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Emily pounded on the door, assuming it would do no good, but finding the act of pounding very satisfying indeed.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Emily already knew there was going to be hell to pay, and she supposed there was no use allowing it to accrue interest.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
There is a difference between not understanding and being willfully obtuse.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Sadly, there is a fine line between patriotism and paranoia.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
She was painfully aware that doing one’s best was never assurance that it wasn’t the wrong choice anyway.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
But it was impossible to remain so long in the company of a female, even a divine one, without suffering some form of disillusionment.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
It was disappointing, as if a wish she didn’t know she’d made hadn’t come true.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
The shortness of the woman’s replies indicated that Emily was asking questions Miss Jesczenka didn’t particularly want to answer, but those were usually the questions that most needed to be asked.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
The obsessive rules of etiquette struck Emily as mean-spirited, like the old trick of tying someone’s shoelaces under the table. It was only fun if you liked watching people fall down.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Love. Such a lot of damn fuss.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
In his idle hours, Heusler sometimes amused himself by trying to conceive of a crime a mortal man could commit that was more monstrous than making a goddess fall in love with him. He had never succeeded.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
I don’t think that’s the answer he was looking for. It’s not the answer I was looking for. But maybe it’s the right one.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Could one die from boredom, she wondered? From complete, oppressive, crushing, unmitigated boredom, the likes of which made all other boredom seem like ecstasy’s sweet thrilling embrace? And in such a case, if one happened to have a life insurance policy, would it pay?
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Nothing is ever what you want it to be. The harder you grab for it, the more deeply it cuts. And it mocks you for being foolish enough to reach for it at all. You come to fear touching anything at all, because you know that if you do, it will become terrible.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
“I’m sorry Mr. Stanton, really I am. I didn’t mean to miss it. Things...happened.”
“Oh, well. Things happened. How nice to have that cleared up.”
The Hidden Goddess (2011)
Spread out before the pyramid, as far as the eye could see, stretched a frozen ocean of blackness—stinking oily blackness that bubbled and churned. Voider than void, colder than cold, deader than dead.
It is your world.
It is the world we will make for you.
The Hidden Goddess (2011)