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I grunted. It's something I picked up over a fifteen-year career in law enforcement. Men have managed to create a complex and utterly impenetrable sec...more

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I know you haven't burned down any buildings in a while," she said, "but if you start feeling the need...

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Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

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Id me didn't have to be concerned with long-term consequences. He was my instinctive, primitive self, driven by my most primal impulses. I wondered, b...more

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Tropical trees had been planted throughout the room, along with bright flowering plants that were busy committing the olfactory floral equivalent of a...more

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BLARGLE SLORG NOTH HARGHLE FTHAGN! You know. The usual.

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I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax.

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Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.

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That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types,” I said. “You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down...more

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You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!

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A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn'...more

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You’re playing the creepy vibe a little hard,” I said. “Might as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music.

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Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?

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Gruff,” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae...more

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There are a lot of things I can't control. I don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.I don't want what I am going to face, what kind of...more