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I Can't. At Least Not For A While. I Need Time To Get Past This And I Can't Guarantee That I Won't Hurt Him Again. God Knows, Nick Has A True Gift For Saying The Wrong Thing In Any Given Situation. (acheron) You Know He Loves You, Right? (amanda) Yeah, But Emotions Don't Have Brains. (acheron)

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Sherrilyn Kenyon

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I Can't. At Least Not For A While. I Need Time To Get Past This And I Can't Guarantee That I Won't Hurt Him Again. God Knows, Nick Has A True Gift For Saying The Wrong Thing In Any Given Situation. (acheron) You Know He Loves You, Right? (amanda) Yeah, But Emotions Don't Have Brains. (acheron)

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I Give You Points For Persistence, But You Lose A Few For Being Slow On The Uptake. (rae)

All Right, Everyone. Fess Up. Who Just Shat In Their Pants? C'mon. Admit It." He Raised His Hand. I Know I Did And I'm Wolf Enough To Own It." Jess Ignored Him. "are You All Right?" He Asked Abigail. She Was Still A Little Too Pale For His Tastes. "i Think I'm Going To Own Sasha's Question. Definitely Put Me On Your List.

How Did You Fastforward And Turn It Off? (danger) I Wanted It Off And Off It Went. (alexion) Wow, That’s Amazing. I Guess This Makes Me The Luckiest Woman In The World. (danger) How So? (alexion) I’ve Found The Only Man Alive Who Won’t Ever Shout Out, ‘honey, Where’s The Remote?’ Then Tear My House Apart In Pursuit Of It. (danger)

You’re Such A Crybaby. (tee) Let Me Almost Shoot Off One Of Your Testicles And See How You Cope. (joe) You Shouldn’t Have Moved, Joe. It Was Your Fault. (tee) Yeah, Everything’s My Fault. (joe) Good, Then We Agree. (tee)

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)

Don’t You Two Girls Have Something Better To Do, Like Pick Out Toe Lint? (acheron)

For The Record, This Isn’t A Male/female Thing. It’s A People Thing. You Talk About Men Being Cold...you Should See Women From My Standpoint. We’re Talking The Arctic Tundra Would Be Warmer. Believe Me, You Don’t Want To Know My Vantage Point On Your Gender. As A Man, If I Grabbed Your Breasts, I’d Be Arrested. Any Idea How Many Women Have Felt Free To Grab My Crotch At Will? (acheron)

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You'll Never See The Moments Coming That Will For Ever Mutilate Your Life-at Least Not Until After They've Mowed You Down. -savitar

Wake Up, Astrid. Your Psychotic Criminal Is Playing With Knives. (sasha)

You Told Me Once, Long Ago, To Look Into A Mirror And See Your Face. I Refused To Then. But Now Mnimi Has Forced Me To Look At My Own Reflection. I’ve Seen It Through My Eyes And I’ve Seen It Through Yours. I Wish To The Gods That I Could Change What Happened Between Us. If I Could Go Back, I Would Never Deny You. But I Can’t. We Both Know That. Now I Just Want The Chance To Know You As I Should Have Known You All Those Centuries Ago. (styxx)

Yeah, It’s Me, But I Like To Think I Looked Better When We Met. ‘cause Right Now, I’m Pretty Much Hogging All The Ugly. (nick)

I Don't Suffer From My Insanity -- I Enjoy Every Minute Of It.

Because She’s Acheron Companion. (astrid) Ash Has A Companion? (zarek) (the Demon Snorted. She Stood Up And Whispered Loudly In Astrid’s Ear.) Dark-hunters Are Cute, But Very Stupid. (simi)

You Have To Sleep Sometime. (xypher) So Do You. (julian) Down, Boys, Down. Please, I Just Want To Be Free Before I Get Testosterone Poisoning. (simone)

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Tragedy And Adversary Are The Stones We Sharpen Our Swords Against So We Can Fight New Battles.

