The Demon's Covenant

Sarah Rees Brennan

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Bad_Wolf
3 февраля 2011
I like the idea that the past and the present are always tangled together, making us who we are.
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Bad_Wolf
5 февраля 2011
Jamie turned on his bedside lamp, which revealed that his always-spiky hair had turned into a chaotic blond jungle that tiny explorers could enter, never to be seen again.
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alice_died_in_wonderland
28 августа 2011
"I had this picture of you, you know, all dark and brooding and anguished. Longing for humanity. Listening to piano and violin music. Sometimes you'd stand on top of a tower, feeling impossibly lonely. Then you'd cry a single perfect tear."
Mae to Nick
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Bad_Wolf
5 февраля 2011
“Surprise zombies,” Jamie said faintly. “Fantastic.”
“Not really a party until someone brings the surprise zombies,” said Nick.
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Bad_Wolf
5 февраля 2011
Being nice isn't the same as being good.
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Bad_Wolf
5 февраля 2011
“And speaking of crushes, do I have sunstroke or did Seb just—”
“Yeah,” Mae said.
Jamie paused, then asked thoughtfully, “Do you think he might have sunstroke?”
“Yes, a common effect of sunstroke,” Mae said. “Headaches, hyperventilation, and kissing urges like crazy.”
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Bad_Wolf
5 февраля 2011
“Oh God, Mae,” Jamie said in a hollow voice, descending the stairs. “I will never drink again. I'm only seeing in black and white. My arms feel all floppy, like flightless wings. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I looked like a very sad penguin.”
Seb made a sound that was almost a laugh.
“You know what,” Jamie said to him. “I'm having a bad day. So if you don't mind, I was thinking that today I would pretend you don't exist.”
“There is no use even trying to have a civil conversation with you!” Seb said, his voice rising.
Jamie winced. “You're very loud for someone who doesn't exist.”
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Bad_Wolf
4 февраля 2011
She was so lost in thought that when her phone rang she almost walked into a tree.
“Sorry,” she mumbled automatically. It did not accept her apology, on account of being a tree.
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Bad_Wolf
4 февраля 2011
“Do you get embarrassed?”
“Do you mean am I worried about people seeing me with my jeans off?” Nick asked. “Sure. Sometimes people are overcome. They fall down. They hit their heads. It's worrying.”
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Bad_Wolf
4 февраля 2011
“I came to gaze on your sleeping face. Only you had the blanket over your head, so I just had to gaze at a lump I thought was your sleeping face, and that turned out to be your shoulder. Which just wasn't as special.”
“Your life is hard.”
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Mesmerise
27 декабря 2010
“My battle cry would be ‘For blood, vengeance, and my undeniable good looks!’”
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Mesmerise
26 декабря 2010
“Oh,” Jamie offered in a bright voice. “I could cook some—”
“No!” Mae, Annabel, and Nick all exclaimed as one.
Annabel gave Nick a slightly startled look. He was too busy giving Jamie a forbidding look to notice.
“Look, I am getting better,” Jamie argued.
“I saw you put rice in a toaster once,” said Mae. “I was there when you made that tin of beans explode.”
“It was faulty,” Jamie protested, his eyes shifty. “I am sure of this.”
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Mesmerise
26 декабря 2010
“Hey,” Nick said abruptly, and tossed something at Jamie’s head.
Jamie caught it, fumbling it a bit, and then almost dropped it when he saw the rough carvings on the bright handle and worked out what it was.
“A knife, Nick?” he asked piteously. “I feel so betrayed.”
“It’s a magic knife,” Nick said. “I made it myself.”
“I don’t want to seem ungrateful when you have given me this thoughtful, homemade and totally terrifying gift,” Jamie told him. “But you can’t imagine that I’m going to use it.”
“Just to hold someone off. Just remember what I taught you,” said Nick. “Just buy a little time so I can come get you. Jamie. I’ll come get you.”
“Nick,” Jamie said. “I know. Thank you for my scary knife.”
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Mesmerise
26 декабря 2010
“You threaten people with words. I prefer swords.”
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Mesmerise
26 декабря 2010
“You and swords,” he [Jamie] remarked brightly. “Compensating for something?”
The corner of Nick’s mouth curved upward a fraction. “No.”
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alice_died_in_wonderland
9 сентября 2011
Jamie: So where did you learn to dance?
Mae: I learned to dance in a cowboy bar in the Old West. The boys could shoot the neck off a bottle at a hundred paces, but my moves were too dangerous for them. Eventually the sheriff ran me out of town. Where did you learn to dance, sailor?
Jamie: Oh, I learned to dance wearing a lace frock at Madame Mimsy's exclusive seminary for young ladies. They thought I was a good girl. Wrong on both accounts.
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alice_died_in_wonderland
30 августа 2011
"So you took me somewhere that you really didn't want to go and you knew you wouldn't enjoy, and you had a terrible time. You know, that's a lot of guys' definition of a date."
Mae Crowford
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alice_died_in_wonderland
29 августа 2011
"Make yourself at home. Sorry for being such a shocking host - I can't offer you any refreshments, and I'm probably about to stab you in the liver."
Nick Ryves
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RamingoWS
20 мая 2016
When losing isn`t an option, it doesn`t matter what you have to do to win.
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