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01c. 1971 AD

She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

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02c. 1971 AD

... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and around until she got so dizzy she fell in a pile of bare feet and dandelions and sundress.

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03c. 1971 AD

The hardest thing about being wanted was the hardest thing about wanting—wanting badly enough that it gave you stomachache, wanting in a way that was partly about kissing and partly about swallowing whole, the way a snake gulps down a mouse or the Big Bad Wolf gulps down Red Riding Hood—wanting turned someone you felt like you knew into a stranger. Whether that person was your brother’s best friend or a sleeping prince in a glass prison or a girl who kissed you at a party, the moment you wanted more than just touching your mouth to theirs they became terrifying and you became terrified.

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04c. 1971 AD

I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.

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05c. 1971 AD

You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.

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06c. 1971 AD

Mutually assured destruction.

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07c. 1971 AD

A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted."No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He looked in Val's direction. "I think she wants to die."Maybe you can help her after all," Mabry said. "You're good at helping people die.

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08c. 1971 AD

This is the part in the movie where that guy says, "Zombies? What zombies?" just before they eat his brains. I don't want to be that guy.

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09c. 1971 AD

She tastes like every dark thought I've ever had.

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10c. 1971 AD

He gave her a smile that wasn’t really a smile at all. “Eh, it wouldn’t be so bad. I wouldn’t have to study for the SATs or get a summer job or figure out my major. I can drink Elderflower wine all day, dance all through the night, and sleep on a bower of roses.”Hazel made a face. “I’m pretty sure there are some colleges where you can do that. I bet there are some colleges where you can major in that.

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11c. 1971 AD

Dead or not, I have come for his heart and I will have it.

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12c. 1971 AD

She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.

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13c. 1971 AD

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be

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14c. 1971 AD

Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them.

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15c. 1971 AD

Remember that I’m still a monster. I can listen to you scream and cry and beg and I still won’t let you out.

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16c. 1971 AD

She was torn between the impulse to run and the urge to curl up like a pill bug, close her eyes, tuck her head beneath her arms, and play the game of since-I-can't-see-monsters-monsters-can't-see-me.

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17c. 1971 AD

Three of them, dressed in silvery gray, on three horses—one black, one white, and the third red.

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18c. 1971 AD

I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we're better able to connect directly with readers.

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19c. 1971 AD

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

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20c. 1971 AD

I really love the idea of the poetically mad - the character that is imbued with the romantic madness. Like River from 'Firefly' or Drusilla from 'Buffy.' Someone dangerously unhinged, where you're really not sure they're going to be reliable minute-to-minute.

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