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Simon: Anyone ever tell you your sense of timing really sucks? Derek: That's why I don't play the drums. Now what's up?
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
I'm behind you." I spun to see Derek. "I can't win," he said. "You're as skittish as a kitten.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
He pivoted, gaze following me as I crossed to the shower and turned on the cold water, so it would drown out our conversation without steaming up the room. Great," he muttered."Now they're going to think we're showering together. Maybe we can just tell them we were washing off the crawl space dirt and trying to conserve water.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Oh, for God's sake. Save your piss. Don't save your piss. It's all the same to me.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
He wore sweatpants and a T-shirt and had stopped in the middle of the hall, furiously scratching one bare forearm. "Fleas?" I said.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Rae burned me. She has matches or something. Look, look..." Tori pulled down the collar of her T-shirt. "Leave your cloths on, Tori," Simon said, raising his hands to his eyes. "Please.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Just stay still, if you stay still it can't find you. That's sharks, you idiot. Sharks and dinosaurs. This isn't Jurassic Park.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
He said "cool" like I say a Spanish word when I'm not sure of the pronunciation.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Do I pass, Dr. Saunders?
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
What's wrong?" I didn't say a word." Something's up. What is it?" Nothing." His head turned, gaze going to mine. "Yeah?" Yes." A snort and he returned to his bowl…
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
I let out a laugh that sounded more like the yip of a startled poodle. "Superp-powers? I wish. My powers aren't winning me a slot on the Cartoon Network anytime soon... except as a comic relief. Ghost Whisperer Junior. Or Ghost Screamer, more like it. Tune in, every week, as Chloe Saunders runs screaming from yet another ghost looking for her help." Okay, superpower might be pushing it.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
It's because when we sneeze, our soul flies out our nose and if no one says 'bless you,' the devil can snatch it.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
You saw a ghost, didn't you?" he said. To my relief, I managed to laugh. "Hate to break it to you, but there's no such thing as ghosts." Huh." His gaze traveled around the laundry room, like a cop searching for an escaped convict. When he turned that piercing look on me, its intensity sucked the backbone out of me. What do you see, Chloe?" I -I-I don't s-s-s-" Slow down." He snapped the words, impatient. "What do they look like? Do they talk to you?" You really want to know?" Yeah." I chewed my lip, then lifted onto my tiptoes. He bent to listen. They wear white sheets with big eye holes. And they say 'Boo!'" I glowered up at him. "Now get out of my way." I expected him tosneer. Cross his arms and say, Make me, little girl.His lips twitched and I steeled myself, then I realized he was smiling.Laughing at me. He stepped aside. I swept past him to the stairs.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
When Rae got back, she spread her empty hands wide and said "Okay, guess where I hid it." She even turned around for me, but I couldn't see a bulge big enough to hide a flashlight. With a grin, she reached down the front of her shirt into the middle of her bra, and pulled out a flashlight with flourish. I laughed. "Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
He rolled his eyes. "First, my Dad's Korean and my mom was Swedish. Second, I totally suck at math. I don't like cuckoo clocks or skiing or fancy chocolate either." I sputtered a laugh. "I think that's Swiss.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Why is it that every time a girl says a guy is bothering her, it's fluffed off with oh, he just likes you, as if that makes it okay?
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Don't talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all. I wondered whether they had books about his sort of thing. Fifty Ways to Tell the Living from the Dead Before You Wind Up in a Padded Room. Yep, I'm sure the library carried that one.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Life experience. I can talk it up, vow to broaden my horizons, but I’m still limited to the experiences with my life. How can a person understand an experience that lies completely outside her own? She can see it, feel it, imagine what it would be like to live it, but it’s no different from seeing a movie on a screen and saying, “Thank God that’s not me”.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
You're telling me that you can raise the dead by simply summoning?" "Yes." "My God," she whispered, staring at me."What have they done?" Hearing her words and seeing her expression, I knew I'd just done something worse than raising the dead-- I'd confirmed her worst fears about us. In her eyes, I saw the same thing I saw when people looked at Derek. I saw fear. And I knew we were in trouble.
Kelley Armstrong (The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3))
Whatever it is," I said, "the point is moot because as long as I'm on these pills, I can't make contact to ask." Derek ... snapped, "Then you need to stop taking the pills." Love to. If I could. But after what happened last night, they're giving me urine tests now." Ugh. That's harsh." Simon went quiet, then snapped his fingers. Hey, I've got an idea. It's kinda gross, but what if you take the pills, crush them and mix them with your, you know, urine." Derek stared at him. What?" You did pass chem last year, didn't you?" Simon flipped him the finger. "Okay, genius, what's your idea?" I'll think about it. ..." *** Here," Derek whispered, pressing an empty Mason jar into my hand. He'd pulled me aside after class and we were now standing at the base of the boy's staircase. "Take this up to your room and hide it." It's a ... jar." He grunted, exasperated that I was so dense I failed to see the critical importance of hiding an empty Mason jar in my room. It's for your urine." My what?" He rolled his eyes, a growl-like sound sliding through his teeth as he leaned down, closer to my ear. "Urine. Pee. Whatever. For the testing." I lifted the jar to eye level. "I think they'll give me something smaller." ... You took your meds today, right?" he whispered. I nodded. Then use this jar to save it." Save . . . ?" Your urine. If you give them some of today's tomorrow, it'll seem like you're still taking your meds." You want me to . . . dole it out? Into specimen jars?" Got a better idea?" Um, no, but ..." I lifted the jar and stared into it. Oh, for God's sake. Save your piss. Don't save your piss. It's all the same to me." Simon peeked around the corner, brows lifted. "I was going to ask what you guys were doing, but hearing that, I think I'll pass.
