The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque – but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a lot worse, and some of the Elder Things could rip your mind apart just by letting you look at them.
Words have a power every bit as terrible and beautiful as magic.
Make things right?” I asked. “Where did you learn that one?” “From Mr. Carpenter,” she said. “He says making things right is the first and last thing you should do every day. And that it’s what you always try to do.
There was a universe of pain residing in that ellipses.
You now have more work. Cease your whining, desist from your dalliances, and do your duty.
The Fomor had released the freaking kraken.
They say civilization is a thin veneer over barbarism. Chicago stood waiting for the first tearing sound.
Now, courage ain’t everything. But you build everything else on it.” He.
Tavi eventually came to the conclusion that he was sulking.
I wanted to kick myself. Somewhere out there was a village I’d deprived of its idiot.
The difference is, anything we just make out of our will, they can slip most of the punch,” he said. “I ain’t got time to give you a graduate seminar on intention versus the natural operation of the universe until you’ve completed my ‘why it’s a damned stupid thing to trust vampires’ course.
Kincaid?” the girl asked, her voice whimsical. “Can you be trusted?” “You’re paid up through April,” the man replied, his eyes still scanning the street. “After that I might get a better offer.” “There,” the girl said to me. “Kincaid can be trusted until April. He’s an ethical man, in his way.
Home is where you embrace the present and plan the future.
As much as I love to travel, I find that I miss my home there. Still, I suppose that I am glad to travel and even more glad to return. Perhaps I am doubly fortunate.
The Gatekeeper joined the rest of the Senior Council, and they trooped back up to their podiums. Podii. Podia. Whatever. Goddamned correspondence course.
And you both hurt each other terribly, because you’re family. Because what you say and do matters so much more than anyone else.” She leaned down and put her cheek against my forehead. “Listen to me. I know it hurts right now. But the reason it hurts so much is because you care about each other so much. And that pain will eventually fade. But you’ll both still care.
But feeling true isn’t the same as being true. In fact, feelings don’t have very much to do with the truth at all.
I liked it way better when I could just be openly defiant, rather than being forced to resort to reason.
We didn’t charge into the fray so much as aggressively shamble.
I wonder what it says about me that pizza has been one of the better long-term investments in my career.
As a rule, people aren’t good at handling power. And the second you think you’re better at controlling your power than anyone else, you’ve already taken the first step.