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So Help Me, I Won’t Rest Until I Bathe In Your Entrails! (apollymi)

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(looking At Their Son On Ultrasound.) He Looks Like An Angel. (cassandra) I Don’t Know. I Think He Looks Like A Frog Or Something. (wulf)

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The Wife Correct " Lorelei Prompted. "she Makes Sure Her Husband Is Treated With The Proper Regard And She Is The One Who Sees After His Care Just Like You Would Do A Treasured Pup." Annabeth Frowned. "i Suppose That's True." "thank You " Lorelei Said. "now If You Wish To Train A Man To Listen To You You Never Shout You Whisper. They Take Extra Special Care To Listen To A Quiet Tone While They Automatically Shut Out Loud Ones. And Just Like You Would A Dog When He Comes At Your Bidding You Reward Him. That Way He'll Always Come Instead Of Ignoring You Or Putting You Off.

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Well, Then, If I Admit I Know Who You Are And Really Couldn’t Care Less Will That Assuage Your Damaged Manhood Enough That We Can Get Past This And Move On To Something That Ends With Your Giving Me A Sandwich? (leta)

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And He’s Just Plain Odd. And What Is Your Problem That You Keep Putting Yourself In My Way? (geary) She’s Feisty, Skotos. I Can See The Appeal. (zt)

I Want To Be Inside You So Badly, Grace,” He Whispered. “i Want To Feel Your Legs Wrapped Around Me, Feel Your Breasts Against My Chest, Hear You Moaning As I Make Slow, Sweet Love To You. I Want Your Smell On My Body, Your Breath On My Skin.

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Life Is A Tapestry Woven By The Decisions We Make.

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Fine. Let’s Begin With Something Even You Can’t Screw Up.” – Death “way To Build Up My Crappy Confidence There. You Should Volunteer For The Suicide Hotline.” – Nick “what Makes You Think I Don’t?” – Death

That’s Right. Get Thee Behind Me, Bitches. I Don’t Got No Time For You. Ha! (tabitha)

I Love You, Man. You Rule! Thanks For The Food. It Touches Me Deep In My Tender Place. (sway) I Don’t Want To Know Nothing About Your Tender Place, You Freak. (devyn)

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

Simi. Return To Me. (acheron) 'return To Me, Simi.’ Don’t Go Frying The Goddess. Don’t Go Frying Thanatos. I Am Not A Yo-yo, Akri. I Am A Simi. I Hate It When You Get Me All Excited About Going To Kill Something And Then Tell Me No. I Don’t Like That. It Boring. You Don’t Ever Let Me Have Any Fun Anymore. (simi)

Because I Have No Boobs. My Ears Stand Out, And I Have Freckles All Over Me. (grace) Boobs? (julian) Breasts. (grace) You Have Very Nice Breasts. (julian) Thanks. What About You? (grace) I Have No Breasts. (julian)

The Simi Has Needs. Lots Of Needs. I Need Akri’s Plastic Card, For One Thing. It Very Nice. People Give Me Lots Of Stuff When I Hand It To Them. Ooo, I Really Like The New Plastic Card He Gave Me With My Own Name On It. It Blue And All Sparkly And It Says Simi Parthenopaeus. Doesn’t That Have A Nice Ring To It? I Have To Say It Again. Simi Parthenopaeus. I Like That A Lot. It Even Has My Picture In The Corner And I Am A Very Attractive Demon If I Do Say So Myself. Akri Says It, Too. ‘simi, You Are Beautiful.’ I Like It When He Tells Me That. (simi)

What I Like To Believe, And What I Do Firmly Hold To, Is That In Us All We Do Have The Ability To Remain Honorable, No Matter What Has Been Done To Us. No Matter What Horrors We've Witnessed.

I Just Can’t, Nick, Okay? Now, Please Give Me A Second To Lie Here In Silence And Bleed.” – Caleb

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

My Weaknesses Are Women In High Heels, Freedom Under Siege, And Ebay. (steele)

Are You Calling Me Out? (varyk) I’m Calling You Slow. Not Out. (dev)

I Tend To Watch Silently From The Shadows. You Learn A Lot More That Way.

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)

Victory To The Spider. Patience Wins The Day. And Today My Patience Ends. (apollymi)

And You Plan To Do This Alone? You Think A Lot Of Yourself, Don’t You Animal? (stone) Oh, Punk, Please. Believe Me, When Dealing With Wusses Like You Who Have To Gang Up On A Kid To Feel Powerful, I Don’t Need Any Help. (fang)

You’re Barely One Step Up From The Australopithecines, Aren’t You? (acheron) Hey, Be Respectful When You Say That, Snot Nose. Haven’t You Seen The Commercials? Us Cavemen Are Very Sensitive People. (savitar)

I Am Glad That Though Someone Did Me Grossly Wrong My Final Mark On This World Is Not One Of Countering Hurt With More Hurt But Is One Of Love And Friendship. We Will Always Be Known By Our Actions. Let Them Always Be Good Ones.

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Sitting In A Court Of Law, I Can Receive No Evidence But What Comes Under The Sanction Of An Oath.

You're A Dark-hunter." He Kissed Her Lightly On The Lips. "what I Am Is A Man In Love With A Woman. I Want You, Amanda. For The Rest Of My Blessedly Short Mortal Life. I Want To Wake At Dawn With You In My Arms And Watch Our Children Play And Fight.

You Know, Vik, You’re Amazingly Human At Times. (alix) I Know. But I Wonder If The Feelings I Have Are Real Or Just Electrical Stimulations In My Cortex That Simulate Human Emotion. I Wish I Knew If They Were Real Or Imagined. (vik) And That Makes You Completely Human, Sweetie. We All Have Those Doubts. (alix)

After That, Anytime She Caught Me Near A Kitchen She’d Start In On Me. So I Have An Automatic Sphincter Clench Any Time I Reach For A Pan. (devyn)

…life Isn’t A Puzzle To Be Solved. It’s An Adventure To Be Savored. Let Every Challenge Be A New Mountain To Climb, Not An Obstacle To Get In Your Way And Stop You. Yeah, It’ll Be Hard, But Once You Reach The Summit Of It, You’ll Be Able To See The World For What It Really Is. And At The Top, It Never Seems To Have Been As Difficult A Feat To Climb There As You First Made It Out To Be. Most Of All, You’ll Know That You Beat That Mountain, And That You Rule It. It Does Not Rule You.

There, There, Baby. We'll Hide Her Body In The Trunk Later. (tory)

If You Leave Here, War Can Find You Again. What Are You Going To Do If That Happens? (tory) Leave Bloodstains On His Best Shirt. (acheron)

My Ma Used To Say That Crying Is Good For You. Tears Are The Path That Free Your Mind Of Sorrowful Thoughts.

Are All Knights So Gentle? (taryn) I Know Not, Taryn, Since I Don’t Make It My Habit To Lie Abed With Other Knights. (sparhawk)

You Don’t Know About Travis Fimmel? Oh, Sister, You Are Deprived. He The Finest Man Alive. (simi) You Lust For Men? (xirena) Well, I Certainly Don’t Lust For Women. (simi) No, I Mean You Lust For Humans? (xirena) Well, Don’t You? (simi) Ew! What Have You Don’t To Her? You Have Corrupted A Good Demon! (xirena)

You Would Make A Great Teacher. (grace) Commander To Teacher. Why Not Call Me Cato The Elder, And Really Insult Me While You’re At It? (julian)

As The Great Poet Wrote, ‘to Thine Own Self Be True.’…what? You Don’t Think A Skotos Can Be Literate? I Happen To Love Shakespeare. Hamlet Is One Of My Faves. (zeth) I’m Not Touching That One With Tongs And A Gas Mask. (jericho)

Life Is About Coming To Terms With The Mistakes Made. Learning To Live With Them Even When They Cut Soul Deep.

