“
I've got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts - you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things you didn't do right? Because, as we all know, nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
Look, I'm the DD tonight, but I'm offering to be more than just your driver. I'll be your bodyguard, and your bartender, and most importantly, your friend. I promise to look out for you tonight, Wellsy.
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Deal (Off-Campus, #1))
“
You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.
You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4))
“
I look over at him. He stares straight ahead.
"So," I say. "Golem, huh?"
"I prefer the term 'Mineral-American.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
_Life is a beach and i am juss playing in the sand! :DD
”
”
Lil Wayne
“
Yeah? Feels like we just traded one set of rumors for another. We still have no idea where he is, what his plans are, or even what he looks like."
Patience, dear girl, patience."
Easy for you to say. You're immortal.
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
If we expect all men to have six-packs and biceps, we can't get mad when they expect us to be stick-figures with DD boobs.
”
”
Holly Bourne (Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1))
“
Paranoia is just the bastard child of fear and good sense." (Charlie)
"Poor thing. Let's adopt it, give it a last name and raise it right." (Jace)
"You want to get it a puppy, too?"
"Sure. We'll call it Panic. It and little Paranoia can play together at the park and scare the hell out of all the other kids.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Back from the Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #5))
“
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Except for tattoos and STDs.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Killing Rocks (The Bloodhound Files, #3))
“
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
E'en in Australia art thou still more hot
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
(Since that's your winter it don't mean a lot)
Sometimes too bright the eye of heaven shines
And bushfires start through half of New South Wales
Just so, when I do see thy bosom's lines
A fire consumes me and my breathing fails
But thine eternal summer shall not fade
This is in no way due to global warming;
Nay, from thy breasts shall verses fair be made
So damn compulsive they are habit-forming
So long as men can read and eyes can see
So long lives this, thou 34DD
(Based on an idea by William Shakespeare. I'm sure he'd agree that I've improved it)
”
”
Manny Rayner
“
Look, I’m the DD tonight, but I’m offering to be more than just your driver. I’ll be your bodyguard, and your bartender, and most importantly, your friend. I promise to look out for you tonight, Wellsy.
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Deal (Off-Campus, #1))
“
You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren, #3))
“
It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Touch & Go (Tessa Leoni, #2; Detective D.D. Warren, #7))
“
Survivors make it because they learn to adapt. Adaptation is coping. Coping is strength.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
Bob loses saving throw vs. shiny with a penalty of -5. Bob takes 2d8 damage to the credit card.
”
”
Charles Stross (The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files, #3))
“
Most people need a reason to argue - you just need a place.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #4))
“
I don't care if we're on our way to look at the dismembered corpse of the pope, I want coffee.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Death Blows (The Bloodhound Files, #2))
“
Men may be violent, Officer Dodge, but let's face it-women are cruel...
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1))
“
There are things that once done can’t be undone, things that once said can’t be unsaid.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren, #3))
“
I don't do romance, in the same way I don't do heroin Russian roulette, or nude alligator wrestling. I consider all of the above self-destructive, and demeaning and these are things up with which I will not put.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
You can't do that kind of thing normally, but normal dumped without a note nearly a month ago. These days, I'll happily set fire to a bridge the second after I've crossed it - I don't plan on being around for the consequences to catch up with me.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
I talk better when I’m drinking coffee.” “Me, too. If by coffee you mean beer, and by better you mean louder.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
There is a breed of men out there, you know, who are attracted to strong women. They just don’t know what to do once they win us over.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Touch & Go (Tessa Leoni, #2; Detective D.D. Warren, #7))
“
Because it’s one thing to survive. It is much, much harder to truly live.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
She did a karate chop move down the middle of the blankets. She was trying to draw a boundary line. Fucking adorable.
”
”
D.D. Prince (The Dominator (The Dominator, #1))
“
He's beautiful outside; he just needs love to help create some beauty inside where he feels ugly.
-The Dominator, DD Prince
”
”
D.D. Prince (The Dominator (The Dominator, #1))
“
We doing a traffic stop?"
"Yeah. I have a reasonable suspicion that we're witnessing a violation of the law."
