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I Don’t Need Friends. All They Do Is Eat Your Food, Drink Your Beer, Then Spew Your Secrets The First Time You Do Something That Displeases Them. No Offense, But When You Have As Many Enemies As I Do, You Keep Your Secrets Under Lock And Key. (solin)

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I Don’t Need Friends.

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I Don’t Need Friends. All They Do Is Eat Your Food, Drink Your Beer, Then Spew Your Secrets The First Time You Do Something That Displeases Them. No Offense, But When You Have As Many Enemies As I Do, You Keep Your Secrets Under Lock And Key. (solin)

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So…that’s Like Your Pet Monkey?” – Nick (the Tiny Horse Snorted Flames And Whinnied At Him.) “easy, Girl. You’d Do Well To Show Her Respect. She Can Understand You, And She Doesn’t Take Well To Insults.” – Death “sorry, Flicka. Didn’t Mean To Rattle Your Bridle.” – Nick

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)

Are You Up? Dressing? (astrid) No. I’m Pissing On Your Rug. What Do You Think I’m Doing? (zarek) I’m Blind. For All I Know You Really Are Peeing On My Rug, Which Is A Very Nice Rug Incidentally, So I Hope You’re Kidding. (astrid)

How Many More Are There Like You? (maggie) Enough To Make The Cast Of A Cecil B. Demille Film Look Like A Two-man Opera. (wren)

Living Was Okay, But It Wasn't The Breaths People Took That Measured A Life. It Was The Moments That Took Those Breaths Away That Mattered The Most. And Dev Did That Every Time He Looked At Her. Naked Or Not.

Good Lord, Woman. Didn’t Anyone Ever Tell You That Men Have A Specified Word Count Set Aside Each Day And If I Don’t Stop Talking, My Tongue Will Explode? (syn)

It’s A Brilliant Song! C’mon…’every Day Is Like Survival. You’re My Lover, Not My Rival.’ What Could Be More Meaningful Than That? (jesse)

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

I’m Adron’s Baby Sister. Dad Just Told Me About The Marriage, And I Had To Come Meet You And Make Sure Dad Hadn’t Snapped A Wheel And Started Hallucinating Or Something. (zarina)

Black Belt In Akihito. (amanda) Any Other Time, I'd Kiss You For That. (kyrian)

No, But It’s What I Need To Know The Answer To. (sin) Yes, Sin. I Missed You. I’ve Mourned For You. I’ve Hated You. I’ve Wanted To Sic Simi On You With Barbecue Sauce And I’ve Done Nothing But Think About How Much I Just Want To Hold You…and Yes, I’ve Missed Every Part Of You, From That Annoying Little Sound You Make When You’re Irritated To The Way You Hold Me When We Sleep. Now Are You Happy? (kat) I’m Delirious. (sin)

Love Is The Greatest Corrupter Ever Known And Has Been The Numbers One Downfall Of Mankind Since The First Creation.

(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)

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

Forgiveness Is The Best Part Of Valor...discretion Is Easy. It's Finding The Courage To Forgive Yourself And Others That Is Hard. [acheron]

Forgive Yourself

Kat Laughed. 'who Wants To Live Forever?' Kish Put His Hand Up. 'for The Record, I Do.' Sin Scowled At Him. 'then Why Do You Irritate Me So Often?' Suicidal Tendencies Are Inherent In My Species?

Judge No One Until You Know Their Circumstances. No Matter How Awful They Seemed, Sometimes There Was A Valid Reason For Their Behaviour. Granted, Some People Were Just Mean And Corrupt, But Not Always. Many People Were Just In Pain, And By Acting Out, They Were Only Trying To Protect Themselves From Being Hurt More.

What Are You? Weak? Don’t Tell Me You Want Me To Spare This Pathetic Animal When It Wouldn’t Show You Any Such Mercy. Believe Me, It’s Better To Take The Head Off A Cobra Before The Cobra Strikes You. (xypher) A Cobra Can’t Help What It Is. Why Should You Punish It Because It’s Doing What The Gods Created It To Do? (kat)

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)

Life Is All About Finding Your Place. All Of Us Are Vulnerable, And At Times We All Feel Adrift. But Somehow, We All Muddle Through. He'll Be Fine. Like The Rest Of Us. We Just Need Some Faith.

