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“Dude, the bush is ready. Why you still beating around it?鈥�
鈥淚鈥檝e lived a long time, kid, and I鈥檝e never heard anyone mutilate the English language quite like you.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“The more excited I get, the more I vibrate."
"Now there's a thought," Lor says.
"If you mean what I think you mean, you want to shut the fuck up and never think it again," Ryodan says.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“I like sex for breakfast, kid. I eat early and often.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“You鈥檒l never be just anything. A tsunami can never be 鈥榡ust鈥� a wave.鈥�
鈥淕et off my chin.鈥�
鈥淚 like that about you. Waves are banal. Tsunamis reshape the Earth. Under the right circumstances, even entire civilizations.鈥�
I blink.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to be one hell of a woman one day, Dani.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Ryodan doesn鈥檛 like Mac. He never has. She got between him and his best boy-bud. I give him a look. 鈥淚鈥檒l tell you a secret, Ryodan. You mess with her, Barrons鈥檒l kill you.鈥� I drag a finger across my neck. 鈥淛ust like that. You aren鈥檛 all that. Barrons鈥檒l stomp your ass, hand鈥檚 down.鈥�

He smiles faintly. 鈥淚鈥檒l be damned. You have a crush on Barrons.鈥�

鈥淚 do not have a crush鈥斺€�

鈥淵ou do, too. It鈥檚 all over your face. Anybody could see it.鈥�

鈥淪ometimes, boss, you鈥檙e just wrong.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 never wrong. You might as well take out a billboard. 鈥楧ani O鈥橫alley thinks Jericho Barrons is hot.鈥� My offer to teach you is still open. Save you from future embarrassment. If I can see it on your face, he can, too. 鈥�

鈥淗e never figured it out before,鈥� I grumble then realize I just admitted it. Ryodan has a tricky way of wording things that makes you say things you didn鈥檛 mean to say. 鈥淢aybe I鈥檒l ask Barrons to teach me,鈥� I mutter and turn away from the stairs, heading for his office. I run smack into his chest. 鈥淒ude, move. Trying to get somewhere here.鈥�

鈥淣o one but me is ever going to teach you, Dani.鈥�

He touches me before I see it coming, has his hand under my chin, turning my face up. My shiver is instant and uncontrollable.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 non-negotiable. You signed a contract with me that grants exclusivity. You won鈥檛 like it if you try to break it.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“One day, kid, you'll be willing to mortage your fucking soul for somebody.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“There are only two things to worry about in life: either you鈥檙e free or you鈥檙e not. If you鈥檙e free, there鈥檚 nothing to worry about. If you鈥檙e not, you kick the shit out of everything around you until you are.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Try a rocket launcher. Think maybe you could manage to hit me with that?”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“Kid, let me tell you something. Most people spend their short time in this world less than half alive. They wander through their days in a haze of responsibility and resentment. Something happens to them not long after they're born. They get conflicted about what they want and start worshiping the wrong gods. Should. Mercy. Equality. Altruism. There's nothing you should do. Do what you want. Mercy isn't Nature's way. She's an equal opportunity killer. We aren't born the same. Some are stronger, faster. Never apologize for it. Altruism is an impossible concept. There's no action you can make that doesn't spring from how you want to feel about yourself.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Sloppy, Mega,鈥� I mutter. I still can鈥檛 see. I wipe my bloody nose on my sleeve and reach out to feel what I hit.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 my dick,鈥� Ryodan says.
I snatch my hand away. 鈥淕ah!鈥� I choke out. I can feel my face again鈥攂ecause, like, it鈥檚 going up in flames. What kind of universe makes me reach out at exactly that fecking level to feel what I think is a wall and puts my hand on a penis?
Then I remember this is Ryodan and scowl. 鈥淵ou did that on purpose!鈥� I accuse. 鈥淵ou saw my hand go out and you stepped right into it!鈥�
鈥淚鈥檇 do that why, kid?”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Stop. Vibrating." Ryodan plucks a paper out of the air and slaps it back down on his desk.
I wonder if he cleans it. How many tushes have been on that thing? I'm never touching it again. "Can't help it," I say around a mouthful of candy bar. I know what I look like: a smudge of black leather and hair. "It happens when I get really excited. The more excited I get, the more I vibrate."
"Now there's a thought," Lor says.
"If you mean what I think you mean, you want to shut the fuck up and never think it again," Ryodan says.
"Just saying, boss," Lor says. "You can't tell me you didn't think it, too.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“The wound you refuse to dress is one that will never heal. You gush lifeblood and never even know why. It will make you weak at a critical moment when you need to be strong.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“One day, kid, you'll be willing to mortgage your fucking soul for somebody.鈥�

鈥淚 don't think you should say fucking around me. In case you forgot, I'm only fourteen, And news flash, dude,I've got no soul. There aren't any banks. And there isn't any currency. Ergo. Never. Going. To. Happen.鈥�

鈥淚'm not sure you could be any more full of yourself.鈥�

I cut him a smug look. 鈥淚'm willing to try.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Dude. Post-apocalyptic world. Who does job applications anymore?鈥�
鈥淚 do.鈥�
I squint at it, then him. 鈥淲hat are you paying me?鈥� I angle.
鈥淒ude. Post-apocalyptic world. Who does money anymore.鈥�
I snicker. First sign of any sense of humor he鈥檚 shown. Then I remember where I am and why. I wad it up and throw it at him. It bounces off his chest.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Kid, when will you learn.鈥�

鈥淵ou鈥檇 be amazed the things I know.鈥�

鈥淵ou might be able thrash your way out of a spider-web, but thrashing in quicksand doesn鈥檛 work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.鈥�

鈥淣ever been defeated. Never will be.鈥�

鈥淩owena was a spider web.鈥� He touches my cheek with the hand holding the knife. The silver glints an inch from my eye. 鈥淒o you know what I am.鈥�

鈥淎 great big pain in my ass.鈥�

鈥淨uicksand. And you鈥檙e dancing on it.鈥�

鈥淒ude, what鈥檚 with the knife?鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 not interested in ink anymore. You鈥檙e going to sign my contract in blood.鈥�

鈥淭hought you said it was an application,鈥� I say pissily.

