“
What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn
“
I'm a werewolf trapped in a human body."
"Well, yeah, that's kind of the definition."
"No, really. I'm trapped."
"Oh? When was the last time you shape-shifted?"
"That's just it - I've never shape-shifted."
"So you're not really a werewolf."
"Not yet. But I was meant to be one, I just know it. How do I get a werewolf to attack me?"
Stand in the middle of a forest under a full moon with a raw steak tied to your face, holding a sign that says, 'Eat me; I'm stupid'?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
I tell you I'm dangerous and you want to put knives near me?"
- Vaughn to Faith
”
”
Nalini Singh (Visions of Heat (Psy-Changeling, #2))
“
The woman rolled her eyes. “DarkRiver males are damn possessive and complete exhibitionists during the mating dance.”
Sascha ran through her dictionary of changeling terminology and could find no fit. “Mating dance?”
Mercy whistled. Dorian winced. Tamsyn suddenly got interested in her dough. Clay and Vaughn mysteriously disappeared. Behind her, Lucas’s body was a hard wall of heat. “I think we need to discuss this upstairs.
”
”
Nalini Singh (Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1))
“
Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
A fucked-up family's a fucked-up family, whether or not werewolves are involved.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3))
“
You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you."
So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3))
“
All you know is what you think you know, but that isn't always what's real.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty's Big Trouble (Kitty Norville, #9))
“
The innkeeper
pointed between Vaughn and Sidney. “Have you two been together long?”
Sidney blinked, then gestured at Vaughn. “Him and me?” She laughed. “Oh, no. Noooo, no, no.”
Vaughn smiled at Lauren, nonplussed. “In case you missed it, that would be a no.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
I pulled out too late with her,” he said simply.
Vaughn nearly dropped his glass. “Oh, fuck. Brooke’s pregnant?”
“Whoa, there. No. Nobody’s pregnant. I meant that I pulled out of the relationship too late.
”
”
Julie James (Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney, #4))
“
Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I cold defeat that I could save the world.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn
“
So, Cormac, have you ever dealt with a PMSing werewolf?'
No.'
Well, it's a real bitch...
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
I punched to line. "Yes? What?"
"Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
I don’t see the me that you see. I wish for just a little bit I could climb into you and then you could climb into me and then we could tell each other what we saw there.
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn (OCD, the Dude, and Me)
“
Sleep Red, I've got you." - Vaughn to Faith
”
”
Nalini Singh (Visions of Heat (Psy-Changeling, #2))
“
How do you know it'll be pleasurable?" He got on the bed and lay down.
Breath a whisper, she came closer and tied one wrist to the headboard. The cat growled but didn't try to make him wrench free.
"Because just looking at you gives me the most extreme pleasure I've ever felt."
"Christ, baby, tie me up before you start talking like that.
”
”
Nalini Singh (Visions of Heat (Psy-Changeling, #2))
“
You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3))
“
He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, #4))
“
Secrets aren’t the same as lying,' Vaughn commented, because they both had the muddiest of ethics, which was an odd thing to have in common.
”
”
Sarra Manning (Unsticky)
“
The Spencers’ bedroom was soundproof, which was something Hunter and I gave Vaughn a lot of shit about. Didn’t make any difference that Baron was Vaughn’s dad—it still must’ve sucked to know someone was fucking your mom so hard she needed special walls not to wake up the neighbors.
”
”
L.J. Shen (Broken Knight (All Saints High, #2))
“
He kissed her. Hard. Fast. Vaughn.
”
”
Nalini Singh (Caressed by Ice (Psy-Changeling, #3))
“
Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.
”
”
Lauren DeStefano (Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3))
“
Sometimes an artist's first invention is herself.
”
”
Stephanie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty's House of Horrors (Kitty Norville, #7))
“
It’s only a scratch, don’t cut my arm off!
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Steel)
“
So. You think you ended things too late with Brooke. You mean . . . because you’re totally crazy about her?”
