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Because People Learn From Their Mistakes, Danger. Pain And Failure Are A Natural Part Of Life. It's Kind Of Like A Parent Who Watches Their Child Fall Down While Learning To Walk. Instead Of Coddling The Child, You Set Them Back On Their Feet And Let Them Try Again. They Have To Stumble Before They Can Run. (alexion) Do You Really Believe That We Need To Have Our Hearts Ripped Out? (danger) A Flower Can't Grow Without Rain. (alexion) Too Much Rain And It Drowns. (danger) And Yet The Most Beautiful Of The Lotus Flowers Are The Ones That Grow In The Deepest Mud. (alexion)

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Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Because People Learn From Their Mistakes, Danger. Pain And Failure Are A Natural Part Of Life. It's Kind Of Like A Parent Who Watches Their Child Fall Down While Learning To Walk. Instead Of Coddling The Child, You Set Them Back On Their Feet And Let Them Try Again. They Have To Stumble Before They Can Run. (alexion) Do You Really Believe That We Need To Have Our Hearts Ripped Out? (danger) A Flower Can't Grow Without Rain. (alexion) Too Much Rain And It Drowns. (danger) And Yet The Most Beautiful Of The Lotus Flowers Are The Ones That Grow In The Deepest Mud. (alexion)

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So Eager To Die Are You? (zakar) Not Particularly, But I’d Rather Go Down Clubbing Kessar Than From Boredom. (kat)

Not That I’ve Ever Feared A Fight Or Backed Down From One –(wren) That’s The Truth. I Swear He’s Half Beta Fish. He’d Fight His Own Reflection To Prove A Point. (maggie)

Yeah, But You’re A God Of Fate. Can’t You Change That? (kat) You’re Thinking Like A Child, Katra. Things That Appear Simple Very Seldom Are. It’s Like The Mechanic Who Goes To Fix The Carburetor And In Doing So Accidentally Puts A Hole In The Radiator And Causes Even More Damage. Every Person On This Planet Is Connected. Sometimes Those Lines Are Easy To See, And Others Are More Complex. You Change One Insignificant Thing And You Change The Very Core Of Humanity. (acheron)

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Lydia: Strange How You Always Remember The Pain Someone Gave You, But Seldom The Hurt You Caused Them.

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Lasting Impressions

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Determined To Succeed

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Uh, Folks, I Think That’s Our Boat Trying To Kill Us. (scott)

He Didn't Want The Respect Of People Who Weren’t Worth Wiping His Nose On—people Who Weren't Worth The Spatout Gum Attached To The Bottom Of His Worn-out Shoes. The Only Respect He Wanted Was From Himself And The People Who Really Mattered In His Life. The People Who Really Loved And Cared About Him.

Beat Him Until There’s No Skin Left On His Back. If He Passes Out, Wake Him And Beat Him Again. (father) Love You, Too, Father. (acheron)

We Come From A Long Line Of People Who Live To Read Boring Texts – I Think It May Be Why We All Die Young. Complete Boredom. (geary)

Are You Suggesting I’m Not Normal? (nykyrian) Oh Yeah, Baby, You Ooze Normality. From The Top Of That Assassin’s Braid To The Tip Of Those Boots That I’m Pretty Sure Conceal Retractable Blades. You’re Just An Average Joe. No Doubt About It. Cause, You Know, Everyone Sits For Hours Doing Nothing But Typing. (kiara)

The Interest Of The Public Is Never Better Advanced Than When We Can Inculcate By Our Rules The Advantage Of Acting Honestly.

The Only Vampires I've Ever Seen Are The Goths Trying To Get A Glimpse Of Anne Rice's House, Who Drink Strawberry Sodas And Tell Each Other It's Blood.

