Quotes From "Ghost Town" By Rachel Caine

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You humans, always eating. I'll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working." Myrnin set aside his book and walked into the back of the lab." Don't use the same beaker you used for poisons! " Claire yelled after him. He waved a pale hand. "I mean it! Rachel Caine
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He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?"" Like hitting on you."" Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee." What? You think he does?"" Sometimes he looks at you a little.. oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood."" Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?"" Not enough coffee. Rachel Caine
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Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he'd suddenly decided to snack on her neck.. but it was just a hug. His body felt cold against hers, and way too close, but then he let go and stepped back. "You've done very well. I'm extremely proud of you, " he said. There was a touch of color high in his pale cheeks. "Do go home now. And shower. You reek like the dead." Which, coming from a vampire, was pretty rich. . Rachel Caine
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You okay?"" Fine."" Your heart's beating really fast."" Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff." Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble."" You sound like Shane.""Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck."" Liar. Rachel Caine
She can go with us to the lab and keep...
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She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better."" Define BETTER with that guy."" Not all fangs and raaaaar. Rachel Caine
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Here, " Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked up the next part and slotted it in, took the screwdriver from Claire's numbed fingers, and fastened it with a couple of deft, fast movements. "I'll be your hands." She wanted to cry, because it was so sweet, but it wouldn't do any good. Rachel Caine
Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles,...
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Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, "Don't do drugs. I feel I ought to say that. Rachel Caine
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Oliver laughed - actually laughed." I like this new Claire, " he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright." Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps. Rachel Caine
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Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”“ I hardly think there’s any chance of that, ” Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity. Rachel Caine
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Bite me, Goth princess, ” Shane called from the back. “Not literally or anything.”“ Maybe you should say that to Michael.”“Not funny, Eve, ” Michael said. Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. “Little bit, ” she said. Rachel Caine
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He started to touch the mechanism under the keyboard, then pulled his hand back with a snap." Ah, " he said. "Must deactivate the security.... Turn around, please."" What?"" Turn around, Claire. It's a secure password! "" You have GOT to be kidding."" Why ever would I joke about that? Please turn. Rachel Caine
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Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…” He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but not in a creepy kind of way. In a way that felt…. Free. “If what you say is true, and I guess it has to be, I think I know why we’re … together, ” he said. “I think I’d fall for you no matter what, Claire. You’re kind of awesome. Rachel Caine
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Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire, " she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit." "You don't mean that." "Come on. I still like you, you know, even if you.. crave plasma." Michael blinked and looked at her as if he had never seen her before." You what?"" Like. You." Eve enunciated slowly, as if Michael might not know the words. "Idiot. I always have. What, you didn't know?" Eve sounded cool and grown-up about it, but Claire saw the hectic color in her cheeks, under the makeup. "How clueless are you? Does it come with the fangs?" "I guess I.. I just thought.. Hell. I just didn't think.. You're kind of intimidating, you know." "I'm intimidating? Me? I run like a rabbit from trouble, mostly, " Eve said." It's all show and makeup. You're the one who's intimidating. I mean, come on. All that talent, and you look.. Well, you know how you look." " How do I look?" He sounded fascinated now, and he'd actually moved a little closer to Eve on the couch. She laughed. "Oh come on. You're a total model-babe." "You're kidding."" You don't think you are?" He shook his head. "Then you're kind of an idiot, Glass. Smart, but and idiot." Eve crossed her arms.“ So? What exactly do you think about me, except that I’m intimidating?”“ I think you’re…you’re…ah, interesting?” Michael was amazingly bad at this, Claire thought, but then he saved it by looking away and continuing. “I think you’re beautiful. And really, really strange.” Eve smiled and looked down, and that looked like a real blush, under the rice powder. “Thanks for that, “ she said, “I never thought you knew I existed, or if you did, that you thought I was anything but Shane’s bratty freak friend.”“ Well, to be fair, you are Shane’s bratty freak friend.”“ Hey! ”“ You can be bratty and beautiful, ” Michael said. “I think it’s interesting. Rachel Caine
How'd you get to be so good at this?
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How'd you get to be so good at this?"" I had a good teacher."" Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass."" I mean you, dummy."" Oh. Rachel Caine
I think so, ” she [Claire] said. “Just watch your...
