It's a hat, " said Jess.Manx stretched. "Yes.""A hat with - just to be clear - a lizard on it. A real, dead lizard."" An iguana, yea. It's been stuffed."" I can see that. Any idiot can see that, but it doesn;t address the issue."" The issue being?"" Manx, you're wearing a goddamn reptile! On your head! With pride! It's like you're the lovechild of Carmen Miranda and a taxidermist! Foz Meadows
I only have so much willpower, Helen, " he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid.
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Josephine Angelini
I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction
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Carroll Bryant
The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.
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David Mitchell
Quest assignments are never wrong.
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Page Wisher
I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in public and are only marginally better in private. I...
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Tessa Dare
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True, life is complex. But so are a great many accidents.
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