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

How Could One Sentence Uttered In Anger Cause So Much Damage? But Then Words Were The Most Powerful Thing In The Universe. Cuts And Bruises Always Healed, But Words Spoken In Anger Were Most Often Permanent. They Didn’t Damage The Body, They Destroyed The Spirit. (acheron)

And You, My Best Friend On Earth, My Soul Sister Who Shares Chunky Monkey Scoops And Beefcake E-mails At The Drop Of A Hat, The Woman Who Made Me Wear A Frothy, Ruffled Lime-colored Bridesmaid Dress That Added Fifteen Pounds To My Hips, Are Going To Spill Your Guts To Me, Aren’t You? (sunshine) No Fair And The Dress Wasn’t Lime, It Was Mint. (selena) It Was Lime-icky Green And I Looked Like A Sick Pistachio. (sunshine)

We All Have Regrets, Urian. Nothing That Lives Is Immune From That Nasty Emotion. (acheron) So What? You Want Me To Go Kiss And Make Up? (urian) Hardly. But I Want You To Set Aside Your Own Hurt And Anger To See Clearly For A Minute. This Isn’t About You And Your Father Anymore Than It’s About Me And Nick Hating Each Other Over Something We Can’t Change. This Is About Saving The Lives Of A Million Innocent People. People Like Phoebe Who Don’t Deserve To Be Hunted And Killed. If I Can Stand At The Side Of My Enemies For The Greater Good, So Can You. (acheron)

Little Brother, I Don’t Mean To Be A Downer, But We’re Talking About War Here. There’s No Way To Mitigate Damages. He Won’t Let Us. I Was There With Twenty-five Chthonians To Fight Him And He Spanked Our Hides Like We Were Lemurian Slave Women. Two Of Us Had Our Hearts Ripped Out And Shoved Down Our Throats While He Laughed, Then He Licked The Blood Clean From His Fingers And Came At The Rest Of Us. (savitar)

Well, I Would Throw Myself Under The Nearest Bus, But Considering My Luck Today, I’m Sure It Would Break Down Less Than A Millimeter From Me And Just Ruin My Clothes…probably Break My Watch, Too. (taryn)

Then Let Me Put It To You This Way. There Is Seldom Black And White In Our World. Sometimes Things We Perceive As Good Have Moments Of Profound Evil, But Profound Evil Will Always Tell You That It’s Always Good. It Never Admits That It Could, In Any Way, Be Evil. (alexion)

Black And White

Where I Come From, Family’s Defined As Those Who Don’t Screw You Over A Pay Check. Blood Makes No Difference. If You Can Trust Them With Your Life And Know That They’ll Be There Come Whatever Hell Rains Down, Then They’re Your Family.

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

You Don’t Like Talon, Do You? (sunshine) Wish Him Dead Every Time I See Him. (zarek) I Can’t Tell If You Mean That Or Not. (sunshine) I Mean It. (zarek) Why? (sunshine) He’s An Asshole And I’ve Had Enough Assholes In My Life. (zarek)

You Mean There’s Someone Out There Better Than Your Father? (quills) No, Idiot. My Father Trained Him. Just Fyi, My Father Is Also His Godfather. So You Want To Be Real Nice To Dev. All Of Us Take It Personally When People Aren’t. (adron)

Who Are You Talking To?” – Morty “still In The Kitchen, Aren’t I? Guess I Need To Keep Walking. Oh, Look! Yonder Is The Door, Which I’m Going To Make Use Of Right Now.” – Nick

"i'm At Your House?" Kody Asked."you Don't Have To Sound So Offended. I Do Have People Clean It, You Know?""sorry." She Sighed Wearily. "you Have No Idea How Confusing It Is To Wake Up In A Strange Place With No Idea How You Got There."caleb Laughed. "sure I Do. Happens To Me Frequently."she Rolled Her Eyes At His Frightening Lifestyle. "yes, But I Woke Up In This Bed Alone."

