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She held out a small voice recorder. 'By the way, could you describe exactly how you felt at the moment of impact? I'm writing this short story--''Put...more

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I know what dissipate means, Arty. I'm not three, for heaven's sake.

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Naturally, we lunatics are the kindest of the bunch.

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Time to do what he did best - plot dastardly acts.

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... even one centimetre can make an awful lot of difference when you don't have many to spare.

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The thing about a diversion is that it has to be diverting.

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this was business.

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No one's ever really ready for a troll.

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Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

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Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.

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I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?

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Tonight, history was going to be made. And it wasn't the discovery-of-radium, first-man-on-the-moon happy kind of history. It was the Spanish-Inquisit...more

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You still awake?' asked the anesthetist.'Nope,' I replied.

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In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter—they plan ahead. They think about not gettin...more

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Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?”“Cheese made by dwarfs.”“Oh,” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .”“No. What a horrib...more