Sarah Rees Brennan

Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil.Yes, Alan said gravely. It'd be shoking if the evil magicians were sexist. For one thing, that would mean they were stupid, and having stupid enemies would be a terrible blow to my manly pride.

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She hesitated, wiping her hands off on her apron. "I'm not sure if I'll be here when you get back. This place is a little" it's a little much for me.—She didn't have to tell him how it was. He had lived here for years, in a house that wanted to be silent until the silence was broken by a certain step and a certain voice, in a house holding its breath for someone's return. If anyone held their breath long enough, they were dead.

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In two words, said Alan quietly, there is nothing I love half as much as you.

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Sometimes I want to be human for you.

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Sometimes I feel better around you. I kind of like your face' -Nick

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I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.

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Oh, you need Alan to betray Nick and then you'll steal Nick's powers and kill them both, said Mae. Great idea. Hey, can i come? I'll bring a picnic lunch if you promise not to let blood get on the sandwiches.

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I saw you put rice in a toaster once, said Mae. I was there when made the tin of beans explode.It was faulty, Jamie protested, his eyes shifty. I am sure of this.

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They walked to school, talking about how much they were longing for the summer holidays.Oh, I am planning things, said Jamie. Great, great things. I could join a band.You gave up the guitar after two lessons.Well, he said, I could be a backup dancer.Backup dancers have to wear belly shirts and glitter, said Mae. So obviously, I support this plan.

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Foul! yelled Jamie, who seemed extremely happy not to be the one facing a blade. Distracting technique! Put your shirt back on right now.

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I cook better than you, Nick corrected absently. I think monkeys can probably be taught to cook better than you.I'd like to have a monkey that cooked for me, said Jamie. I would pay him in bananas. His name would be Alphonse.I agree, that would be awesome. Mae said. People would come for dinner just to see the monkey chef.You're raving, Nick said, defrosting chicken in the microwave. Mae was a bit impressed with how he seemed to look at the appliance and instantly comprehend its mysteries, when she'd been heating up ready-made meals for years by a method of pressing random buttons and hoping. I know that's the only way Jamie communicates with people, but I expected better of you, Mavis.We're cutting out the whole Mavis thing right now, Nick, Mae said warningly.How many bananas would be good payment for a monkey? Jamie wanted to know. I would want to pay Alphonse a fair wage.

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Oh, she said, in a very different way. Well. Thanks for my part in the compliment. Naturally I'd love to be watched and controlled, but I think I may be washing my hair that day.

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Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.

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My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.

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Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant —quiet place.— He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts that had recurred to him over the years, like an unwanted guest slipping in through his doors: that there was no peace for such as he, no quiet place, and there never would be.Except he found himself remembering lying in bed with Alec— all of their clothes on, lounging on the bed on a lazy afternoon, Alec laughing, head thrown back, the marks Magnus had left on his throat very plain to see.

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I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.

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Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.

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I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.

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Sometimes I feel better around you. I kind of like your face' -Nick

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Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant —quiet place.— He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts that had recurred to him over the years, like an unwanted guest slipping in through his doors: that there was no peace for such as he, no quiet place, and there never would be.Except he found himself remembering lying in bed with Alec— all of their clothes on, lounging on the bed on a lazy afternoon, Alec laughing, head thrown back, the marks Magnus had left on his throat very plain to see.

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Quotes by Sarah Rees Brennan