I’ve Never Met Anyone Who Had A Monkey For A Friend Before. (maggie) I Don’t Know. I Think Those Two Guys You Were With Would Qualify As Primates, But Then, That’s An Insult To The Primate And I Don’t Want Marvin To Get Pissed At Me. He Has Higher Sensibilities, You Know? (wren)

Remember What I’ve Told You. Looks Can Often Deceive You. A Poor Man Can Don The Robes Of A Prince And A Prince Can Be Shoeless In The Street. We Judge People By What Their Actions Are, Not By The Clothes They Wear. (eleni)

What Happened To Your Hair, Tiger? (fang) It Fell Off. (wren)

I Tried To Pick Nykyrian’s Pocket Last Year. (jana) And You Let Him Live? (kiara) I Have An Age Requirement Before I Kill Someone. (nykyrian)

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

Did They Launch The Last Space Shuttle Yet?” – Sundown “i Don’t Follow.” – Ren “i’m Just Thinking Maybe We Should Evacuate The Whole Planet. I’ve Heard The Moon Is Kind Of Nice This Time Of Year.” – Sundown “focus Your Add, Jess.” – Ren “i Gotcha, Brother. What You’re Forecasting Is Six More Plagues Coming Out Of The Northwest At Maximum Velocity With A Mild Chance Of Survival. Followed By The World Getting Swallowed Whole In A Vat Of Evil.” – Sundown

Cassandra Sat On The Floor With Chris And Kat, Playing Life. They Had Tried To Play Trivial Pursuit Earlier Only To Learn That A Dark-hunter And An Immortal Handmaiden To A Goddess Had A Decidedly Unfair Advantage Over Cassandra And Chris. In Life, The Only Thing That Mattered Was Luck.’ (cassandra)

Oh Yeah, Scooby, It Does. You And I Have Gone Round Many A Day. I’m The Reason You Keep Thinking You’ve Had Alien Abductions. (caleb)

Yeah, I’m Thinking It’s A Reunion Or, Since It Is Our Classmates, A Collection Of Idiots. Let’s Call It A Meese. Like Geese, Only With Morons. (caleb)

Step Aside, Boys. I Have The Evil Powers For This.” – Abigail “my Lady Got Mad Skills.” – Sundown

Bring Mine Unopened, With A Napkin And An Opener. (blaine) What? Afraid I’m Going To Spit In It, Big Boy? (aimee)

Akri? Can I Keep Him? See, He Good Eating. Lots Of Fat On This One. (simi) No, Simi. You Can’t Keep The Baby. His Mother Would Miss Him. (acheron) But He Want To Go Home With The Simi. He Said So. (simi) No, Simi. (acheron) No Simi, No Food. Nag, Nag, Nag. (simi)

Pain Doesn’t Respect Age, My Lady.

We Have A Daimon Walk Into The Bar In Broad Daylight, And Now A Demon Sliming Dev. I Don´t Know About You, But That Doesn´t Seem Coincidental To Me.” “i Agree. Snot Funny.

While I Respect Suicidal Tendencies On Most Days, You’d Do Well To Remember Who You’re Addressing And, More To The Point, What I Can Do To You. No One Says You Have To Go Back To Tartarus In One Piece. (acheron)

I’m Sorry, You Just Remind Me Of Someone. (rose) Old Boyfriend? (gallagher) No, My Great-grandfather. (rose) That’s Not Particularly Flattering. I Thought I Looked Rather Good For My Age. (gallagher)

She’s Best Friends With My Wife. (julian) Gracie? You’re Married To Gracie? That Was You? You’re Mr. Hot Bottom! (sunshine)

I Would Like To Barbecue Those Olympian Gods. They Are Very Tasty. One Day, I’m Going To Eat That Redheaded Goddess, Too. (simi) She Doesn’t Like Artemis. (astrid) The Simi Hates Her, But Akri Says, ‘no, Simi, You Can’t Kill Artemis. Behave, Simi, Don’t Shoot Fire At Her, Don’t Make Her Bald, Simi.’ No, No, No. It’s All I Hear. I Don’t Like That Word. ‘no.’ It Even Sounds Evil. The Simi Tends To Barbecue Anyone Dumb Enough To Say It To Her. But Not Akri. He’s Allowed To Say No To Me; I Just Don’t Like It When He Does. (simi)

