Susan Ee Quotes

#1. You broke me out of the grasp of a living horror when I thought all hope was gone. You gave me the opportunity to crawl back to life when no one else could."
She glances over at me, her eyes shining in the dark. "You're a hero, Penryn, whether you like it or not.

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#2. If I hadn't already flown with him, I'd be scared. I'm above the water with nothing but his arms between me and an icy plunge. But his arms are wrapped tightly around me and his chest is warm. I lean my head against his muscular shoulder and close my eyes.
He rubs his cheek against my hair

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#3. What if I don't want to go?"
"I like you, kid," he says. "You're a rebel." He leans against the doorframe and nods his approval. "But to be honest, no one has the obligation to feed you, house you, protect you, be nice to you, treat you like a human being - "
"Okay, okay. I get it.

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#4. Here and there, plumes of dark smoke reach into the sky like the fingers of a drowning man reaching up for the last time.

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#5. Anybody that ties you to a chair at gunpoint is a bad guy. Do I really need to explain this?

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#6. There's a softness to Raffe's look that I've never seen before. It's not that I see naked longing or tender love or anything like that. And if I did, it would just be in my messed-up fantasies.
Not that I fantasize about him.

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#7. It's a new day in the World After.

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#8. Why bother attacking their strengths when you can go straight for their weaknesses?

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#9. Penryn: Oh, I wonder if I can find a pink sheath for Pooky Bear. Maybe with little rhinestones?

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#10. Nothing takes the romance and grandeur out of life than scrubbing stains out of sheets.

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#11. But the thing that really convinces me that the apocalypse is here is the crunching of smartphones under my feet.

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#12. I hate it when she does that. There's nothing more humiliating than being smacked by your crazy mother in front of your friends.

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#13. They always always understimate women

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#14. I've been trying not to be a big baby by insisting on holding his hand in front of the angels, but the urge is strong. I don't want to embarrass him even when he's unconscious. But now that the others are gone, I sit beside him and hold his hand. It's warm, and I pull it to my chest to warm me up.

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#15. Someone stabbed a dead body for reasons only the insane can fathom. My mother has found me.

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#16. In the long second before everyone absorbs what just happened, I see the angel rolling his eyes heavenward, like a teenager in the presence of overwhelming lameness. Some people just have no sense of gratitude.

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#17. Your sense of judgement could use a dash of common sense.

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#18. Whatever the reason, he reluctantly pulls the cushions from the back of my couch. He pauses, looking like he's about to change his mind. Then he slides in behind me.

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#19. The next time you have a quarrel with me, I'd appreciate it if you could just talk to me first before resorting to pelting me with rocks.

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#20. Yeah, I'm fine. Those ugly bullies were more afraid of my mommy than any warrior angel anyway. She's far more scary.

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#21. He doesn't even like me.
I let the thought roll around in my head. Anything I feel during that time gets shoved into the vault with the ten-foot-think door slamming as soon as it goes in, just in case something in there has any intention of crawling out.

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#22. I must have been seriously frustrated by my lack of sword-fighting skills to make all this up. My dream head hurts just thinking about it.

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#23. Raffe holds me a second longer than necessary before he puts me down. And then it takes me a second longer than necessary to slide my arms away from his neck.

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#24. We now play a permanent game of I-am-crazier-and-scarier-than-you. And in that game, my mother is our secret weapon.

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#25. He stands with the fluid grace of an aristocrat who's used to rich surroundings. Although the quarter-bag of cat food he's holding up does mess with the image a little.

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#26. Your human privileges are being revoked, asshole.

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#27. Maybe you entertain me." He says with supreme confidence as if he's in control of the situation. "Like a monkey with an attitude and a pair of scissors." -Raffe

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#28. When I was little, I always thought I'd be Cinderella, but I guess this makes me the wicked witch.

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#29. He starts a slow smile that melts my bones.

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#30. It seems to be our fate to continually pass our debt back and forth.

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#31. My mom yells at someone behind me. I spin with my hand on Pooky Bear, ready to pull out my blade. But it's just my mom throwing rotten eggs at someone who took an empty soda bottle without asking.

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#32. I glance over at Raffe for the hundredth time as I huddle with Pooky Bear beneath a coat that someone gave me. I'm shivering as if it's zero degrees, and no matter how much I hug myself, I can't get warm. I

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#33. If you help me find my sister, you can have these back. I saved them for you."
"Thanks," he croaks, surveying the wings. "They'll look great on my wall.

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#34. wouldn't have agreed if we'd known your mom was there." "Pain in the ass, let me tell ya." "You don't need to tell me," I say. "I know all about what a pain she can be." Dee laughs. "She's like a weapons-grade pain in the ass. We figured out to sic her on the bad guys, and she became a huge asset.

