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"The usual warmth of his hands wasn’t there. They chilled my skin as they slipped to my waist, and I realized he was scared."
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"Do you think we can be friends? I asked. He stared up at the ceiling. Probably not, but we can pretend."
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"So, you know that group up there in the Planetarium then?’ The pistol continued. ‘Hey they say it’s a small world.’     ‘Are they alright?’ asked Semilla darting forward.     ‘Yeah, they’re all fine, apart from the President he’s rather dead actually, oh and one of the lampposts I’m afraid he copped it too.’     Baz’s beacon flickered with emotion. ‘Which one?’ he asked.     ‘There was only one President as far as I know,’ said the pistol indifferently."
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"The power shall always belong to those who give their lives to the city."
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"Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks."
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"Why is he scared of the dark?I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is."
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"In the afternoon, they stopped to eat on a rocky outcrop. Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for no reason, even while chewing food. It brightened the woods, and the never sky, and everything."
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"Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example: lending – no, giving –thirty thousand pounds to a smooth-talking old bastard, but she would not part with a penny to him after living with him for a year or more."
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"I’m fucking asking you! The man stood his ground. From the corner of his eye Adam could see the other man getting up from his chair. It was time to go. Adam head-butted the first man who was blocking his way, and then kneed him in the groin for good measure. As the man doubled up, Adam pushed past him."
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"Charlie said your friend’s disappeared, chirped Wendy. No, he hasn’t. Adam denied it. He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?Nothing, I haven’t told them anything. Charlie looked drunk. He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish, insisted Wendy. He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake? Adam was angry. With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?"
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"Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea. Adam tried to protest and break away, but it was too late. She had a good hold on him by now, and he was going nowhere. Not bad for a little man like you, she said. There seems to be something different about you lately. Rachael smiled."
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"He was sure people detested accountants; they were boring. In fact, he had put down his profession as an airline pilot on the form he had filled in for a dating agency. As an airline pilot you could be away just the right amount of time, when you needed a break from your love life, without facing awkward questions from her when you got back."
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"The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it."
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"It was amazing how a crisis could concentrate some minds while others went to pieces. Things had gone disastrously wrong in the last few days for Adam. His only worry before finding the book had been how to keep his girlfriend Linda without marrying her in the process. A contest he had lost."
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"A magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive."
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"Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial."
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"You don’t think he’s our man? asked Adam. It occurred to him that Ramsbottom was not exactly forthcoming with information. I didn’t say that, Ramsbottom said. In fact he is behaving very cautiously indeed, which makes me feel very suspicious. He has probably figured out that you are following him, said Adam. One can hardly fail to notice you hanging around all the time. That may be so, said Ramsbottom. Can’t you get a disguise or something? asked Adam. So he does not recognise you."
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"Somebody always had to pay, and he was glad it was not going to be him. Meanwhile he had managed to ruin the perfect marriage by turning Dick into a crayfish and making Rachael think that he had run off with another woman."
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"I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal. Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child. Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about. Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R. S. S. R. last year."
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"Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions."
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