Simon R. Green: I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dan...

Nothing is ever really lost. The memories of good friends and good times are always there, never more than a thought away. In a sense, they never really stopped happening. Every moment you ever treasured, every friend you ever valued is still there, separated from us only by time; the past is still happening and always will be. It's only we who have moved on.

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good-friend memories past

Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem.

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problem forgotten lost

There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...

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female singing numbers

Though I often run out of courage and good sense, stubbornness keeps me going.

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stubbornness good-sense running

Because nothing makes love and life matter more than the knowledge that some day it must end.

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life-and-love making-love matter

Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said.

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humour said sometimes

You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

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irony running sometimes

What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

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rogues lovers world

It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other side. It's just there for when you need it. Dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude's is an old old place... St. Jude's isn't a place for comfort for frills and fancies and the trappings of religion. just a place where you can talk to your god and sometimes get an answer.

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saint usual comfort

There has been peace. There will be peace again. But right now, we have work to do.

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has-beens right-now

God does so love to make a man break a promise.

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doe men promise

After all, you’re only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived.

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immortal manage long

Future is like an asshole. Everybody has one.---John Taylor (Nightside Series)

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series

Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

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walks mind might

The harsh, unyielding reality of having to compromise your ideals bit by bit, day by day, just to achieve a few little victories in the face of the world’s malice, or indifference. Until sometimes you wonder if there’s nothing left of you but the shell of the man you intended to be, just going through the motions because you’ve nothing better to do.

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victory men reality

Last night I dreamed I was still human, but now I have woken up, into something better. Farewell, my friends, farewell.

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lasts farewell night

Are you sure this is a good idea?' whispered the unicorn. 'No,' said Rupert. 'But it's our best chance to find a dragon.' 'Frankly, that doesn't strike me as such a hot idea either,' muttered the unicorn.

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dragons hot ideas

When you are tired of life, come to Haven. And someone will kill you.

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tired-of-life tired havens

I always feel most alive when everything else is dying all around me

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alive dying feels

First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers.

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engineering made firsts

I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone off a bike with a baseball bat; you never really lose the knack.