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You look okay,” Sam said with a certain desperate edge in his voice. “I mean good. You look good. Better than good. I mean, you know, beautiful.”
“Seriously? You’re hitting on me?”
“No!” Sam cried. “No. No, no, no. No. Not that…” He let that trail off and bit his lip.
Diana laughed delightedly. “You are so easy to mess with.


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Chase, you’re fine; you look good.”
“Really?” I said, stepping into the elevator.
M.R. MERRICK He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot."
"What? Me?" I stam...
MORGAN MATSON No. No!” he says.
“I . . .” He looks wildly around the room. For inspiration? For divine ...
E.L. JAMES Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.”
Jack gulped and bobbed his head.
“Better yet, ...
MICHAEL GRANT The point is,” Caine continued, “you and I share something in common, Sam. We were born just thr...
MICHAEL GRANT There was a deep silence, only scraped on its surfaces by the faint quiver of empty seed-plumes, and...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy.
...
KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI Is that it?”
“No. That’s a wall.”
“It could be disguised.”
“You’re no...
DEREK LANDY Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Hey, brah,” Quinn said.
“What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked.
“It’s a club...
MICHAEL GRANT Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?"
"I-I don't know...
MARISSA MEYER No", she said, "I know that you don't like me."

"You don't know anything.
RAINBOW ROWELL Jem shook his head. "You bit de Quincey" he said. "You fool. He's a VAMPIRE"

"I had no ch...
CASSANDRA CLARE Why, so we can look for some little kid who probably doesn’t even know he’s missing?”
Aga...
MICHAEL GRANT Did you bring me a hamburger?
Did I-No,Myrnin,I didn't bring you a hamburger.Bizarre.He'd neve...
RACHEL CAINE Sam, I know you’re upset over what happened with you and Drake,” Astrid began.
“Upset?”...
MICHAEL GRANT It's very good of you--"

"No, no, not at all. It's my hobby. Not proposing to people, I d...
DOROTHY L. SAYERS You look lousy,' he said.
Jace blinked. 'Seems an odd time to start an insult contest, but if ...
CASSANDRA CLARE So you're always honest," I said.
"Aren't you?"
"No," I told him. "I'm not."
"Well, t...
SARAH DESSEN You should see it. V for Vendetta I mean.
"I'll look it up."
No. With Me. At my house. No...
JOHN GREEN You’re touching me,” I chided him.
He caressed my back, sliding his hand down, hitting eve...
ILONA ANDREWS You know I wanna stay with you, right? I mean forever... we agree on that, right?

Are you...
ARNE BELLSTORF A smile curved his lips.
Stunned, she stood there unable to move as she saw the one thing she'd...
SHERRILYN KENYON It’s time,” Jack said.
“Breeze? Count the kids,” Sam said.
Brianna was back in twe...
MICHAEL GRANT Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked.
“Because we don’t wa...
MICHAEL GRANT You’re not pathetic. Actually, I envy you a little.”
“Because I’m a mess?” Zach asked...
JULIE JAMES You are my drug of choice
I know you’re no good for me
And though I swear my lips
W...
JUSTIN WETCH Look, this is all very, very weird. Why are you focusing on rumours and urban legends? You haven’t...
DEREK LANDY Hey! One of Edilio’s soldiers just came staggering in from the gas station. He says someone attack...
MICHAEL GRANT I'm surprised no one's come to greet you," Sam murmured.
"Gawk. Not greet.
JODI MEADOWS Persephone told me that you said it wasn't as good as you expected it. When she kissed you, I mean."...
AIMEE CARTER Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he sai...
MERCEDES LACKEY You are real," she said to herself.

