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Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
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William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
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And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
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William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
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Nobody listens when bad girls cry.
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C.M. Stunich (Havoc at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #1))
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Then cry havoc, baby. And let slip the fucking dogs of war.
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Juliette Cross (Darkest Heart (Dominion, #1))
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Hot from hell. Caesar's spirit raging in revenge. Cry,havoc! And let slip the dogs of war.
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William Shakespeare
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Dear fellow, he may rip the balls off anyone he sees fit,” Julius said. “Cry havoc, Cyprian, and consider me your dog of war.
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K.J. Charles (A Gentleman's Position (Society of Gentlemen, #3))
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Carry me back to land, Goldilocks, or cry havoc and let loose the slithering Dobermans of war!
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Jennifer Fales (The Seraph Contingency)
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Cry havoc, and let slip the trousers of most outrageous bonkilation!
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Christopher Moore (The Serpent of Venice)
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Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant.
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William Shakespeare
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I don’t remember the whole thing, because it was very long, but Atticus recited it for me once, and there was a line that went like this: “Cry ham hock and let slip the hogs of war!” I know you might not agree, but for me that was the best thing Shakespeare ever wrote."
You mean, “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war” from Julius Caesar?
"No, I don’t think that’s it. There was ham in there; I’m sure he was talking about ham. They were going to battle hunger."
I think you might have been hungry when you heard it, Oberon.
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Kevin Hearne (Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6))
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Schoolchildren can smell a nervous teacher. They see it in her gait as she enters the room, uncertain of her ability to command and instruct. They hear it in her voice as she clears her throat before she begins to speak. They sense it when she looks at the teacher's table and chair, set on a platform to give her a view of the class, as if she has no right to be there. They watch without remorse or sympathy as she walks the gauntlet and suddenly they are in the grip of a completely new sensation. It is power that they are feeling as they anneal into a single organism: the class. At any moment now they will cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war.
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Jerry Pinto (Em and The Big Hoom)
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But the most ironic thing, in those bitter days of December 1950, was that the commentators who cried havoc the loudest were the very men who had done most to change and destroy the old 1945 Army. These were the men who had shouted for the boys to be brought home, who had urged the troops to exert civil rights. They were the ones who had hinted that leaders trying to delay the frenetic demobilization, or the reform of the Army, were no better than the Fascists. And these were the men who screamed most shrilly when some young Americans on the field of battle behaved more like citizens than like soldiers.
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T.R. Fehrenbach (This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War)
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But the most ironic thing, in those bitter days of December 1950, was that the commentators who cried havoc the loudest were the very men who had done most to change and destroy the old 1945 Army. These were the men who had shouted for the boys to be brought home, who had urged the troops to exert civil rights. They were the ones who had hinted that leaders trying to delay the frenetic demobilization, or the reform of the Army, were no better than the Fascists.
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T.R. Fehrenbach (This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War)
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Are ya ready, Dwarves?” Havoc howled at his troops; their reply was almost incoherent screaming. “Aye, aye, Major General!” Havoc slammed his construct’s left ‘fist’ into the mountain, sending a spray of torn-out stone flying into the air. The other fist came down as that one retracted. “I can’t hear you!” “Aye, aye, Major General!” “Ohhh!” The fists started moving four times as fast as they pulverized the rocky surface. “Elves in a bunker, under this rock!” “War crimes, war crimes!” “What will we do, when we pull them on top?” Havoc bellowed as rock chips flew everywhere. “War crimes, war crimes!” “Is bloodshed and razing something you wish?” “War crimes, war crimes!” “Then come over here, and gut 'em like a fish!” “War crimes, war crimes!” “Ready?” Havoc popped out of the golem as it vanished into the tunnel it was rapidly digging, and he no longer needed to manually control it. “War crimes, war crimes…” “War crimes, war crimes!” “War cri~imes…! Here we go~o!
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Dakota Krout (Inflame (The Completionist Chronicles, #6))
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O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,—
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
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William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
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The Peloponnesians arranged their ships in such a manner as to make the largest possible circle without leaving space to break through, turning their prows outwards and their sterns inwards; within the circle they placed the smaller craft which accompanied them, and five of their swiftest ships that they might be close at hand and row out at whatever point the enemy charged them.
