“
Oliver: You turned me down. So why, I wonder, did you decide Amelie would be a better choice?
Claire: She smells better. And she made me cookies.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, #3))
“
No one can know sincere happiness, Sophie, without first having known sorrow. One can never appreciate the enormity and rareness of such a fiery bliss without seeing misery, however unfair that may be.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
One day, you and I are gonna wake up and be alright. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day. One day. I promise you.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles,' Amelie said. 'Not one who ran away from them.'
'Snap,' Eve said.
'You know what they're talking about?' Shane asked.
'Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7))
“
The shortest distance between two points is the line from me to you.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Me neither,” Shane put in. “Homie don’t play that.”
“I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all,” Amelie said.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7))
“
Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”
“I hardly think there’s any chance of that,” Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Ghost Town (The Morganville Vampires, #9))
“
Anybody else think that was weird?' Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael.
'Ya think? In general, or in particular?'
'Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn’t have to hit anybody.'
There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, 'You’re right, Shane. That is strange.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7))
“
Fear, Sadness. They're not weaknesses. They are overpowering, defining emotions. They make you human, Sophie.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Tell him he was my greatest adventure. Tell him I love him.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i]
Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt
”
”
Rachel Caine (Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8))
“
The truth is, I'm so deep in love with you, I can't see straight. The truth is, I've been afraid to admit it to myself, let alone you. The truth is, I'm terrified.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Go to hell and take that with you!” She shouted it right in Amelie’s face. Eve
was an exotic blaze of color against Amelie’s white fury.
And then she slapped the Founder in the face.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Last Breath (The Morganville Vampires, #11))
“
Here," Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked up the next part and slotted it in, took the screwdriver from Claire's numbed fingers, and fastened it with a couple of deft, fast movements. "I'll be your hands."
She wanted to cry, because it was so sweet, but it wouldn't do any good.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Ghost Town (The Morganville Vampires, #9))
“
If we don’t make out of this alive, Sophie Price, I want you to know that I’ve never loved anyone as much as I love you. You’re it for me.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.
”
”
Amélie Nothomb
“
He had brown hair, piercing green eyes and jaw line that screamed 'I might just let you kiss me here'.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
And what is there to be joyful about?" I asked honestly, thinking on the images of dead children curled into themselves at the village. Another burst of silent tears streamed down.
"Life, Sophie. They still live. They breathe, they love each other, they find joy in the world around them for no other reason than because they are children. They are resilient. They will always rise above. Always. It is a curious facet of the innocent young.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Discover why you’re important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn’t completely agree.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Thomas & January (Sleepless, #2))
“
He bent his head to mine and kissed the sense out of me. If you’d asked me my name, I’d have told you wrong. He had that kind of ability and he was mine, maybe it was because he was mine and because I loved him the way I did that his spell could cast itself over me with such ferocity.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Their innocence is addicting, their hope is catching and I'm happy to be surrounded by them.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
You are so gosh damn beautiful in here," he said, tapping my chest, "that what's here," he spoke, running the side of his hand down my face, "is magnified tenfold and that is a sight to be hold.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
It’s the favorite part of my day.”
My eyes opened lazily. “What do you mean?” I whispered.
“When you undo them and run your hands throughout the waves. That’s my favorite part of the day.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin
”
”
Rachel Caine (Bite Club (The Morganville Vampires, #10))
“
Vanity's a debilitating affliction. You’re so absorbed in yourself it’s impossible to love anyone other than oneself, leaving you weak without realization of it. It’s quite sad. You’ve no idea what you’re missing either. You will never know real love and your life will pas you by.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about
it.
You had to save what you could.
Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had to
try.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8))
“
No need to flatter me, Miss Price. I believe your bait worked. I’m hooked. Line and sinker.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.”
He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Ghost Town (The Morganville Vampires, #9))
“
I have nothing to give anyone, really. It’s the one gift I can give that has any kind of value. It makes me feel worthy.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
I wasn't crying for myself. I was crying for the innocents.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Amelie had on black pants, a black zip-up hoodie, andrunning shoes.
So wrong.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Carpe Corpus (The Morganville Vampires, #6))
“
My god, he’s the one who gets the girls? What? Is he made of chocolate or something?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
You have no idea what you do to me. I've felt things for you these past few months that don't seem healthy. I've wanted you so desperately I'm afraid it may not be natural. You consume my thoughts, Sophie... You've arrested my senses and I can't seem to get enough of you. That's what scares me. I'm so deep there's no getting out for me. You own me, you know?
