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Trust Me, Anita, If You Get Dead, Especially If He Blames Himself In Any Way, He Will Be A Force Of Destruction Looking For A Place To Be Aimed. And He's Blamed Himself For Introducing You To Olaf Here From The Get-go. If Olaf Did To You What He's Done To Some Of His Other Victims, Edward Would Drown The World In Blood To Erase Those Images.

-Laurell K. Hamilton

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Trust Me, Anita, If You Get Dead, Especially If He Blames Himself In Any Way, He Will Be A Force Of Destruction Looking For A Place To Be Aimed. And He's Blamed Himself For Introducing You To Olaf Here From The Get-go. If Olaf Did To You What He's Done To Some Of His Other Victims, Edward Would Drown The World In Blood To Erase Those Images.

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Who Is The Love Of My Life? Maybe I Don't Have One. Maybe It's Not Love At All. But If It's Not Love, Then What Is It? I Wish I Knew.

Love Of My Life

Oh, Ma Petite, You Are Growing Gargantuan." I Looked At Him And It Was Not A Friendly Look. "never Tease A Woman About Her Weight, Jean-claude. At Least Not An American Twentieth-century One." He Spread His Hands Wide. "my Deepest Apologies." "when You Apologize, Try Not To Smile At The Same Time. It Ruins The Effect.

Surely Being In Love Doesn't Cause You To Lose Your Sense Of Good Taste. If I Ever Buy A Gown With Sequins On It, Someone Just Shoot Me.

Twenty-three Stories Up And All I Could See Out The Windows Was Grey Smog. They Could Call It The City Of The Angels If They Wanted To, But If There Were Angels Out There, They Had To Be Flying Blind.

And Your Excuse?' I Asked. 'i'm A Sociopath; I Don't Have To Be Nice,' Nicky Said. I Gave Him A Look. 'you're Mad At Him.i Can Feel It; Which Means I Really Don't Have To Be Nice To Him.' 'i Thought You Were Friends.' 'what Part Of Sociopath Didn't You Understand?' He Asked.

Compromise Is An Imperfect Act.

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