The Athenians ranged their ships in a single line and sailed round and round the Peloponnesian fleet, which they drove into a narrower and narrower space, almost touching as they passed, and leading the crews to suppose that they were on the point of charging.
But they had been warned by Phormio not to begin until he gave the signal, for he was hoping that the enemy's ships, not having the steadiness of an army on land, would soon fall into disorder and run foul of one another; they would be embarrassed by the small craft, and if the usual morning breeze, for which he continued waiting as he sailed round them, came down from the gulf, they would not be able to keep still for a moment. He could attack whenever he pleased, because his ships were better sailers; and he knew that this would be the right time. When the breeze began to blow, the ships, which were by this time crowded into a narrow space and were distressed at once by the force of the wind and by the small craft which were knocking up against them, fell into confusion; ship dashed against ship, and they kept pushing one another away with long poles; there were cries of 'keep off' and noisy abuse, so that nothing could be heard either of the word of command or of the coxswains' giving the time; and the difficulty which unpractised rowers had in clearing the water in a heavy sea made the vessels disobedient to the helm.At that moment Phormio gave the signal; the Athenians, falling upon the enemy, began by sinking one of the admirals' vessels, and then wherever they went made havoc of them.
(Book 2 Chapter 83.5-84.3)
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Thucydides (History of the Peloponnesian War: Books 1-2)
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The first time he’d cut off ears because he was there and it was being done, but that was it. He wasn’t one of those who once they were in all that lawlessness couldn’t wait to get going, the ones who weren’t too well put together or were pretty aggressive to start off with and only needed the slightest opportunity to go ape-shit. One guy in his unit, guy they called Big Man, he wasn’t there one or two days when he’d slashed some pregnant woman’s belly open. Farley was himself only beginning to get good at it at the end of his first tour. But the second time, in this unit where there are a lot of other guys who’d also come back and who hadn’t come back just to kill time or to make a couple extra bucks, this second time, in with these guys who are always looking to be put out in front, ape-shit guys who recognize the horror but know it is the very best moment of their lives, he is ape-shit too. In a firefight, running from danger, blasting with guns, you can’t not be frightened, but you can go berserk and get the rush, and so the second time he goes berserk. The second time he fucking wreaks havoc. Living right out there on the edge, full throttle, the excitement and the fear, and there’s nothing in civilian life that can match it. Door gunning. They’re losing helicopters and they need door gunners. They ask at some point for door gunners and he jumps at it, he volunteers. Up there above the action, and everything looks small from above, and he just guns down huge. Whatever moves. Death and destruction, that is what door gunning is all about. With the added attraction that you don’t have to be down in the jungle the whole time. But then he comes home and it’s not better than the first time, it’s worse. Not like the guys in World War II: they had the ship, they got to relax, someone took care of them, asked them how they were. There’s no transition. One day he’s door gunning in Vietnam, seeing choppers explode, in midair seeing his buddies explode, down so low he smells skin cooking, hears the cries, sees whole villages going up in flames, and the next day he’s back in the Berkshires. And now he really doesn’t belong, and, besides, he’s got fears now about things going over his head. He doesn’t want to be around other people, he can’t laugh or joke, he feels that he is no longer a part of their world, that he has seen and done things so outside what these people know about that he cannot connect to them and they cannot connect to him. They told him he could go home? How could he go home?
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Philip Roth (The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3))
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Mikhail didn’t flinch away from the blade. His black eyes snapped open, blazing with power. Slovensky fell backward, scrambling away on all fours to crouch against the far wall. Fumbling in his coat, he jerked out the gun and held it pointed at Mikhail.
The ground rolled almost gently, seemed to swell so that the concrete floor bulged, then cracked. Slovensky grabbed for the wall behind him to steady himself and lost the gun in the process. Above his head a rock fell from the wall, bounced dangerously close, and rolled to a halt beside him. A second rock, and a third, fell, so that Slovensky had to cover his head as the rocks rained down in a roaring shower.