I’ve Even Delivered A Few Of Their Babies. (wulf) Really? (cassandra) Oh, Yeah. You Have To Love The Days Before Modern Roads, And Hospitals When I Was Up To My Elbows In Placenta. (wulf)

They’re Ogling You, Dude. Talking About Your Assets And The Fact That You’re Nauseatingly Ripped, Which I Would Have Been Had I Not Bit The Dust At Seventeen. I’m Forever Trapped In My Tall, Gangly Phase. (jesse)

But Then, His Revenge Had Been More Direct. He’d Hunted Down The Ones Who’d Killed His Sister And Nephew – Those Who’d Survived His Mother’s Attack – And He’d Made Them Wish They’d Never Been Born With Nerve Endings.' (acheron)

Unfortunately, The Heart Played Its Own Tune, And It Was Deaf To What The Head Tried To Tell It.’ – Abigail

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Tell Me Something, Adron. Sometime You’ve Never Shared With Anyone Else. Not Even Thia. (livia) I’m The One Who Glued Zarina To The Toilet Seat When She Was Seven. (adron)

He Attacked Us. What Was I Supposed To Do? Invite Him To Dinner? (sin)

(the Baby Sneezed. Wulf Jumped As Fire Shot Out Of Its Nostrils And Almost Singed His Leg.) Excuse Me. I Almost Made Dark-hunter Barbecue, Which Would Be Really Sad ‘cause I Ain’t Got No Barbecue Sauce With Me. (simi)

Where I Am Always Thou Art. Thy Image Lives Within My Heart.

You Are Just So Helpful, Andrei. (esperetta) I Try To Be, Princess. (andrei) And You Fail With Such Panache. (esperetta)

Actually, It’s My Younger Brother Who Has Me Ticked, But Since You Brought Up The Boyfriend Thing, Take My Advice; Be The Black Widow. Find A Guy, Have Fun With Him, Then Eviscerate Him In The Morning Before He Can Brag About It To His Friends. (chrissy)

No! I Don’t Want To Ouija, Or Do The Pendulum Thing, And I Swear If I See One Tarot Card Or Rune Stone I’ll Yack Cupcake All Over You. (grace)

How Do You Know That? (stryker) I Know Everything. I Feel Every Heartbeat In The Universe. Hear Every Scream For Mercy And Feel Every Tear Of Pain. (jared)

Things Are Always Given To Us When We Need Them... You Just Have To Decide If You're Strong Enough, Brave Enough, To Seize It And Make It Yours. (acheron)

Why Have I Always Been Forbidden To Touch Him? (stryker) Ours It Not To Question Why. Ours Is But To Live Or Die. (apollymi)

There Was Nothing Humane About Humanity. At The End Of The Day, They Were All Animals With Only Survival Instincts.

Life Has A Way Of Breaking Even The Strongest Among Us.

Let Me Out Of Here, Katra. Now. (sin) I Can't. (kat) Then I Hope You Can Live With The Death Of Humanity On Your Conscience. I’ll Just Sit Myself Over Here Until It’s Over. You Got Any Good Dvds I Can Watch? It’ll Help Drown Out The Screams For Mercy. Especially From The Kids. Those Are Always The Hardest To Ignore. (sin)

One Single Word And I Swear I’ll Rip Your Tongue Out. (zephyra)

I Don’t Like Being Here With These People And Animals. I’m Going To Retire, But Remember, Courage Is Doing What We Know Is Dangerous. It’s Risking Our Safety For A Chance At Something Better. Don’t Let Your Fears Shape Your Reality Because No Matter How Cautious You Are, Someone Or Something Always Sneaks In The Back Door To Manifest That Fear. Better To Face It And Defeat It Than To Let It Attack You Unawares. (maxis)

Do You Want My Input Or Is This Just An Angry Tirade You Need To Vent? (acheron) Both! (kat) Okay, You Rant And I’ll Add My Comments At The End. (acheron)

Does Fang Have An Off Switch? Talon Asked Vane.

Do You Own Anything Not Pink? (talon) I Have A Purple Razor If You’d Rather. (sunshine) Please. (talon) (she Pulled Out A Darker Pink One.) That’s Not Purple. It’s Pink Too. (talon) Well, That’s All I Have Unless You Want My X-acto Blade. (sunshine)

I Don’t Have To Do Nothing You Say, You Old Heifer Cow. And You Are Old. Really, Really Old. And A Cow, Too. (simi)

Oh, Sheez, What’s Syd Vicious Doing Back In Town? (payne) How’d The Testicle Retrieval Go, Payne? You Still Limping?...thought So. I Got The Thank-you Card From Planned Parenthood Last Week. Seems They Want To Honor Me For Saving The Gene Pool. (syd)

You Can’t Buy Time, Nick. Ever. It’s The Only Thing In Life You Can’t Get Most Of, And It’s The One Thing That Will Mercilessly Tear You Up When It’s Gone. It Takes No Pity On No Soul And No Heart.

