Although Lucifer had accelerated the process, it has begun decades earlier, when the coming of the jet age had triggered an explosion of global tourism

Nothing in this scene will be changed by my death, Nicole thought. There will just be one less pair of eyes to observe its splendor. And one less collection of chemicals risen to consciousness to...

But was even this the end? A few mystically inclined biologists went still further. They speculated, taking their cues from the beliefs of many religions, that mind would eventually free itself from...

Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.

It is never a mistake to say good - bye.

You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them.

Yes, there what we would consider 'emergent circumstances.'

The Brotherhood and the Band of Bastards had to go try and make peace. And he had to go look his brother in the face. -

All right,” Vishous muttered. “I’ll be back when I know something.” “Please don’t send that angel.” “Nah. That would make your punishment cruel and unusual.”

It was a farewell. Not a good-bye, but a fare... well. and he had the sense they would.

True. This gluten - is - the - enemy thing is total bullshit. And don't get me started on kombucha tea, kale, anything with antioxidants in it, and the fallacy that high - fructose corn syrup is the...

"Please," Eddie implored. "Not Lassiter. Anybody but Lassiter - he could be anywhere on the planet, doing anything."

Besides, the mists that surrounded the compound could scramble anything from GPS to Santa Claus.

And maybe there is greatness waiting for you - if you only get back up on your feet and keep going.

I'm prepared to be a very patient man when it comes to you. I will seduce you for however long it takes – give you space if you need it or follow you tight as sunshine on your shoulder if you'll let...

Wrath, what do you say? 'Fuck,' came the reply. Appropriate word choice, my lord, but not really an answer.

All right, then, her first rule for the rest of her days: no more looking outside for definitions. She might not have any clue who she was, but better to be lost and searching than shoved into a...

Qhuinn smiled, baring his fangs. 'Has anyone ever shown you the difference between good touch and bad touch?' Cause I'd love to demonstrate. We could start right now.

Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from her, he could probably run a marathon. While dragging a car behind him. Sideways to the road.

A dream postponed is a dream we deny ourselves.

The world was too full of wastrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything that was said or written suspect.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.

It's one thing to be a good guy because that's who you are. It's something else to be a good guy because you're too much of a fucking pussy to break the rules.

But just because he couldn't sense it didn't necessarily mean it wasn't there.

Isn't that what you said Yoda told you before you died?

hand. Care to explain

Look, I'm not a demon here. I don't eat babies or kick puppies. I just tell the truth. She shrugged. "Can I help it if that makes the liars of the world angry?"

He wanted desperately to love her, to be able to make her happy, to be a family with her and their children. He wanted the dream - home, wife, children, love, happiness. Not fleetingly - gone almost...

It was a fear that disappeared once the action started, to be replaced by the mad bloodlust that was sometimes called courage.

"I suppose," he said, his voice harsher than he had intended it to be, "you want marriage again." "No," she said quickly. "No, never that. Not again. Why would any woman willingly make herself the...