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"It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Combat, Survival, Humor, Training, Instinct

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"It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really."

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"It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

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"You might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets."

"Help me, I can't breathe, your ego is pushing all the air out of the room."

"Our relationship had been doomed form the start, because it was based on grief, and unlike love, grief eventually passed."

"Sh!t. F_ck sh!t.'....'Sh!t f_ck would have also been accepted."

"Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog."

"Give me a few minutes."You have time. He sat in the grass."Are you just going to sit there and watch me?"Yes. Watching pretty peasant girls is what we poor little rich boys do best."Peasant?He shrugged. "You started the name calling."

"Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free."

"Leaving what is safe so you can be more, Derek said. The cage is what the bird knows; the sky is all the things he still wants to do even if it's a risk."

"Sex is about physical attraction, yes, but it's also about trust. I don't trust you. You're completely self-absorbed and egoistic. You offer nothing I want."

"I like home. It's warm and there are books."

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