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Betsy: "You bring nothing but trouble!"
Fantomex: "Forgive me if this has inconvenienced your plans for afternoon tea, Miss Braddock. Cyborgs killed my mother and stole from me.


Rick Remender

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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea.
SOPHIE MCSHERA JAMIE'S SONG 'KILL ME':

In the darkness of the night,
you come to me to fight.
...
NEHA YAZMIN That afternoon my mother had brought me the roses.
"Save them for my funeral," I'd said.
SYLVIA PLATH I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, t...
DIANA GABALDON When I wake up in the afternoon
Which it pleases me to do
Don't nobody bring me no bad new...
CHARLIE SMALLS I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.
MARY J. BLIGE I have the strength from my mother, the survivability. I have wonderful qualities from my mother - b...
MANDY PATINKIN What's wrong with my proposition?"
Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.”
           
-I...
ISAAC ASIMOV You can take my life, but you'll never break me.
So bring me your worst...
And I will def...
SHERRILYN KENYON The Tea Party

I had a little tea party
This afternoon at three.
'Twas very smal...
JESSICA NELSON NORTH That's my entire weekend. I had plans"

"A Vampire Dairies marathon is not plans." She loo...
DARYNDA JONES Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?"

He stared at me, baffle...
STEPHEN KING Where are you and I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and al...
BLINK 182 I can't promise you that money will bring you happiness, because it didn't do it for me.
But th...
CELSO CUKIERKORN You stole it from the master."
"Who stole it from me. What I did simply set the universe back i...
JENNIFER A. NIELSEN I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It...
AMY TAN You gave me Christopher Robin, and then
You breathed new life in Pooh.
Whatever of each ...
A.A. MILNE I was a queen, and you took away my crown, a wife, and you killed my huband, a mother, and you took ...
MARIE ANTOINETTE Soul Alone by Hannah Baker

I meet your eyes
you don't even see me
You hardly re...
JAY ASHER The shoes always tell the story,' said the shoe poet.
'Not always,' I countered.
'Yes, alw...
RUTA SEPETYS You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place ...
CASSANDRA CLARE As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the ...
WOODY GUTHRIE Briseis blinked, shaking her head in disbelief. 'You have taken everything from me. My husband. My b...
JANELL RHIANNON And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?
Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.
JULIUS J. EPSTEIN You are the Chosen One?”
“Of course I am,” said Harry calmly.
“But then . ....
J.K. ROWLING Tea for two, and two for tea, Me for you, and you for me.
IRVING CEASER I want you to admit just once what you feel
for me. I want to know if you'll miss me even
...
LISA KLEYPAS Someone killed my Mother and my Father and my Sister?"
"Yes, someone did."
"A Man?"
"...
NEIL GAIMAN I miss you in the maddening noise of crowd,
I hear your laughter at my folly with sweet indiffe...
DEBATRAYEE BANERJEE Your confidence in me is heartwarming.
Makes me want to return all the money I stole from the l...
JENNIFER ECHOLS Tell me where the swans go in the winter
I need to know if the mute ones can sing.

T...
KAMAND KOJOURI Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard...
ME Just look at what is spelled:
Hal Jordan
BrUce Wayne
Victor Stone
Clark KenT...
ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester...
ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high.
ME And yet with every wound You robbed me of a crime,
And as each blow was paid with Blood,
Y...
THOMAS MERTON Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your Grace, for trouble being gone, comfort should...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To Harald, may God forgive you and forgive me too but I prefer to take my life away and our baby's b...
LUPE VELEZ If you're done playing with will-o'-the-wisps and kelpies, I think we should continue. Oh, but do te...
JULIE KAGAWA I miss you in the maddening noise of crowd,
I hear your laughter at my folly with sweet indiffe...
DEBATRAYEE BANERJEE Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name.
“Does your mot...
BRANDON MULL I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you de...
MARIE ANTOINETTE I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you depr...
MARIE ANTOINETTE BE REAL

