No, no era una superheroína, pero era otra cosa. Era una persona... con recursos.


Rachel Caine

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La amistad nace en el momento en el que una persona le dice a la otra: ¿Qué? ¿Tú también ? Pens...
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La heroína advertía que el bienestar no era otra cosa que sufrimiento detenido
JUAN VILLORO
Podía ser una esperanza frágil, pero en ese momento era su mayor esperanza.
MARISSA MEYER
Mercy deambuló desconsolada por la casa. Era sólo una cuestión de tiempo, pero de una u otra mane...
SARAH SINGLETON
El "pero" es la palabra más puta que conozco -. "te quiero, pero..."; "podría ser, pero..."; "no e...
EDUARDO SACHERI
La cruz era el plato fuerte de la teología de Pablo. No era simplemente uno de los mensajes de Pabl...
C.J. MAHANEY
Soy un hombre corriente, con pensamientos corrientes, que ha llevado una vida corriente. No me dedic...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
Soy un hombre corriente, con pensamientos corrientes, que ha llevado una vida corriente. No me dedic...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
La ciudad era papel, pero los recuerdos no.
JOHN GREEN
Concibe el amor como una humillación, una debilidad, un despilfarro de los recursos emocionales y m...
J.K. ROWLING
Si ya era basante malo ser birracial en un vecindario conservador, qué no le harían a una mujer lo...
CASSANDRA CLARE
Siempre pensé que morir de amor solo era una licencia poética.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
Ella me daba la mano y no hacía falta más. Me alcanzaba para sentir que era bien acogido. Más que...
MARIO BENEDETTI
Quería creer que cuando, a la mañana siguiente, abriera los ojos, el mundo habría tomado una cons...
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Esistono un’infinità di modi per suicidarsi senza morire. Una era guardarti baciarla.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
La vida era como una canción.
En el comienzo, hay misterio, al final, hay una confirmación, ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
Limpias, pues, sus armas, hecho del morrión celada, puesto nombre a su rocín y confirmándose a s�...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
La cosa pública es un desastre -voceaba, a la menor oportunidad, don Ramón- Cada uno mira demasiad...
MIGUEL DELIBES
Únase a mi y juntos crearemos una era victoriana que durará mil años!
EDWARD T. RIKER
La poesía aporta una gran belleza a la vida, pero también una gran tristeza, y no estoy seguro de ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
El problema es que se recuerda esta lista con una intensidad tal que su mismo ardor confunde los hec...
THOMAS KENEALLY
La Lo­te­ría, con su re­par­to se­ma­nal de enor­mes pre­mios, era el único acon­te­ci­...
GEORGE ORWELL
Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un...
JAY ASHER
«Non è una frase genuina» protestai. «I mi spiace autentici sono di un rosa più tenue».
A...
ROBERTO BOMMARITO
La belleza de Margo era una especie de recipiente de perfección cerrado, intacto e irrompible.
JOHN GREEN
— ¿Cómo puedes romper una promesa y quedarte tan campante?
— A veces la gente no es consc...
JOHN GREEN
Una cosa es ser antisocial y otra ser socialmente selectivo. No a todos se les debe invitar a que en...
IGNACIO NOVO
Era de la realeza Moroi, y estaba tan bueno, debería llevar una placa que pusiese PRECAUCIÓN: INFL...
RICHELLE MEAD
Siempre nos cuestionamos la vida con mil preguntas que quizás no tienen una respuesta, pero ¿Por q...
ED HERNANDEZ
It's very windy, very smoky. There's ash blowing around.
ERA JONES
Nadie ha erigido un monumento en mi honor y mi nombre pronto caerá en el olvido, pero he amado a un...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
(...) y todo aquello unido era el río, todas las voces, los fines, los anhelos, los sufrimientos, l...
HERMANN HESSE
Mi libro favorito, con diferencia, era Un dolor imperial, pero no me gustaba decirlo. Algunas veces ...
HAZEL GRACE
Le gustaba llevarme a pasear a orillas de lago, donde contemplábamos las olas rompiendo contra las ...