Yeah, Well, If Ifs And Buts Were Candy And Nuts, Then We’d Never Go Hungry. (syn)

He Struggled To Breathe Through The Agony In His Chest. The Fates Were Still Mocking Him. It Must Be A Boring Day For Them Up On Olympus.

You Like Being Vague, Don't You? (amanda) It Was A Choice Of Being A Dark-hunter Or A Prophet. Personally I Like The Slash-and-kill Stuff Much More Than Prayers And The Lotus Position. (acheron)

Only Because I’m Not A Morning Person. (joe) And You’re Not A Night Person Either. Face It, Babe. You’ve Only Got Two Good Minutes A Day. The Minute Before Noon And The Minute Right After. (tee)

Hey!" Sam Snapped, Ducking The Sticky Shrapnel. "keep Your Snot To Yourself." Dev Scoffed At That. "oh, So Now You Don't Want To Touch Me, Huh?" He Tsked. "what Is It With Women? The Instant You Put A Little Slime On Them, They Get Squeamish And Have No More Use For You.

The One Thing I Try To Do With Everything I Write Is Open People's Eyes To Those They Normally Ignore Or Dismiss. To Make People Aware Of The "other" Side Of Things. That Someone's Circumstances May Not Be What You Think They Are Or What They Show To The World.

Charonte Are Guarding A Dimme? Is The World Coming To An End And I Missed The Memo? (stryker)

Asmodeus! You Don’t See Her, Do You Hear Me? (jericho) Completely Blind, Minor Master. Hearing Is Intact. Is There Anyone Here Besides The Two Of Us? No? Good. I’m Leaving Now Unless Minor Master Has Another Preferably Nonpainful Task For Me. (asmodeus) You're Dismissed. (jericho) Cool Beaners. (asmodeus)

How Long Have You Been Here? (jericho) Don’t Know. Again, Tried To Count Once, Got Depressed So I Stopped. I Find It Easier To Just Go With The Flow. Ease With The Peas. (asmodeus) Ease With The Peas? (jericho) Yeah, That’s Not A Happy Memory, Either. Let’s Forget I Mentioned It. (asmodeus)

A Plaintiff Who Comes Into A Court Of Justice Must Show That He Is In A Condition To Maintain His Action.

Joy, Oh Joy. He’d Rather Have His Entrails Pulled Out Through His Nostrils.’ (fang)

See How Exciting Anthropology Is? He’s A Leading Expert In Ancient Greece. Now You Should All Change Your Majors So That You Can Ogle Men Like Him All Day Long. Or Better Yet, Uncover Naked Male Statues. (tory) Was That Necessary? (acheron) Hey, I Live To Recruit Students For The Department. If I Can Make You Good For Something, Then By Golly I’m Going To Do It. (tory)

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)

Who Are You? Really." Nykyrian Shrugged. "never Figured It Out. Takes Too Much Time To Think About Myself, And Time Is One Luxury I Don't Own." Pg.90

We Don't Have To Surrender Our Souls Or Our Compassion.

I’ll Go And Help. (chris) What Are We Supposed To Do With You, Chris? Lob You At Them? (wulf)

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)

What Are You People Talking About?” – Abigail “nothing Important. Just The End Of The World As We Know It, And For The Record, I Don’t Feel Fine. Neither Will You When It All Comes Slamming Down On Your Head.” – Zarek

When Everything Else Falls Down Around Us, Just Knowing That There's Another Person Who Will Miss Us When We're Gone Is Enough To See Us Through Our Darkest Moments.

Not Many People Carry Out Thoughts They Know Going Into It Are Stupid…morons Not Included. (apollymi)

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)

Far Be It From Me To Ever Let My Common Sense Get In The Way Of My Stupidity. I Say We Press On.