”
”
Fisher Amelie
“
It was like my body knew instantly that he was mine and that I was his.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Your heart is startingly beautiful, Sophie." - Ian
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
You've arrested my senses and I can't seem to get enough of you. That's what scares me. I'm so deep there's no getting out for me. You own me, you know?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
You may have misery," she continued, ignoring my plea, "you may lose hope in the sorrow of an unplanned life but as long as you have faith and trust in adoration, in affection, in love, that sorrow will turn to happiness. And that is a constant, dear.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.
”
”
Rachel Caine
“
And then you met me," I said.
"And then I met you," she said, smiling softly.
"And all was right with the world," I joked.
"Exactly," she said seriously.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Note to self, Ian is happiest when in dangerous situations.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
We may not have known each other our whole lives but we've definitely lived them in parallel
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Sexy. As. Hell. Though, now that I think about it. Is hell sexy
?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
I feel desperate when it comes to you. Desperate and a little bit insane. All I can think about around you is what you taste like.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Thomas & January (Sleepless, #2))
“
You were right,” she said. “You were always right, about everything. And I will always love you, Sam. Forever.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Carpe Corpus (The Morganville Vampires, #6))
“
I was not staring at you,” he told his plate.
I leaned over. “Did you hear that, Dingane’s lunch? He was not staring at you.”
He looked up at me crossly. “I was not staring at you.”
“I never said you were.”
“I was merely explaining that Henry was exaggerating. I did not stare at you.”
“Okay,” I stated, implying in my tone that he had done just that.
“I didn’t. I-I wasn’t.”
“I believe you,” I told him
“I may have looked at you a few times to make sure you were doing your job.”
“Oh, I see then.”
“But I certainly wasn’t staring.”
“We’ve established that you were not staring.”
He breathed deeply a few times, his eyes burning into mine. “Good.”
He’d definitely been staring.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
My happiness was tied to him in strands of transparent steel cables, nothing could break those ties except for Callum himself and I trusted him so implicitly.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
One day you will blink and the haze will dissipate. You'�ll discover that what once defined you has wilted
into graying hair and wrinkled skin. Frantic, you�ll glance around yourself, in hopes of finding those you
swore adored you, but all you will find is empty picture frames.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Lord of Misrule (The Morganville Vampires, #5))
“
Prepare yourself, Price, ‘cause I’m about to rock your world.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Morley laughed. "You're trying to make me Amelie."
"Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8))
“
Oh, adorable, delicious Amelie. If I weren't so completely straight and enamored with cock, I would devour this sweet little tart.
”
”
Ella Dominguez (Continental Breakfast (Continental Affair, #1))
“
Everyone’s perception is different; we all see different things. I personally think you see what you want to see.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
That girl was the real me. Frightened. Worthless. A terrible friend. Terrible daughter. Well educated but so limited in ideas worth having. Beautiful yet repulsive…
And finally honest.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
I opened my mouth to argue with him but he stopped me by pressing his lips to mine and I forgot my own name let alone whatever argument I had.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Thomas & January (Sleepless, #2))
“
It was the fact that she was in every piece, in every corner, on every shelf. She was everywhere, reminding me how much in love with her I was.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, #3))
“
I wanted to know what it was like to lie next to a warm body, to feel close to someone sincere because sincerity is one of those rare human qualities that feels a bit like discovering a lost treasure. It is a rare commodity but once found, is absolutely priceless.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
We're all so afraid of what everyone around us thinks that we risk ourselves to desperation. It's utterly stupid. It's utterly frightening. But it's utterly human.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2))
“
But they have life and faith and hope and love and they choose those things. Their innocence is addicting, their hope is catching and I'm happy to be surrounded by them
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
I’d been kissed before, many times, but never like that.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
She threaded her fingers through my hair and I nearly whimpered at the feel of them, my eyes rolling to the back of my closed eyes. I clutched her waist tightly, inhaling her breaths as I practically swallowed her beautiful tongue.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Stay with me”
…
“I don’t have a choice,” I told him.
“You do. Choose me, Soph.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Please, enlighten me, Tom. What exactly did you observe?”