JOHN GREEN
Cautivar a una persona libre con amor es mejor que liberar a mil esclavos.
IDRIES SHAH
- Nosotros..., en fin, podríamos ser amigos, ¿no crees?
- También podríamos ser raros ejemp...
NEIL GAIMAN
—Sé quién eres —replicó, sosteniéndole la mirada—. No van a espantarme tus "imperfecciones...
NALINI SINGH
Era un hombre de muchos planes, pero de poco fruto.
MICHEL FABER
No podrás evitar una lluvia que ya ha empezado, pero puedes decidir la vestimenta que te pones. Tam...
BYRON ROMERO PEñA
Una buena moraleja, milord: no basta con hablar, hay que hablar con discreción.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Qué engañoso creer que una persona es algo más que una persona.
JOHN GREEN
Que engañoso creer que una persona es algo más que una persona.
JOHN GREEN
Hombro con hombro, una cadena de hermanos, una sangre no ya encerrada en la mezquina circulación de...
FRANZ KAFKA
Su aire de superioridad me irritó, pero aquella era su fiesta y yo era su invitada. Tenía educaci�...
ANN AGUIRRE
—¡Hermione, un mago que ocupa una posición como la del señor Crouch no puede permitirse tener u...
J.K. ROWLING
He decidido recordarla como una buena persona con la que pasé buenos ratos hasta que los dos nos me...
JOHN GREEN
Formar parte de la minoría, aunque fuese una minoría de uno solo, no te convertía en loco. Había...
GEORGE ORWELL
Desde que me convertí en el director de este colegio no ha pasado una semana sin que haya recibido ...
J.K. ROWLING
No puedo resistirme a ti —dijo Alex con suavidad. —¿Lo sabes, no? Y ya me he cansado de fingir ...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS
Entro Kriztina y aquel salon oscuro se inundo de luz. No solamente irradiaba juventud, no. Irradiaba...
SáNDOR MáRAI
El mundo es una lucha eterna entre una memoria y otra memoria opuesta.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
La verdad -Dumbledore suspiró- es una cosa terrible y hermosa, y por lo tanto debe ser tratada con ...
J.K. ROWLING
¿Qué nos pasó? Tal vez estamos en el mundo para buscar el amor, encontrarlo y perderlo, una y otr...
ISABEL ALLENDE
Separarse de la tierra y contemplarla desde arriba como los dioses es una blasfemia. No podemos ser ...
N.K. JEMISIN
Con le sue strade acciottolate, le torri merlate, le gallerie ad arcate, i bovindi e i portici scolp...
ELIF SHAFAK
Recuerdo que una vez le dijo a la raza que leyeran los poemas en voz alta porque la voz era la semil...
TOMáS RIVERA
Le dijo que el amor era un sentimiento contra natura, que condenaba a dos desconocidos a una depende...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
Ella me sonrió y yo le devolví la sonrisa, sin poder dejar de pensar cómo era posible que me hubi...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade...
LAURA ESQUIVEL
Era come se avessi tremato per tutta la vita, a causa di una cronica corrente sotterranea di paura. ...
PHILIP K. DICK
Quizas te sorprenda que me acuerde con tanto detalle de ese dia, de esas horas (...) A mi tambien me...
SáNDOR MáRAI
Es fácil que te guste alguien desde la distancia. Pero cuando deja de ser algo increíble e inalcan...
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[...]sabía que el organismo producía tres tipos de lágrimas, cada una con su propia composición ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER
Por un momento siento un destello de esperanza al pensar en el último verso del poema: «En alguna ...
JOHN GREEN
Lo más probable es que tuviera una hemorragia interna y una conmoción cerebral, eso sin duda, pero...
RICHELLE MEAD
A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seg...
SIMONE ELKELES
Se puede sentir amor incluso si no existe una persona a la cual demostrárselo. Venimos con ese sent...
