20 April 2014

Could You Repeat That? CXXXI

It's been a while since I've posted one of these. For every book I read, I pick a favorite sentence or exchange. I've been doing this for a while, and it makes me happy, to revel in the way others weave words together.

Could You Repeat That? CXXXI
Favorite Lines of Recent Reads


Magic Slays, Ilona Andrews
Curran didn't need me. I wasn't a general; I was a weapon in need of a target.

How the Marquess Was Won, Julie Anne Long
Her fury had momentum and she needed to spend it, and she didn't want love or peace. She didn't trust it.

It Happened One Midnight, Julie Anne Long
The moon lay on its side like a discarded pickax, the stars' diamond smithereens strewn all around it.

Doubletake, Rob Thurman
"Friends and family grieve and go on when people die. They don't jump in the grave after them. People live on."
"Yeah, people do." I brushed past him in the hall and left him behind.

Shadow's Claim, Kresley Cole
"I'm not naïve." I might be naïve. "I know that's not how the world works."
"Then change the world."

X-23: The Killing Dream (graphic novel), Marjorie Liu & Will Conrad
LAURA: You were talking to yourself.
ORORO: I was begging for an apparition. Searching for ghosts in the night. Sometimes, child, one wishes to be haunted by the dead.
LAURA: I do not.

Hawkeye: Little Hits (graphic novel), Matt Fraction & David Aja
Too much. Coming in too fast.
GRILLS: H--
Come on. Don't wanna learn your name at your funeral. Never forgive myself--

Saga: Volume One (graphic novel), Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
MARKO: Just tell me a secret!
ALANA: What? Why?
MARKO: Because spells require ingredients, and this one needs a secret! Something you've never shared with anyone!
ALANA: I'm...not as tall as I tell people?
MARKO: Do you seriously need me to define what a secret is?

Friends with Boys (graphic novel), Faith Erin Hicks
MAGGIE: There aren't a lot of girls like Ripley in movies like "Alien." It was so cool to see a girl who acted like a boy in an action movie. It's like she was in the movie just for me.
LUCY: I felt the same thing when I first heard Patti Smith's music. Like it was made just for me.
MAGGIE: Um...I'm sorry, but who's Patti Smith -
LUCY: OH MY GOD.

Solitaire, Kelley Eskridge
He cares about this a lot, Jackal thought. She tasted it, like something she'd swallowed with her tea: what did she care about so much?

The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch
"You curious men," she said. "I offer you the answers to damn near anything, secrets thousands of people have died trying to uncover, and you want to learn how we go about paying our bills."

When We Wake, Karen Healey
"Armies don't kill people to keep unimportant secrets."
"You don't know much about armies," Abdi said, and scratched his chin.

The Language of Bees, Laurie R. King
The honey from mad bees tastes much like that of others.

Steelheart, Brandon Sanderson
You make us all selfish, I thought at Nightwielder. That's why I hate you. All of you.

Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
Fortunately, it turns out that being scared of yourself is a somewhat effective motivational technique.

Parasite, Mira Grant
I resigned myself to the inevitable. I was going to eat my bribe, and I was going to like it.

Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead
"If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around."
"Funny, I feel that way about you too."

The Professional, Kresley Cole
"So how was your day?" (Dear.)

Frostbite, Richelle Mead
"You get thrown to vipers, you die quickly. But the geese? That'll go on for days."

Shadow Kiss Richelle Mead
"You know how the system works."
"I do," she said. "But I'm not here to analyze it. I'm here to help you get better."
"Seems like you might not be able to do one without the other."

The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi
He held on to himself as long as he could. Then he let go.

Blood Promise, Richelle Mead
Damn. What good were terrifying powers if I couldn't use them to my advantage?

Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead
"I'm sorry."
"Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorry you loved him."

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