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

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)

Boy, You Better Check That Tone. (wulf) Yeah, Yeah, Ya Scare Me. I’m Even Wetting My Pants While In Your Terrifying, Gut-wrenching Presence. See Me Shiver And Quiver? Ooo, Ahhh, Ooo. (chris)

That’s Exactly What I’m Talking About. That’s The Evil That’s Seducing You. The Malevolent Power That Is Crawling Through Your Blood Tempting You Onto A Treacherous Path That Will Cost You Everything You Love And Hold Dear. You Have To Let That Anger Go Before It’s Too Late. Vengeance Always Turns Inward And It Will Consume You Until Nothing’s Left But An Empty Hole That Nothing Can Fill. (ambrose)

Are You Okay? (simone) No, I’m In Ecstasy. I Blew Straight Past Okay The Minute You Touched Me. (xypher)

Cyn Like Cynric ?no, S-i-n As In Conceived In , Born In And Lived In

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

I’m An Executioner, Leta, Hence My Demon Nickname. They Send Me In To Take The Heads Off People And Gods Who’ve Stepped Over The Line, Usually Only Because Someone Has Pms. You Want Justice, Themis’s Office Is Down The Hall On The Left. You Want Death And Dismemberment, I’m Your Man…or Rather God. (deimos)

But You’re Human, Aren’t You? (kat) I’m Human, Except When I First Wake Up In The Morning. Even I Don’t Want To Be Around Myself Then. (kish)

You Want The Bad News, Or The Really Bad News? (eros) Oh, Let’s See…how About We Make My Day Special, And Start With The Worst, Then Work Our Way Up? (julian)

I’m Going To Be Exposed, Aren’t I? (acheron) I Don’t Know. You Planning On Dropping Your Pants Around Me? If So, Warn Me First. I Don’t Want To Go Blind. (savitar)

The Man Hates Your Guts More Than Stryker Does. You’ll Be Lucky If He Doesn’t Pull Your Spine Out Through Your Nostrils. (tory) Nice To Have Miss Merry Sunshine Back Again. Any Other Eeyore Outlooks You’d Like To Share? (acheron)

Aren’t You Ever Satisfied? I Swear If I Were Mortal, I’d Be Limping From Our Last Go-round. If Not Dead. We Really Need To Find You A Hobby Other Than Jumping On Top Of Me. (acheron)

You Were First-string Running Back Last Year. What Happened?” – Coach “stone’s Mouth Happened. It Needed To Be Closed, And I Was A Little Too Obliging To Shut It.” – Nick

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

Well, If You’re Through Taunting Poor Mike, Are You Ready To Go? (nick) You Give Me Any Lip, Little Boy, And There Won’t Be Enough Left Of You To Run Through A Sieve. (zarek)

So Is There Any Part Of You That’s Not A Lethal Weapon? (kiara) No. Even My Wits Are Sharpened. (nykyrian)

It’s A Sun Lamp. I Thought You Might Be Tired Of Your Pasty-pale Complexion. (chris) Christopher, I Happen To Be A Viking In The Middle Of Winter In Minnesota. Lack Of A Deep Tan Goes With The Whole Nordic Territory. Why Do You Think We Raided Europe Anyway? (wulf) Because It Was There? (chris) No, We Wanted To Thaw Out. (wulf)

Don’t Move, And Breathe Only If You Have To. (caleb)

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)

You’re Not Worth The Salt In My Tears Or The Brain Power It Would Take Me To Even Conjure Your Face. (aiden)

Shut Up, Nick. (talon) 'shut Up, Nick, Heel, Sit, Fetch.’ Love You Too, Celt. (nick)

Hmmm. See, In This World, Xirena, The Simi Does What She Wants And Akri, He Say, ‘okay, Simi, Whatever You Want, Simi.’ Unless It Involves Eating People; Then He Usually Says No, But That’s The Only Time. Other Than That, He Do What The Simi Says. See How That Works? (simi)

I Got A Shotgun And A Backhoe And No One Looks Under A Septic Tank For A Dead Body. (bubba)

Tell Him What? Kat’s A Raging Nymphomaniac. (kytara) Tara! (kat) Oh, All Right. She’s So Bland She Makes Plain Toast Look Spicy. (kytara)

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