"Aye." His voice was deep and resonant, a caress in h...
J.R. WARD I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms," said he.
"I'm none but a har...
PETER S. BEAGLE He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?"
"Like what?"
"Like hitting on you....
RACHEL CAINE What do you mean, You have No Dreams?
The Truth is, you have No Courage.
VINEET RAJ KAPOOR You know all of the young gentlemen better than I do,” Lady Manston continued. “Are there any we...
JULIA QUINN I don't forgive him," I said.
"Hell, no, you don't. And why should you? So he can feel better? ...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG We were both quiet a long time and I was about to fall back asleep in the curve of his arm with his ...
KRISTEN ASHLEY I saw a picture of you and Vincent in a 1968 newspaper that said you died in a fire," I said, turnin...
AMY PLUM He frowned. She laughed. He brightened. She pouted. He grinned. She flinched. Come on: we don’t do...
MARTIN AMIS Do i look like a beautiful blond with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice-cream?...
QUENTIN TARANTINO You just want me to hold you until you fall asleep?"
I didn't answer.
He shifted to look s...
JAMIE MCGUIRE I clinked my bottle against his. “To being the only girl a
guy with no standards doesn’t w...
JAMIE MCGUIRE My little man,” she said.
“No.”
She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.”
...
MICHAEL GRANT Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
"No"
"No?"
"...
RICHELLE MEAD You look different." His words, normally crisp,are now sluggish.
"So do you," I say.And he does...
VERONICA ROTH I’d kiss you, too, if I was closer.”(claire)
“I wouldn’t,” Michael said. “I don’t...
RACHEL CAINE Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?'
'Hmm . . . What do you think, Harry?' said Luna, l...
J.K. ROWLING Qualities of a Good Nurse: Go," I said.

"1. Doesn't pun on your disability," Isaac said.<...
JOHN GREEN Jalal," she said, "I can explain."
"There's no need."
"I'm not - "
"I told you; there...
RENEE AHDIEH Okay?Okay?" People in the hall stared at us. I realized I was practically shouting. "He's out...
RICHELLE MEAD You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It...
TRUMAN CAPOTE Do you love me?” Diana asked.
Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like...
MICHAEL GRANT I thought it could be something, I mean, eventually." Harrison finally looks at us. "My life I thoug...
COURTNEY SUMMERS Mencheres dropped his hands from my shoulders. “You know that’s what he wants. He’ll want to t...
JEANIENE FROST You let her get away?” Caine demanded, forgetting Sam for the moment.
“I didn’t let her g...
MICHAEL GRANT Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?"
"No. They only say that I'm goo...
ROBERT B. PARKER You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.”

“No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I ...
RICHELLE MEAD They don't fit you?" V asked his roommate.
"Not the point. No offense, but these are wicked Vi...
J.R. WARD Still hiding, Cupid said, smashing another skeleton to pieces. You do not have the strengt...
RICK RIORDAN You want to beat Peter?" she asked
"No," he answered
"Beat the buggers. Then come home an...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Take this drink as a token of
my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be sh...
INITIALLY NO Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can.
JUROR NO What do you mean by that?”

Her frustration got the best of her. “You’re so used to ...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Alwa...
RICHELLE MEAD 'You know what I thought the first time I saw you?'

'No.'

'Point of no retu...
JOSH LANYON How'd you get to be so good at this?"
"I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin...
RACHEL CAINE The first time I met him, I accidentally turned his nose into a penis. I was young and thought about...
T.J. KLUNE Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Y...
TERESA OF ÁVILA 'Sugar, aint you ever had no good time?' she said with a bit of sadness in her voice.
'What y...
BERNICE L. MCFADDEN no light no dark no you no me
know light know dark know you know me
KAMI GARCIA I hate smug people.”
Ros laughed. “That you do. And so you’re using his phone. He’ll ex...
KELLY BATTEN You bit de Quincey," he said. "You fool. He's a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire." ...
CASSANDRA CLARE Dante laughed. "No cold soup, no goat cheese. I'll make a mental note. And no Gottfried Curse."
YVONNE WOON Daemon spoke in his language. The lyrical quality of his words made no sense to me.

“Wh...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Okay, so. You, Belikov, the Alchemist, Sonya Karp, Victor Dashkov, and Robert Doru are all hanging o...
RICHELLE MEAD What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
'Cats don't have names,'...
NEIL GAIMAN ... ... ...say yes... when you mean yes ... ... ...say no... when you mean no... ... ...know what yo...
CHRIS VALENTINO Just Friends

