It's a mystery," Vin said, narrowing her eyes and smiling. "We Mistborn are incredibly mysterious. " Elend paused. " Um. . . I'm Mistborn too, Vin. That doesn't make any sense. " "We Mistborn need not make sense," Vin said. " It's beneath us. Come on-the sun's already down. We need to get moving.
"Catherine. " she paused. I waited, tapping my finger on my desk. Then she spoke words that had me almost falling out of my chair. "I've decided to come to your wedding. " I actually glanced at my phone again to see if I'd been mistaken and it was someone else who'd called me. "Are you drunk?" I got out when I could speak. She signed. "I wish you wouldn't marry that vampire, but I'm tired of him coming between us. " Aliens replaced her with a pod person, I found myself thinking. That's the only explanation
It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred years, which transpired in a dozen heart beats.
At such close range, even she could hit a vampire full force in the shoulder, surprising him considerably. He paused in his attack. “Well, my word! You can’t threaten me, you’re pregnant!
[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--' [Opal] 'Was?' [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.
Do you know how wizards like to be buried?" "Yes!" "Well, how?" Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs. "Reluctantly.
Valerie was crying, too. She was laughing and sniffling back sobs. “I’m going to marry my snuggy wuggums,” she said. Morelli paused, his fork halfway to the roast chicken platter. He slid his eyes to me and leaned close. “If you ever call me snuggy wuggums in public I’ll lock you in the cellar and chain you to the furnace.
So do all animals react that way to you? I know you said rats steer clear. " "Most do. They see a human, but they smell someting else. It confuses them. Canines are the worst, though. " He paused. "No, cats are the worst. I really don't like cats. " I laughed.
You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.
The handkerchief dabbed at my forehead. 'Ouch! You'll have a fine-looking bruise tomorrow. ' 'Then you'll be able to distinguish me from Rose. ' The handkerchief paused. 'I could tell you apart from the beginning. You're quite different to each other, you know. ' Perhaps he could tell, in the obvious ways. The odd one was Rose; the other odd one was Briony.
One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs. Coolidge passed the chicken pens she paused to ask the man in charge if the rooster copulates more than once each day. "Dozens of times, was the reply. " "Please tell that to the President," Mrs. Coolidge requested. When the President passed the pens and was told about the roosters, he asked "Same hen every time?" "Oh no, Mr. President, a different one each time. " The President nodded slowly, then said, "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge. "
Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me. ' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be talking to myself, and I don't do that any more. I certainly don't RING myself. That's one of the first signs of madness, and if it's not, it should be. ' She sighed. 'Are you finished talking nonsense?' 'I haven't talked nonsense all morning. I miss it.
Can I ask you a question?" "You already have. " He paused, considering. "Can I ask you two questions, then?" "You already have.
No one on the street thought anything of the downtown girl dressed in black who had paused in the middle of midtown foot traffic. In her art student camouflage she could walk the entire length of Manhattan and, if not blend in, be classified and therefore ignored.
Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east.
So, what did you get for me?" Angeline paused for a beat. "Jeans. " "What?" croaked Artemis. "And a T-shirt.
This was like July 13th, 1943, the pivotal day of the Battle of the Kursk. We were like Alexander Vasilevsky, the Soviet general. If we attacked now, this minute, we had to keep on and on attacking until the enemy was run off his feet and the war was won. If we bogged down or paused for breath even for a second, we would be overrun again.
That might be nice, an extra pair of arms," Jace said. "Handy in a fight. " "Not if they're growing out of your. . . " Dorothea paused and smiled, not without malice. "Neck.
I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled. I coaxed it into the center of the city. Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! A Trans Am pulled up next to me at a light. The Trans Am was filled with high school kids. One of them stuck his head out of the passenger-side window. "Hey lady," he said. "Sounds like you got a fartmobile. " I flipped him an Italian goodwill gesture and pulled the ball cap low on my forehead. (Three to get Deadly)
Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this. " "Shut up,Billy. " "Think of the people in San Francisco. " "I don't know any of the people in San Francisco," Virginia answered, then paused. "Well,actually I do,and I don't like them. But I do like you,Billy, and I'm not going to allow you to end up as lunch for some raggedy lion-monster-thingy. " "A sphinx," Machiavelli corrected her. He was standing at the bars again. "Mistress Dare," the Italian said carefully. "I absolutely applaud you for what you want to do for your friend. But I urge you to think of the bigger picture.