LUIS F. LóPEZ SILVA
¿Qué sucedería al crear una vida lo bastante expansiva como para poder sincronizar varios contrar...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Del presente recordaremos sólo aquello que la memoria quiera conservar, pero ella no es libre, se t...
CRISTINA PERI ROSSI
—No vas a renunciar a mí, ¿verdad?
—No —respondió, y lo hizo con absoluta seriedad. É...
NALINI SINGH
Pero como siempre, las cosas nunca salen como uno desea. Es más, el mundo parecía conocer a la per...
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Le dolía que los hechos pasasen con esta facilidad a ser recuerdos; notar la sensación de que nada...
MIGUEL DELIBES
Ese chico roto en la playa parecía como hace una vida. Los años habían pasado, colegio y la NFL, ...
NICOLE WILLIAMS
Es la esperanza lo que me impulsa a seguir; no hay garantías, como si se tratara de una apuesta. Pu...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
Una dictadura perfecta tendría la apariencia de una democracia,pero sería básicamente una prisió...
ALDOUS HUXLEY
No estábamos enamorados, hacíamos el amor con un virtuosismo desapegado y crítico, pero después ...
JULIO CORTáZAR
Cualquier persona que haya estado enamorada conoce la diferencia entre el eros y la lujuria. No hay ...
SYLVAIN REYNARD
Ciononostante, vi fu uno spazio di un paio di secondi durante i quali l'espressione dei suoi occhi a...
GEORGE ORWELL
It's the absolute end of an era. He was the last of that generation. No one else is left.
WARREN MILLER
—Hice que la camarera me jurara por su primogénito que estaba hecho con caldo de verduras.
...
KIM HOLDEN BRIGHT SIDE
No llores eternamente una pérdida. Todo lo que se pierde vuelve en otra forma. La vida no te arreba...
IGNACIO NOVO
–Watanabe, ¿puedes explicarme la diferencia entre el condicional simple y el condicional perfecto...
HARUKI MURAKAMI
O Danúbio, pensei, era o Danúbio mas não era azul, era amarelo, a cidade toda era amarela, os tel...
CHICO BUARQUE
LinkedIn is the Netscape of its era.
FRANK QUATTRONE
That era is over,
JOHN LEHMAN
All I can say is, it's a new era in NASCAR,
RICHARD CHILDRESS
Lolita, luz de mi vida, fuego de mis entrañas. Pecado mío, alma mía. Lo-li-ta: la punta de la len...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
icen que a lo largo de nuestra vida tenemos dos grandes amores; uno con el que te casas o vives para...
PAULO COELHO
El peor tipo de llanto no era el tipo que todos podían ver, los lamentos en las esquinas, el desgar...
KATIE MCGARRY
A veces la muerte de una sola persona puede justificar la muerte de una cultura entera.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
Oggi penso talvolta che il vicino dell’Elefante poteva essere il futuro ufficiale della Gestapo ch...
CZESłAW MIłOSZ
Al salir del velorio había movido una taza vacía frente a mí. Había dicho: «He leído su suerte...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
Haber sido amado tan profundamente, aunque esa persona que nos amó no esté, nos deja para siempre ...
J.K. ROWLING
Ella le preguntó por esos días si era verdad, como decían las canciones, que el amor lo podía to...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
No era un reclús del meu illot, només de la meva memòria.
ALBERT SáNCHEZ PIñOL
Si crees que hay algo que cambiarías en mi forma de ser y dices que me quieres... no puedo decir qu...
CARLOS J. CUEVAS
Esto sí era rescatar ("liberar de un peligro, daño, trabajo, molestia, opresión,etc.", según el ...
SANTIAGO POSTEGUILLO
He successfully transitioned from the segregated era into the integrated era.
ADRIAN BURGOS
Me prometiste que nunca me follarías, pero ¿qué fue lo de anoche? Ni una palabra, ni un «te quie...
SYLVAIN REYNARD

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Claire. Wake up.” She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane’s shoulder, and Michael wa...
RACHEL CAINE
Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was...
RACHEL CAINE
Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “...
RACHEL CAINE
Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to d...