When Cade shot him a glare, Vaughn gestured between them with his free hand. “Oh, are we still pretending that’s not the deal? ’Cuz I can always wait two more drinks if you need time to ease into, you know, the truth.
”
”
Julie James (Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney, #4))
“
Two-Minute Tyler got nixed two weeks ago,” she said.
Vaughn looked unmistakably pleased, hearing this. “Why?”
She slid her arms around his neck. “Because when he kissed me, I pictured you instead.”
“Well, I hope you soaked it up, Sinclair. Because that was the last first kiss you’ll ever have.” He
bent his head, his voice low and possessive. “All the rest are mine.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
She knew exactly what he meant. Despite their differences, because of their differences, they were a perfect mismatched set. Two sides of the same tarnished penny. An out-of-step Fred and Ginger. Vaughn was just as fucked up as she was - he was just so much better at hiding it.
”
”
Sarra Manning (Unsticky)
“
Vicious is Vaughn’s dad and the deadliest mofo in the neighborhood. I crushed on him when I was five. Baron “Vicious” Spencer is still a hottie, so #SorryNotSorry
”
”
L.J. Shen (Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1))
“
You should believe me,” she announced, “because in order to destroy you, I need to acknowledge you first. See, in order to ruin a person’s life, you need to hate them. Be jealous of them. Feel some type of passionate response toward them. You stir nothing in me, Vaughn Spencer. Not even disgust. Not even pity, though I really should pity you. You’re the gum stuck to the bottom of my boots. You are a fleeting moment no one remembers—unremarkable, unnecessary, and utterly forgettable.
”
”
L.J. Shen (Angry God (All Saints High, #3))
“
Damn stupid vampires and their stupid sense of stupid superiority-
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Raises Hell (Kitty Norville, #6))
“
Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, #10))
“
... We're werewolves. We don't get to judge 'crazy.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, #8))
“
When we were first married, I thought he must have been the most heartless, hateful man I'd ever known, but he was just as much a prisonor as I was. Where Vaughn imprisoned me with walls, he imprisoned his son with ignorance.
”
”
Lauren DeStefano (Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2))
“
Forgive me, Old One." Vaughn stifled a yawn. "Is there a point to this bedtime story?"
Rhys picked up the fork from Vaughn's plate and drove it into his brother's thigh. "There. I've made four points for him.
”
”
Hailey Edwards (A Hint of Frost (Araneae Nation, #1))
“
I looked at my two wolves. When I knelt they came to me rubbed against me smelling me and I stroked them. "Thank you for believing in me " I said and maybe they understood and maybe they didn't.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, #4))
“
I started a new page and wrote a title at the top: "Ten
Ways to Defeat Macho Dickheadism." Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I could defeat that I could save the world.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3))
“
Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?"
"Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
If you fight for your limitations you get to keep them ... I promise you, you lift your head up, take a breath, there's a lot of great possibilities out there.
”
”
Billy McMahon Vince Vaughn The Internship
“
(Vaughn said)"I'm serious. There was a speech and everything. She told me that I run around with my 'obviously healthy ego' and compared me to a kid in a candy store when it comes to women-trying to get my hands on as many 'shiny treats' as possible."
Cade's mouth twitched. "How dare she. That's just so..." He trailed off, as if thinking about how best to respond.
"Dead-on balls accurate," Huxley finished. The two of them began laughing.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
1980's: not a time period but a state of mind.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn
“
Simon pointed, too. “I remember now! You guys were huddled in that alcove when I came over to talk to Vaughn.”
“And that didn’t strike you as suspicious?” Isabelle asked him.
“Did you see me last night? I couldn’t even say ‘suspicious,’” Simon told her.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
To be a DJ was to be God. To be a DJ at an alternative public radio station ? That was being God with a mission. It was thinking you were the first person to discover The Clash and you had to spread the word.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
Cormac interrupted. 'Maybe I oughta shoot you both, put you both out of your misery.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3))
“
Erik grinned. "Do or do not. There is no try."
