Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
"I think it's pretty amazing that you're saying this," I told him bluntly.
"Oh, I took some night school courses in psychology," said Bill Compton, vampire.
The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave
"And all the details are different too, right?" She pauses "Like...my birthday?"
That stops me. The heartbreak in her voice when she asks the question.
"Like my birthday's not really my birthday?" she says.
"No, probably not."
She looks down. She looks away from me. "That seems like something a person should know about themselves," she says.
Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist, Tim Federle
Set aside your beer (sorry: your Stelllllaaaaa!) and combine all the ingredients with ice in a shaker.
Witchmark, CL Polk
"Do you have any idea how much work it is to be majestic? The high court is exhausting."
Stormsong, CL Polk
"They can't know," I whispered. "If they knew what our parents and grandparents did, they'd never forgive us."
"Do we deserve forgiveness?"
Soulstar, CL Polk
The word "uza" meant something that didn't quite translate to Aelander. It meant solidarity. It meant unity. But something more than that--it meant that the people banded together in a community had a moral duty to each other, to serve one another.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers
'You know, on the subject of Humans, there's something I've long wanted to ask someone about.' He paused in thought. 'Cheese. Is that a real thing?'
Swordheart, T Kingfisher
"Failure to make the marriage bed glad is valid grounds for divorce in the Weeping Lands."
"I don't understand why there's so much weeping, then."
He gazed skyward. "Well, we also murder each other a great deal."
The Family Trade, Charles Stross
"Luckily for me, but unluckily for the thug concerned, Olga's childlike enthusiasms include embroidery, violins, haute couture, and semiautomatic weapons."
Chaos on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer
I'd say, "How much trouble could CheshireCat possibly cause with such a small robot?" but realistically, the answer is, "Seriously, so much."
Lore Olympus: Volume One, Rachel Smythe
And...
Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild, Marjorie M Liu & Sana Takeda
SEIZI: Believe it or not, I've actually seen her happy.
KIPPA: That muts have been scary.
SEIZI: You'll like it. I promise.
Monstress, Volume 6: The Vow, Marjorie M Liu & Sana Takeda
DIE, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
This isn't a conversation. This is the sort of monologue you run in your head with lovers you'll never speak to again. This is what happens when thoughts curdle.
DIE, Volume 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
And...
ISABELLE: Teach him a lesson, my Mistress of Woe.
CHUCK: Oh, you've gone native too. That had metre. That's one step away from rhyming.
DIE, Volume 3: The Great Game, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
DIE, Volume 4: Bleed, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
We followed him in silence. The other option was screaming.
Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders
My foolish heart opens up all the way, as if it had never been constricted by a hundred kinds of scar tissue.
Once & Future, Volume 1: The King is Undead, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
ROSE: Oh...hell. It's all real.
BRIDGETTE: Ptth. You're as bad as Duncan. It's not real. It's just true.
Once & Future, Volume 2: Old English, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
BEOWULF: Come to me! Come to the hero! My fists are like hammers, my heart like an anvil.
BRIDGETTE: Good luck, Duncan. Be careful. I hear his fists are like hammers.
Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
The Law, Jim Butcher
"I think she needs a savvy PI."
"Huh. What does she need with me?" I asked whimsically. But something deep down inside me stirred, like an old warhorse who hears the sound of trumpets.
The Lost Art of Mixing, Erica Bauermeister
Not for the first time, Tom considered that law school should include more classes on therapy and less time on arcane cases from the 1780s concerning the ownership of goats.
The Happy Ever After Playlist, Abby Jimenez
I think I fell just a little bit in love with him in that moment. I got a murky vision of telling our grandchildren about the day Grandma almost drank herself to death and Grandpa saved her with espresso.
Life's Too Short, Abby Jimenez
"Well, just remember, the universe doesn't give you more than you can handle."
Kristen scoffed. "Yeah it does. It does all the time. The universe doesn't give a shit, it's a total asshole."
Four Aunties and a Wedding, Jesse Q Sutanto
Huh. That...might not be a bad idea. No, wait, what am I saying? It's a terrible idea! We're literally talking about murdering someone via cow! That's just not--that's not--no.
"Little Things," Heroic Hearts (anthology), Jim Butcher, et al
Scar Eye darted to one side with the agility of his kind and streaked for the door.
Mister lifted one paw, judged the speed of his target, and made a single lazy bound down from the table.
Which solved the gremlin problem.
Husband Material, Alexis Hall
Oh God, what had I done. A simple pun about a slightly obsolete public-sector job had turned into a debate about the long-term impacts of Thatcherism.
"Waterward," Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 3 (anthology), Sean & Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, et al
She watched snowflakes wink out of existence as they kissed the water. She smiled. Here was a place of devouring.
Clockwork Boys, T Kingfisher
"I just wanted to keep you from doing anything you'd regret," Caliban said, a man who had dug six feet down and decided to keep on going.