RACHEL CAINE
She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.
RACHEL CAINE
But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?"
Claire sig...
RACHEL CAINE
Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all ...
RACHEL CAINE
Perv."
He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?
RACHEL CAINE
Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve.
RACHEL CAINE
See? My plans don’t all suck. Just most of them.
RACHEL CAINE
Dammit, Michael, get out of my room, you pervert!” Could you even be a pervert if you were dead? S...
RACHEL CAINE
OMG OMG OMG, Shane is totally crushing on the new roomie! I can’t believe it. I always pictured Sh...
RACHEL CAINE
You are not my high school crush, idiot.”
“Great. I can die happy, then.
RACHEL CAINE
It’s in Latin.”
“So? What does it say?”
“I don’t read Latin!”
“You’...
RACHEL CAINE
You’re kind of a psycho. I get that.”
“I might be,” Monica agreed, and gave her a slow,...
RACHEL CAINE
Oh, hey, Claire,” she said, and blinked. “Where are you going?”
“Funeral,” Shane said...
RACHEL CAINE
I’m not a kid!” she told Shane hotly. “I’m only, like, a year younger than Eve!”
“A...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.
RACHEL CAINE
Is it him?” Dad asked. “Did he get you into trouble?”
“Not me,” Shane said. “I’ve...
RACHEL CAINE
Kid,” Richard said wearily, “I am not in the mood. I haven’t slept in thirty-six hours, my sis...
RACHEL CAINE
She wasn't absolutely sure who kissed whom this time. Maybe it was gravity tilting, stars exploding....
RACHEL CAINE
Michael!” Oliver’s voice came faint through the front door. “Something you should see, my boy!...
RACHEL CAINE
Bite me
RACHEL CAINE
Crosses?"
"Definitely"
"Why?"
"Because they're evil, soulless, bloodsucking fiends?"<...
RACHEL CAINE
Have I mentioned how hot Michael is? Hot, hot, hot. I mean, all guitar players are crushworthy - it'...
RACHEL CAINE
The second bathroom's downstairs - that's kind of the emergency backup bathroom when Shane's in ther...
RACHEL CAINE
There's a ghost in this house! An unquiet spirit!"
Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath...
RACHEL CAINE
That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.
RACHEL CAINE
And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go ...
RACHEL CAINE
You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you ...
RACHEL CAINE
You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart p...
RACHEL CAINE
You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor."
"But you're a minor," she point...
RACHEL CAINE
Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat...
RACHEL CAINE
Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'
It was the perfect motto for Morganville.
RACHEL CAINE
Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much."
"Dick. That's not what you said last night."
RACHEL CAINE
That's it? That's your big goodbye?" Eve asked.
Claire looked at Eve mystified. "I think I need...
RACHEL CAINE
What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, ans...
RACHEL CAINE
Crap, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I'm thinking we have about fifteen vampires a...
RACHEL CAINE
Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.
RACHEL CAINE
Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called when you were in the middle o...
RACHEL CAINE
My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.
RACHEL CAINE
If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.
RACHEL CAINE
Shane looked down at the staked vamp at his feet. 'Claire?'
'Yes?'
'You staked a vampire w...
RACHEL CAINE
No, not you two. Stay here.'
'Does he just not get how unfair and sexist that is?' Eve asked. '...
RACHEL CAINE
Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said.

You have others?" Claire asked.<...
RACHEL CAINE
You. O Positive. How many exits?"
"What?...Oh shit, did you just call me by my bloodtype?
RACHEL CAINE
Whatever, crazy chick who maybe lives here and maybe also breaks into Michael's house when they're a...
RACHEL CAINE
I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass." RACHEL CAINE
Promise me you’ll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know.”
Claire felt a flutte...
RACHEL CAINE
Can I come back and see you sometime?"
"Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and ...
RACHEL CAINE
Better broke than dead.
RACHEL CAINE
Welcome to Morganville.You'll never want to leave.And even if you do...well, you can't. Sorry about ...
RACHEL CAINE
Jealous?"

