Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.
Ilona AndrewsYou know what I like about you? You have no sense. You sit here in my house, you can barely hold a spoon, and you're telling me 'no'. You'd pull on Death's whiskers if you could reach them.
Ilona AndrewsIt's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really.
Ilona AndrewsDo you like my working persona?" Saiman asked softly. "An aesthetically pleasing combination of intelligence and elegance, wouldn't you say?" Aren't we pleased with ourselves. "Are you Chinese, Japanese, half-white? I can't tell, your features are neither here nor there." "I'm inscrutable, mysterious and intellectual." He forgot conceited. "Did you have any trouble getting that ego through the door?" Saiman didn't even blink. "Not in the least.
Ilona AndrewsShe handed him a glass of water and two Aleve gelcaps. โTheyโre anti-inflammatories. They will dull the pain a little bit and keep down swelling and redness. Swallow the pills, donโt chew.โ โWell, I thought Iโd stick them into my nose and impersonate a walrus, but if you insist, Iโll swallow them.
Ilona Andrews