Only Erik would quote Yoda in bed.
”
”
Piper Vaughn (One Small Thing (One Thing, #1))
“
If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
Perhaps this is a dream, said Madam La Vaughn from her chair. Perhaps the whole thing has been nothing but a dream.
”
”
Kate DiCamillo (The Magician's Elephant)
“
Silena Beauregard
She betrayed them all, thats what it seemed
But she never knew she was.
Luke made a promise, that she was saving lives
She never knew that she wasn't saving,
But killing
Some knew, that something was about to happen
A trick that ends in death
Some may have thought: Foolish Aphrodite girl. But,
In the end she died brave
In the end she showed her treachourous secret
In the end she saw Charlie
In the end she was a hero
”
”
Sherry Vaughn (The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5))
“
Vaughn had his back to the entrance, so he turned around to look.
No.
Fucking.
Way.
It was the cantankerous Ms. Doe.
Catching sight of him in that very same moment, she stopped dead in her tracks. Vaughn was pretty
sure she muttered Oh shit under her breath.
His sentiments exactly.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
Next caller. Betty, you're on the air. What's your question ?"
"Hi, Kitty. I just wanted to know, are you going out with that Cormac guy from last month?"
My jaw dropped. "What?"
"Are you going out with that Cormac guy?"
"We are talking about the same Cormac who tried to kill me on the air, yes? the guy who hunts werewolves for a living ?"
"Uh-huh."
"And you want to know if I'm dating him ? Why on earth do you think that's a good idea?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
I grinned at him. 'Jealous?'
He grinned right back. 'That's a trick question. If I say yes you'll accuse me of being paranoid and unreasonable, and if I say no you'll make some defensive crack about how I don't think you're worth getting jealous over.'
This is what I got for hooking up with a lawyer.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Kitty Norville, #5))
“
You are living far too much in the realms of your head. That is an ugly, mean, scary place to be. I am not just saying your head is nasty, everyone's head is. You need to vacate that premise immediately and start living in your heart. Your heart is a much nicer social venue.
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn (OCD, the Dude, and Me)
“
A lot of what we're doing here deals with perception rather than truth. Many would argue that reality depends more on the former than the latter.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty's House of Horrors (Kitty Norville, #7))
“
If you wait around for everything to be perfect, you'll be waiting around forever. Nothing is ever perfect.
”
”
Ann Vaughn (Long Way Home)
“
Chivalry is not just a fancy word with a neat meaning; it's a way of life.
”
”
Vaughn Ripley
“
Vaughn raised an eyebrow at their guarded expressions. “What, do I smell like wolf now?” He sniffed at his arm. “Nope. I smell like my gorgeous Red.” A slow smile as he mentioned his mate and walked in.
”
”
Nalini Singh (Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changeling, #5))
“
One inch at a time, that was how her father had taught her. You can't do anything but worry about the few inches right in front of you.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Voices of Dragons (Voices of Dragons, #1))
“
Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow."
Her voice held a smile. "So am I
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville, #2))
“
Inside you is a two-million-year-old soul that knows what you deserve, that's making martinis as we speak. Start talking to that woman and drink what she's serving.
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn (OCD, the Dude, and Me)
“
Google’s no substitute for knowing things. Write that down.
”
”
Matthew FitzSimmons (The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1))
“
If you don’t have anything nice to say, take a big bite and chew slow.
”
”
Matthew FitzSimmons (The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1))
“
Never complain, never explain.
”
”
Sarra Manning (It Felt Like a Kiss)
“
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
”
”
Bill Vaughn
“
Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over the world?” “I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making corrections to the entries of historical figures I’ve known.” I blinked at him. “Really?” “No, Kitty. That was a joke.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Raises Hell (Kitty Norville, #6))
“
America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy - and wont cross the street to vote in a national election.
”
”
Bill Vaughn
“
You only get one go at it... might as well Rock it.
”
”
Tommie Vaughn
“
He raised his voice over the crowd’s roar and gestured to Cade’s phone. “Good news?”
Cade tucked the phone back into his pocket. “She said yes.”
Vaughn blinked—clearly having expected Cade to say something else—then threw out his hands. He had no clue what they were talking about, but right then everything was a cause for celebration. “She said yes! Hell, yeah!” He grabbed Huxley and pointed to Cade, shouting over the crowd. “She said yes.”
“Sweet,” Huxley said, tapping his beer to Cade’s. “Who said yes?”
“Brooke Parker. I’m seeing her tonight.”
“Fuck you,” Vaughn said, somewhat in awe. “I knew it. You’ve been digging her from the moment she told you to shove your obstruction of justice threats up your ass.”
“What can I say? I’m a sucker for the shy, quiet types.
”
”
Julie James (Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney, #4))
“
Want some help with help with that stick in your ass, love?"
"No. It's quite comfortable, thank you."
"It should be. It's been in there for years." Nix winked at Will. "I hope you'll forgive my wife. She's a bit antisocial."
"And water's a bit wet.
”
”
S.W. Vaughn (Skin Deep (Fae, #1))
“
All right. I'll bite. Here's what I think, with the caveat that I may be wrong. I think we're here to make the world a better place than we found it. I think we don't always deserve the cards we're dealt, good or bad. But we are judged by how we play the cards we're dealt. Those of us with a bum deal that makes it harder to do good -- we just have to work a little more is all. There's no destiny. There's just muddling through without doing to much damage.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, #4))
“
Have you thought about going insane?" It would seem like a reasonable thing to do, given his circumstances.
"Did once. Got boring, so I snapped out of it.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Discord's Apple)
“
He'd passed "ready" about three exits back.
”
”
Piper Vaughn (Wanting (Wanting, #1))
“
V.L.A.D.: Vampire League Against Discrimination.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville, #2))
“
Not to be impolite, but you guys bore me to death. Cole, go tell Vaughn to come here.”
Busy scanning the room for Luna, Knight’s neck is still cranned as he answers her.
“Damn.” He pats the pockets of his jeans, then checks the pockets of his golden Gucci jacket. “I can’t find it.”
“Can’t find what?” Esme blinks.
“The memo where I started taking orders from your sorry ass.
”
”
L.J. Shen (Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1))
“
Our mind is a crazy nightclub of cacophonous sound filled with strange images and one-night stands: our mind tells us lonely, loveless tales that leave us frightened but really have no lasting power
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn (OCD, the Dude, and Me)
“
And after that, he’d probably tell you that if he ever finds a girl who fits him as perfectly as Brooke fits you, that he hopes you’re a good enough friend to say, ‘Dude, get over your shit, get off your ass, and go talk to her.
”
”
Julie James (Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney, #4))
“
Fill your mind with truth. Fill your life with service. Fill your heart with love.
”
”
Vaughn J. Featherstone
“
What can I say?" He motions to the distressed sedan. "I drive this piece of shit to compensate for my huge dick.
”
”
Vaughn R. Demont (Lightning Rod (Broken Mirrors, #2))
“
We're all going through something ... The trick is to go through it anyway!
”
”
Vaughn Ripley
“
Shhhh. Don't cry, Ronnie. Just tell me what we like, so I can remember. Because I lost my way, baby.
”
”
J.A. Huss (Guns: The Spencer Book (Rook and Ronin Spinoff, #4))
“
Little, things, little things, are much more important than big things. Big things hit you in the face with their bigness and obscure the little, more important things that really define a life and provide it with delicacy. Page 113
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn (OCD, the Dude, and Me)
“
No one else should see him like that, ever. Not my Rue. And he was mine, as much as I was his. I knew that now, just from the way he looked at me after I kissed him. Everything I felt for him, every ounce of yearning and desire and need, had shone out of his eyes as he stared up at me. And I knew right then, I knew… he belonged to me.