"Which law?"
"I'll decide later.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #4))
“
Dying for someone is easy." J.T. murmured now; as if reading my mind."Living for yourself, that's hard.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Catch Me (Detective D.D. Warren, #6))
“
Fear flickered in her eyes for a beat but she continued to stare up at me, right into my eyes, trying to be brave. I liked it. I liked it a lot. Yeah, I’m a sick fucker. And the only thing scarier than a sick fucker is a sick fucker with power.
”
”
D.D. Prince (The Dominator (The Dominator, #1))
“
Wait", I say. "That's-you-what?"
"That's what I love about working with you, Valchek. Your eloquence."
"But -but- but-"
"And your motorboat impressions."
"Charlie, if you were there, why didn't you arrest him?
”
”
D.D. Barant (Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #4))
“
Pain is very useful. It warns you of danger, teaches you of hazards and provides consequences for your actions.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Fear Nothing (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
Is that a scanning electron microscope? “This’ll do, pig, this’ll do,” I murmur.
“Excuse me?”
“Sorry. Film reference, wasn’t meant as an insult.”
“Ah. I see.” His tone tells me he clearly doesn’t. I briefly consider educating him, but explaining a movie
about a talking pig who wants to be a sheepdog to a Japanese vampire just isn’t all that high on my to-do
list.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
I take one day off," he says, "and you almost get yourself killed."
"Almost being the operative word."
"Killed being the operative word. Almost is the word Killed used to beat up in high school.
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
Dr Adams was following my orders if you want to blame someone blame me -casius
oh i do,I'm just so pissed i had extra left over - Jace
”
”
D.D. Barant (Death Blows (The Bloodhound Files, #2))
“
Do you know why deluded men crave virgins?’ You repeat one of DD’s stupid theories and rush to the punchline. ‘Because a virgin can’t know how bad in the bed you are.
”
”
Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
“
What happens if I try to run?” I ask as the doors close. (jace)
“I’ll stop you.” (charlie)
“You don’t look too quick.” (jace)
“You’d be surprised.” (charlie)
“I hate surprises.” (jace)
“Then don’t run. (charlie)
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
There’s no rewind, or erasing, or unmaking. The things that happened, they are you, you are them. You can escape, but you can’t get away. Just the way it is.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
Get down!" Azura yells. I have the bizarre urge to yell back, "Get funky!" but fortunately that part of my brain isn't in charge of my reflexes.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Killing Rocks (The Bloodhound Files, #3))
“
Why is it men think you have to accept an apology, just because one is offered?
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
My backup plan is to challenge Bearbreaker to single combat, defeat him, become Queen of the Zerkers and spend the rest of my life riding a giant motorcycle over frozen tundra.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1))
“
Parents think the worst thing that can happen to their five-year-old is cancer. They’re wrong; the worst thing that can happen to their five-year-old is mental illness.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Live To Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4))
“
This was the pattern of my life: to love men who didn’t deserve me, and, knowing that, to yearn for their love anyway.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Love You More (Tessa Leoni #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5))
“
Its like a sort of internet Ren Fair. Its like Dungeons & Dragons but for cool people who have got friends.
”
”
Craig Ferguson
“
Violence, the great equaliser. Cared nothing for money, class, occupation. One day, it simply found you.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Touch & Go (Tessa Leoni, #2; Detective D.D. Warren, #7))
“
Because sometimes pain is knowing, and sometimes pain is sharing that knowledge with someone who loves you but can't do anything to help.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Fear Nothing (Detective D.D. Warren, #7))
“
All systems are corrupt. All governments and all laws exist to benefit those in power.
”
”
D.D. Webb (The Gods are Bastards)
“
How...how are you doing, Jace?'
Holding on. Just barely. Charlie?'
Charlie's tone is almost conversational. 'Kind of getting the urge to kill both of you. Think I'm gonna head back.'
Sure, okay, no problem.'
Yeah, yeah, good idea. You do that.
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
Deep spirit scanning,” Eisfanger says. His voice has a strange resonance to it, like I’m hearing him through a bad phone connection. “Don’t worry, it’s completely safe. Well, mostly.”