Bring it on-
And let truth be my existence.
Value my life-
And tel...
GIORGE LEEDY What would you do if you were me? Tell me. Please tell me!
But you're far from this. Your finge...
MARKUS ZUSAK My mother is my teacher
Her words make me richer
I thank you oh my mother
May you gro...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring somethi...
ETTA JAMES Come back to me.
Where have you gone?
And why so long?
I miss the star below your lip...
KAMAND KOJOURI My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I g...
VIN DIESEL If I never meet you
In this life
Let me feel the lack
A glance from your eyes
T...
JAMES JONES I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James al...
RICK JAMES Did she say anything before she died?" he asked.
"Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive h...
SHERMAN ALEXIE Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon... I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon.
What did he die...
OSCAR WILDE The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are -- it's Look at me, Ma! It's acceptance...
LENNY BRUCE I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim"
BRING ME THE HORIZON If you give me wings
I will soar for you

Even if this whole land
Sinks down to ...
TITE KUBO Please, please don't try hurting me, my friends.
I wouldn't forgive myself If I had to kill you...
TOBA BETA If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
PABLO NERUDA Sydney to Grant: If I can forgive you for turning my life upside down, then can't you forgive me for...
BRYNNA GABRIELSON What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE I don't like my shoes,' said Rose.
'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.'
'...
FRANNY BILLINGSLEY Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as,...
LEMONY SNICKET My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
MARK TWAIN My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
MARK TWAIN You were
water to me
deep and bold and fathoming' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte...
CHARLOTTE MEW And this is why you don’t want me to be friends with Dee, because you were afraid that I’d find ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT My birth is imminent. Forgive me, brethren. Do not prevent me from coming to life.

– As...
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some...
H. L. MENCKEN If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some...
H.L. MENCKEN Oh, beloved, and there is nothing but shadows
where you accompany me in your dreams
and te...
PABLO NERUDA I didn't want to be ordinary," I mumbled.
My mother looked up. "What ordinary, Charley?"
"...
MITCH ALBOM Celia, wait,” Marco says, standing but not moving closer to her. “You are breaking my heart. You...
ERIN MORGENSTERN You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"

It ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE Love for you has given me the power to forgive you!!
NEHA KOTHARI Dear Friend,
Please be patient with me; I need to grieve in my own way and in my own time.
Ple...
MARGARET BROWNLEY Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking ab...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë Why is my love for you, dyed in wool?
What is the hindrance to moving on?

Why in lov...
ZUBAIR AHSAN If a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me - there is n...
MOTHER TERESA LET’S GO BACK HOME

I can't think about you,
Without smiling.
What I wouldn’...
GIORGE LEEDY I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-"
"The world does not forgive mistakes ...
LIBBA BRAY You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me ev...
CHARLES MARTIN The aching in my chest
isn't because I miss you,
it's realizing that you have
becom...
TANZY SAYADI For me,
you are fresh water
that falls from trees
when it has stopped raining. For me...
KAMAND KOJOURI Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
ROBERT FROST The evening sky is gold and vast.
I’m soothed by April’s cool caress.
You’re late. T...
ANNA AKHMATOVA I know there’s something troubling you. I’m not going to ask what it is, if you don’t want to ...
ERIN HUNTER Forgive me for beating up on you there, ... but you are the only guy from the federal government who...
TED KOPPEL Why must you hurt me, when I love you so? When I can do nothing else nor want to, for love made me a...
STEPHEN KING You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are no...
MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL Oh invade me with your scalding mouth,
search me if you like, with your nocturnal eyes,
bu...
PABLO NERUDA I HIDE myself within my flower
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too...
EMILY DICKINSON I looked at him. "You really need to work on your threats. I can't tell if you're threatening me or ...
ILONA ANDREWS You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter,...
OSCAR WILDE It's entitled 'Miss You.' So, bring your Kleenex if you come,
SARA WHITE No matter,” he assured her. “If it’s a concern, you may take me in your mouth.”
Her smi...
MATT TOMERLIN If only you would realize some day, how much have you hurt me,
If only your heart ever, craves ...
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Jason shrugged....
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I don't hate you."

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They tell me cool stuff."
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Percy: "Detention?
RICK RIORDAN They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN