You're screening your calls?" "Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots." "Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a deep growl. "You're not an idiot," I told him. "You're just a deadly psychopath with a god complex.(...)
Ilona AndrewsI can't hate people that much. Don't get me wrong. I want to murder every last Keeper I can find. But that's not hate. That's vengeance.
Ilona AndrewsWhen you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.
Ilona AndrewsOur standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin. "Half a doubloon a day," she said. "No, you see, the idea behind bargaining is that you ask for a larger amount.
Ilona AndrewsOh, I don't know. I might grow on you." She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?" "Like a favorite vice.
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