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I think so, ” she [Claire] said. “Just watch your back, okay?” “Nah, Michael’s got mine.” He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes.“ I’ve got yours. Rachel Caine
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Claire said. “I might be able to get him to stop.” “Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might pull your head off, ” Shane said. “I kind of worry.” She couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah?”“A little bit.”“ That’s …nice.”He studied her, and returned the smile. “Yeah, ” he said. “Kind of is, actually. Rachel Caine
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Yes, " he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements, just in case." The first part of that reassured her. The second part.. not so much. "What kind of improvements?" "Oh, nothing, really. Mostly just streamlining. You really did very well; I certainly don't want you to think that I am one of those people who has to be in control all the- Oh, well, I suppose that's actually true- I do have to be in control all the time. But only because I am in charge, of course. . Rachel Caine
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I’m faster than the rest of you, if .. Because I’m a vampire, ” Michael said, and it was some kind of breakthrough for him to say that. “If you get in trouble, I’ll be there.”“ Nice, ” Shane said. “I’m warming up to this bloodsucking thing, Mikey.”“No, you’re not.”“ Okay, no, I’m not, but right now let’s pretend I am. Rachel Caine
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Well, friend, I don’t know about your tastes, but I tend to like it very bloody, ” Myrnin said. He shifted position, dragging Claire along like a rag doll without any effort at all. “Have we been introduced?”“ Probably not. Why, are you asking me out, sweetheart?”“ You’re not my type, darling. Is this one yours?”“ No, ” Frank said, and looked at Shane, just in a quick flicker. “Let’s say she’s a friend of the family. Rachel Caine
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Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.” He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked. Rachel Caine
I never meant it,
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I never meant it, " he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it, seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...? Rachel Caine
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A place for the newly weds and nearly deads I'm counting the stones I hope you know I love you. Got a lot of friends 6 feet under us. Counting down the days till we join the party. Thoughts of your nightmare projected through mine.. Breathing in these lies is no surprise These evil things are all we know Lets take these lives where we want to go. The future is our prize, when the stars align. Ghouls and ghosts will haunt my soul but they will never take me. Before I go, I want to show that we can make a difference. We've got some dumb perceptions. But I've got the death connection.. All the hate that you have.. Just throw it away Life is meant for more, But we're too distracted. Too caught up in the anger and judgment. Caught up in the web of lies I've heard these things keep our blood boiling, Keeps us alive, and moving forward.. If that's the case I was born a dead man. And I'm forever a ghost. Hatred is something that we're brought up to see. Now everybody's looking at me I hope they know.. They won't get their satisfaction. . Ghost Town
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Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do. Rachel Caine
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Oh, Claire, " he said. "You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering." "Are you saying that you -""Doughnuts! " Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box. Rachel Caine
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Nobody's cut out for this town, " Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway."" Says the kid who came back."" Yeah, kind of proves my point. Rachel Caine
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Hey! " Claire called after him, as she leaned her backpack against the wall." No onions! "" Your loss! "" I meant for YOU! Not if you want to get kissed tonight! "" Damn, girl. Harsh. Rachel Caine
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You're much shorter than my mom."" Brat, " she said, surprised into a giggle." That's no way to talk to a vampire."" Bloodsucking brat."" Better" he said. Rachel Caine
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Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?"" That's deja vu, and I hate you right now."" For narcing on you to your mom? Wait until you hear what I tell your dad." From the sly grin on his face, she knew what he was thinking." Don't you even think about it."" I could tell him about the time we-"" Hell, no. Rachel Caine
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I'm so glad you're okay."" So, how do we celebrate my okayness? It's my day off. Let's go crazy. Glow-in-the-dark bowling?"" No"" I'll let you use the kiddie ball."" Shut up. I do NOT need the kiddie ball."" The way you bowl, I think you might." He grabbed her in an exaggerated formal dance pose and whirled her around, backpack and all, which didn't make her any more graceful. "Ballroom dancing?"" Are you INSANE?""Hey, girls who tango are hot."" You think I'm not hot because I don't tango?" He dropped the act. Shane was a smart boy. "I think you are too hot for ballroom or bowling. So you tell me. What do you want to do? And don't say study. Rachel Caine
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He was a nice guy, middle-aged, a little tired, like most doctors usually seemed to be, but he just nodded and said, "Let me take a look at him. Shane?""I'm not dropping my pants, " Shane said. "I just thought I'd say that up front. Rachel Caine
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She was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, "I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before. Rachel Caine
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Michael...Michael got bitten. And now he's a vampire. But he doesn't remember becoming one, and that's a big problem. So if you see him, don't, you know, hug. He bites. He doesn't mean it, though. Rachel Caine