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“Yes, she's bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

“It faded slowly, ebbing like the tide. He rolled onto his back, staring up, his head still aching. The black clouds were beginning to roll back, showing a widening strip of blue; the Angel was gone, the lake surging under the growing light as if the water were boiling.
Simon began to sit up slowly, his eyes squinted painfully against the sun. He could see someone racing down the path from the farmhouse to the lake. Someone with long black hair, and a purple jacket that flew out behind her like wings. She hit the end of the path and leaped onto the lakeside, her boots kicking up puffs of sand behind her. She reached him and threw herself sand behind her. She reached him and threw herself down, wrapping her arms around him. “Simon,�� she whispered.
He could feel the strong, steady beat of Isabelle’s heart.
“I thought you were dead,�� she went on. “I saw you fall down, and—I thought you were dead.��
Simon let her hold him, propping himself up on his hands. He realized he was listing like a ship with a hole in the side, and tried not to move. He was afraid that if he did, he would fall over. “I am dead.��
�� I know,�� Izzy snapped. “I mean more dead than usual.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

“You knocked out Ben McCrary?' he asked, eyes wide.
'It was an accident,' I said again. 'I threw the ball harder than I meant to.'
Dex burst into laughter. 'Oh my God, that is the greatest thing I've heard all week. You are my new hero.'
Squinting at me, he leaned in and said, 'Serious, I might actually be in love with you now. Would it be awkward if we made out?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“We can't sit around discussing pure evil without tea and biscuits, Iz. It's just not done.”
― G.A. Aiken, The Dragon Who Loved Me

“Dex was taller than me, and as he pressed me against him, he actually hauled me up on my tiptoes. His arm was around my waist, his other hand plunged into my hair, and he was kissing me. I mean, really, really kissing me.
I was kissing him back. And I was good at it.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“You don't stop loving someone just because they do something that surprises or even disappoints you. Maybe facts and formulas comfort Marcus, but I think that article he read was totally wrong. You don't love chemical reactions or particles or neuron receptors. You love whole people. Including the parts you didn't know were there, and the parts you're waiting for them to become.”
― Mindy Raf, The Symptoms of My Insanity

“Whoever used to hang out here, they must have been pretty tiny," I joked.
Dex turned his flashlight on me. "Um, Iz, pretty sure they weren't standing up," he said, and I blushed.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Dex leveled a fake-sultry gaze at me. "Are you coming on to me?”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't quite ready to be silent or invisible yet. He was halfway there when Izzy shouted, "Jenkins! I wish I could quit yew!"
Of course. The obligatory Brokeback Mountain reference. Jenk flipped Zanella a double bird without bothering to look back.”
― Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Storm

“I’m your uncle?��

Oh. So that’s what was bothering him. Izzy could have done a lot of things at this moment to assuage Eibhear’s annoyance. A lot of things.

She didn’t do any of them.

Instead she said, “Well…you are my uncle.�� She brushed a bit of nonexistent dirt off his bare shoulder. “And I was your ward until years later when you finally had your vile, dirty uncle way with me.��

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― G.A. Aiken, How to Drive a Dragon Crazy

“No, but I mean do you like him? You know, in the carnal sense."
I rolled my eyes. "You've clearly been spending too much time with Dex.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Welcome to the Brannick family, Dexter.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“I also like ladies. And not as in shopping buddies, but in the carnal sense.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“You're gorgeous," she said. Her hands slid around to flatten themselves against his chest. "You know that right?"
"And I just don't care," she says
"Isabelle, I don't think-Wait, What?”
― Cassandra Clare

“That's it. Be yourself. Be Isolde Brannick, and they will have no choice but to adore you," He reached out and took my hand, pressing a kiss to the back of it. I was too stunned to do anything but sit there, my hand limp in his.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Until tomorrow, Fair Isolde.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Confessions of a Serial Kisser

“Oh, so now it's you with the gift of prophecy, is it? I know what I've seen. You are my key and my salvation.”
― Rachel Hawkins, School Spirits

“Briec removed his
clothes and slipped into bed with her, wrapping his arms around
her waist and snuggling her from behind.
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“That’s just ridiculous,�� he growled.
She glanced at him over her shoulder. “It could have been
worse. I could have said Gwenvael.��
“And forced me to kill my own brother.”
― G.A. Aiken, About a Dragon

“She heard Brannie call out to her, but she ignored her as well and kept going. Kept going with visions of a bloody and limb-missing É������𲹰� dancing through her head. Gods! What if they cut off his wings? Or removed his scales? Oh, by the gods, what if they shaved his head? What if they shaved his head? Nooooo!”
― G.A. Aiken

“I knew you’d come around�� Bain mused.
“Excuse me?�� Izzy asked irritated by his smug tone, but she had been totally checking him out.
“You see something you like sweetheart, I can tell.�� He smirked.
“You are incredibly arrogant�� she accused.
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― Magen McMinimy, Immortal Blood

“It's not like I didn't think I had any demons. I did, but I could name them- and even provide an address and telephone number for each. As far as I was concerned, those demons could go to therapy instead of me.”
― Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans

“Kissing looked...nice.
"We could try that, next time I visit your dreams." Torin suddenly said, and my SpaghettiO's sloshed over the side of the bowl.
"What?"
Torin nodded toward the television. "Kissing. You've never done it, I'm quite good at it...seems like we should at least make an attempt."
Glaring at him, I scrubbed at the spot on my T-shirt.
"I don't want to kiss you.”
― Rachel Hawkins

“Not married. Mostly because no one has ever asked me,�� Leah said lightly.

Izzy pulled a disbelieving face. “Are the men in Melbourne blind?�� she said. “You’re hot. If all doctors looked like you, my boyfriend would be at the local clinic every second day, begging for a prostate exam or something equally perverted.��

“Well, thanks. I think,�� Leah said.”
― Sarah Mayberry, Her Favorite Temptation

“We're all here. We're close to the truck, and we met Kenton, a fine citizen of Salem. We rescued Izzy and found our way through a very sad darkness, dangers that we knew from Izzy's Orion interpretation would be waiting for us. We're definitely on the right track.”
― Jonathan Friesen, Both of Me

“Tell us a story. Something scary.�� She shivers in anticipation, and Cook makes a strange sound that could be a laugh or a groan. “Life isn’t scary enough for you, girl?”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes