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In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.

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If you don't explain it all to me, I might strangle somebody. Of course, Raphael might like that.
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Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package?
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I have a vamp body for you, Andrea said. It's in the freezer. I gave her a nice smile. You shouldn't have.
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Every handsome man had a flaw. It was just her luck that in William's case that flaw was lunacy.
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Settle down, Princess. It’s not my first time.
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I've never created a riot before. I did cause a brawl at the last formal. A large number of young women there actually arrived with the expectation of seducing me into matrimony, and a couple of their mothers came to blows. It was hilari—I mean, dreadful. Simply dreadful.
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Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding.
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You like the girl, Alasdair offered. Nassar leveled a heavy gaze at him. Lillian said you tried to be funny in the car. I told her it couldn't possibly be true. The moment you try to make a joke, the sky shall split and the Four Horsemen will ride out, heralding Apocalypse.
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He raised his hand in a peaceful gesture. You need to relax a bit, dove. Like Mouse over there. You trust me, don't you, Mouse? Nope! Ahhh, I'm hurt. Nobody likes me.
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He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. “Rape,” he promised. “Many, many times. Until you bleed . . .” “I’m so flattered.
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Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature.
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