Take Care Of Him, Soteria. And Remember It Takes Great Courage And Heart For A Man Who Knows No Kindness To Show It To Another. Even The Wildest Of Beasts Can Be Tamed By A Patient And Gentle Hand. (takeshi)

Yeah. Kip Gets To Guard You And I Get To House-sit. Life Bites The Big Tee-tawa. (syn)

So I Take It You Guys Are Going To Stay Inside My Flat And Not Out In The Hallway Like My Father’s Guards? (kiara) You Know That’s The Most Pathetic Way To Guard Someone. (in A Falsetto He Added.) Please Protect My Life By Being Outside So That When They Come In And Kill Me You Can’t Hear It. (syn)

You Freaking, Flippin’, Moronic Frat Boy!

Shutup, Lapdog, This Isn’t Your Fight, Either. Boy, You Better Counsel That Tongue Before You Find Yourself Without It.

Finding Yourself

You’ve No Idea...my Tongue Has Been Known To Let Blood On Four Continents. (geary)

By The Way, Don’t Breathe On The Upholstery Or I May Have To Gut You. (nick)

If You Really Love Her, Cratus, Let Her Know It Every Day. And Always Put Her Before You And Your Wants Just As You’ve Done Here Today. Take It From Someone Who Knows. Love Lost Is The Hardest Burden To Shoulder, And It’s One You Can Never Get Under. (artemis)

See, Sway, That’s What You Get For Flunking Your Pilot’s Test Six Times…which I’m Pretty Sure Is A Record Of Some Sort. If Not For The Actual Flunking, Definitely For The Persistence In Pursuing That Which You Obviously Have No Talent For. Personally, I Wouldn’t Let You Fly A Remote-control Kid’s Plane. (vik) Shut Up Before I Find A Can Opener. (sway)

May You Get Exactly What You Want And Live Long Enough To Regret It.

(adron Leveled A Scowl That Made Him Shrink Back.) Jeeze, You Ought To Bottle That Look. I Know Armies That Would Pay A Fortune To Have Something That Toxic In Their Arsenal. (tiernan)

I Think We Both Need To Work On Our Communication Skills. (kiara) I Tried That Once. (nykyrian) And? (kiara) Darling Told Me That I Could Never Hold A Job As A Suicide Counselor Or Hostage Negotiator. He Said My Failure Rate Would Become The Stuff Of Legends. (nykyrian)

Sway’s An Idiot Who Didn’t Order Them When We Used Up The Last Bunch. (vik) Isn’t That Your Job? (devyn) No. I’m The Sub-idiot. Sway’s Head Idiot Because The Company Refuses To Deal With Mechas. Since I’m Not Organic, They Think I Can’t Pay. (vik) Thanks, Vik. (devyn) Ever My Pleasure To Irritate You, Sir. (vik)

Ah, Man. (talon) What? (wulf) Friggin’ Fabio Alert. (talon) Hey, You’re Not Too Far From The Mark Either, Blondie. (wulf) Bite Me, Viking. (talon)

What Planet Are You From? Obviously Planet Insanity Was Missing A Local, Long-term Resident.' (nick)

I Don’t Like Being Threatened, Lied To, Or Manipulated. You’d Do Well To Remember That. (simone) Or What? You’re Going To Snivel At Me? (xypher)

I Wish I Had Left Him As He Was. I Wish You Had Told Me This Would Happen. (amanda) Told You What, Amanda? That The Two Of You Would Spend The Rest Of Your Lives Loving Each Other? Raising Your Kis? Neither One Of You Have Any Idea How Miraculous Your Life Is. How Many People Would Gladly Sell Their Souls For What You Have. Forget Artemis And Immortality. What You Have Is Infinitely More Previous And Rare. (acheron)

You Taste So Good. I Could Kiss You Forever. (adron) You’re Not So Bad Yourself In A Lethal, I’ll-kill-you-if-you-look-at-me-wrong Kind Of Way. (livia)

Show No Fear To Your Enemies. Only Contempt. Never Let Anyone Look Down On You. You're Just As Good As Any Of Them. I Don't Care Who They Are. Better In Fact. In Our World, Dagans Are Royalty And You, My Son, Are A Prince.

Life Is A Tapestry Woven By The Decisions We Make.

Decisions We Make

He Was Through Playing Games. When It Came To Soteria, He Had No Sense Of Humor Whatsoever. Anyone Who Threatened Her, Ended Their Life. It Was That Simple.