“Mostly?”
“Side effects have been documented,” he admits. “In a very small percentage of cases. Less than two percent.”
“What kind of side effects?” Suddenly I’m feeling nauseous. Feels like the ants are crawling around inside me now, which is exactly as disturbing as it sounds.
“Memory loss. Synesthesia. And occasionally … vestigial growths.”
“So I could forget my own name, start smelling purple everywhere and have an extra nipple sprout from my forehead?
”
”
D.D. Barant (Back from the Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #5))
“
You gonna be the DD?” I ask as I throw a black hoodie over my T-shirt and zip it up.
My buddy snorts. “Did you really just ask me that?”
I roll my eyes. “Right. What ever was I thinking?”¨
The last time Dean Heyward-Di Laurentis was sober at a party was never. Dude drinks like a fish or gets higher than a kite every time he leaves the house, and if you think that affects his performance on the ice in any way, then think again.
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Mistake (Off-Campus, #2))
“
The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny
“
DREAMS ARE ONLY AS BIG AS THE SPACE WE GIVE THEM!
”
”
D.D. Sherman
“
God give me the strength to change the things I can change, the courage to let go of the things I need to let go and the wisdom to know the difference. - Bobby Dodge
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Hide (Detective D.D. Warren, #2))
“
Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Love You More (Tessa Leoni #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5))
“
And part of brilliance isn’t just solving a problem; it’s seeing a problem no one else realizes is a problem yet.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #11; FBI Profiler, #8))
“
I sat on the floor behind him, putting my legs on either side of his hips so that my calves were over the edge, and I rested my cheek on his bare back. He continued to play and I recognized the tune. Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones.
”
”
D.D. Prince (The Dominator (The Dominator, #1))
“
They [Cops] were living in the media age, and in the media age, cops didn't get to fire their weapons. Cops were honored if they got themselves killed in the line of duty, but they were never suppose to draw their guns, not even in self-defense.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1))
“
DD/MM/YYYY was not an ordinary day.
Early in the morning, before the sunrise, a Baby Girl Fairy was dropped from the Fairy Lands to the Earth.
There were songs of joys and rejoices everywhere.
Cool breeze was playing and running across the meadows.
Dew drops were dancing and floating over the leaves.
Birds were swaying and singing in chorus:
"Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday (Name),
Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday to you.
”
”
Malik Adnan Ahmad
“
I know what I want from life and I’m grateful for the blessings I have.
”
”
D.D. Prince (The Dominator (The Dominator, #1))
“
I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
God himself had sent me away. I was truly now among the damned.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
Kendinize ait parçalar vardır, sayısız parçalar, bunları bir kez feda ederseniz bir daha asla yerine koyamazsınız.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4))
“
I can curl my hair and paint my nails and wear my hand-sewn summer dresses. I can roll dice and design costumes for heroes and flip through comic books. All as myself. Finally.
”
”
Whitney Gardner (Chaotic Good)
“
I want to cry but I don’t. I don’t. There are pieces of yourself, so many pieces of yourself, that, once you give away, you cannot get back again.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4))
“
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU NANAY
I am forever grateful to you, my dearest Nanay,
You are the most precious being in my life.
You have given us, your children so much, raised us, nurtured us and loved us unconditionally..
I can't imagine life without you.
We love you Nanay.
”
”
H.H PRINCESS MARIA AMOR DK1.DD
“
I stare at him. "Gee, don't feel like you have to sugarcoat it or anything."
"Some people need a cold dose of reality to help them focus."
"You could have just slapped me."
"I considered it. But you hate clichés, and I hate being shot."
"Good point. Plus, this is a hospital. Guns are kind of noisy."
"Are they? I thought it was just a personal statement on your part, like women who wear too much makeup.
”
”
D.D. Barant
“
I wish people didn’t call them that. Trolls… They aren’t mythical creatures. You can’t look up how to defeat them in the Monster Manual. There are no critical hits, no saving rolls. They aren’t make-believe. They’re real. And they’re assholes.
”
”
Whitney Gardner (Chaotic Good)
“
People have always suffered,’ said DD. ‘You can legislate against it, reduce it at a macro level. But you will never eliminate it. The best you hope for is that bad stuff doesn’t happen to anyone you know.