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#35. Tall, dark and friendly. What more could a girl ask for?

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#36. Everyone looks at me as if I'm nuts. That puts a slow grin on my face.

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#37. I am not afraid of you, your kind, or your god.

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#38. Even the locusts are afraid of my mother.

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#39. I don't know which is worse - that Raffe didn't jump in to defend me, or that he bet that I would lose.

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#40. Beliel gets the picture and takes off into the night sky. Apparently, his evil health plan covers wing injuries because his wings seem to work just fine.

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#41. When a man in purple and screaming pink stares at you, you know it's time to change your appearance.

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#42. Lately, I seem to be all about you.

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#43. I challenge you to come find us.' 'This is Penryn Young, Daughter of Man, Killer of Angels." Penryn

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#44. Why don't you want it?" "I have better things to do." "Like what?" He opens one eye and looks at me. "Like convince a stubborn girl to admit she's madly in love with me." I can't help but smile.

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#45. I try to match Raffe's stealth and smooth coordination, but my frozen limbs are clumsy, and I have to grab him several times to keep myself from tipping over. He throws me a look with a clear message that I should deal with my issues.

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#46. Paige is at the aerie." Raffe gives me a don't-you-dare look. "You mean the place where I barely got you out alive because they were killing every human they could get their hands on?" "Thank you, by the way.

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#47. I'm in the middle of another poorly thought-out, harebrained scheme that risks not only my life but all the other lives around me. How

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#48. Raffe looks over at the bloody knife in my hand. If I still had any doubts that it was you, that would do it.

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#49. Raffe: "Have you named her yet" "she likes powerful names"
Penryn:I bite my lip
Raffe:he looks like hes bracing himself for the worst "what is it?"
Penryn: "Pooky Bear"
Raffe:"I am pooky Bear, from an ancient line of archangel swords

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#50. Raffe nods to one of the Watchers who then takes position below us. I'm guessing he's there to catch me if I fall. "Don't you dare let me go," I say.

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#51. We're at war.
On the verge of an apocalypse filled with monsters and torture in a nightmare world.
And I'm standing here, a moonstruck teenager pining for an enemy soldier. What am I, crazy?
This time, I'm the first to turn away.

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#52. He gives me a kiss. It's slow and silky, and it makes me melt all over. He caresses my face, and I tilt my head into his touch.

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#53. The only thing marring the illusion is an empty swimming pool hanging halfway off the cliff on the edge of the grounds.

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#54. I have better things to do."
"Like what?"
He opens one eye and looks at me. "Like convince a stubborn girl to admit she's madly in love with me.

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#55. He holds me so tight that if an army of scorpions came and tried to drag me out of his arms, they wouldn't be able to.

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#56. If we get separated there's not much hope of us ever meeting anywhere, but I need to keep up the pretense of hope because that may be all we have.

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#57. At any other time, we would have been sheep in the company of wolves. But now, we have what people might call "presence".

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#58. This sword is not just an angel sword. She's an archangel sword. Better than an angel sword, in case that's not clear. She intimidates the other angel swords."
"What, the other swords quake in their scabbards when they see her?

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#59. You should know," he says. His whisper is low enough that even angels probably couldn't hear it beyond the background noise of conversations in the corridor. "I don't even like you.

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#60. He reaches for the sword. I step back, not wanting to hand it over.
'What are you going to do, fight me for her?' he asks. He sounds like he's close to laughing.
'What are you going to do with it?'
He sighs, seeming tired. 'Use it as a crutch, what do you think?

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#61. Both are women dressed in tight dresses and high

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#62. We have struck back. We have declared war on any being that dares to think they can wipe us out without a fight. No matter how celestial, no matter how powerful they are, this is our home and we will fight to keep it.

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#63. You're not in a cult, are you, Mom?" "Of course not." She looks at me like I just insulted her. "Those people are all nuts. They'll regret having sold you out. I made sure of that. If Paige eats someone, it'll be someone outside their cult. It's the worst punishment they can imagine.

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#64. Waxes and wanes with no predictable schedule or trigger.

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#65. Pretty soon, you'll end up being a full-fledged member of my clan. I always knew you would. You'd make an excellent archdemon." His smile dries up. "Too bad I don't care to have you as my boss.

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#66. The only thing that matters in the end is your own survival. It's what humans and cockroaches are best at.

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#67. So long as you don't bleed in the shape of wing joints, you should pass for human. Oh, and don't let anyone pick you up. They'll know you're not right as soon as they feel how light you are."
"I'll be sure not to let anyone but you carry me in her arms.

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#68. You'd better be careful. You might be mistaken for someone who's worried about me.

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#69. What I would do with angel intel, I don't know. But it can't hurt to gain a little knowledge.
Tell that to Adam and Eve.

