I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.
I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.
You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.
Life, unfortunately, doesn?t seem to care what we want. Act now while you can actually stop it from being a disaster.
Everything I?d been taught about eluding someone came rushing back to my head. What I wanted to do more than anything was look around and see if I had a follower, but that would have definitely attracted attention.
Thats why your doing this? Because Lissa told you to?
I hoped Lissa remained the only one with a surprise sibling.
You've always been my equal, Roza.
Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.
For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how I'd inherited my bizarre personality.
The book's always better than the movie.
I looked back and forth at them in amazement. I didn't know if I was witnessing a fight or foreplay. I wasn't thrilled about either option.
You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
And I told you, I'm not going to pursue another man's girlfriend. You want to talk honor. There it is in its purest form
My death will not be penciled on someone's calendar.
Fortunately for Dimitri, I had his back.
There was a look of woe on his face that was almost comical. Raids, bullets, criminals...no problem. A missing duster? Crisis.
I supposed if you were going to make a career of breaking laws, you might as well know them.
Behaviors and feelings rarely line up
My life didn?t need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.
Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.
They?re shooting at us,? I said incredulously. ?They?re actually shooting at us!
I think we got in more trouble with Aunt Tasha,? said Christian. ?She was kind of pissed off that we didn?t tell her what was going on. I think she probably wanted to blow up the statues herself.
Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured...it was like coming home.
Really, it's my fault. It was there. A hundred times there. How often did I see it? I knew. It kept happening. Over and over, you'd say you were through with him...and over and over, I'd believe it...no matter what my eyes showed me. No matter what my heart told me. My. Fault.
Honor, I thought. For real: the guardians should have taught it. Because I hadn't learned it.
This was the last thing I expected. You destroy my life and then feed me some inspiratonal philosophy.
I'm backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I'm doing this.
But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.
Sex had been amazing, but it wasn't a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I'd picked up common sense.
How do you prove we exist? Maybe we don't.
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