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“Hell-on-skis, can you hear me? This is flying cupcake.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“Xav!
Got you. Not letting you go.
I realised I wasn't alone in mental deep space; he had always been there and could pilot me home.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“How am I going to help you?â€�
“You are going to jump.�
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“You are.�
“Have you done this before?�
“Yeah, with fruit.� That was Xav.
“And why am I not reassured?”
― Joss Stirling, Stealing Phoenix

“I've just had a really evil idea."
"My favourite kind”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“Trace is cooking Nonna's lasagna."
"Wow. I must see this."
"He was wearing her little apron and everything."
"Got a camera?”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“I’m so pleased you’re such a quick judge of character. You’ve got him tagged.â€�
“Yep, toe-tagged, in the freezer, then buried six feet under.”
― Joss Stirling, Stealing Phoenix

“Xav sprinkled olive oil on his lettuce. 'Lola was very particular that it all had to fit properly.'
'Lola?' squeaked Diamond. I wanted to warn her not to rise to the bait Xav was dangling in front of her but it was too late.
Xav added some Parmesan and pepper. 'Suspicious, Diamond? You should be. This is a bachelor party I'm organizing, not a school outing, and it is going to tick all of Trace's boxes. Lola is either a very efficient water sports instructor or an exotic dancing girl; I'll leave it your imagination.'
I rolled my eyes at Diamond. 'Myabe she's both. I mean the guys will really go for that, I guess. Don't worry,Di, Luigi and his crew will not disappoint us girls.' Luigi was in fact Contessa Nicoletta's little bespectacled chef with whom I had been consulting about the menu for Friday, but the Benedicts weren't to know that. 'He has promised to provide something suitably spicy for our tastes.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“Xav tugged Yves off me and handed me the call button. “You’ll be needing this, Phee, when my irritating little squirt of a brother bothers you again. Just press and the nurses will come running. One of them looks like a pro-wrestler, so she’ll make short work of him.”
― Joss Stirling, Stealing Phoenix

“Awesome. Trace, you’re one lucky son of a .......very lovely mother.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“Xav bounded out behind him. “Yeah, Phee equals You-She squared. I’ve been working on that one: like it?”
― Joss Stirling, Stealing Phoenix

“I wasn't thinking all of them—just Zed and Victor. Zed as the seventh son has a touch of most of our skills and can hold us together when we do a joint investigation. He’s a pain in the neck but a useful one.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal

“He said he needed to unwind. He was furious we all let you go so far. That boy would stop you so much as breaking a nail if he could.”
― Joss Stirling, Seeking Crystal