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I Could Tell Hugo Was Convinced That He Would Get To Walk Back Up These Stairs: After All, He Was A Civilized Person. These Were All Civilized People. Hugo Really Couldn't Imagine That Anything Irreparable Could Happen To Him, Because He Was A Middle-class White American With A College Education, As Were All The People On The Stairs With Us. I Had No Such Conviction. I Was Not A Wholly Civilized Person.

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I Could Tell Hugo

Charlaine Harris

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I Could Tell Hugo Was Convinced That He Would Get To Walk Back Up These Stairs: After All, He Was A Civilized Person. These Were All Civilized People. Hugo Really Couldn't Imagine That Anything Irreparable Could Happen To Him, Because He Was A Middle-class White American With A College Education, As Were All The People On The Stairs With Us. I Had No Such Conviction. I Was Not A Wholly Civilized Person.

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I'll Show Up At Every Classroom Open House And Teacher Conference,' She Said, Now In A Voice That Was Almost Frightening In Its Intensity. 'i'll Bake Brownies. My Child Will Have New Clothes. Her Shoes Will Fit. She'll Get Her Shots, And She'll Get Her Braces. We'll Start A College Fund Next Week. I'll Tell Her I Love Her Every Damn Day.' If That Wasn't A Great Plan For Being A Good Mother, I Couldn't Imagine What A Better One Could Be

Better To Be Screwed Physically Than Financially.

Just Because One Of Arlene's Husbands Was A Murderer Is No Reason For Me To Be Ugly

I Really, Really Wanted To Lose Awareness Of The Here And Now. The Best Way For Me To Do That Was Bury Myself In A Book.

Hey, Our Hair's The Same Color," I Said, Eyeing Us Side By Side In The Mirror. Sure Is, Girlfriend." Eric Grinned At Me. "but Are You Blond All The Way Down?" Don't You Wish You Knew?" Yes," He Said Simply. Well, You'll Just Have To Wonder." I Am," He Said. "blond Everywhere," I Could Tell As Much From Your Chest Hair." He Raised My Arm To Check My Armpit. "you Silly Women, Shaving Your Body Hair," He Said, Dropping My Arm.

The Vampire Is Not A Bad Man, And He Loves You

My Gran Had Always Told Me That A Woman--any Woman Worth Her Salt--could Do Whatever She Had To.

It Was Like Being Around A Particularly Irritating Two-year-old.

When I Thought Of Eric With Someone Else, I Wanted To Rip Out All His Beautiful Blonde Hair. By The Roots. In Clumps.

Glass Shattered, Vampires Roared, Humans Screamed. The Noise Battered At Me, Just As The Tidal Wave Of Scores Of Brains At High Gear Washed Over Me. When It Began To Taper Off, I Looked Up Into Eric's Eyes. Incredibly, He Was Excited. He Smiled At Me. "i Knew I'd Get On Top Of You Somehow," He Said. Are You Trying To Make Me Mad So I'll Forget How Scared I Am?" No, I'm Just Opportunistic." I Wiggled, Trying To Get Out From Under Him, And He Said, "oh, Do That Again. It Felt Great.

This Must Be The Legendary Yankee Rudeness

Oh, God, Puppy Dog Eyes. From A Six-foot-five Ancient Viking Vampire.

Jason's Favorite Person In The Entire Universe Was Jason Stackhouse.

Favorite Person

I Was Embarrased, Horrified And Absolutely Ready To Jump Him!

You Were So Sweet When You Didn't Know Who You Were.

Why Was It Librarians Had Such A Prim Image? With All The Information Available In Books Right There At Their Fingertips, Librarians Could Be The Best-informed People Around. About Anything.

I Did What I Have Been Told To Do By My Queen. In So Doing, I Fell Into A Trap I Couldn't Escape. I Still Can't." "the Trap Of Luuuuvvvv, I Thought Sarcastically. But He Was Too Serious, Too Calm, To Mock.

Anyone Got X-ray Visión?i Asked, Trying To Smile. Where Is Superman When You Need Him?

"i'm Hoping That The More You See Me, The More I'll Grow On You." "like A Fungus?

Sookie Stackhouse

Maybe She Was Being So Hoity-toity Because She Didn't Have Her Own Fairy Godmother.

Fairy Godmother

The Last Time I Wore An Animal Hide; But This Time I Settled For This." Eric Had Been Wearing A Long Trench Coat. Now He Threw It Off Dramatically, And I Could Only Stand And Stare. Normally, Eric Was A Blue-jeans-and-t-shirt Kind Of Guy. Tonight, He Wore A Pink Tank Top And Lycra Leggings[...]they Were Pink And Aqua, Like The Swirls Down The Side Of Jason's Truck.

There’s No Way You Can Kill Someone And Get To The Other Side Of The Experience Unchanged.

You Are Speaking Of My Future Lover. Be More Respectful.

My Bodyguard Was Mowing The Lawn In A Pink Bikini When The Body Fell From The Sky.

Angelic Sookie, Vision Of Love And Beauty, I Am Prostrate That The Wicked Evil Maenad Violated Your Smooth And Voluptuous Body, In An Attempt To Deliver A Message To Me. -eric

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