”
”
Piper Vaughn (One Small Thing (One Thing, #1))
“
I feel a brush over my arm where Penn stood just a second ago. It's Knight. And next to Knight stands Vaughn.
'Cole?' Gus twists his lips, glowering. 'What the fuck?'
Knight clasps a hand on my shoulder, hitching a shoulder up while lighting a joint.
'The fuck is, you don't fuck with my family and integrity and assume you get out of it in one piece. Or, you know, at all.
”
”
L.J. Shen (Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1))
“
It doesn’t bother you that your canine brethren are being paraded around show rings like slaves?”
“My canine brethren?” I said. “I don’thave any canine brethren.”
“How can you say that! You’re a werewolf.”
“That’s right. I’m a werewolf, not a poodle. What makes you think I have any kinship with dogs?
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Kitty Norville, #5))
“
The words were quintessential snarky Sidney Sinclair, but the husky tone of her voice was
something new. Something that drew him in even more. “I think you’re worried that if I kiss you right
now, you might actually like it.”
Her eyes flashed—with anger, no doubt, but also with a heat that came from somewhere else.
And before Vaughn even thought about what he was doing, he kissed her.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
Maybe I could help with some of the wedding stuff, too.”
Sidney laughed, then saw Vaughn frown. “ Wait — you’re being serious?”
He shrugged. “Sure, why not?”
“No offense, but you don’t exactly exude a ‘wedding planning’ vibe.”
“And thank God for that. But I think I can manage a few tasks. How hard could it be to pick a photographer? Or a band? Just ask them if they plan to play ‘Y.M.C.A.’ or that annoying Kool and the Gang song. If they say no, they’re hired.
”
”
Julie James (It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney, #5))
“
The supernatural world was like an onion. You peel back the layers, only to find more layers, on and on, hopelessly trying to reach the mysterious core. Then you start crying.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn
“
You know your all fucks! why am i so dichable? now how am i supposed to kill you with out upseting that poor nice women!? God damnit alice i liked you why did you have to be such a bitch
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, #4))
“
Hope is a cancer. One of two things happens. Either you never learn the truth, in which case it gnaws down to the bone until there’s nothing left, or worse, you do, and you go through that windshield at ninety because hope told you it was okay to make the drive without a seat belt.
”
”
Matthew FitzSimmons (The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1))
“
It’s my husband. I think— I think he’s a zombie.”
I smiled. “Believe it or not, I get this one a lot. Can you describe his behavior? Why do you think he’s a zombie?”
She huffed. “He doesn’t do anything! He sits on the sofa all day watching TV and that’s it.
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Rocks the House (Kitty Norville, #11))
“
Little things, little things, are much more more important than big things. Big things hit you in the face with their bigness and obscure the little, more important things that really define a life and provide it with delicacy.
”
”
Lauren Roedy Vaughn
“
Toddlers were running the place like some miniature version of Lord of the Flies, complete with weapons made from blocks and tinker toys. One of them came at me, charging my knees and the pink pod that held my precious baby. I screamed and made a run for the front door, flip-flops sticking to squelchy dried puddles of juice. I let out a relieved sigh when we were outside breathing fresh air. The near-deafening roar of the highway was a lark song compared to the screeching we’d just escaped.
”
”
Piper Vaughn (One Small Thing (One Thing, #1))
“
...I'd killed my self-defense instructor. Shit.
I ran to where he lay and stumbled to a crouch at his side, touching his shoulder. "Craig?"
His eyelids fluttered. A few panicked heartbeats later, he opened them. Then he grinned.
"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! You gotta learn to hit people." He was breathing hard. He had to gasp the words out. I'd probably knocked the wind out of him. "Now, never do that to me again."
-Kitty and her self defense teacher
”
”
Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1))
“
I don't know why, but I didn't want her to call me Dick anymore. It was feeling kind of fake. 'Maybe we should use our real names outside of class. Yours is Rosetta, right?'
'Yes. Rosetta Vaughn.'