I know that I don't own you,
and perhaps I never will,
so anger wh...
LANG LEAV I'm not leaving." I said.
"Why not?" he demanded.
"I'm in my last semester of school -it ...
STEPHENIE MEYER No one deserves you like I do.” …
“No one sees you like I do.” …
“No one under...
COLLEEN HOOVER No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch."
"Good," Sanjit said.
"Good? Why good...
MICHAEL GRANT It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. It was a nice way to finish up. It looked pretty go...
DONALD NO Look at me; look at me.
Can you see; can you see?
I am here; you are there.
No more f...
DEBASISH MRIDHA You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.”
“...
MICHAEL GRANT There is beautiful you are."
"No," said Marged, between a sigh and a sob.
"Yes," said Owen...
RICHARD LLEWELLYN I'm a girl."
When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of e...
SCOTT WESTERFELD You look happy," he said to Clary. He swiveled his gaze to Jace. "And a good thing for you that she ...
CASSANDRA CLARE I think of you often
and make no outward show,
But what it means to lose you,
no one will ...
ANON. I tell you what, Mr. Fledgeby,' said Lammle, advancing on him. 'Since you presume to contradict me, ...
CHARLES DICKENS I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?”
“Mean and self-pitying. Does that make...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to make a profit. I’m using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Ea...
MICHAEL GRANT All I really need,” he continued, “is for you to act as a deterrent.”
“A deterrent?” ...
JULIA QUINN You should go order a sweet roll. Those are to die for. And a carne adovada burrito."
DARYNDA JONES Don't you want to know what cookies is a code word for?"
"No! Good God, no!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I am with you. I'm not going anywhere."

"Is there anything special you want to see? Paris...
CASSANDRA CLARE They were so thrilled when I said I’m a virgin,” I blurt out. “I’m so fucking stupid.”
MINDY MCGINNIS So say I’m your mom.'
'What?' I said.
'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you wa...
SARAH DESSEN You’re impossible.” I sighed. “And really weird. No wonder Jared likes you.”
“Is that...
REA LIDDE