A Lady for a Duke, Alexis Hall
"I'm sure there must be other options."
"What other options? Men and women are permitted to interact in three ways: marriage, ruination, and polite indifference."
For a moment, Lady Marleigh was silent.
"Well?"
"Give me a minute. I'm just trying to think of counter-examples."
Viola gave her a minute.
"Oh dear," said Lady Marleigh finally, "that's a bit dreary, isn't it?"
Hounded, Kevin Hearne
The Danes used to kick everyone's ass--until their victims figured out where they came from.
Wild Hunger, Chloe Neill
"We could end up dead."
"That's true for you every time the sun rises. The only thing that matters is what you do in the dark."
I narrowed my gaze at her. "That was really philosophical."
She lifted a shoulder. "I've been reading more since you've been gone."
The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson
Xeno dropped the bourbon down his throat like he was swallowing an oyster.
And...
Forgiveness. There are only three possible endings to a story--if you put aside And They All Lived Happily Ever After, which isn't an ending, but a coda.
The three possible endings are: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness.
Shakespeare knew all about revenge and tragedy.
The Immortal Conquistador, Carrie Vaughn
He was traveling through time, into the future, one day at a time, forever.
The Hidden Palace, Helene Wecker
"May I ask you a question? It might be rude."
"Go ahead."
"What are you?"
A wry chuckle. "Must I be something?"
She glanced upward, at the hollow building and its steel creation.
"Well, yes, there is that."
Kitty's Mix-Tape, Carrie Vaughn
The force of Gaius's rage surprised him. He'd never had a reason to be angry before. When he looked for an outlet, something he could break or destroy to somehow quiet his fury, he found one worthy target: the world.
The Summoning, Kelley Armstrong
I don't know what I did next. I think I might have collapsed into his arms, but if I did, I prefer not to remember it that way.
The Awakening, Kelley Armstrong
Now, looking back at a life of doing what I was told, I realized I'd bought into the game. When adults patted me on the head and told me I was so grown-up, what they really meant was that they were glad I wasn't grown-up enough yet to question, to fight back.
The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong
I decided that if Tori was fine with me raising the dead for personal use, then there was really no reason to tell her I'd actually made a deal with a demon.
Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge
Yong'an has too many wanderers, too many philosophers. Who has the time to care about anyone else? Who even remembers who other people are?
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Revised Edition), Thomas C Foster
The average space between a charioteer being named and being skewered is about five lines.
"I think it's pretty amazing that you're saying this," I told him bluntly.
"Oh, I took some night school courses in psychology," said Bill Compton, vampire.
The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave
"And all the details are different too, right?" She pauses "Like...my birthday?"
That stops me. The heartbreak in her voice when she asks the question.
"Like my birthday's not really my birthday?" she says.
"No, probably not."
She looks down. She looks away from me. "That seems like something a person should know about themselves," she says.
Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist, Tim Federle
Set aside your beer (sorry: your Stelllllaaaaa!) and combine all the ingredients with ice in a shaker.
Witchmark, CL Polk
"Do you have any idea how much work it is to be majestic? The high court is exhausting."
Stormsong, CL Polk
"They can't know," I whispered. "If they knew what our parents and grandparents did, they'd never forgive us."
"Do we deserve forgiveness?"
Soulstar, CL Polk
The word "uza" meant something that didn't quite translate to Aelander. It meant solidarity. It meant unity. But something more than that--it meant that the people banded together in a community had a moral duty to each other, to serve one another.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers
'You know, on the subject of Humans, there's something I've long wanted to ask someone about.' He paused in thought. 'Cheese. Is that a real thing?'
Swordheart, T Kingfisher
"Failure to make the marriage bed glad is valid grounds for divorce in the Weeping Lands."
"I don't understand why there's so much weeping, then."
He gazed skyward. "Well, we also murder each other a great deal."
The Family Trade, Charles Stross
"Luckily for me, but unluckily for the thug concerned, Olga's childlike enthusiasms include embroidery, violins, haute couture, and semiautomatic weapons."
Chaos on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer
I'd say, "How much trouble could CheshireCat possibly cause with such a small robot?" but realistically, the answer is, "Seriously, so much."
Lore Olympus: Volume One, Rachel Smythe
And...
Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild, Marjorie M Liu & Sana Takeda
SEIZI: Believe it or not, I've actually seen her happy.
KIPPA: That muts have been scary.
SEIZI: You'll like it. I promise.
Monstress, Volume 6: The Vow, Marjorie M Liu & Sana Takeda
DIE, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
This isn't a conversation. This is the sort of monologue you run in your head with lovers you'll never speak to again. This is what happens when thoughts curdle.
DIE, Volume 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
And...
ISABELLE: Teach him a lesson, my Mistress of Woe.
CHUCK: Oh, you've gone native too. That had metre. That's one step away from rhyming.