"Maybe."

"No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse.
RACHEL CAINE
I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow...
RACHEL CAINE
Don't run I never liked fast food
RACHEL CAINE
Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--"
"Home...
RACHEL CAINE
Oh, God, it's early," he groaned. "Hell. Well, at least I can grab the bathroom first."
Claire ...
RACHEL CAINE
You're kidding," Shane said. "Do you think I want to visit Crazy McTeeth in his lair of insanity?" RACHEL CAINE I am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.'
Excellent' Shane sai...
RACHEL CAINE
...will you be so kind as to provide me with a few places where I might look for a murderer?"
"...
RACHEL CAINE
Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't think s...
RACHEL CAINE
Me neither,” Shane put in. “Homie don’t play that.”
“I wonder, sometimes, if your gen...
RACHEL CAINE
I have no idea what that is, but yawn, anyway, just on principle. Eat up. Pancakes is brain food. RACHEL CAINE I'll do it!"
"No, you won't," Shane and Michael said, at virtually the same time. Shane contin...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."
Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you ...
RACHEL CAINE
Boys. I'd turn gay if they weren't so sexy.
RACHEL CAINE
Claire said. “I might be able to get him to stop.”
“Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might ...
RACHEL CAINE
How'd you get to be so good at this?"
"I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin...
RACHEL CAINE
Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire," she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit."
"You d...
RACHEL CAINE
Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…”
He glanced over a...
RACHEL CAINE
Bite me, Goth princess,” Shane called from the back. “Not literally or anything.”
“Mayb...
RACHEL CAINE
Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”
RACHEL CAINE
She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you...
RACHEL CAINE
You okay?"
"Fine."
"Your heart's beating really fast."
"Gee, thanks. That's very comf...
RACHEL CAINE
He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?"
"Like what?"
"Like hitting on you....
RACHEL CAINE
Doorman: Good morning Mr. Peaknis

Mr. P.: Go to hell
RACHEL CAINE
So don't preach at us like you're some kind of saint. You're just another sinner.
RACHEL CAINE
But why can't we just order what we need? Or buy it?"
Myrnin flicked the silver ring on his rig...
RACHEL CAINE
Two more of the gamers Claire had gifted with the invitation stumbled by; one grabbed Claire's arm a...
RACHEL CAINE
You are not trapped in the box forever," Myrnin said, "as you well know. But I still need you, so yo...
RACHEL CAINE
Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anymore." Eve
RACHEL CAINE
I never forget,” Myrnin said in a choked whisper. “Certainly not with your nails in my throat. T...
RACHEL CAINE
Stay where I am? Jesus Christ, what choice do I have? This house is twenty-five hundred squ...
RACHEL CAINE
Afternoons are hard. Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anym...
RACHEL CAINE
There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of informa...
RACHEL CAINE
[Myrnin to Claire about their costumes of Pierrot and Harlequin, respectively]
"Don't they teac...
RACHEL CAINE
Claire stretched out against the wall and kissed it. "Glad to see you, too," she whispered, and pres...
RACHEL CAINE
Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass," Jason snapped.
RACHEL CAINE
Michael patted him on the shoulder. “I like this plan,” he said. “You and Eve, picking up cake...
RACHEL CAINE
Jason talking about Michael -

"Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass," Jason snapped.
RACHEL CAINE
You're seriously going to worry about what people think right now?"
"No, I'm worrying about peo...
RACHEL CAINE
Hey, Mikey? You get her hurt and I'll end you."
"You let anything happen to Eve and I'll do the...
RACHEL CAINE
I’d kiss you, too, if I was closer.”(claire)
“I wouldn’t,” Michael said. “I don’t...
RACHEL CAINE
No,” Shane said. “I’m not leaving you two here alone. We stick together.”
“I’m stil...
RACHEL CAINE
Your father's an asshole. It's not a disease. You don't have to catch it.
RACHEL CAINE
The universe explodes, hell freezes, and Shane does something resonable.
RACHEL CAINE
What about Myrnin?'
Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. Sh...
RACHEL CAINE
That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna ...
RACHEL CAINE
At the very leadt, we can grab Monica and hustle her skanky ass back to her dad wile you brave, stro...
RACHEL CAINE
Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?"
"That's deja vu, and I hate you right n...
RACHEL CAINE
Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway."
"Says the kid who came back....
RACHEL CAINE
Funny how physics didn't go away when you were murdered.
RACHEL CAINE
Maybe I should, I don't know leave? Because this is starting to sound like one of those reality show...
RACHEL CAINE
He looked down at himself and laughed softly. ‘‘My dark side dresses better than I do.’’ He ...
RACHEL CAINE
Clumsiness would be just as deadly an opponent.
RACHEL CAINE
See?" he said, with an unholy amount of glee. "I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more o...
RACHEL CAINE
You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it.
RACHEL CAINE
Are you in the car that's almost caused three accidents on North Vance?" Hannah asked. "Because I'm ...
RACHEL CAINE
karma's a bitch, and so am I
RACHEL CAINE
Don't play his game. Play yours.
RACHEL CAINE
I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often.
RACHEL CAINE
A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she e...
RACHEL CAINE
Claire to Myrnin: "Do the guards at the mall know you're out?" He didn't look up. "That's very doubt...
RACHEL CAINE
You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.
RACHEL CAINE
Stop being so..."
"Charming?Attractive?Irresistible?
"I'm going with arrogant.
RACHEL CAINE
No bacon for you."
"Then no eggs for you. Either of you."
Eve glowered at him. "Prisoner e...
RACHEL CAINE
You're sure he's not a vampire?' Claire said.'I've seen movies. They're sneaky.' She was kidding. Ev...
RACHEL CAINE
Bathroom, maybe? Which is where I need to go."
"Ooh, me, too," Eve said.
The boys rolled ...
RACHEL CAINE
I can handle Glory."
"Can you?" Eve asked. "Because I notice you never call her Gloriana. Just...
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You better check your playlist. Because you are on the wrong track.
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Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her.

She ...
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You humans, always eating. I'll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working." Myrnin set as...
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Are you armed?" Oliver asked her.
She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively...
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Is this your bedroom?" she asked, and turned to look at him. Myrnin straightened and jammed the big ...
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Marriage is a big word for all guys,” Shane said. “You know that. It’s kind of an allergy. We ...
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Shane dragged Eve's suitcase into the room and dumped it on the floor beside her bed. “Hey, Dark P...
RACHEL CAINE
This won't stop her from getting elected," Shane said. "Stupider people get elected all the time. It...
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And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.
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Shane padded back to the couch and flopped, sucking on his own can of soda. Eve shot him an exaspera...
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What in the hell is going on around here?” she yelled. “Could you guys keep it down to aircraft-...
RACHEL CAINE
You’re not seriously going out again, are you?”
“Seriously, yeah. Bowling. Her name’s L...
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Mom logic.
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Her eyes burned, her muscles ached, but in some strange and secret place, she was happy to finally b...
RACHEL CAINE
The vamp in McMann’s stared at me. I guess he didn’t like the Goth look. Most of them don’t; s...
RACHEL CAINE
But – Michael, you said you didn’t know Oliver, and–”
“I didn’t, until he killed me...
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She dug in her backpack, found her cell phone, and checked for coverage. It was kind of lame in Morg...
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Because you know, I’m your best friend, but you’re just not that badass, man.
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Yeah, she was hot, all right, but I think she had the hots for you - kept saying how she saw you ove...
RACHEL CAINE
Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!
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Michael held me when I got inside, because I was shaking all over. That felt so good. Warm all the w...
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Tell me he’s not talking to Brandon,” Claire said.
“Um… Ok. He’s not talking to Brand...
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Don’t!” Lillian yelled, and put up her arms when Shane pulled back the bat.

“Hell,�...
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Of course, we could all die soon. I'm writing because Michael's patrolling the house and Shane and C...
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I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through thi...
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Not bad,” she finally said. “At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time.”
