"Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways." Her eyes became distant. "There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.
— Jim Butcher, Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)
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Shade
Mystery / ThrillerJason McAllister is just another popular guy with pretty good looks and rock-hard abs. For him, the definition of life was simple -Parties, Luxuries, Girls and so on... Until somehow he got lost in the middle of nowhere With a strange girl who's...