Slovensky’s cry of fear was high and thin. He made himself even smaller, peering through his fingers at the Carpathian. Mikhail had not moved to protect himself. He lay exactly as Slovensky had positioned him, those dark eyes, two black holes, windows to hell, staring at him. Swearing, Slovensky tried to lunge for the gun.
The floor bucked and heaved under him, sending the gun skittering out of reach. A second wall swayed precariously, and rocks cascaded down, striking the man about the head and shoulders, driving him to the floor. He watched a curious, frightening pattern form. Not one rock touched the priest’s body. Not one came close to Mikhail. The Carpathian simply watched him with those damn eyes and that faint mocking smile as the rocks buried Slovensky’s legs, then fell on his back. There was an ominous crack, and Slovensky screamed under the heavy load on his spine.
“Damn you to hell,” Slovensky snarled. “My brother will track you down.”
Mikhail said nothing, simply watching the havoc Gregori created. Mikhail would have killed James Slovensky outright, without the drama Gregori had such a flair for, but he was tired, his body in a precarious state. He had no wish to drain his energy further. Raven would be in the vampire’s hands for the time it took Gregori to heal him. He couldn’t allow himself to think of what Andre might do to her. For the first time in centuries of living, Mikhail was forced to rely on another being. Gregori. The dark one. A royal pain in the neck.
I read your thoughts, my friend.
Mikhail stirred, pain shafting through him. More rocks fell on Slovensky in retaliation, covering him like a blanket, beginning to form a macabre grave.
As you were meant to.
Gregori moved into the room with his familiar silent glide, grace and power clinging to him as he strode through the wreckage of the wall. “This is becoming a bad habit.”
“Oh, shut up,” Mikhail said without rancor.
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Christine Feehan (Dark Prince (Dark, #1))
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When people show you who they are,” I tell her. “You should believe them.
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Ashley Gee (Cry Havoc (Vengeance is Mine #3))
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Make no mistake: when he smiles, angels cry.
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C.M. Stunich (Havoc at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #1))
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Barti's father died when she was a toddler. It was a tragic age to lose a parent. A loving one at that. Barti had cried for days and so did her relatives. Then one day, everyone went back to normal, resuming their life like the man never existed. Barti felt betrayed. Her father was so caring and generous, a wonderful human being. He deserved to be mourned.
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Poppy Havoc (The Drop Dead Darlings)
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I couldn’t half do with them letting us out of these straps so that I can visit the Usual Offices, Male, Lower Ranks, For the use of to cry havoc and let slip a few dogs of war
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Ian Hutson (NGLND XPX)
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Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. No rules, No mercy. Fight to kill until you held the battlefield
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Marion G. Harmon (Ronin Games (Wearing the Cape, #5))
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The Rebel, Within the Rubble
From the rubble, arises the rebel,
Embarking on the freedom struggle.
Lost and frustrated, survival is slim
Yet the fire of the cause burns from within
Our people melt, our people burn
Our people shelled, our stomachs churn
The world is cold, the world is grim
Our people hang, on their last limb
Billions more, from the IMF
Don’t hear our cries, cos they claim deaf
Rape, torture, and abusive camps
Thamils die in government clamps
1400 now die in a camp each week
All because of the language we speak
Each day I wake up, more havoc they wreak
Each day I wake up, the situation looks bleak
The Phoenix arises, from the ashes
This Phoenix surmises, previous clashes
Beware of our youth, they burn with the truth
Merciless, and furious, you will get the boot
The Eelam pride, I will never hide,
The Thamil side, is forever my guide
The Tigers died, with cyanide
They collide, for us to reside,
In the land where we were denied
Forevermore, they have cried,
Forevermore, we’ll bring this worldwide!
Thamilarin Thaagam, Thamileela Thayagam!
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Priya Suntharalingam
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Shake accepted a yellowed slip of paper and unfolded it. It was a page torn from a copy of Julius Caesar. Minh had underlined a passage and written a rough Vietnamese translation in the margin. “`Cry `Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war.' Yes. It’s what I was thinking. It’s what happened on the Long Mountain March, isn’t it?” “Yes...” “It wasn’t the first time. It won’t be the last. Do you remember My Lai, Minh?” “I remember what we heard. Quang Ngai Province. Civilians were executed by American soldiers.
