02c. 1991 ADSometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
03c. 1991 ADNow we're in the middle of a three-sided vampire war. Which would be an awesome video game, but I'm really not interested in playing for real. I like my reset buttons.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
04c. 1991 ADI am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.'Excellent' Shane said. 'Then next trip, we hit the strip bar.'I have a gun, Shane,' Eve sighed.What, you think i actually loaded yours?'Eve flipped him off, and Claire laughed.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
05c. 1991 ADWhatever, crazy chick who maybe lives here and maybe also breaks into Michael's house when they're all gone. I'm out. Have a nice delusion. -ShayneRachel Caine / quote ↗
06c. 1991 ADDoes it give you déjà voodoo how alike the houses are?""That's déjà vu, and I hate you right nowRachel Caine / quote ↗
07c. 1991 ADHe dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This tea is pathetic. America just doesn’t understand tea at all.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
08c. 1991 ADI suppose I’ll have to clean up Freddy’s brains; I hate to leave a mess for the home owners. Hand me that plastic bag; I need to put it over his head to keep him from leaking. Oh, relax, Freddy; I’ll tear an airhole for you.” - MercerRachel Caine / quote ↗
09c. 1991 ADHis eyes ignited into a color found only in the heart of the sun. ‘‘Yes?’’‘‘Yes, already. I’ll marry you. Yes. Hell, yes. What am I, stupid?Rachel Caine / quote ↗
11c. 1991 ADIn real life, you don't get a reset, and you don't get extra lives, and I got the crap pounded out of me.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
12c. 1991 ADAn intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest hours.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
13c. 1991 ADShe needs you for more than just protection. It's how it works. You want the strong girl, you understand that she's with you because she wants to be. Not because she has to be. You know that, right?Rachel Caine / quote ↗
14c. 1991 ADIt's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
15c. 1991 ADIt's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
16c. 1991 ADYou should have trusted me. I'm really tired of people not trusting me.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
17c. 1991 ADOh hell no. Guys don’t talk about that crap.”“You’re serious.”“Really.”“What do you talk about?”Shane looked at her as if she were insane. “You know. Stuff. We’re not girls. We don’t talk about our feelings. I mean, not to other guys.”Claire rolled her eyes and said, “Fine, be emotionally stunted losers; I don’t care.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
19c. 1991 ADGod is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
20c. 1991 ADLosing one pint of blood's an accident. Losing two is carelessness.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
21c. 1991 ADSanti and Wolfe exchanged a look. Wolfe inclined his head a little to the side, with a strange, crooked smile. "You see? They're as bad as we are.""Worse," Santi sighed.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
22c. 1991 ADYou're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?""What?""Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?""I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
23c. 1991 ADI didn't bring you here," he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of theRachel Caine / quote ↗
24c. 1991 ADI know you want me to feel some sympathy for them, but that's not who I am. I care only about those I know, and even then, not all that deeply. Strangers get nothing from me.Rachel Caine / quote ↗