Some Kisses Are Worth Living For

Best Hope For What, Catman? Death? Bankruptcy? You Know, My Life Was Going Along…well, Rather Crappily, To Be Honest, But At Least No One Was Trying To Kill Me And No One Was Dying Around Me. Since I Met You, My Life Has Taken The High Road To Shitsville, With No Off-ramp In Sight. (susan)

What Are You? (danger) Well, Had You Listened Before You Stabbed Me, You Would Have Heard The ‘i’m Acheron’s Squire’ Part. Apparently That Somehow Escaped Your Hearing And You Mistook Me For A Pin Cushion. (alexion)

Little Late For That Now. I Don’t Think An ‘oops, My Bad, My Weapon Accidentally Misfired Two Dozen Rounds’ Will Work To Get Me Out Of This. (devyn)

You Must Have Had Such A Great Childhood With A Man Like That For Your Father. (delphine) Yeah. All Puppy Dogs And Rainbows And Those Weird Furry People With Padded Coat Hangers On Their Heads That Look Like Space Aliens On Acid. (jericho)

Look And You Wlll See, That Which Was Can Never Be. When They Seek A Boy Your Age, Run, You Flippin Moron, Run!

Be Glad You Have A Mother Who Loves You." He Was Glad Of That. A Lot, Since She Was Basically The Only Person On Earth Who Did. But Now That He Was A Full Head Taller Than Her, It Was Weird When She Tried To Cuddle Him Like He Was A Baby. He Could Be Almost Seven Feet Tall Like Acheron, And She'd Probably Still Try To Pull Him Into Her Lap.

Yeah, Well, I’ll Be Glad To Birth It If It Means I Can Name Him Something Normal. (zarek) Yeah, Yeah. This From A Man Who Whines Like A Two-year-old When He Stubs His Toe. I’d Like To See You Survive Ten Hours Of Childbirth. (astrid)

Now, That’s My Boy You’re Talking About, And I Don’t Want To Get Crossed Up With You, Sasha. But You Keep That Tone And Attitude About Him, And We Will.” – Sundown “sorry. I Forget You And Ash Are Weird Enough To Actually Like Him. No Accounting For Taste.” – Sasha

You Are The Energizer Bunny For Badasses. -ash

I So Love The Smell Of Hatred And Revenge. It’s The Headiest Of Concoctions. (noir) I Personally Feel That Way Toward Blood. No Better Smell In The Universe Than When It’s Combined With The Aroma Of Those Fearing Death. (jericho)

Don’t Play That Game With Me, Acheron. Tell Me What I Need To Know! (xypher) Nice Tone. We Should Rent You Out To Record Halloween Albums. (acheron)

You Can’t Die, Vik. You’re A Mechbot. (syn) They Can Pull Me Apart And Reprogram Me. Trust Me, That’s Death. Now Shush Before They Find Us. Remember – Hide, People, Hide. (vik)

It Is Sometimes Difficult To Get Rid Of First Impressions.

First Impression

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)

You Go To Him For Advice? He’s Only What? Five Years Old? I Swear I Own Older Sweaters. (tory)

I Think They’re Having Trouble Adjusting To The Emotions They Have Outside Of Their Dreams. At Any Rate, They Keep Acting Like Demented Teenagers From A Porno Version Of A John Hughes Film. (asmodeus)

But For The Last Couple Of Weeks I’ve Had This Bizarre Sensation That Something Is Watching Me. (simone) You Mean Someone, Right? (tate) I Know It Sounds Crazy – (simone) I Just Had A Body Walk Off The Table Mid-autopsy And You Think Your Story Is Nuts? (tate)

Now That I Think About It, You’d Have To Be A Glutton For Punishment To Keep Coming Near Me Given My Acerbic Personality Where You’re Concerned. (tory)

Val, I'm On Bourbon—” “i Will Not Venture Down That Street Of Crass Iniquities And Plebeian Horror, Acheron. It Is The Cesspit Of Humanity. Don‟t Even Ask It.” Ash Rolled His Eyes At The Roman‟s Arrogant Tone. “i Need You In The Swamp.” Silence Answered Him. "we Have A Situation." “where Do You Need Me?

