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  1. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    Other parents warn their kids not to talk to strangers. I had to warn mine not to eat them.
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  2. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    Okay, now things got tough. In the movies, heroes always get into seemingly impenetrable buildings through a heating duct or ventilation shaft or service entrance. In real life, if someone goes through all the hassle of creating an elaborate security system, they don't have a 3 ✕ 3 ventilation shaft secured only by a metal grate and four screws. Unless they're really, really stupid.
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  3. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    People today work as hard, if not harder, than they did thirty years ago. The only difference is the quality of the work they perform. They no longer accomplish anything of value. They only service the machines.
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  4. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    Now I was standing in a forest grove with a witch, a half-demon, a vampire, and a shaman, planning to put an end to a nefarious plot to usurp our powers and alter the path of humankind. Talk about your conspiracy theories.
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  5. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    Still, I shouldered part of the blame, maybe because it gave me some sense of control in an uncontrollable situation.
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  6. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    I never tell that story. I hate it. Hate, hate, hate it. I refuse to let my past explain my present. I grew up, I grew up stronger, I overcame it. End of story. From the time I was old enough to realize that my problems were not my fault, I'd decided not to shift the blame to all of those foster families, but to get rid of it. Throw it out. Move on. I could imagine no fate worse than becoming someone who tells the story of her dysfunctional childhood to every stranger on the bus. If I did well in life, I wanted people to say I did well, not that I did well "all things considered." My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.
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  7. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    I was...a journalist...though my typical beat was freelancing articles on Canadian politics, which never included any mention of demonic phenomena, though it might explain the rise of the neoconservatives.
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  8. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.
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  9. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced.
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  10. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.
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  11. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.
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  12. Kelley Armstrong _ Stolen

    A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They'd resorted to torture already.
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