'All right,' I said. 'Well, mine is - '
'Seth McCoy. I know.' She kind of wrapped her arms around herself like she was getting cold. 'I've known since February fourteenth, actually.'
She's memorized the date she found out my name? What the hell?
She laughed. 'Don't freak out! I only remember because it was Valentine's Day.'
As if that explained it. 'And why do you remember learning my name on Valentine's Day?'
'Kendall Eckman was running after you in the hall screaming, "Seth McCoy, if you don't buy a rose from me, I'll kill you!" She was doing that Valentine's drama club fundraiser. Remember?'
'Actually, yes.'
What I remembered was getting stoned with Isaac before school, and Kendall harshing my mellow the minute we walked in the door.
Rosetta was looking like there was more to this story. 'And after she kept asking, you bought a red one?'
'Right. And I passed it off to -' I'd been about to say 'some chick,' but with how intently she was watching me, I was getting a different idea. '-you, right?'
She extended her arm to pass me an imaginary rose in the same way I must have handed her a real one. Then she imitated the corny voice I must have used. 'Here, beautiful. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day.'
Oh, Christ. The stupid shit I said sometimes.
”
”
Mindi Scott (Freefall)
“
Mostly she just missed Vaughn. Missed all those quiet, unspectacular moments that, when added up, showed how entwined their lives had become. And right now, she missed being able to phone him, because it would be so easy to tap in the eleven digits that would put his voice on the line. ‘Grace, about bloody time,’ he’d say, and make it sound like an endearment.
But she couldn’t call Vaughn, because she’d left him. Which was a novelty, until Grace remembered that he’d have left her eventually if she hadn’t done it first. She was never the one. She was never even the one before the one. She was the girl who seemed like a good idea at the time, but ultimately was just a phase that people went through.
That was the way it had always been. Friends and lovers came and went because there was something about her which repelled them, and she didn’t have a clue what it was. It was a mystery that she couldn’t solve on her own, and there wasn’t a single person in the world who could help . . .
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Sarra Manning (Unsticky)
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For a long moment, he held her gaze without speaking, simply letting the impact of words sink in, before adding rapidly, as though he wished to get it over with as quickly as possible, "I won't deny that you're beautiful. No mirror could tell you otherwise. But there are beautiful women for the buying in any brothel in London. Oh yes, and the ballrooms, too, if one has the proper price. It wasn't your appearance that caught me. It was the way you put me down in the gallery at Sibley Court." Vaughn's lips curved in a reminiscent smile. "And the way you tried to bargain with me after."
"Successfully bargained," Mary corrected.
"That," replied Lord Vaughn, "is exactly what I mean. Has anyone ever told you that you haggle divinely? That the simple beauty of your self-interest is enough to bring a man to his knees?"
Mary couldn't in honesty say that anyone had.
Vaughn's eyes were as hard and bright as silver coins. "Those are the reasons I want you. I want you for your cunning mind and your hard heart, for your indomitable spirit and your scheming soul, for they're more honest by far than any of the so-called virtues."
"The truest poetry is the most feigning?" Mary quoted back his own words to him.
"And the most feigning is the most true.
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Lauren Willig (The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation, #4))
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I was under the impression that werewolf packs were not meant to be run by committee."
"Yeah," I said. "But I dont want to be like all those other werewolves, you know?"
"Says the werewolf named Kitty."
"It's too late to change my name now," I grumbled.
”
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Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, #8))
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I was trying to protext you.”
He lifted his eyes, and they pierced through me. “You wanted to keep me safe?”
“Yes”. I swallowed past the lump in my throat. “Not that it turned out that way in the end, but when I found out Blake and Vaughn were related, all I could think was that he played me – I let myself be played. And he knew how close we were. They’d do to you what they did to Dawson. There is no way I could have lived with that.”
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“You should’ve never been worried about me getting hurt.” He stood, running both hands through his hair. “You know I can take care of myself. You know I can handle my own.”
