice and weaken my spine with the same shiver of fear.

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Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

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She crawled, Ben said. There were tears in his voice. That was wrong. Ben barely even tolerated me on the best of days. She crawled to the bathroom to clean herself again. If it weren't for the two subs in the pack, I'd be on the bottom. And she wouldn't stand up in my presence for guilt.

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Ben rubbed his muzzle over Kyle's shoulder in a way that I think was supposed to be reassuring. Kyle sucked in a breath. Either it hurt, or the reminder that the werewolf was big enough to rub his shoulder without much effort wasn't exactly reassuring. Ben, when was the last time you brushed your teeth? asked Kyle. Or else Ben's breath was really bad.

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His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.

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He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting. You need to be more careful, he growled. Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt. I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave. I have no doubt about it. His voice was more satisfied then contrite.

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Yes,' he said sincerely. 'Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.

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Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.

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It Wasn't Hard To Follow The Scent Of Blood To The Living Room Where The Fae Had Been Killed. It Had Been A Violent Death, Perfect For Creating Ghosts.

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I jerked my chin toward Frost's body. 'All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.' Hao said, Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else. Half-naked, covered with the same filth we all were, he still gave the impression of being in control of himself and his environment.

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