“That men fly to you like a bug to a zapper.”
“Lovely. That’s a lovely analogy. Yes, I’m a man-eater, Tom.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Thomas & January (Sleepless, #2))
“
Why me?” I secreted into her ear.
“You were the only one I saw,” she whispered back, making my heart burst.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2))
“
I wasn’t different from most girls I knew. Well, except the fact I was exponentially better looking, but why beat a dead horse?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
P.S. I'm going to throw an absolutely mind-blowing fact your way. I'm not kidding, either. The country of Uganda is obsessed with Celine Dion. They dedicate entire days to broadcasting her music. They love her that much. Five words. My. Heart. Will. Go. On. Yeah.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Sophie Price, you are devastatingly beautiful.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Sincerity is one of those rare human qualities that feels a bit like discovering a lost treasure. It is a rare commodity but once found, it absolutely priceless. That was Callum, pretty much in a nutshell.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
I wanted to make love to her, intertwine my fingers and my body with hers, drink her in and inhale every inch of her, memorize her skin.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Life on Earth is fleeting. It’s a gift, but when God wants you, He will take you. It’s not meant to be a punishment--Cricket Hunt
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2))
“
What kind of trouble could you possible make, Harper Bailey? He asked with a raised brow.
The kind that changes your opinion of someone, therefore you'll never find out.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
He was breathtaking. Breathtakingly sexy. Breathtakingly beautiful. Breathtakingly real. Just breathtaking.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Every want I fulfilled and every desire was quenched. I wanted for nothing. Except attention.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
That was what made me think she looked exactly like a cherry bomb. Beautiful to look at but there was something alarming there as well, like a fire was nearing the end of her wick. Her eyes make me feel like if she exploded any where near me, I couldn’t help but be a very willing casualty. " - Charlie James, Callum & Harper
”
”
Fisher Amelie
“
Here is everything I know about France: Madeline and Amelie and Moulin Rouge. The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, although I have no idea what the function of either actually is. Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, and a lot of kings named Louis. I'm not sure what they did either, but I think it has something to do with the French Revolution, which has something to do with Bastille Day. The art museum is called the Louvre and it's shaped like a pyramid and the Mona Lisa lives there along with that statue of the women missing her arms. And there are cafes and bistros or whatever they call them on every street corner. And mimes. The food is supposed to be good, and the people drink a lot of wine and smoke a lot of cigarettes.
I've heard they don't like Americans, and they don't like white sneakers.
”
”
Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1))
“
She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7))
“
You know, I've never understood the phrase, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' If you're passionate in love why would you not equally be as passionate enough to fight for it?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (The Understorey (The Leaving #1))
“
How do we break the cycle?
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Men wanted me. They all did, however briefly, but none of them wanted to keep me. That's what I needed. I needed to be owned, loved. BUT NOT BY A MAN. I knew then that I never needed to be kept by a man. What I needed was to love myself, to want to keep myself around. And in that revelation, I knew that if I wanted to keep myself, that a man wanting to keep me would just be a by-product.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
My heart was in a perpetual state of sadness and the only relief I could find were in those cathartic cries. I lived a fragile existence.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs.
”
”
Amélie
“
And what’s wrong with innocence, anyway? Huh? I don’t get it. I grew up with no innocence. None. From day one, I was contaminated with the ‘real world’ and you know what? It sucked. It royally sucked." - Harper Bailey, Callum & Harper
”
”
Fisher Amelie
“
Won? He’s one of them! How exactly is that winning?”
Michael shook his head, moved up behind her, and put his hands on her shoulders. He kissed the nape of her neck gently. “I don’t know, Eve. I’m just telling you what I heard. He got some kind of agreement out of the vampires. And it was because Amelie loved him.”
“Yeah, loved him enough to kill him and turn him into a bloodsucking fiend,” Eve said grimly. “How sweet. Romance isn’t dead. Oh, wait. It is.
”
”
Rachel Caine (The Dead Girls' Dance (The Morganville Vampires, #2))
“
It's funny how this total stranger could relate to me better than anyone else I'd ever met. It was as if I'd known her my entire life.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
Water beneath me, water above me, water in me--I was water. How appropriate that the one definition of the Japanese character for my name was "rain." I, too, was precious and copious, inoffensive and deadly, silent and raucous, joyous and despicable, live-giving and corrosive, pure and grasping, patient and insidious, musical and off-key--but more than any of that, and beyond all those things, I was invulnerable.