“I know,” I said. “But I wasn’t going to knowingly put you at risk. You mean too much to me.
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Onyx (Lux, #2))
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So is he cute? Good-looking, I mean? Because I can’t really tell with guys, and it looked like you two might have hit it off.” I grinned at him. “Jealous?” He grinned right back. “That’s a trick question. If I say yes you’ll accuse me of being paranoid and unreasonable, and if I say no you’ll make some defensive crack about how I don’t think you’re worth getting jealous over.” This was what I got for hooking up with a lawyer.
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Carrie Vaughn (Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Kitty Norville, #5))
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She reached for the milk and honey soap, then poured it into the puff, but when she started washing him with it, he chuckled.
“Uh, sweetheart?”
“Hmm?” Candice mumbled as she stared at some interesting spot on his arm.
“Real men don’t use puffs,” he said, amused and turned on by having Candice’s undivided attention.
She finally managed to drag her gaze away from his forearm and stared at him as if he’d lost his mind. “You can’t be serious?” When he only shrugged, she rolled her eyes. “What does it matter what I use, so long as you’re clean?”
“It matters, believe me.” Blade knew he sounded absurd but he couldn’t help it. It was bad enough he’d let her put bandages on a few measly cuts; if word got out he’d let her use a peach-colored puff and milk-and-honey bath soap he’d never hear the end of it.
A man had to put his foot down somewhere.
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Anne Rainey (Tasting Candy (Vaughn, #2))
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The season of the world before us will be like no other in the history of mankind. Satan has unleashed every evil, every scheme, every blatant, vile perversion ever known to man in any generation. Just as this is the dispensation of the fullness of times, so it is also the dispensation of the fullness of evil. We and our wives and husbands, our children, and our members must find safety. There is no safety in the world: wealth cannot provide it, enforcement agencies cannot assure it, membership in this Church alone cannot bring it.
As the evil night darkens upon this generation, we must come to the temple for light and safety. In our temples we find quiet, sacred havens where the storm cannot penetrate to us. There are hosts of unseen sentinels watching over and guarding our temples. Angels attend every door. As it was in the days of Elisha, so it will be for us: “Those that be with us are more than they that be against us.”
Before the Savior comes the world will darken. There will come a period of time where even the elect will lose hope if they do not come to the temples. The world will be so filled with evil that the righteous will only feel secure within these walls. The saints will come here not only to do vicarious work, but to find a haven of peace. They will long to bring their children here for safety’s sake.
I believe we may well have living on the earth now or very soon the boy or babe who will be the prophet of the Church when the Savior comes. Those who will sit in the Quorum of Twelve Apostles are here. There are many in our homes and communities who will have apostolic callings. We must keep them clean, sweet and pure in an oh so wicked world. There will be greater hosts of unseen beings in the temple. Prophets of old as well as those in this dispensation will visit the temples. Those who attend will feel their strength and feel their companionship. We will not be alone in our temples.
Our garments worn as instructed will clothe us in a manner as protective as temple walls. The covenants and ordinances will fill us with faith as a living fire. In a day of desolating sickness, scorched earth, barren wastes, sickening plagues, disease, destruction, and death, we as a people will rest in the shade of trees, we will drink from the cooling fountains. We will abide in places of refuge from the storm, we will mount up as on eagle’s wings, we will be lifted out of an insane and evil world. We will be as fair as the sun and clear as the moon.
The Savior will come and will honor his people. Those who are spared and prepared will be a temple-loving people. They will know Him. They will cry out, “Blessed be the name of He that cometh in the name of the Lord; thou are my God and I will bless thee; thou are my God and I will exalt thee.”
Our children will bow down at His feet and worship Him as the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings. They will bathe His feet with their tears and He will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials ever known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity and He will love them. He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward to dwell with Him. Let us prepare them with faith to surmount every trial and every condition. We will do it in these holy, sacred temples. Come, come, oh come up to the temples of the Lord and abide in His presence.
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Vaughn J. Featherstone