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	Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.   
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	HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and she knew he knew. But how? How could he have known? The'd been so careful to keep their love a secret. The grief etched all over his face was too much to bear. Schuyler felt the words catch in her throat as she crossed the stree to stand in front of him. "Ollie...it's not..." Oliver shot her a look of pure hatred, turned on his heel and began to run away. "OLIVER, please,let me explain.   
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	It is good to be busy. Being busy takes our mind off being in love at the wrong time, in the wrong place and with the wrong guy.   
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	You made a sacrifice. And heaven rewarded you.   
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	Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves.   
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	A brain with no heart and no reasoning ... well, nothing is more meaningless.   
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	Not that they were there to have fun—although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.   
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	This is not some silly game...This is life and death Angels and demons.   
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	Time did not mean anything to those who had too much of it, but it was even more precious once it was limited.   
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	Kingsley, ever the joker, had his Venator mark tattooed near his unmentionables.   
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	Evil was seductive and easy, and virtue was difficult and unappreciated.   
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	You are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no longer a vampire either." Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?   
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	The world in your mind is as real as the world outside of it.   
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	That was the thing about pictures--they were worth a thousand words, but sometimes they weren't the right ones.   
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	The more things change, the more they stay different.   
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	A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.   
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	Kingsley smiled his Cheshire smile. And without a word, he called up the white darkness - the subvertio - a spell that unlocked what could not be unlocked, that destroyed what could not be destroyed. There was a rumbling, a shaking, like the strongest earthquake, and the iron gate crumbled, and the path began to melt. the demon shrieked, but Kingsley just looked at Mimi the entire time. "Azrael...   
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	Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable.   
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	I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime.   
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	Tonight the world is yours, as am I.   
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	The Code of the Vampires decreed that anyone who violated the Sacred Law was condemned to death, the blood burning. Charles had refused to subject Allegra to the sentence. But Mimi was a different matter. Mimi walked out of the church, knowing that if she ever saw Jack again, she would have to kill him.   
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	Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn't it? They always called me weak back then.   
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	We laughed until we had to cry, we loved until we said goodbye.   
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	Who knew that the path to a womans heart was through the soul of an honest man?   
