Mishell Baker Quotes

#1. All right, so if the Unseelie horde does come through Gate LA4, what exactly am I supposed to do?"
"Die horribly. But swiftly, I'd think. They'll be eager to get on with their world conquest."
"Okeydokey then. Thanks for the heads up.

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#2. Suicide is not a way of ending pain; it's just a way of redistributing it.

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#3. Apparently PTSD and grief flunked out of the same charm school; neither of them seems to know when it's cool to drop by.

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#4. He started the car, looking irked, as though I had started crying on purpose. Men seem to think that women do this on a regular basis, which is bullshit. Just because you don't feel something, it doesn't mean the other person is faking it. You know who thinks like that? Sociopaths.

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#5. Why is some accident of uncontrolled neurochemistry the 'real me,' and a carefully reasoned system of priorities somehow false?

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#6. He put an arm around me and helped me across the lawn into the passenger's seat. The inside was red and white as a strawberry sundae, with black analog gauges. It was inefficient and sprawling; it screamed of hubris and excess and obsolescence; it was America on wheels.

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#7. Here's the thing, Brian. From across the room, I'll admit death looks like a real babe. But I've been close enough to see what's under her makeup, and no thanks. Really.

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#8. There's a saying that somebody tilted this country on its end, and everything that wasn't securely attached fell into California.

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