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I'd been staring at the search term for at least five minutes. One word. Necromancer.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
You took your meds today, right?" he whispered. I nodded. Then use this jar to save it." Save . . . ?" Your urine. If you give them some of today's tomorrow, it'll seem like you're still taking your meds." You want me to . . . dole it out? Into specimen jars?" Got a better idea?" Um, no, but ..." I lifted the jar and stared into it. Oh, for God's sake. Save your piss. Don't save your piss. It's all the same to me." Simon peeked around the corner, brows lifted. "I was going to ask what you guys were doing, but hearing that, I think I'll pass.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
If I was crazy, would I know it? That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Simon's walls were covered in what looked like pages ripped from a comic book, but when I squinted, I realized they were hand drawn. Some were black-and-white, but most were in full color, everything from character sketches to splash panels to full pages, done in a style that wasn't quite manga, wasn't quite comic book.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?" "Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies, animated or not." "Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the boards, and all that. But this girl I know, she's completely into it. She spends most of her allowance on the books and DVDs. She can recite dialogue from them." She caught my gaze. "So would you say she belongs here?" "No. Most kids are that way about something, right? With me, it's movies. Like knowing who directed a sci-fi movie made before I was born.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Dont talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.
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Don't talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Guess it didn't matter if it was a group home or summer camp, guys and their stomachs didn't change.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Schizo. It didn't matter how many times Dr. Gill compared it to a disease or physical disability, it wasn't the same thing. It just wasn't. I had schizophrenia. If I saw two guys on the sidewalk, one in a wheelchair and one talking talking to himself, which would I rush to open a door for, and which would I cross the road to avoid?
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Kdekdo žije v domnění, že umělecká škola je jiná, překypuje kreativní energií, třídy jsou plné spokojených mladých lidí, dokonce i gotici jsou zde tak šťastni, jak jen jim to jejich rozervané duše dovolí.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Suona un po' strano però. A malapena la conoscevi, e sei la prima a volerle telefonare?" "Si chiama premura. Ne hai mai sentito parlare?" con un colpo scacciò la mia mano dal quadrante "Scuri, acqua fredda. Oppure ti ritroverai con un carico di capi stinti." mi lanciò un'occhiata. "Vedi? Sono premuroso." "Per forza, è quasi tutta roba tua lì dentro.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Oh, for God’s sake. Save your piss. Don’t save your piss. It’s all the same to me.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Mommy forgot to warn the new babysitter about the basement.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
"It was hot at the restaurant," I said. "So I rolled up my sleeves." "What?" I pushed my left one up, showing four bruises, dark as ink spots. Simon paled. "My aunt wanted to know what happened. When I wouldn't tell her, she tricked me into admitting it was a boy. She met Derek this morning and he was rude, so she decided it had to be him. I never confirmed it. If he's in trouble, it is not my fault. I had every right to tell someone and I didn't." "Okay, okay." He rubbed his mouth, still staring at my arm. "So he grabbed your arm. That's what it looks like. Right? He just grabbed harder than he thought." "He threw me across the room." Simon's eyes widened, then he lowered his lids to hide his surprise. "But he didn't mean to. If you saw how freaked out he was last night, you'd know that." "So that makes it okay? If I lose my temper and smack you, it's all right, because I didn't mean to, didn't plan to." "You don't understand. He just—" "She's right." Derek's voice preceded him around the corner. I shrank back. I couldn't help it. As I did, a look passed through Derek's eyes. Remorse? Guilt? He blinked it away.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
"Who taught you to raise the dead?" "N-no one. I—I've never even met another necromancer before you." Not exactly true. I'd briefly met the ghost of one, but he hadn't been much help. "Did the Edison Group give you books? Manuals?" "J-Just a history book that I—I skimmed through a bit. Th-there wasn't anything on rituals." A moment of silence as she studied me through the mirror. "You were trying to make a point, weren't you, Chloe?" "Wh-what?" "I said you couldn't raise the dead; you proved you could. You visualized returning a soul—" "No!" my stutter fell away. "Returning a ghost to a rotting corpse to make a point? I'd never do that. I was doing exactly what you asked—trying to pull that spirit through. I was summoning. But if I do that with dead bodies around, I can raise the dead. That's what I tried to tell you." She drove for a minute, the silence heavy. Then her gaze rose to the mirror again, meeting mine. "You're telling me you can raise the dead simply by summoning?" "Yes." "My God," she whispered, staring at me. "What have they done?" Hearing her words and seeing her expression, I knew Derek had been right last night. I'd just done something worse than raising the dead—I'd confirmed her worst fears about us.
Kelley Armstrong (The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3))
Normal.Un cuvant atat de simplu,banal.Ciudat cum stralucea acum,ca un inel de alama pe un carusel, sclipind de promisiuni,atat de aproape,dar cu neputinta de atins.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Sunt ca un catelus pe care i l-a lasat cineva pe care l-a iubit foarte mult si se cazneste sa faca tot ce trebuie, chiar daca el unul nu se da in vant dupa catei.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
She shifted the light to the next section. “Huh. He was brought to Lyle House by a children’s services agency. No mention of that father they’re always talking about. If child services is involved, then you can bet he’s no dad of the year. Oh, here it is. Diagnosis … antisocial personality disorder.” She snorted a laugh. “Yeah? Tell me something I didn’t know. Is that really an illness? Being rude? What kind of meds do they give you for that?” “Whatever it is, they aren’t working.
Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1))
Enigma!" I call, adding a "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" because obviously it's the universal language for feline summoning. And maybe it is -- no sooner do I croon that magic phrase than I hear an answering meow.
Kelley Armstrong (A Stitch in Time (A Stitch in Time, #1))
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You want a logical explanation? String the facts together. The scenes.
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