Well, We Better Be Quick And Not Become Human Popsicles. I’m Going To Be Really Upset At You If I Freeze To Death. (shahara)

What Does This Daimon Look Like? (xedrix) He’s Tall And Blond. (kyle) Well, That Narrows It Down To Every Daimon Here Except Stryker. What Would That Be? Several Thousand Of Them? Could You Be A Bit More Specific And If You Tell Me He Was Dressed In Black, I’ll Kill You Myself And Spare Me The Agony Of Dying. (xedrix)

You Have Some Severe Mental Problem I Need To Be Aware Of, Don’t You? (shahara) Just Because I Eat Babies For Breakfast And Pick My Teeth With Their Bones Doesn’t Mean I’m Nuts. (syn) Any Other Weird Habits I Should Be Aware Of? (shahara) Just My Need To Dance Naked In The Streets Under The Light Of A Full Moon. (syn)

The Only Person On This Ship Who Gets Paid For What They Do Is You, Alix. The Rest Of Us Live Off Our Trust Funds And We Use Those Funds For Our Humanitarian Missions. I Do What I Do Because I Can’t Stand To See Innocent People Bullied By A Corrupt Government. I Don’t Want To See A Baby Starve And Die Because Some Fat Politician Wants To Work Its Parents Into The Ground For A Mineral Most Of Them Can’t Even Pronounce. (devyn)

I Have More Important Things To Do Anyway. I Have A Hangnail That Needs My Attention. (dev)

Your Dark-huntress, Danger, Called For Acheron And Since He’s Busy, I Was Sent To Check Things Out And Report Back To Him On What’s Happening. So Here I Am. Joy, Oh Joy Of My Life. (alexion)

Now You Know I’m A Reporter, So You Might As Well Answer My Question Truthfully, Or I’ll Just Keep Asking It Until You Lose Your Mind. (susan)

They Didn’t Have Novels Back Then. (tory) History Says They Didn’t Have Books, Yet What’s This Thing In My Hand? It’s Square, Bound Paper That’s Been Written On. Looks Like A Book To Me. (acheron) Thank You, Captain Sarcasm. How Nice Of You To Join Us Again. (tory)

Humans Aren’t A Protected Class. (acheron) Really? (jaden) Yeah. Savitar Shares Your ‘all Humans Are Vermin’ Mind Set. (savitar)

Enough, Children. In Case You Haven’t Noticed, We Have A Major Situation Playing Out. We Have To Find And Stop War, Corral The Gallu, Protect Apostolos, And Get Savitar Out Of Here. (apollymi) Why The Later? (jared) Because I Hate His Guts. (apollymi) I Hate You, Too, Precious. (savitar)

Hey, Ms. P," Tad Called, "what's Going On?" She Let Out A Slow Breath Before She Answered. "you Won't Believe This... Brian Murrey Tried To Eat Scott Morgan." Nick's Eyes Widened At The Unexpected Explanation. Had He Heard That Right?

Where Are My Guards? (wulf) Oh, One Is Right Here, But He’s Not Feeling Very Talkative. Death Has A Way Of Making Even The Chattiest Of People Rather Quite. As For The Other…he’s…oh, Wait, Dead Now. (stryker)

But If Fate Won’t Be Denied...if It’s Set, How Could There Be Infinite Possibilities? (kat) Only Certain Aspects Are Fated. The Outcome Isn’t. It Was Fated That Sin Would Loose His Godhood. The Means And What Followed Were Determined By Free Will. Free Will Is That One Scary Variable That Sets So Much Into Motion That No One, Not Even I, Have Control Over. (acheron)

Good. Now The First Thing You Do Is Press In The Clutch And Slide The Gear Into Reverse." She Placed His Hand On The Gear Shift In The Center Of Her Car, And Showed Him How To Move It Up And Down. "you Know, You Really Shouldn't Fondle That In Front Of Me, Grace. It's Cruel." "julian! Do You Mind? I'm Only Trying To Show You How To Shift My Gears." He Snorted. "i Wish You'd Shift My Gears Like That.

