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“...they tended towards the simple pleasures in life: drinking, whoring and fighting, preferably all three at once.”

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Ilona Andrews is an American science fiction novelist known for her unique world-building and engaging storytelling. Her works have gained popularity among readers for their imaginative plots and profound themes. more

“Im's offspring stare at stars and make clocks that calculate useless happenings like the angle of a hawk's claws as it strikes its prey. They demonstrate their contraptions and everyone marvels. My children get drunk, confuse a herd of cows with an enemy regiment, and slaughter the lot, screaming like lunatics until the entire army panics.”

Children Stars Enemy Happenings Army Strikes Drunk Useless Clock My Children Staring Cows Panic Angle Prey Herds Slaughter Offspring Claws Hawks Magic Bleeds

Author:Ilona Andrews

“Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.”

Fit Restraint Lectures Babylon Magic Bleeds Hissy Fits

Book:Magic Bleeds

Source: Magic Bleeds

“When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.”

People Want Firsts Wells Running Powerful Cities Gone Illusion Skins Safety Scared Resolve Establishment Protected Invincible Morale Magic Bleeds

Author:Ilona Andrews

“I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you don't wait, you may have to deal with pesky criminal charges like kidnapping and rape.”

Ifs Knows May Facts Waiting Deals Criminals Shock Consent Polite Kidnapping Magic Bleeds

Author:Ilona Andrews

“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”

Knows Want Money Income Sufficient

Book:The Prisoner of Zenda

Source: The Prisoner of Zenda

“Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie.”

Kate Twitching Magic Bleeds

Book:Magic Bleeds

Source: Magic Bleeds

“Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you.”

Stills Different Rooms Records Progress Havens Gold Tiny Naked Hey Kicks Throat Sparks Bathtubs Irises

Author:Ilona Andrews

“Exploring Mars is a far different venture from Apollo expeditions to the moon; it necessitates leaving our home planet on lengthy missions with a constrained return capability.”

Different Home Planets Return Moon Leaving Missions Capability Mars Venture Exploring Apollo Expeditions Lengthy Colonizing Mars

Book:Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

Source: Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

“The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.”

Scene Band Groove

Author:David Byrne

“I'm counting to ten in my head." "Is it helping?" "No." "It doesn't help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by the way?" "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.”

Way Helping Used Ten Weight Help Me Frustration Counting Benches Alleviate

Book:Magic Bleeds

Source: Magic Bleeds

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