DIE, Volume 3: The Great Game, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
DIE, Volume 4: Bleed, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
We followed him in silence. The other option was screaming.
Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders
My foolish heart opens up all the way, as if it had never been constricted by a hundred kinds of scar tissue.
Once & Future, Volume 1: The King is Undead, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
ROSE: Oh...hell. It's all real.
BRIDGETTE: Ptth. You're as bad as Duncan. It's not real. It's just true.
Once & Future, Volume 2: Old English, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
BEOWULF: Come to me! Come to the hero! My fists are like hammers, my heart like an anvil.
BRIDGETTE: Good luck, Duncan. Be careful. I hear his fists are like hammers.
Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora
The Law, Jim Butcher
"I think she needs a savvy PI."
"Huh. What does she need with me?" I asked whimsically. But something deep down inside me stirred, like an old warhorse who hears the sound of trumpets.
The Lost Art of Mixing, Erica Bauermeister
Not for the first time, Tom considered that law school should include more classes on therapy and less time on arcane cases from the 1780s concerning the ownership of goats.
The Happy Ever After Playlist, Abby Jimenez
I think I fell just a little bit in love with him in that moment. I got a murky vision of telling our grandchildren about the day Grandma almost drank herself to death and Grandpa saved her with espresso.
Life's Too Short, Abby Jimenez
"Well, just remember, the universe doesn't give you more than you can handle."
Kristen scoffed. "Yeah it does. It does all the time. The universe doesn't give a shit, it's a total asshole."
Four Aunties and a Wedding, Jesse Q Sutanto
Huh. That...might not be a bad idea. No, wait, what am I saying? It's a terrible idea! We're literally talking about murdering someone via cow! That's just not--that's not--no.
"Little Things," Heroic Hearts (anthology), Jim Butcher, et al
Scar Eye darted to one side with the agility of his kind and streaked for the door.
Mister lifted one paw, judged the speed of his target, and made a single lazy bound down from the table.
Which solved the gremlin problem.
Husband Material, Alexis Hall
Oh God, what had I done. A simple pun about a slightly obsolete public-sector job had turned into a debate about the long-term impacts of Thatcherism.
"Waterward," Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 3 (anthology), Sean & Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, et al
She watched snowflakes wink out of existence as they kissed the water. She smiled. Here was a place of devouring.
Clockwork Boys, T Kingfisher
"I just wanted to keep you from doing anything you'd regret," Caliban said, a man who had dug six feet down and decided to keep on going.
A Lady for a Duke, Alexis Hall
"I'm sure there must be other options."
"What other options? Men and women are permitted to interact in three ways: marriage, ruination, and polite indifference."
For a moment, Lady Marleigh was silent.
"Well?"
"Give me a minute. I'm just trying to think of counter-examples."
Viola gave her a minute.
"Oh dear," said Lady Marleigh finally, "that's a bit dreary, isn't it?"
Hounded, Kevin Hearne
The Danes used to kick everyone's ass--until their victims figured out where they came from.
Wild Hunger, Chloe Neill
"We could end up dead."
"That's true for you every time the sun rises. The only thing that matters is what you do in the dark."
I narrowed my gaze at her. "That was really philosophical."
She lifted a shoulder. "I've been reading more since you've been gone."
The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson
Xeno dropped the bourbon down his throat like he was swallowing an oyster.
Forgiveness. There are only three possible endings to a story--if you put aside And They All Lived Happily Ever After, which isn't an ending, but a coda.
The three possible endings are: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness.
Shakespeare knew all about revenge and tragedy.
The Immortal Conquistador, Carrie Vaughn
He was traveling through time, into the future, one day at a time, forever.
The Hidden Palace, Helene Wecker
"May I ask you a question? It might be rude."
"Go ahead."
"What are you?"
A wry chuckle. "Must I be something?"
She glanced upward, at the hollow building and its steel creation.
"Well, yes, there is that."
Kitty's Mix-Tape, Carrie Vaughn
The force of Gaius's rage surprised him. He'd never had a reason to be angry before. When he looked for an outlet, something he could break or destroy to somehow quiet his fury, he found one worthy target: the world.
The Summoning, Kelley Armstrong
I don't know what I did next. I think I might have collapsed into his arms, but if I did, I prefer not to remember it that way.
The Awakening, Kelley Armstrong
Now, looking back at a life of doing what I was told, I realized I'd bought into the game. When adults patted me on the head and told me I was so grown-up, what they really meant was that they were glad I wasn't grown-up enough yet to question, to fight back.
The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong
I decided that if Tori was fine with me raising the dead for personal use, then there was really no reason to tell her I'd actually made a deal with a demon.
Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge
Yong'an has too many wanderers, too many philosophers. Who has the time to care about anyone else? Who even remembers who other people are?
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Revised Edition), Thomas C Foster
The average space between a charioteer being named and being skewered is about five lines.
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