You Know The Beauty Of Driving One Of These? (wulf) No. (cassandra) You Can Swat A Daimon Like A Mosquito. (wulf) Well, Since They’re Both Bloodsucking Insects, I Say Go For It. (cassandra)

She Thinks I’m A Drug Dealer. (chris) ‘the Most “illegal” Thing The Boy Had Ever Done Was To Walk Past A Salvation Army Santa Claus, Once, Without Dropping Money Into The Kettle.’ (wulf)

No, It Was The Brutal Loss Of His Family That Haunted Him And For That Nykyrian Couldn’t Fault Him At All. Syn Had Been Put Through A Meat Grinder By Life. The Fact That Man Could Still Get Up And Make It Through A Day Without Blowing His Brains Out Amazed Him.’ (nykyrian)

Simple. Atlantis Can't Be Found." He Scoffed At Her. " You're The Second Person To Tell Me That In Less Than An Hour.

Greek Mythology

Sunshine, It’s The Celt Wanting A Little Reassurance That I Haven’t Eaten You Or Anything. (vane)

I Have You Here. Why Shouldn’t I Be Pleased? (stryker) I Can Think Of A Million Reasons, Starting With The Fact That I Want To Kill You More Than I Want To Breathe. As For The Others, Would You Prefer Them In Order Of Importance Or Alphabetically? (zephyra)

It Seemed His Demon Couldn't Tell The Physical Difference Between When He Was In Danger And When He Was "in" Danger.

What Happened?" -ethon "obviously Something Was Hungry And Bit The Bear." -kali

Take That, You Scum-sucking Snipes. Eat Your Words And Your Cruelty. May You Drown In It And Die. (nick)

Guy? Mister? Mr. Goth Man, Would You Please Wake Up So I Can Leave? I Really Don't Want To Hang Out In A Closet With A Dead Man Any Longer Than I Have To, Okay? C'mon, Please, Don't Make This A Weekend At Bernie's Thing! (amanda)

You Need To Up Your Vocabulary, Boy. You Can’t Walk Around Letting People Think You’re Stupid. Expand Your Horizons. Besides, It’s Fun To Call People Names They Have To Look Up To Realize They’ve Been Insulted. (mark) Yeah, That’s A Twofer There. You Get Away With It And Then They’re Twice As Mad When They Realize How Bad You Really Insulted Them. Especially If They Mistake It For A Compliment When You Say It And Thank You For It. (bubba)

I'll Be Damned, You Got Laid.

He’s Ours Now. Not Made By Evil, But Birthed By Human Cruelty. (mortent Leader)

I Wish I Could Be Whole For You…i Wish I Could Hold You And Dance With You, Take You In My Arms And Make Love To You The Way I Want To. (adron) And I’m Just Grateful I Have You At All. It’s Not Your Body Or Face That I Love, Adron. It’s Your Heart, Your Soul, And Your Mind. (livia)

Everyone Is In Pain.no Matter Where They Come From Or What You Think Of Them. Sorrow Spares No One

We’re Not Dead Yet.” – Sundown “yet Is The Operative Word. If That’s All That’s In The Way, I’ll Kill You And End It. Ren? Give Me Your Knife.” – Sasha “it’s Their Decision.” – Ren “oh, That’s It. You’re Fired Buddy. Get Off My Island Until You Learn To Be A Team Player.” – Sasha

Aren’t You Forgetting Something?” – Acheron “what?” – Artemis “your Payment.” – Acheron “the Happiness On Your Face When First You Touched Him Was Enough. I Only Wish You’d Been There When Your Daughter Was Born, But That Was My Fault. I’ve Had A Lifetime Of Joy, Hugs And Love From Her And You Missed All Of That Because Of My Stupidity And Fear. His Life Is My Gift To Both Of You. Let’s Hope The Future Is Much Kinder To All Of Us Than The Past Has Been.” – Artemis

Just How Many Sisters Do You Have? (valerius) Eight. (tabitha) Eight? (valerius) What? (tabitha) I'm Just Pitying Whatever Poor Males Lived In That House With All Of You. It Must Have Been Truly Frightening At Least One Week Out Of Every Month. (valerius) Was That A Joke? (tabitha) Merely A Frightening Statement Of Fact. (valerius)

You Make One Tiny Variable And So Help Me, I’ll Have You Slaughtered Where You Sit. (kiefer) He’s Just Such A Nice Man. (nykyrian)

The Fork Was Invented Sometime In The Fifteenth Century, I Believe.” “really?” She Asked. “were You There?” His Features Blank, He Looked Up And Asked, “what, For The Invention Of The Fork Or The Fifteenth Century?

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