...From the heights and depths of my diluvian life, I knew that I was rain and rain was rapture. Some realised it would be best to accept me, let me overwhelm them, let me be who I was. There was no greater luxury than to fall to earth, in sprinkles or in buckets, lashing faces and drenching countryside, swelling sources and overflowing rivers, spoiling weddings and consecrating burials, the blesssing and curse of the skies.
My rainy childhood thrived in Japan like a fish in water.
Tired of my unending passion for my element, Nishio-san would finally call to me, "Out of the lake! You'll dissolve!"
Too late. I had dissolved long before.
”
”
Amélie Nothomb
“
Ysandre has
destroyed more lives than you can begin to imagine, starting with her own.’’ Myrnin’s eyes were dark and very, very serious. ‘‘If
she wants Shane, let her have him. She’ll be done with him soon enough. Amelie won’t allow her to kill him.’’
‘‘I think she wants other things,’’ Claire said.
‘‘Ah. Sexual, then. Or some version of it. Ysandre has always been a bit—odd.’’
‘‘How do I stop her?’’
Myrnin slowly shook his head. ‘‘I’m sorry. I can’t help you. My only suggestion—which I’m quite certain you won’t like—is to
let him deal with this in his own way. She’ll leave him alive, and largely intact, unless he resists her.’’
‘‘You’re right. I don’t like it.’’
‘‘Complain to the management, my dear.
”
”
Rachel Caine (Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires, #4))
“
I'd discovered that the sun equated happiness. Its bright and lovely existence was hope incarnate. It exposed the dark, brought forth the light and showed you that no matter how strong or oppressive the night was, that it was infinitely stronger, exponentially more substantial and just because you couldn't see it with your eyes, didn't mean it wasn't still with you. it was stalwart and constant. It was infinite.
”
”
Fisher Amelie
“
Dizziness?"
"No."
"Nausea? Vomiting? Diarrhea?"
"No, no, and yuck," I said. "Dr. G, can I please be excused?"
"Not yet. How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Eleven."
"Amelie."
I scowled. (...) "Sir, I'm fine. Just let me go to class. Please?"
Gunderman unhooked the blood pressure cuff from my arm and looked at me like I'd asked to borrow his credit card. "Young the lady, the fact you want to go to class gives me definite cause for concern.
”
”
Cecily White (Prophecy Girl (Angel Academy, #1))
“
Sorry,” I said, realizing I was taking my frustrations out on her. “I’m still getting over Soph,” I said, referring to my old prep school friend.
Sophie Price was the most beautiful girl you’d ever met. Seriously. Take it from someone who’s met Bar Refaeli in person. Soph was even more stunning. Especially since she’d had a personality makeover. I’d never regret anything as much as I would not making her fall in love with me.
“You can’t make anyone fall, Spence. Either they do or they don’t.”
“I said that out loud?”
“Duh and it’s been two years, Spencer. You seriously need to get over her. She’s with that Ian guy anyway, right?”
“Right.”
“That hot South African guy named Ian,” she concluded.
“Thanks.”
“That hot saffy named Ian who gives his life to mutilated Ugandan orphans and worships the ground Sophie walks on.”
I stopped and glared at her. “That’ll do, Bridge.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2))
“
If I was being candid with her, she’d only find out that I felt something for her that could only be the equivalent of a gravitational pull towards the center of the earth. She was a magnet for me and I was powerless to resist. It was more than a mere attraction.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
I remembered looking down into her face, her eyes bright with new adventure and a little piece of my heart fell into her hands. My heart tumbled in pieces at her feet as she chipped away at it with her wondrous ways, and it didn’t form a whole again until half a year had passed and the end product was a living, beating organ in the palm of her hands.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1))
“
There was something practically tangible there, like a ray of sun, warming us through to our souls. You could see it, you could feel it, but you couldn't quite capture it in your hands. That didn't mean it wasn't there though. Oh, it was there and it weighted a thousand delicious pounds. I let that pressure inundate me, let it tether me to him.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
»Wovor hast du am meisten Angst?«
Ich überlegte eine Weile, während er mich nicht aus den Augen ließ. »Vor dem Leben«, entschied ich schließlich. »Davor, dass es vorbei ist, bevor ich überhaupt richtig gelebt habe. Davor, dass ich alles verpasse, weil ich mit meinen Gedanken woanders bin. Davor, dass das Beste im Leben an mir vorbeizieht, weil ich die Chance es zu bekommen nicht ergriffen habe.«
”
”
Amelie Murmann (Liebe kennt keinen Plan (Living the Dream, #1))
“
Understanding. I was in love with Ian Aberdeen. So deeply, so incredibly. And it was true and it was sublime and it was mine.