More Michael Grant

So asking you to take a moonlit walk with me, that would totally not work?"
"What?" Again that ...
MICHAEL GRANT No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch."
"Good," Sanjit said.
"Good? Why good...
MICHAEL GRANT He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Ast...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam was slow getting up. To Quinn he looked like an old man standing up after slipping on the ice. B...
MICHAEL GRANT Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as th...
MICHAEL GRANT Where was Sam?
It hit her full force then, the shocking realization. Was this how Sam felt? Was...
MICHAEL GRANT Hi, Albert,” Quinn called back. He seemed distracted. And Albert was sure that he’d seen Quinn m...
MICHAEL GRANT The door exploded inward and a tangle of bug legs appeared.
“I can hold them, but I can’t k...
MICHAEL GRANT I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully.
Jack rolled his ey...
MICHAEL GRANT What’s Albert going to do?” a boy named Jim demanded. “Where’s Albert?”
Albert steppe...
MICHAEL GRANT The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, tota...
MICHAEL GRANT Human Crew had been a group formed to defend the rights of normals against freaks. At least that was...
MICHAEL GRANT Sorry, folks, but the maximum occupancy is seventy-five,” Albert said. Then he spotted Jack. “Ja...
MICHAEL GRANT Um, people.”
It wasn’t hard to get their attention. They gathered around. Even the littlest...
MICHAEL GRANT Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam.
“Okay. Approved.”
“Dah...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief.
He closed his eyes as soon as he o...
MICHAEL GRANT Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything h...
MICHAEL GRANT My little man,” she said.
“No.”
She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.”
...
MICHAEL GRANT Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it?
“I’ve made some bad decisions,”...
MICHAEL GRANT And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other.
“Why didn’t you just . . ....
MICHAEL GRANT Hunter woke suddenly. A noise.
It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ...
MICHAEL GRANT Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch.
MICHAEL GRANT No, no, no, so not getting the point of fear. Because fear wasn't about what made sense. Fear was ab...
MICHAEL GRANT Yeah. A feeling. Like the whole point of my life from the alleys in Bangkok to the yachts and privat...
MICHAEL GRANT Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked.
“Because we don’t wa...
MICHAEL GRANT Yeah, let’s get John here. That way we can stall for a while longer. We can keep on doing nothing ...
MICHAEL GRANT She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared.
She would stop the blood. MICHAEL GRANT Man, don't ever be sorry you don't want to kill someone.
MICHAEL GRANT The point is,” Caine continued, “you and I share something in common, Sam. We were born just thr...
MICHAEL GRANT It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange pla...
MICHAEL GRANT Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations.
MICHAEL GRANT Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t...
MICHAEL GRANT At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps.
“You don’t have to move out,...
MICHAEL GRANT Scared people did scary things sometimes,
MICHAEL GRANT You're staring," Lana said.
"Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear hav...
MICHAEL GRANT If God gives you a Quiznos, can I have a bite? No way. You have to pray for your own food.
MICHAEL GRANT Okay, look. I get it. You're one of those people who thinks they have to help screwed-up people. Or ...
MICHAEL GRANT They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.
MICHAEL GRANT You let her get away?” Caine demanded, forgetting Sam for the moment.
“I didn’t let her g...
MICHAEL GRANT Lunch had been at a McDonald’s in Santa Barbara. It had been so clean. It had smelled like food. I...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam, I know you’re upset over what happened with you and Drake,” Astrid began.
“Upset?”...
MICHAEL GRANT Tino really battled inside. He battled against [Joe] Reitz, which was a really good battle all night...
MICHAEL GRANT I want my mom,” a little boy cried out suddenly.
Every voice fell silent. The boy had said wh...
MICHAEL GRANT Mr. Albert? Mr. Albert?” Harley said.
“Just Albert’s fine,” Albert said tersely.
...
MICHAEL GRANT He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He woul...
MICHAEL GRANT Caine’s a guy who needs to win. He needs to win before he poofs. Or he needs to win before I poof....
MICHAEL GRANT Penny rolled over, got to her feet, trying to get control of her scattered mind, but Quinn was behin...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk ...
MICHAEL GRANT But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.
MICHAEL GRANT People are idiots, Choo. Always remember that: people are faithless, backstabbing, weak, creepy, stu...
MICHAEL GRANT The pain was her whole world now. Pain and fear.
MICHAEL GRANT So many things I'm not, and so few things I am.
MICHAEL GRANT Superpowers, don't always make you a superhero. - Duck
MICHAEL GRANT Stay in your boats,” Dahra said. “We’re still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the doc...
MICHAEL GRANT Hey! One of Edilio’s soldiers just came staggering in from the gas station. He says someone attack...
MICHAEL GRANT Albert had created a currency based on gold bullets and McDonald’s game pieces. He’d wanted to c...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to make a profit. I’m using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Ea...
MICHAEL GRANT promise me, Sam: whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to survive.”
“Astrid—”
MICHAEL GRANT He overheard the director talking to one of the cameramen. The cameraman was explaining that he coul...
MICHAEL GRANT (...) But Gaia had absorbed the new information. "I won't need to kill billions, Diana. When Nemesis...
MICHAEL GRANT It's over, Sam. Finally."
"Yeah," he said. "I guess it is."
"Turn out the light, Sam."
MICHAEL GRANT Hello, Darkness," Caine said.
Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ...
MICHAEL GRANT It took Caine a few beats to get it. “No. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.”