鈥淚t is, Dani. To a very exclusive club. What鈥檚 Mine.鈥�

鈥淎in鈥檛 nobody鈥檚. 鈥�

鈥沦颈驳苍.鈥�

鈥淵ou can鈥檛鈥斺€�

鈥淥r Jo dies. Slowly and painfully.鈥�

鈥淒ude, why you still talking? Unchain me and give me the fecking contract already.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“I know that when he has sex he laughs like the world is a perfect place. And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in my hands and hold it.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“I look down. Ryodan鈥檚 dick is as big as mine. 鈥淲hy the bloody hell don鈥檛 you wear underwear?鈥� To an Unseelie prince, an exposed male dick is a call to battle.
鈥淭hey chafe. Too small and confining.鈥�
鈥淔uck you,鈥� I say.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“I smack myself in the forehead. 鈥淗oly priceless collection of Etruscan snoods, they鈥檙e not moving!鈥� I exclaim. There鈥檚 a choking noise over my head somewhere. 鈥淓truscan snoods?鈥� I glow quietly inside. Some accomplishments mean more than others. I am officially the Shit. Now and forever. 鈥淒ude, watch your question marks. I just pried one out of you.鈥� 鈥淚 have no idea what you鈥檙e talking about.鈥� 鈥淎dmit it, you lost your eternal fecking composure.鈥� 鈥淵ou have an obsession with a delusion about how I end my sentences. What the fuck are Etruscan snoods?鈥� 鈥淒unno. It鈥檚 just another of Robin鈥檚 sayings. Like, 鈥楬oly strawberries, Batman, we鈥檙e in a jam!鈥� 鈥� 鈥淪trawberries.鈥� 鈥淥r, 鈥楬oly Kleenex, Batman, it was right under our nose and we blew it!鈥� ”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Ryodan says softly, 鈥淗oly strawberries, Dani, we鈥檙e in a jam.鈥�
I look at him like he鈥檚 sprouted two heads. Holy strawberries? In a jam? Even Barrons looks stumped.
He continues, 鈥淏ut don鈥檛 worry. Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods鈥攜ou really butchered that one, by the way鈥擨鈥檝e got it in the bag. How about this one: holy borrowing bibliophile, let鈥檚 book.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Burned

“I'm not going anywhere until you're safe," Christian says to me, real quiet.
"Isn't that quaint. The chivalrous Unseelie prince with the dick of death," Ryodan mocks.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Leave it alone, I'm handling this," Barrons told Ryodan.
"I suggest you do a better job."
"And I suggest you go fuck yourself.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“You鈥檙e early.鈥�
I give him a mutinous look. Of course he thinks my being early is about him. It鈥檚 not. Mac was at Chester鈥檚 last night at eight. I think she鈥檚 hunting me. Since I can鈥檛 be late to avoid her, I have to be early. 鈥淲atch broke. Thought I was on time.鈥�
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 wear a watch.鈥�
鈥淪ee? I knew I had a problem. I鈥檒l just dash out and get one. Be back tomorrow. On time.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“See things for what they are. Drop your blinders and raise the sewer to eye level. Admit that your swimming in shit. If you don't acknowledge the turd heading down the drain towards you; you can't dodge it.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“She was a fool. She wept like a helpless child that night at Chester鈥檚 while the entire club watched. Not because you broke her finger or threatened her but because you were alive and she was that happy to see you. She was always happy to see you. She lit up inside. You lost her. You let her be lost.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Burned

“I see how he feels about his world and I want to be one of the parts he prizes. I want to be worth fighting for. Worth the same kind of effort he puts into the things that matter to him. Like Dani.鈥�
"I don鈥檛 tell her no human matters to the boss like Dani.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Burned

“Christ. Women. I don't get you. I protect you, you get pissy. I don't protect you, you get pissy. I open doors, I'm patronizing. I don't open doors, I'm a caveman, wich by the way, I am. What the bipolar fuck? Beginning to think you babes don't have any clue what you want, or change your mind constantly just to dick with us.”
― Karen Marie Moning, High Voltage

“Choose the men you take to your bed by these criteria: they see the finest in you, enhance and defend it. When you fuck a man you are giving him A. Motherfucking. Gift. Be certain he deserves it. And bloody hell, don't have one-night stands. Commit to the action. Make it matter. Feel it and ride it all the way through.”
― Karen Marie Moning, High Voltage

“You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesn鈥檛 work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“At fourteen, I鈥檇 vowed, one day, I鈥檇 be the woman making him laugh, making joy blaze from his face, so tangible it seemed I might catch it in my hands.”
― Karen Marie Moning, High Voltage

“Hayat bir okyanustur ve dalgalarla doludur. Her 艧ey tehlikelidir. Hepsi seni bo臒abilir. Do臒ru ko艧ullar alt谋nda en k眉莽眉k bir dalga bile 枚l眉mc眉l olabilir. Dalgalar谋 a艧mak hafta sonu sava艧莽谋s谋na g枚redir. Birini se莽 ve tepesine 莽谋k. Hayatta kalma 艧ans谋n谋 artt谋r谋r.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Dreamfever