1,024 Quotes by Ilona Andrews

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    If I were on my own, packing some power, and for some reason not wanting to be found, I might lay low for a while. But I’d know sooner or later I’d have to come out and play, because whoever’s looking for me would eventually find me. I’d start building some connections. The thing about a lone wolf? Once you corner it, it has no one to turn to.

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    I know what it’s like to be responsible for a younger brother.

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    Tall, with skin the color of rich coffee, and dressed all in black, Jim looked like he was carved from a block of solid muscle. Logic said that at some point he must’ve been a baby and then a child, but looking at him one was almost convinced that some deity touched the ground with its scepter and proclaimed, “There shall be a badass,” and Jim sprung into existence, fully formed, complete with clothes, and ready for action.

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    Answer my question: Why do smart people tend to be stupid?” “Because we think we know better. We think that our intellect affords us special privileges and lets us beat the odds.

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    Yes, I’m too mad to punish you right now. We’ll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We’re going to Wal-Mart.

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    Grandma Frida’s skinny legs in jeans stuck out from under the vehicle. To the right, Arabella lounged on.

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    Kate had never met a person she didn’t want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.

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    Say something. Something smart. Our stares connected. His eyes were still the same; calculating, lupine, and heated by amber magic from within. “You’re late,” I told him. Yes! Brilliant. I said a thing and it made sense. It had a subject and a verb and they went together. Catalina Baylor one, Instagram Alessandro a big fat zero. “Beauty takes time.” “Oh, get over yourself.” I stepped aside.

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