MICHAEL GRANT You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name men...
MICHAEL GRANT A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go—
MICHAEL GRANT It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu...
MICHAEL GRANT Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear.
“Yep,” Caine said. “That’...
MICHAEL GRANT Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’...
MICHAEL GRANT A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about
MICHAEL GRANT Sam,” Astrid yelled. “Quick.”
Sam thought he was too far gone to respond, but he somehow ...
MICHAEL GRANT Too bad we don't have marshmallows. This is an amazing fire." Howard emerged through the smoke behin...
MICHAEL GRANT Astrid had gone to look at the burn zone. Doing the right thing.
Kids had yelled at her. Demand...
MICHAEL GRANT He didn’t mind Drake so much. Drake was a creep.
It was the girl who made Orc want to cry. MICHAEL GRANT Hey, thanks for stopping by," Howard said. "I'd offer you some tea and cookies, but all we have is b...
MICHAEL GRANT There’ll be guys who were in wars hearing what we did and thinking, ‘Whoa.’ You and me, we can...
MICHAEL GRANT Diana can read power levels,” Astrid said. “Did she ever…”
Sam nodded. “She said the ...
MICHAEL GRANT It’s time,” Jack said.
“Breeze? Count the kids,” Sam said.
Brianna was back in twe...
MICHAEL GRANT About time,” Brianna said.
“Hey, sorry, we were kind of busy,” Quinn snapped. “And I di...
MICHAEL GRANT He was still furious at Quinn, but they were—literally—all in the same boat now.
MICHAEL GRANT I came up with myself. FAYZ. Spelled F-A-Y-Z. It stands for Fallout Alley Youth Zone. Fallout Alley,...
MICHAEL GRANT He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky.
MICHAEL GRANT but I know you're the brightest shooting star in the sky - Astrid
MICHAEL GRANT You'll never have complete control, Caine. This world is changing all the time. Animals. People. Who...
MICHAEL GRANT Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story.
MICHAEL GRANT welcome to the FAYZ. Wherever, whenever or whyever that is
MICHAEL GRANT One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone...
MICHAEL GRANT It couldn’t last. Everyone was just killing time. But if all they did was kill time, time would en...
MICHAEL GRANT That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and...
MICHAEL GRANT Don’t want no more rock,” Orc repeated.
The bleeding stopped almost immediately.
“Do...
MICHAEL GRANT We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws.
MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ...
MICHAEL GRANT You’re supposed to be the big boss.”
Sam said nothing. The crowd hushed, ready to watch thi...
MICHAEL GRANT Hunter’s dead,” Taylor said without preamble. “It was these . . . these things. They came craw...
MICHAEL GRANT And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam sent me to give you a message, Edilio. He said, ‘Tell Edilio I couldn’t kill the bugs.’”...
MICHAEL GRANT Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ...
MICHAEL GRANT Have either of you seen Sam? Brianna can’t find him.”
Albert sighed. “He’s out of town....
MICHAEL GRANT Albert, I don’t know how long we can keep Sam involved at all,” she said.
“You’re upset...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam always felt like a fool in this room. He sat in a too-big chair at one end of the table. Astrid ...
MICHAEL GRANT Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong do...
MICHAEL GRANT Has Orc shown up here?” But neither Caine nor Diana answered. Both were staring at Drake, who saun...
MICHAEL GRANT You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.”
“...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd...
MICHAEL GRANT Caine met Diana's disbelieving gaze and laughed aloud.
"Why so gloomy? Doesn't every little gir...
MICHAEL GRANT It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'"
"That's great," Lana said.
"Invinc...
MICHAEL GRANT Fear was about possibilities. Not things that happened. Things that might.
MICHAEL GRANT [Caine]
"Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were."
[Sam]
MICHAEL GRANT The food is ready,” Zil announced to loud cheers.
“But we have something more important to ...
MICHAEL GRANT He's one kind of person, you're another. When life is going along normally, you're sort of the same....
MICHAEL GRANT Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.
MICHAEL GRANT It's not about who's got powers, morons. It's about who's not afraid. And who's going to do what has...
MICHAEL GRANT Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shove...
MICHAEL GRANT Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked.
“He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to te...
MICHAEL GRANT God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then ...
MICHAEL GRANT I’ll tell you all about it, but let’s eat first. I’ve had nothing to eat. Although I was offer...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?”
“Mean and self-pitying. Does that make...
MICHAEL GRANT We’ve searched all of the homes and carried the food to Ralph’s,” Sam continued. “The proble...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam, Edilio’s a good guy,” Albert said, breaking in on Sam’s gloomy thoughts. “But like I sa...
MICHAEL GRANT You know what, Sam? We created the council to take pressure off of you. Because you were falling apa...
MICHAEL GRANT The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a...
MICHAEL GRANT With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ...
MICHAEL GRANT The question I have is what alternative does either the county or the state have? ... Does anybody h...
MICHAEL GRANT Why are we sneaking out in the night?” Jack repeated.
“I already explained,” Sam snapped....
MICHAEL GRANT How has he moved so quickly from childlike naïvité to existential panic?
MICHAEL GRANT The intruders spoke no words as they rushed in. Five boys carrying baseball bats and tire irons. The...
MICHAEL GRANT Drake's whip hand spun Diana like a top.
She cried out. That sound, her cry, pierced Caine like...
MICHAEL GRANT Astrid and Taylor didn’t like each other much. But Taylor was an extremely valuable person to have...
MICHAEL GRANT Hey, Sam,” Drake shouted. “I thought you’d like to know this isn’t my whole army.”
Sa...
MICHAEL GRANT There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed,...