”
”
Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
“
Then it kissed me—not as a man would kiss a lover, not with tenderness or even passion. This was a kiss that stole the soul of men. Revulsion at this creature’s kiss was instantly replaced by the warmth stealing through my veins, as if my missing blood were being replenished and contrived to heal me. I craved to keep kissing the beast. My entire being awakened to that kiss feeding me ecstasy, feeding me life.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
Pain is not what you see and not what you feel. Pain is what you can only hear, alone in the dark.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Fear Nothing (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
humanity is a messy business, where knowing what is right doesn’t necessarily preclude you from doing what is wrong.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Fear Nothing (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
I’m here for as long as you want me.”
“What if that’s forever?” He asked.
“Then I’m the luckiest girl in the world.
”
”
D.D. Prince (Detour (Beautiful Biker, #1))
“
It’s true that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But no one says that strength doesn’t come at a price.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #11; FBI Profiler, #8))
“
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10))
“
I'm in position." Charlie's voice, coming through my earpiece.
"Wish I could say the same. All the blood's rushing to my head."
"Thrope stuff?" Charlie sounds a little worried.
"No, I'm upside down."
"Why?"
"I thought it would make me look all cool and ninja-y."
"No one's supposed to be bale to see you."
"Ah. I knew there was a flaw in my plan. Also, i slipped."
"In fact, the whole point of being a ninja is not to be seen."
"Fortunately I have this nifty safety harness, which is why I'm dangling instead of plummeting. Thanks for asking.
”
”
D.D. Barant (Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #4))
“
We found time for less serious things that summer, such as long hours spent playing games like Monopoly, Parcheesi, and Yacht. Peter came honestly by his honorary title of GGP—abbreviation for Great Game Player, bestowed on him by my young brother and sister. My family thought it would look impressive on his church bulletin—thus, “Peter Marshall, DD, GGP.” The day of our wedding saw a cold rain falling, “an ideal day for staying home and playing games,” Peter said. It was indeed. During the morning, I put the finishing touches to my veil and wrestled with a new influx of wedding gifts swathed in tons of tissue paper and excelsior. I gathered the impression that Peter was rollicking through successive games of Yacht, Parcheesi, and Rummy with anyone who had sufficient leisure to indulge him. That was all right, but I thought he was carrying it a bit too far when, thirty minutes before the ceremony, he was so busy pushing his initial advantage in a game of Chinese Checkers with my little sister Em that he still had not dressed.
”
”
Catherine Marshall (A Man Called Peter)
“
I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.
”
”
Barbara T. Cerny (The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched)
“
Born to be a blessing!
”
”
D.D. Jewell
“
Because you and I are alike that way. We know monsters are real, and they don't all live under the bed.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren, #3))
“
Even the most honest person will tell a lie.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #11; FBI Profiler, #8))
“
A child’s bonds with his or her mother are extremely powerful, so any negativity in the mother is being communicated to the child.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Live To Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4))
“
Chaotic good ones place a high value on free will: they always intend to do the right thing, even if their methods are haphazard and generally out of sync with the rest of society.
”
”
Whitney Gardner (Chaotic Good)
“
YOUR DREAM IS WITHIN YOUR REACH, BUT IT'LL JUST STAY THERE DANGLING IN THE AIR IF YOU DON'T GRAB FOR IT!
”
”
D.D. Sherman (Judge Me Not)
“
His job already had him lying and manipulating me. My past had me lying and manipulating him. Both of us thought we were right.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Hide (Detective D.D. Warren, #2))
“
Whomever speaks first gives up some power.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Touch & Go (Tessa Leoni, #2; Detective D.D. Warren, #7))
“
podes estar apaixonada e ao mesmo tempo incrivelmente só. Podes ter tudo o que sempre quiseste só para te dares conta que tudo o que querias estava errado. Podes ter um marido inteligente atraente e cheio de compaixão como o meu e mesmo assim não o ter na realidade. E algumas vezes podes olhar para a tua filha linda e preciosa e ficar genuinamente ciumenta de quanto ele a ama em vez de ti.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren, #3))
“
Maybe she’d get a Siamese fighting fish. Or better yet, a ficus tree. God knows a plant would probably be a lot less offended that she ate take-out sushi almost every other night. It was a thought.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Alone (Detective D.D. Warren 1))
“
Do you ever feel alone in a crowded room? That when other people laugh, you don't get the joke? That everyone knows something-the secret to life, the true meaning of happiness-that you will forever fail to understand?
