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01c. 1965 AD

All right," Mom said. She gave Samuel a stern look,"Now I don't know what's going on between you and my daughter and Adam Hauptman-""Neither do we," I mutteredSamuel grinned "We have it pretty well worked out as far as the sex goes. Adam gets it-someday-and I don't. But the rest is still up for negotiation.

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02c. 1965 AD

If she know how strongly he felt, she'd have run out the door. He wasn't used to the possessive, or the savage joy she brought to his heart. It ate at his control, so he turned his attention to the music. He understood music.

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03c. 1965 AD

A man's immortality can be found in his children.

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04c. 1965 AD

You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.

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05c. 1965 AD

Cheeky. Carry them for nine months, feed them, clothe them, and what do I get? Impertinence.

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06c. 1965 AD

C’est moi, c’est moi,’tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn’t know if he’d catch the reference. I shouldn’t have worried. Unexpectedly, he laughed. “Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

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07c. 1965 AD

Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there's no such things as ghosts.

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08c. 1965 AD

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

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09c. 1965 AD

A king who trusts no man is weak.

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10c. 1965 AD

My mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was the truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something they think will get the results they want.

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11c. 1965 AD

My mother raised her eyebrow, and murmured, “And to think I was always worried that you didn’t have any friends. I suppose I should have been counting my blessings.

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12c. 1965 AD

Some people are boys longer than others.

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13c. 1965 AD

Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.

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14c. 1965 AD

Almost-Sister, you picked a real catch.”“It was I who caught her,” Adam said softly. “It took years.

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15c. 1965 AD

Brother Wolf gave Anna an amused look and then went back to being scary.

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16c. 1965 AD

When he grew up, he wanted to be like Charles.

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17c. 1965 AD

Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present.

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18c. 1965 AD

Who hurt you?" she asked, slicing through the two other conversations going on at the table. "He's dead," said Charles, his hand sliding up Anna's back reassuringly. "I killed him. If I could, I would bring him back to life so I could kill him again.

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19c. 1965 AD

Evil must always be fought.

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20c. 1965 AD

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?

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21c. 1965 AD

You have to acknowledge evil, or you give it too much power over you.

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22c. 1965 AD

A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.

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23c. 1965 AD

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

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24c. 1965 AD

A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

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