“Now that I knew something was hacking the security cameras to watch me, I could use countermeasures. I probably should have been doing that from the beginning, but as you may have noticed that for a terrifying murderbot I fuck up a lot.”
Source: Artificial Condition
“Happy people know suffering more than anyone else, and that’s how they can see just how damn beautiful their lives are. It’s because they’ve seen the depths.”
“You are the only one in the way of your financial happiness and peace of mind.”
Source: Please Don't Say You're Sorry: An Empowering Perspective on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce from a Marriage-Loving Divorce Attorney
“Keep your distance from Burger Guys,” Myles draws out, finally. “They’re suspects, too.”
Source: My Killer Vacation
“This chapter portrays United States politicians in their natural habitat. Reader discretion is advised. No claims are made that the portrayal of any named Senators is accurate; any similarity with actual Senators, sitting or former, is purely coincidental... not to mention really weird.”
Source: Ebott's Wake
“It would have pained the immaculate Monty, could he have known that his prospective employer was picturing him at the moment as furtive, shifty-eyed, rat-like person of the gangster, type, liable at the first opportunity to sneak into the sties of innocent pigs and plant pineapple bombs in their bran-mash.”
Source: Heavy Weather
“Which was the best I could do, sir, seeing as the motorboat was no use and I'd got to get across the creek somehow. I won't repeat what that Peabody said, because it doesn't bear repeating, but..."
"I said," interrupted a voice with relish, "I said I 'adn't been 'ired to row an 'ippo across the creek, and no more I 'ad.”
Source: Why Shoot a Butler?
“In order to avoid the tragic case of murdering one’s own husband, Xiao YuAn pressed his hands against Yan HeQing’s shoulders, and shook him a few times: “Yan-ge! Hello! Daxiongdi! Baobei, dear! Darling! Husband! Hubby! Please wake up, I don’t want to be fucked to death, alright?”
Source: 穿成囚禁男主的反派要如何活命 How to Survive As a Villain
“He who steals my wallet steals cash; tis something, nothing, twas mine, now his, and has been slave to thousands, but he who steals my phone steals my good name, and robs me of that which not enriches him, to say nothing of my music library.”
Source: Ebott's Wake
“You’re playing with fire.” Then she went and jabbed her finger into my gut.
I laughed and dodged away when she came at me again. “Woman,” I warned. “Don’t poke me.”
With a playful laugh, she charged. “Don’t be such a baby. I like it when you poke me.”
As I caught her and imprisoned her arms, I threw my head back and roared with laughter.”
Source: A Perfect Ten