MICHAEL GRANT First there was Caine’s patently false “confession.” Then there was the fact that the FAYZ Leg...
MICHAEL GRANT ot everyone liked Albert. Not everyone was happy that he had become the most important person around...
MICHAEL GRANT Hey, brah,” Quinn said.
“What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked.
“It’s a club...
MICHAEL GRANT We’re not going to give in. We’re going to fight.”
“Got that right,” a voice cried ou...
MICHAEL GRANT I’ve helped you when I could, Caine. I’ve done all of it. I kept you alive and changed your filt...
MICHAEL GRANT Do you love me?” Diana asked.
Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like...
MICHAEL GRANT He’s not the first to say that.
MICHAEL GRANT And death is better because death is the end of fear, isnt it? -Dekka
MICHAEL GRANT Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of ma...
MICHAEL GRANT It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find...
MICHAEL GRANT You're a big, lovable teddy bear.
MICHAEL GRANT Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.”
Jack gulped and bobbed his head.
“Better yet, ...
MICHAEL GRANT First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv...
MICHAEL GRANT Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ...
MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me te...
MICHAEL GRANT Sometimes I think He looks down and says, "Wow, look what those idiots are up to now. I guess I bett...
MICHAEL GRANT I like your boyfriend," Dahra said. "Not many guys volunteer to carry ten gallons of diarrhea and vo...
MICHAEL GRANT No one vinces me, baby
MICHAEL GRANT He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling.
“What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid de...
MICHAEL GRANT Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. "Don't worry: I won't let you fall off."
"Yeah...
MICHAEL GRANT Did you throw a rock at my brother?” Astrid yelled, fearless in her outrage. She dropped to her kn...
MICHAEL GRANT We were disturbed the president moved too slowly, that FEMA looked too disorganized.
MICHAEL GRANT Cabeza de turco.
MICHAEL GRANT What’s happened so far? Coyotes evolved limited powers of speech. Worms developed teeth and became...
MICHAEL GRANT I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it.
MICHAEL GRANT We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it.
MICHAEL GRANT Welcome to Perdido beach, where our motto is: Radiation, what radiation?
MICHAEL GRANT Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let th...
MICHAEL GRANT What do you think that fish is?' Sam asked Astrid.
She peered closely at the alleged fish. 'I t...
MICHAEL GRANT We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in t...
MICHAEL GRANT If you do bad stuff and don't repent, you go to hell," Orc said, like he was begging for a refutatio...
MICHAEL GRANT More than two dozen kids lined a low railing around the gazebo. They were all tied to it by a rope l...
MICHAEL GRANT He never should have left the island. He’d been there with Diana and Penny. He could have tossed P...
MICHAEL GRANT We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT I think it's going to be fairly difficult.
MICHAEL GRANT An enormous failure of the system has clearly been exposed, but this system failure is associated wi...
MICHAEL GRANT Lana leveled the gun at Penny. “Stop,” Lana said.
Penny’s reddened face grew pale. Whatev...
MICHAEL GRANT You can't let him get away with this!" Penny shrieked.
Caine wasn’t having it. “You stupid...
MICHAEL GRANT Hello, freak,” Drake said.
Lana backed away, but too late. Drake leveled his gun at her.
MICHAEL GRANT Which was how Britteny ended up nestled next to Mickey, under the shelter of a painter's drop cloth....
MICHAEL GRANT Hand me my pants,
MICHAEL GRANT Why, so we can look for some little kid who probably doesn’t even know he’s missing?”
Aga...
MICHAEL GRANT Man, sometimes you are clueless. You don’t even see what’s happening.” He perched himself on t...
MICHAEL GRANT She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all ...
MICHAEL GRANT Brianna’s looking for Drake,” Edilio said, thinking out loud.
“You sent her out against D...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to help,” Albert said.
“By paying him with beer?”
“I paid him what he...
MICHAEL GRANT What’s up, Albert?”
“Well, I’ve done inventory at Ralph’s, and I think if I had a lot...
MICHAEL GRANT What happened?” Albert asked.
Taylor looked at Sam. Sam said nothing. He stared. First at his...
MICHAEL GRANT He’s becoming useless. Worse than useless,” Sam said. Then, relenting, he said, “We’ll get p...
MICHAEL GRANT Female say Pack Leader stop,” Pack Leader said angrily.
“What?” Caine could make no sense...
MICHAEL GRANT Tell me something, Noah. Which is more important: freedom or happiness?'

What was this, a...
MICHAEL GRANT No, I'm not a jerk, Astrid. You know what I am? I'm the guy getting people killed," Sam said quietly...
MICHAEL GRANT Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars...
MICHAEL GRANT Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes."
Diana looked at the ground to hide her em...
MICHAEL GRANT Say it. But..."
"But what?" he asked.
She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only...
MICHAEL GRANT Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?”
Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ...
MICHAEL GRANT But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are,
w...
MICHAEL GRANT But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain.
MICHAEL GRANT I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ...
MICHAEL GRANT He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away.
He moved his hand up ...
MICHAEL GRANT Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto...
MICHAEL GRANT Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad.
“What’...
MICHAEL GRANT Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?”
MICHAEL GRANT And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d...
MICHAEL GRANT The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi...
MICHAEL GRANT Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked.
“What do you want with Sam?”
“I can’t take care ...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin...
MICHAEL GRANT Fear wasn't about what made sense. Fear was about possibilities. Not things that happened. Things th...
FEAR MICHAEL GRANT