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Dale A. Dye (Laos File (The Shake Davis Series Book 1))
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. I voiced the same line: “Cry ‘Havoc!’” I said, “And let slip the dogs of war.
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Alan Russell (Burning Man (Gideon and Sirius, #1))
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Keith's eyebrows went up. "You're a witch."
"No, I'm your worst nightmare," I said with a truly evil grin
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Loren Weaver (Havoc's Cry (Victoria Novak: Paranormal Division Book 1))
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His father had given him the nickname Sav because Hassan said the moment he was born, he knew he would be a savage. Sav was the only baby in the nursery crying, waking all the other babies up, and he wreaked havoc in daycare.
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Nina. (Front St. Porter)
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Cal cups his hands around his mouth and howls, taking up the mantle of my little cry Havoc game. The other boys follow suit and I mimic them, adding my voice to the chorus of sound as it takes over the night. In less than a minute, we’ve got more than three-quarters of the parking lot joining us. It’s a fitting way to end our time at Prescott High, now isn’t it?
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C.M. Stunich (Victory at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #5))
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There are two sides to every story, but usually, only one of them is true. I’ve given you my truth, written my words, told you my tale. It’s up to you to decide what to do it with it. The world is built of stories, crafted of pain, outlined with beauty; every story deserves to be heard. This one, this one is mine. There’s one word you don’t utter at Prescott High, not unless you want them to own you. H.A.V.O.C. Hael, Aaron, Victor, Oscar, Callum. And of course, Bernadette. Cry ‘Havoc’ and set us loose, baby. Blood in, blood out.
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C.M. Stunich (Victory at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #5))
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Born of vengeance and hardened by hate Every act of revenge a cry for love Desperate to keep believing Kisses that scorch my skin and leave forever marks A desperate sort of havoc, a broken chaos, a mayhem that crawls beneath your skin and makes you bleed Anarchy that ensues inside a twisted heart Only true victory comes with acceptance and mournful goodbyes Only true victory comes with love
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C.M. Stunich (Victory at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #5))
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Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
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Janice Frost (Murder Among Friends (Warwick & Bell #1))
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It seems stupid, but I almost cried when I covered up the pink. That was Pen’s color. But red is … mine.
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C.M. Stunich (Anarchy at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #4))
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Havoc!” his mother cried, letting the dogs slip out as she called into the woods.
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Louise Penny (The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #5))
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Family is just the people who get a chance to hurt you before anyone else can. When they reject you, it makes it easy to believe that’s all you can expect from life.
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Ashley Gee (Cry Havoc (Vengeance is Mine #3))
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The Fourth Line—Your home for muckers, meatheads, and misanthropes. This is the “energy line” that features checking pests and brawlers, whose task is to cry havoc, let slip the dogs of war, and collect penalty minutes. But for all the circus music they can orchestrate, a strong fourth line can frequently be an X-factor in a given playoff series. (6-11 minutes of ice time)
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Greg Wyshynski (Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey By Knowing Where to Look)
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This is justice.” House raised a tiny fist into the air. “Cry havoc and release the floofs of war!
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Kyle Kirrin (Shattersoul (The Ripple System #4))
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Token friendships between poor girls.
Both of us wanting so desperately for more, our screams drowned out by the wicked silence of the world.
Nobody listens when bad girls cry.
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C.M. Stunich (Havoc at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #1))
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This place is the opposite of Sara’s neighborhood. The house is falling apart—not all shiny and perfect like hers—but the land is alive. There are mature trees with lineages far deeper and more beautiful than my own. And the ancient rhododendron near the porch? It’s such a far cry from South Prescott with its tract housing and shitty duplexes, all that cement and chain-link and urban decay.
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C.M. Stunich (Chaos at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #2))
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Cry ham hock and let slip the hogs of war!” I know you might not agree, but for me that was the best thing Shakespeare ever wrote.> You mean, “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war” from Julius Caesar?
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Kevin Hearne (Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6))
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Let me get it,” he says, standing much too close for my comfort. It’s downright suffocating.
