There were some people you had to stay away from, people who poisoned everything in reach. Then there were people you wanted to stick with, the ones with silver tongues and golden touched. And then, there were people you stood beside, because it meant you weren't in their way. And whoever Victor Vale was, whatever he was, and whatever he was up to, the only thing Mitch knew was that he did not want to be in his way.
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SCHWAB Magic made everything feel so impermanent, it was easy to forget that some things, once changed, cou... V.E. SCHWAB Rhy shook his head, exasperated. “Kell isn't the only one you fail to understand. My bond with him... V.E. SCHWAB Then why are you smiling?” “Because,” she said, “bad ideas are my favorite kind. V.E. SCHWAB And strategy is just a fancy word for a special kind of common sense, the ability to see options, to... V.E. SCHWAB A myth without a voice is like a dandelion without a breath of wind. No way to spread the seeds... V.E. SCHWAB And then his arms were folding around her, and in that small gesture, she understood, felt it down t... V.E. SCHWAB Death comes for us all," said Holland evenly. "I would simply have mine mean something. V.E. SCHWAB Kell swept Lila up into his arms, amazed at her lightness. She took up so much space in the world—... V.E. SCHWAB In myths, the hero survives. The evil is vanquished. The world is set right. Sometime... V.E. SCHWAB On vis och," he told himself. Dawn to dusk. A phrase that meant two things in his native ... V.E. SCHWAB Myths do not happen all at once. They do not spring forth whole into the world. They form slow... V.E. SCHWAB I have never known what to make of you. Not since the day we met. And it terrifies me. You terrify m... V.E. SCHWAB I told you to keep him safe, not cuddle." Alucard spread his hands behind him on the sheets. "I... V.E. SCHWAB Life isn't made of choices, it's made of trades. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have a co... V.E. SCHWAB A low whistle behind him as Alucard appeared at the entrance. 'Picking out a gift?' asked the c... V.E. SCHWAB What are we drinking to?" "The living," said Rhy. "The dead," said Alucard and Lila at the... V.E. SCHWAB She was a thief, a runaway, a pirate, a magician. She was fierce, and powerful, and terrifying.... V.E. SCHWAB Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. They rise together. The more we love, the... V.E. SCHWAB Her goal is to be a champion tennis player. She's a former No. 1 junior player in the world. She con... DAVID SCHWAB I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them al... CHARLES SCHWAB She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe... V.E. SCHWAB Technology is going to revolutionize almost every sector, leading to the demise of many traditional ... KLAUS SCHWAB Ah, there you are, Bard,” came a familiar voice, and she turned to see Alucard striding over. V.E. SCHWAB When I was 14, I did all kinds of different odd jobs. I had a chicken farm, had an ice cream operati... CHARLES SCHWAB We can talk in the abstract about what a rebuilt New Orleans would look like. In the end that is not... JIM SCHWAB Europe has never had a single or unified voice in world affairs: a common foreign policy. It has oft... KLAUS SCHWAB I frankly think we in the financial service world believe we need appropriate kinds of regulations. ... CHARLES SCHWAB You don't understand," gasped Eli. "No one understands." "When no one understands, that's usual... V.E. SCHWAB The absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for conseq... V.E. SCHWAB You must make time for that which matters, for that which defines you: your passion, your progress, ... V.E. SCHWAB Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human. V.E. SCHWAB The results don't mean we Germans can just show up at the Olympics and pick up our medals -- but onc... THOMAS SCHWAB For someone who never stood still, Lila felt like a pin in Kell's world. One he was sure to snag on. V.E. SCHWAB As the physical, digital, and biological worlds continue to converge, new technologies and platforms... KLAUS SCHWAB As the novelty of wearable tech gives way to necessity - and, later, as wearable tech becomes embedd... KLAUS SCHWAB