Nothing could take that away from me and that was absolutely freeing to me. I owned that love. I chose it. I owed no one for it because it couldn’t have been purchased. It belonged to me free and clear. I had never felt more empowered.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
I smiled at him and we stood quietly, our hands on one another as if we were both awakening to whatever it was that was surrounding us both then. It was written all over us. There was something practically tangible there, like a ray of sun, warming us through to our souls. You could see it, you could feel it, but you couldn't quite capture it in your hands. That didn't mean it wasn't there though. Oh, it was there and it weighed a thousand precious pounds.
”
”
Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
“
Tempting. But you see, I can simply insist on a lifetime contract with none of your silly restrictions, or kill you right now.”
“You won’t,” Shane said. That made Morley’s eyes open wide.
“Why not? Jacob and Patience were quite specific—they’re concerned for Claire. Not for you, boy.”
“Because if you kill me and Eve, you’ll make her your enemy. This girl won’t stop until she sees you all pay.”
Claire had no idea whom he was talking about—she didn’t feel like that Claire at all, until she imagined Shane and Eve lying dead on the ground.
Then she understood. “I’d hunt you down,” she said quietly. “I’d use every resource I have to do it.
And you know I’d win.”
Morley seemed impressed. “She is small, but I see your point, boy. Besides, she has the ear of Amelie, Oliver, and Myrnin; not a combination I would care to test.
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Rachel Caine (Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7))
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The moonlight fell across her gold strands, looking for all the world like copper threads. I half expected them to sing in clinking charms every time her head moved. I hugged her closely to me, hoping to squeeze the bad memories from her life. I’d absorb them from her, if I could. Just take them and endure the obvious ache they caused her. - Callum Tate from Callum & Harper
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Fisher Amelie
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They are funny little representatives of simplicity, of awareness. No one is more aware of themselves as these children are. They have nothing, have no one but us, have seemingly no reason to be hopeful...yet they are. They choose to be happy even though the obviously easier choice would be to be frightened or sad and they have real reason to be those things as well. But they have life and faith and hope and love and they choose those things. Their innocence is addicting, their hope is catching and I'm happy to be surrounded by them.
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Fisher Amelie (Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1))
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Ask yourself something. Have you ever thought about why guys want you gone the next day? It’s not because they’ve got things to do, though I’m sure there are a few assholes who think like that, either because they repeated the folly so often they learned to bury the guilt or because they didn’t have a conscience to begin with but, truthfully, it’s because they can’t stand to look at the reason they feel a hole in their chest. They don’t like reminders of who helped put that sick feeling in the pits of their stomachs. As long as they had a decent mama, the guilt is always substantial. Always. If they say differently, they’re liars." - Spencer Blackwell, GREED
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Fisher Amelie (Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2))
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An Irishman walks into a pub,” she begins and the bar went silent. “The bartender asks him, ‘What'll you have?’” Her Irish accent was spot on. “The man says, ‘Give me three pints of Guinness, please.’ The bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone. He then orders three more.
“The bartender says, ‘Sir, no need to order as many at a time. I’ll keep an eye on it and when you get low, I'll bring you a fresh one.’ The man replies, ‘You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, me brothers have three Guinness stouts too, and we're drinking together.’
“The bartender thought this a wonderful tradition and every week the man came in and ordered three beers.” January’s playing and voice became more solemn, dramatic. “But one week, he ordered only two.” The crowd oohed and ahhed. “He slowly drank them,” she continued darkly, “and then ordered two more. The bartender looked at him sadly. ‘Sir, I know your tradition, and, agh, I'd just like to say that I'm sorry for your loss.’
“The man looked on him strangely before it finally dawned on him. ‘Oh, me brothers are fine - I just quit drinking.
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Fisher Amelie (Thomas & January (Sleepless, #2))