“Not a chance, darlin’,” I drawl, giving him a dose of his own medicine.
I hand the youngish sales lady my tags and bury my gaze inside my purse in search of my wallet. When I look up, I find a loopy smile on her face and it’s directed at him. The happy bastard smiles right back.
“Are you two done? Can I pay for these, or would you like to go on a date before you ring me up?”
They both turn to stare. She’s cherry red and pushing all the wrong buttons on the register while Dane’s busy scowling at me. I hand her my credit card without taking my eyes off of him.
“Did I do something to you, Stella?”
The thing is, I’m not mad at him. I’m mad at myself. I cannot believe that I allowed myself to fall under his spell. I don’t blame the sales girl either. She never stood a chance under the magnetic force that is Dane Wylder. I fell for it and I’ve been vaccinated against this particular virulent disease. I have Paul Donovan to thank for that.
Turning back to the sales person, I take the receipt she hands me. “I’m sorry,” I murmur. “Hormones––they’re wreaking havoc.”
“Oh, I get the same way when I get my period,” she replies in the sweetest drawl.
“Thanks for your help,” I tell her in an apologetic tone.
With that I walk away from the counter, and the two of them. A second later a big hand grabs a hold of my upper arm. I stop and turn, my expression not a happy one.
“You didn’t answer me?”
“No, Dane. You did nothing. Like I said, it’s the hormones.”
He looks pensive, his sexy lips pursed as he’s mulling this over. “We should get you some ice cream.”
I don’t know whether to laugh, or cry. He genuinely thinks ice cream is the solution to our problem? Then again he doesn’t have a problem.
I’m the one with the urge. I’m the one with the craving. Unless ice cream comes in a flavor called Sweaty Sex With Dane, I don’t want it…and about as smart as jumping out of a plane with no parachute. The ride will be fast and thrilling and most certainly prove painful when I hit bottom.
“What does ice cream have to do with it?”
“Maybe it’ll make you nicer. You know, take the edge off.”
My eyes automatically narrow. “Maybe we need to give each other space.”
“No,” he huffs, arms crossed in front of his broad chest, his shirt straining against the swell of his pecs, expression locked in the determined position.
“No?”
“No. No space. I see what you’re doing here. This is some kinda female mental jujitsu. You say you want space, but you don’t really want it.”
I’m seconds from punching him in the nut sac, which is almost directly in my line of sight. There is something to be said about being short. Or for him being grotesquely tall.
“I…I’m going to…I can’t.” I flee to the cosmetics department in search of the Holy Grail, a flat iron, before I do or say something I’ll regret.
And find one. Thank the Lord. This goes a small way to propping up my mood. I’m almost tempted to purchase two.
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P. Dangelico (Baby Maker (It Takes Two, #1))
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This massive disinformation campaign about intelligence, genetics, and race has been waged by liberal journalists and Marxist academics against the Western world since the 1950s. Like an octopus with far-reaching tentacles, it has wreaked havoc in a multitude of ways, not the least of which is that it is currently impossible to have a serious public debate about eugenics, an obvious prerequisite to implementing a eugenics program. Such wholesale dishonesty might be expected under a Communist regime, but for this to take place in democratic societies is extraordinary, and it cries out for an explanation.
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Marian Van Court
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Cry havoc and release the...Goddess? Release the Goddess of war! Or the cook of war. Chef of war? Something like that.
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T.S. Paul (Tempered: A Space Opera Military Adventure (Space Chef, #1))
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Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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J.D. Robb (Delusion in Death (In Death, #35))
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Core players had turned on Ranieri and lobbied the owners to replace him with his English assistant, Craig Shakespeare. The narrative gathered enough steam that, at Shakespeare’s first game in charge, the Leicester fans unfurled a gigantic display urging their team to CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR. Their choice of a line from William (not Craig) Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a play about a Roman leader betrayed by former allies, was no accident.
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Joshua Robinson (The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports)
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Havoc pinned me against the bed, taking my toes into his mouth and devouring every one of them. This time, I cried real fucking tears. He made me feel so good.
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Talena Tillman (F*cked Around And Fell In Love During The Holidays: Havoc & Duchess)