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I looked like a ghost. And I should know. I’ve seen a few.

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Lilith Saintcrow
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: January 1
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New Mexico
United States
Anna Beguine
Lili St. Crow
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It wasn't sarcasm. Graves blew out a cloud of acrid smoke. It was pointing out a fallacy in your logic, babe. Anna's jaw actually dropped. For a moment, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or push him out of the room. Way to go, Graves.
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His thumb stroked my cheek. My eyes half-closed. When he spoke next, it was very softly, his voice an almost-physical caress against my whole body. My flesh tightened like a harpstring. I swallowed hard against the wave of liquid heat. How can I possibly be jealous when I know you spent your time grieving for me, Dante?
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Better to be strong than pretty and useless.
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Oh God, Oh God we’re all gonna die doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it?
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He hadn't told me everything, but I'd left him for dead. I guess we were just about even...
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Death did not play favorites—He loved all equally. What you cannot escape, you must fight what you cannot fight, you must endure . The god's voice—not quite words, just a thread of meaning laid in my receptive mind—
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Touch me again, and it will be your last act in life - Blue Eyes.
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And ordering me around is exactly the wrong way to make me do what you want.
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Next to her, even the prettiest djamphir boys looked gawky.
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The only place their voices were left was in my head. It was better than being alone but it was so, so lonely.
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Besides, the normal people here wouldn’t see it. That was what “different” meant. It’s just another word for lonely.
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People don’t really want to know anything about you. They just want you to fit into their little predetermined slots. They decide what you are in the first two seconds, and they only get nervous or upset if you don’t live up to their snap judgments.
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The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face.
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Some of the djamphir are so pretty it almost hurts to look at them. And it was hard to look without feeling rumpled and messy in comparison.
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The only one, he murmured. His chin dipped a little bit. You know that, Dru? You're the only person who's ever believed in me. You know what that'll do to a guy? What?I- It makes him want to live up to it.
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I sensed him leaning forward. It's weird to feel someone's attention on you that way, like you're the only thing in the world they're listening to. Most of the time people are distracted, or just thinking about what they're going to say next.
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Come take a look at one of the oldest human urges- religion. After all, the only thing that makes us screwier is sex.
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His shoulder bumped mine again. Can I ask you something? I didn't answer. He was going to ask me anyway. People don't say that if they don't want to pry something out of you.
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Are you listening, little bird?
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I wasn't sure if the word boys should mean dim or incomprehensible. I was hovering between the two, with a healthy dose of testosterone-poisoned.
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