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#70. The right thing is a luxury for rich and sheltered people. For the rest of us, the only right thing is staying out of trouble and surviving as best we can.

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#71. If only they knew that the sword that dominated their weapons is called Pooky Bear.

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#72. Against the wounded sky, a lone angel circles above us. No, not an angel. Light glints off curved metal on one of the edges of his wings. They are not shaped like a bird's wings. It's a giant bat-wing shape. My heart speeds up with my need to shout out to him. Could

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#73. His grin turns boyish. Assuming you don't clock an angel for pissing you off.

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#74. I wasn't saying you were heartbroken." I sound like English is a new language for me, the way I stutter out the words. "I just meant it was hard for me to ... to watch."
He neither confirms nor denies that he might or might not have been even a teeny bit heartbroken.

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#75. Their presence and attitude remind me of Raffe. He would fit in. It's easy to visualize him sitting in the booth with that group, drinking and laughing with the gang. Well, the laughing part takes a little imagination, but I'm sure he's capable of it.

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#76. I'm flattered that you need the biggest, meanest warrior on your side to best me, Uri. Let's see, how big a warrior do I need as a second to beat you and Sacriel? Hmm . . . I'll take . . . the Daughter of Man. She should even out the odds.

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#77. If I were I human, I'd plow the nicest farm for you.

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#78. I knew from the start that your loyalty would get you killed. I just never thought it would be your loyalty to me that would do it.

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#79. No one would blow up their entire country in the hope that a few angels might be in the air when you did it. It's just not responsible nuke behavior."
"Unlike nuclear cow missiles," says Dum.
"Exactly.

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#80. You are nothing but a bird with attitude.

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#81. A warm arm enfolds me like a shield around my shoulder and turns me toward the side of the stage.
"Stay with me," says a familiar masculine whisper from above my head. Even over the yelling of the mob and the roaring of the waves, something unfurls in my chest at the sound of that voice.

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#82. When I feel the Snickers bar in my hand, I know I'm in the inner sanctum.

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#83. Even the end of the world can't keep us from wanting to belong, I guess.

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#84. Because she looked like a monster, that's why. And it never occurred to me that monsters might feel pain.

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#85. It is not the gentle kiss of a couple on a first date, nor is it the kiss of a man driven by simple lust. He kisses me with the desperation of a dying man who believes the magic of eternal life is in this kiss.

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#86. Good to see you alive, Penryn," says Obi.
"Good to be alive," I say. "Are we having
movie nights?

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#87. I catch sight of Raffe gliding with Beliel's old demon wings above me. He refused to take part in such "human work" as leaving flyers on cars and doors but keeps an eye on us anyway.

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#88. I've never killed anyone before. What frightens me isn't that I'm killing someone. What frightens me is how easy it is.

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#89. My friends call me Wrath," says Raffe. "My enemies call me Please Have Mercy. What's your name, soldier boy?

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#90. You're smarter than you look,' I say to Raffe.

'But not as smart as he thinks,' says Howler.

'I can see discipline has broken down during your vacation,' says Raffe.

'Yeah, it's all that lounging on the beach with nothing to do but drink and watch women.

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#91. That would have been so awesome. Can you imagine? Boom!" He mimes a mushroom cloud. "Moo!

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#92. His last thought before he blacks out is that his Watchers would have liked this girl.

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#93. I swing my blade as hard as I can. I can feel the surge of excitement coming through the blade as Pooky gets a chance to cut into a Pit lord.

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#94. And now there's this. A talent show. Silly and nonsensical. Stupid and fun. Together. Laughing. Being part of the human race. Knowing about the horrors that have happened and will happen but choosing to live anyway. Maybe there's an art to being human.

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#95. The bloodied angel must have one hell of a reputation because despite his condition, the perfectly healthy and beefy Burnt slams his sword back into his sheath. He

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#96. I look up to say something but he puts his finger to my lips and whispers, Don't talk. You'll just spoil my fantasy of rescuing an innocent damsel in distress as soon as you open your mouth.

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#97. A little weird? That was freakin' Bizarroville."
He pauses and looks back at me.
"Are you speaking English?

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#98. How close are they to creating this angelic plague?" "Not very. Otherwise, I would have had to kill them.

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#99. He shakes his head sadly at me.'These are the rules we live by. We are soldiers, Penryn. Legendary warriors willing to make legendary sacrifices. We do not ask. We do not choose.' He says that like a motto, a pledge he'd said a thousand times.

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#100. We may not be as perfect as we used to be,' says Raffe, 'but it's all relative.'
I try to give him a dirty look, but I can't help but laugh. 'Yes, I'm laughing at you.'
Raffe pulls me closer and kisses me again. I melt into his taut body. I can't help myself. I'm not even sure I should try

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