I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said. by Kim Harrison

I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said.

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Listen before you draw your battle lines, lest you alienate your... by Kim Harrison

Listen before you draw your battle lines, lest you alienate your allies.

allies lines battle

"I'm going back!" I shouted, standing to put some distance between us in case I was yanking her chain too hard and she came after me. "I'll show him," I said, waving an arm. "I'll sneak in. I'll steal his freaking glasses and mail them back to him in a freaking birthday card!"

distance sneak-in glasses

You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule so... by Kim Harrison

You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule somewhere.

coffee persons

Just because I don't wear my heart on my sleeve - " "You don't ev... by Kim Harrison

Just because I don't wear my heart on my sleeve - " "You don't even wear your heart in your chest.

sleeves chests heart

There is black. There is white. Gray is a cowardly excuse to mix... by Kim Harrison

There is black. There is white. Gray is a cowardly excuse to mix our wants with our needs.

black white needs

You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises... by Kim Harrison

You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises or threats.

threat trust-me promise

Dead Witch Walking is basically a modern-day witch living in Cinc... by Kim Harrison

Dead Witch Walking is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati.

witch modern walking

Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices.

sacrifice fighting heart

People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time, and if I did, I'd probably use it for something mundane, like chipping away at the mound of laundry rising to dangerous proportions in the back room.

believe people looks

I've found that when I'm having trouble solidifying a character or a scene, that music will often free my subconscious just that last little bit to allow me to move forward, and often it's in a direction that I didn't expect, but is 100 percent true to the character.

littles character moving

Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow.

writing jobs fall

Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing... by Kim Harrison

Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

smart odds people

Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.

opinion people moving

I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every... by Kim Harrison

I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends.

weekend wish writing

Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?' Jenks reddened. 'Grab the fish and run like hell,' he muttered, and I almost giggled.

romance ivy running

For all his sourness, he was ruled by his heart. by Kim Harrison

For all his sourness, he was ruled by his heart.

heart

I want one thing I can point to and say, 'that is good, and it's... by Kim Harrison

I want one thing I can point to and say, 'that is good, and it's a part of me.'

one-thing i-can want

Good Lord, I thought, squinting at the bright glare of a late-July morning. No wonder I slept through this. It was noisy with shrieking birds, and already hot.

squinting july morning

Money drives the world, but when everything falls apart to leave the underpinnings of our life bare to the scrutiny of critics and thieves, the only thing remaining, the only thing that can't be taken away, is the love you hold for the people you care about.

taken love-you fall

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

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