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #11; FBI Profiler, #8))
“
She was mine. All mine. I’d give her everything. She’d want for nothing. I’d give her everything she wanted and I’d avenge her for anyone who’d ever crossed her, including her sorry excuse for a father. I’d never wanted to give a woman so much before. I’d never wanted to take so much from her at the same time. I wanted her to give me everything she had, every emotion. I went to sleep filled with emotions I’d never had before. Possessiveness, need, and fear.
”
”
D.D. Prince
“
Revenge should only be sought if it serves both a strategic and personal goal. Strategic in that it will dissuade the target or others from committing more actions that demand retaliation. Personal in that the target must understand by whom and for what they are being punished, and be unable to prevent their comeuppance, because only in that circumstance will it bring satisfaction.
”
”
D.D. Webb (The Gods are Bastards)
“
Mr. Thomas Lanman, of St. Michael's, killed two slaves, one of whom he killed with a hatchet, by knocking his brains out. He used to boast of the commission of the awful and bloody deed. I have heard him do so laughingly, saying, among other things, that he was the only benefactor of his country in the company, and that when others would do as much as he had done, we should be relieved of "the d-----d [n***ers].
”
”
Frederick Douglass (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass)
“
You know about trauma bonding, right?” the agent asked abruptly. “Forget kidnapping victims, you see it all the time with battered women. They’re isolated, at the mercy of their dominating spouse, going through intense spells of abject terror followed by even more emotionally draining periods of soul-wrenching apologies. The trauma itself creates a powerful bonding element. The things these two have gone through together, how could anyone else ever understand? It becomes one more thing that makes a woman stay, even after her husband has beat the crap out of her again.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
People think trauma is mental,” I say abruptly. “I’m mentally scarred, damaged, take your pick. And with enough therapy, time, my mind will heal and, ta-da, one day I’ll be all better again. But trauma isn’t just mental. It’s physiological. It’s an adrenal system that’s totally burnt out, so that I spend days at a time in fight mode.” I realize as I’m describing this that one of my knees is bouncing uncontrollably. “Followed by crashes where I can barely get out of bed.
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10))
“
Shallow graves took on a life of their own. And eventually, all bodies did what they were meant to do. Decay. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Disappearing back into the earth, until months later, a uniquely shaped depression was formed. The kind of hollow that any experienced homicide detective could look at and say, hey, betcha a body is buried there. The
”
”
Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
“
Weirdly, D&D didn't encourage my leanings towards trying magic of my own at all. In fact, it frustrated them. Even the most pompous and ambitious historical magicians, from the Zaroastrian Magi through John Dee, Francis Barrett and Aleister Crowley, never claimed to be able to throw fireballs or lightning bolts like D&D wizards can. So D&D was never going to feed the fantasies of practising magic in the real world. That is all about gaining secret knowledge, a higher level of perception or inflicting misfortune or a boon on someone rather than causing a poisonous cloud of vapor to pour from your fingers (Cloudkill, deadly to creatures with less than 5 hit dice, for those who are interested). The game, as we played it, just doesn't support the occult idea of magic.
In fact, it might even be argued that, by giving such a powerful prop to my imagination, D&D stopped me from going deeper into the occult in real life. I certainly had all the qualifications—bullied power-hungry twerp with no discernable skill in conventional fields and no immediate hope of a girlfriend who wasn't mentally ill. It's amazing I'm not out sacrificing goats to this day.
”
”
Mark Barrowcliffe (The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange)
“
Lazily...possessively he ran a hand down her back.
"Mmm, again," Shelby murmured.
