If the Romans could have fortified their cities the way the human brain fortifies itself, we’d still be wearing togas.
I spend the day running on a treadmill while madly juggling a half dozen grenades. It’s a solid day of absolutely zero progress, and the best I can say, at the end of it, is that nothing exploded.
I had no patience with anyone who put down other kids because of their race, religion, or sexuality. But that’s just one kind of open-mindedness. There’s another kind, too, the kind that’s willing to see people for who they really are and admit when you were wrong about them.
A strike within the realm of the professional never justifies retribution in the realm of the personal.
You don’t pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you’ll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you’ll be consent. One can’t sustain happiness forever.
I shook my head. “Calling my boyfriend.” “You need a guy to come rescue you?” I waggled my gun. “I have that part covered, but given the situation, I’m going to let someone know where I am. I’m a feminist; I’m not an idiot.
Yours is more than business. Your opinion of him – and your continuing relationship with him – matters. My nephew is not accustomed to that, and he’s struggling with it.
So why was his stomach tightening and twisting with every step up those stairs? Because hope was a dangerous thing. It said the failure would be his own fault alone.
Now I was standing in a forest grove with a witch, a half-demon, a vampire, and a shaman, planning to put an end to a nefarious plot to usurp our powers and alter the path of humankind. Talk about your conspiracy theories.
I’d said to myself once that Gabriel preferred a life where he felt as little responsibility for others as possible. That was true. But even more true is the fact that he preferred a life where others felt no responsibility for him.
Philip wooed me with all the patience of someone trying to coax a half-wild animal into the house and, like many a stray, I found myself domesticated before I thought to resist.
Technically, you don’t need the keys. As long as they’re in the car, you can drive it.” He paused. “I probably shouldn’t have told you that.
I don’t know what a hard-ass feminist is. I’m a feminist, which only means that I think men and women deserve equal treatment. Hardly a groundbreaking concept. But I’m sure you’re about to give an example of where I failed in that.
If a bird flies straight at you, prepare for a bad day.
Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence.
This was a doctor. Sworn to heal, not to judge. But judge she did, in the twist of her lips and the chill of her tone.
God, it’s like talking to a cyborg sometimes. You pretend to listen, but really, you’ve just gone on pause, waiting for me to stop so you can reiterate your original point.
I even pulled out the can of cat treats. Yes, I’d bought him treats. Give it another month and I’d be collecting his shed whiskers and claws like a proud momma preserving her baby’s first haircut and lost teeth.
Vechea mea viata mi se parea ca un vis- un vis in cea mai mare pate placut, lipsit de evenimente. Acum ma trezisem din ele si imi dadusem seama cine si ce eram, cu bune si cu rele. Nu exista nici o cale de a inchide ochii si a aluneca inapoi in acel fericit vis al normalului. Acesta era normalul meu acum.
Nothing says ‘I love you’ like ‘I tracked down this guy for you to kill.