“Mad...
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You’re still here. No beer. I’m not corrupting a minor.”
“But you’re a minor,” she ...
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I’d say over my dead body, but I think you already made that point,” Michael snapped. “Thanks ...
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Eve said, in a high, squeaky, airless voice, “The ghost! You’re the ghost Miranda was talking ab...
RACHEL CAINE
It's called being polite; they probably didn't teach you that at home. Doesn't mean I like you or an...
RACHEL CAINE
She's nice when it suits her. That doesn't mean she's nice.
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Claire sighed. She supposed people always did like that sort of girl, and always would. And secretly...
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Shane groaned. "Yo, Drama Princess, want to tone it down a little? Somewhere, Sandra Bernhardt wants...
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Home," he repeated. "Home is where the heart is. Why don't you leave yours here? I'll take very good...
RACHEL CAINE
Give the girl some credit. At least she told you, instead of letting you figure it out on your own."...
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Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Alw...
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She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.
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Trav, if you cross us -- "
"I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terro...
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You were leaving, and you didn't even know if I was okay.
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Girl, it's an umbrella, not a Lamborghini,
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And about Shane, I swear, if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to punch him in the face. Well, pu...
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Monica's eyes were fierce and fiery, but she didn't move, and after a second she turned and ran up t...
RACHEL CAINE
I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What ...
RACHEL CAINE
You shouldn't be afraid of me because I'm a vampire. You ought to be scared because you just trash-t...
RACHEL CAINE
What time is it?"
"Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?"
"Um...no. Than...
RACHEL CAINE
Things happen. Things that physics and math and crap that gets measured in a lab can't explain. Peop...
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And girls are much more mature.” Eve nodded wisely. “So you’re about ten years older than Shan...
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I don’t read Latin!” “You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the in...
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Run first, mourn later.
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In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized g...
RACHEL CAINE
He loped off down the hall, and she felt a pure burst of fury. Boys. Why were they always such dumba...
RACHEL CAINE
We're not exactly going to the wilderness, Shane. You don't have to take everything. There are vendi...
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Bite Me!-Shane Collins to Eve Rosser.
The Morganville Vampire Series
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Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.
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Y si eres tan lista como pareces, deberías saber que es una estupidez creer que la ciencia lo resue...
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bite me. oh wait, you can't from way out there."
- eve
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I can't simply adopt strays because they seem winsome.
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Hell, I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.
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Okay, that really shouldn't have happened. And we’re not going to talk about that, right? Ever?”...
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At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time."
"Made myself a batch with it," Shane said...
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We're clear," she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that
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shane:do we have a choice
michael:dont think so
shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go...
RACHEL CAINE
That’s kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so OK.
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Run first," Shane said. "Mourn later."
It was the perfect motto for Morganville."

"C...
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Hell,” Shane spit in disgust. “I can’t hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.” He tossed her...
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Mortals simply aren't what they used to be," he said. "A thousand years ago, you would have bartered...
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There once was a kindly farmer who found a viper freezing on the ground in the snow. Please help me,...
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Glad it was you and not me," Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. "Any brain damage?"
"Sinc...
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Did you bring me a hamburger?
Did I-No,Myrnin,I didn't bring you a hamburger.Bizarre.He'd neve...
RACHEL CAINE
I didn't bring you here," he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of the year?"
"No," I...
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You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"
He raised the bill of his olive drab ba...
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It's been the toughest week of my life, not touching you. Not talking to you. Waiting to see what yo...
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Shane’s dad stopped the van,” Claire said. “He took Monica as a hostage.”
For a second,...
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He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This ...
RACHEL CAINE
What’s burning?”
“Your brain.
RACHEL CAINE
Um… Eve…can I ask…?”
“About what?” Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she sus...
RACHEL CAINE
Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.
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You know, I thought you were a mousy little thing when I first saw you, Claire, but you're not, are ...
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I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the con...
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Mom and Dad had a lot to answer for, she decided. She couldn’t even be rude to evil
vampires ...
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