With a quiet laugh, Alan stroked up and down until she was ready to purr. "Shelby..." She gave another sigh as an answer and snuggled closer. "Shelby,there's something warm and fluffy under my feet."
"Mmm-hmm."
"If it's your cat, he's not breathing."
"MacGregor."
He kissed the top of her head. "What?"
She gave a muffled laugh against his shoulder. "MacGregor," she repeated. "My pig."
There was silence for a moment while he tried to digest this. "I beg your pardon?"
The dry serious tone had more laughter bubbling up. Would she ever be able to face a day without hearing it? "Oh, say that again.I love it." Because she had to see his face, Shelby found the energy to lean across him and grope for the matches on the nightstand. Skin rubbed distractedly against skin while she struck one and lit a candle. "MacGregor," she said, giving Alan a quick kiss before she gestured to the foot of the bed.
Alan studied the smiling porcine face. "You named a stuffed purple pig after me?"
"Alan, is that any way to talk about our child?" His eyes shifted to hers in an expression so masculine and ironic, she collapsed on his chest in a fit of giggles. "I put him there because he was supposed to be the only MacGregor who charmed his way into my bed."
"Really." Alan tugged on her hair until she lifted her face, full of amusement and fun,to his. "Is that what I dd?"
"You knew damn well I wouldn't be able to resist balloons and rainbows foever.
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Nora Roberts (The MacGregors: Alan & Grant (The MacGregors, #3-4))
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What’s the last thing you remember?” I ask instead. “Dancing.” “You were at a bar, a nightclub? In Boston?” It takes her a bit, but finally, “Y-y-yes.” “Did you drink too much?” A small hiccup I take to be yes. Kids, I think. We’re all so young and fearless once. Nightclubs are nothing but a source of adventure. And a fourth, fifth, sixth rum runner the best idea in the world. I hated myself for my own stupidity, waking up in a coffin-size box. Minute after minute, day after day, so much time to do nothing but repent. And
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Lisa Gardner (Find Her (Detective D.D. Warren, #8))
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You have been so sheltered, Deeta - more even than your sisters. You know nothing of life or of people, in truth I think both scare you. You have little experience of anything but Tom and I and the children. You carved out a little niche for yourself with us, somewhere you were comfortable and safe. With each passing day I have watched you close yourself off from all that is new until it becomes impossible to answer the question of who you are because you do not know yourself. I think you have courage and that you are resourceful, maybe you are brave. But at this moment I see you look at upheaval and adventure with fright in your soul, so that you see only the bad and no good at all.
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D.D. Chant (Broken City (Broken City, #1))
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Friendship: the word has come to mean many different things among the various races and cultures of both the Underdark and the surface of the Realms. In Menzoberranzan, friendship is generally born out of mutual profit. While both parties are better off for the union, it remains secure. But loyalty is not a tenet of drow life, and as soon as a friend believes that he will gain more without the other, the union - and likely the other's life - will come to a swift end.
I have had few friends in my life, and if I live a thousand years, I suspect that this will remain true. There is little to lament in this fact, though, for those who have called me friend have been persons of great character and have enriched my existence, given it worth. First there was Zaknafein, my father and mentor who showed me that I was not alone and that I was not incorrect in holding to my beliefs. Zaknafein saved me, from both the blade and the chaotic, evil, fanatic religion that damns my people.
Yet I was no less lost when a handless deep gnome came into my life, a svirfneblin that I had rescued from certain death, many years before, at my brother Dinin's merciless blade. My deed was repaid in full, for when the svirfneblin and I again met, this time in the clutches of his people, I would have been killed - truly would have preferred death - were it not for Belwar Dissengulp.
My time in Blingdenstone, the city of the deep gnomes, was such a short span in the measure of my years. I remember well Belwar's city and his people, and I always shall.
Theirs was the first society I came to know that was based on the strengths of community, not the paranoia of selfish individualism. Together the deep gnomes survive against the perils of the hostile Underdark, labor in their endless toils of mining the stone, and play games that are hardly distinguishable from every other aspect of their rich lives.
Greater indeed are pleasures that are shared.
- Drizzt Do'Urden
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R.A. Salvatore (Exile (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #2))