C’mon, Sweetie, You Can Say It. (delphine) (she Moved His Mouth Playfully With Her Hands.) You Don’t Suck, Delphine. I…you. C’mon, Jericho. I Only Bite In The Bedroom. You Can Do This. I Know You’re Not Really Mute. (delphine)

Death Is Just A New Beginning…at Least In My Religion. And Extreme Inebriation Seriously Helps. (syn)

You I Expected Better Of." He Turned His Swirling Sliver Gaze From Sam To Dev And Fang. "you Two Not So Much." -acheron

Life Before Toilet Paper Was Not Worth Living.

Oh No, No, No! Are You Going To Suck My Blood? (amanda Do I Look Like A Lawyer To You? (kyrian)

Nick Glowered At Ash. "are We Through Now, Dad? Can I Go Play With My Friends If I Promise To Be A Good Boy? I'll Even Try And Make It Home By Curfew." Ash Laughed Evilly. "oh, Absolutely, Son. In Fact, Here Come Your New Playmates Now.

I Would Have, Had Someone Not Detonated Their Charges Prematurely. (nykyrian) Yeah, Cruel. You Have To Watch That Premature Detonation Problem Of Yours. (hauk)

God Forbid I Should Bleed To Death, Eh? Then You'd Have To Cart Around My Rotting Corpse. (kyrian) Could You Be Any More Morbid? Jeez, Who Was Your Idol Growing Up? Boris Karloff? (amanda) Hannibal, Actually. (kyrian) You're Trying To Scare Me, Aren't You? Well, It Won't Work. I Grew Up In A House With An Angry Poltergeist And Two Sisters Who Used To Conjure Demons Just To Fight Them. Buster, I've Seen It All And Your Gallows Humor Isn't Working On Me. (amanda)

He Doesn’t Anger Easily. This Is Good. (takeshi) Yes, I’m More Of A Simmer Slowly Until It Boils Over And Ruins Everything Kind Of Man. (acheron)

You’re So Hilarious. You Know, If This Whole Daimon-slaying Gig Doesn’t Work Out For You, You Should Really Consider Being A Comedian. The Bright Barney Hair Color Would Just Add To The Overall Entertainment Factor.

How Long Till Our Powers Are Back? (kat) A Few Hours According To Last Time. (sin) Sweet, And We Have How Long Till The Bitches Awake? (kat) Less Than Two. (sin) Can You Say Screwed, Boys And Girls? Yes, I Thought You Could. (kat)

A Questioning Mind Is The Most Cherished Resource Man Has And The Rarest.

Seal The Door Behind Us. (acheron) Um, Not To Be Argumentative Or Anything, But Didn’t We Have To Fight To Get That Opened? (kish) Well, If You Want To Leave It Open And Let All The Demons In – (female Dolophonos) Close It, Please. (kish) I Somehow Thought You’d Agree. (female Dolophonos)

A Man May Publish Anything Which Twelve Of His Countrymen Think Not Blamable.

My Mission Is To Kill The Bad Guy, Save The World, And Hopefully End Up With The Girl. (steele)

So Would You Like To Join Me For Something To Eat? (jericho) As Long As It Doesn’t Involve The Entrails Of Demons, I Might Be Persuaded. (delphine) Demon Entrails Have No Appeal For Me, Either. Zeus’s Are Another Matter. (jericho)

Sweetie, In Our World, Fair’s Got Nothing To Do With Anything. He Who Has The Greatest Power Wins. It’s Why We’re All Willing To Kill Each Other Off Without Flinching. (solin)

All Of Us Have Darkness Inside Us, And At Times It Possesses And Seduces Us In Ways We Never Thought Possible.

If It Makes You Feel Better, I’m Not Happy With The Way All This Went Down Any More Than You Are. But Sometimes Things Have To Go Wrong In Order To Go Right. (acheron)

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