Korina

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I read a lot of paranormal romance, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, and just fantasy in general. I like to have at least little hints of comedy in a book; I'm not a big fan of... more »

Human trafficking is now the 3rd largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world.
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I read a lot of paranormal romance, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, and just fantasy in general. I like to have at least little hints of comedy in a book; I'm not a big fan of the really dark stuff. I also read YA books. If the plot's good, I'll read any genre.
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What can I do with my obsession?
With the things I cannot see

Is there madness in my being?
Is it wind that blows the trees?

Sometimes you're further than the moon
Sometimes you're closer than my skin

And you surround me like a winter fog
You've come and burned me with a kiss

And my heart burns for you
And my heart burns

And I'm so filthy with my sin
I carry pride like a disease

You know I'm stubborn God
and I'm longing to be close

You burn me deeper than I know

I feel lonely without hope
I feel desperate without vision

You wrap around me like a winter coat
You come and free me like a bird

And my heart burns for you
And my heart burns for you


(Some) Favorite Authors:

Rachel Caine
Kristin Cashore
Kristen Britain
Patricia Briggs
Cassandra Clare
Melissa Marr
Jeaniene Frost
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Maria V. Snyder
Richelle Mead
DJ Machale
Karen Chance

Some of my favorite bands/music:

TobyMac
Matthew West
Delirious?
The Chronicles of Narnia soundtracks
The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack(Sarah Brightman/Michael Crawford version)
The Lord of the Rings soundtracks
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Skillet
Relient K
Hillsong
Hawk Nelson

I listen to anything, really; from the sound of the rain to showtunes, to the occasional rap song just because I like the beat.

Favorite TV shows:

Burn Notice
White Collar
Psych
Monk
So You Think You Can Dance
In Plain Sight
Chuck
Unwrapped
Ace of Cakes
Dinner: Impossible
Good Eats
I Love Lucy
NCIS
The Closer
Phineas and Ferb (That's right. I watch cartoons :P )
Cake Boss

Favorite Quotes:

“It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” -Mark Twain

"You're absolutely right. Give me a woman who knows her own mind."
"No one would give you a woman like that. You have to capture her."
"Any particular method?"
"Yes, but it's no good unless you discover it on your own."
Robie and Frances, To Catch a Thief

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

"'If you can'? said Jesus. 'Everything is possible for him who believes.'" - Mark 9:23

"Not all who wander are lost." - Tolkien

"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." -Toni Morrison

"We're going jogging."
"I don't run for recreation. I run when someone's after me with a weapon."
"That can be arranged."
Cassie and Pritkin, Embrace the Night by Karen Chance

"Life is like molten glass. It flows, it's flexible, it can be molded and shaped and...what do you say? Ah, yes. It holds vast potential. You have a number of uncertainties in your melt right now. But they will always be there in one form or another. Always. Unlike molten glass, life can't be fixed or frozen into a pretty vase and placed on a shelf to gather dust."
Kade, Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder.

"In the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I'm stronger, smarter, faster, and hungrier than everything else out there. And I don't apologize to the gazelle when I take it down." Barrons, Faefever by KM Moning.

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss

"There are always problems, Dory. That is why we live for the shining moments that make the rest worthwhile." Caedmon, Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
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Some quotes that cracked me up from A Very Vampy Christmas by Kerrelyn Sparks in the Sugarplums and Scandals anthology:
"How many times must I tell you? This is a hospital. You shouldn't come here without a shirt." Maggie/Jessica

"I am very proud of you, my Chiquita."
"Don't say that! I have a reputation to maintain. I need the respect of my peers. How can I have an affair with an undead trumpet player from a mariachi band?"
"I am a very good trumpet player. And the greatest lover in the vampire world."
Maggie/Jessica and Don/Pierce

"I must go. I am leaving for South America tonight."
"Then I will come with you."
"And leave your mariachi band?"
"They can come with me. I hear there is a shortage of mariachi bands in South America."
Maggie/Jessica and Don/Pierce
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Dark/Were/Dream- Hunter quotes:

Thanatos: "You really do suffer from insanity, don't you?"
Zarek: "Hardly. I have to say I enjoy every minute of it." Dance With The Devil, Sherryilyn Kenyon.

"'No Simi. No food,'" she mocked. "You sound like akri 'Don't eat that, Simi, you'll cause an ecological disaster.' What is an ecological disaster, that's what I want to know? Akri says it's me on hunger binge, but I don't think that's quite right, but that's all he'll say about it." Simi (she is so funny!), Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"I'm just going to shut up now and stand here looking tough. That's what I'm best at." Fury, Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Pah-lease, akri. You got a big opinion of yourself. That just sick. You been hanging out with that heifer too long. Bleh! I mean, you a good-looking person and all, but you ain't no Travis Fimmel. Now, he's fine. But honestly, the Simi didn't like all that heaving and sweating very much. It seems like an awful lot of work for such a short amount of pleasure. Personally, I'd rather go shopping. It much more fun and you don't have to shower afterward. Well, not unless you go someplace dirty, but most malls are really clean nowadays." Simi, Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"What is it with you ancient people that you only had, what? Three names in the whole family lineage and everybody recycled them?" Tabitha, Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"Let me give you the job description. Me, Dark-Hunter. You, Daimon. I hit. You bleed. I kill. You die." Zarek, Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"I'm the top of the food chain and well...you're the food." Acheron, Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Not all is certainty in our world, Karigan. If it were, there'd be no opportunity for faith; and then it would be a very dull existence." Lady Frost, The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain

"You don't knock on the devil's door, boys, unless you want him to answer." Ravyn, Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Ah, gawd, naked people! I'm going to be sick!" Xierna, Devily May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Hope? This isn't the time to be hoping."
Ash winked at her. "This is a perfect time for hope. The more dire the situation, the more you need it." Ash and Kat, Devil may Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"...courage is doing what we know is dangerous. It's risking our safety for a chance at something better. Don't let your fears shape your reality because no matter how cautious you are, someone or something always sneaks in through the back door to manifest that fear. Better to face it and defeat it than to let it attack you unawares." Maxis, Holiday Gatherings by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Sometimes my powers work. Sometimes they don't. Looks like this time they did. Yea, us." Xypher, Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"You bit me?"
"We use what we have." She came at him swinging.
"That's such a girl move," he said, disappointed that she'd used those tactics.
"But it works. Maybe if you fought like a girl and not a stunted baboon, you'd actually win."
Stryker and Zephyra, One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"I want you to know that I fought you fairly. Equal to equal. I could have used my powers against you, but I didn't. "
She gave him extremely saracastic applause. "Should I warm the oven and bake you a batch of hero cookies?" Stryker and Zephyra, One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"So are we going to continue glaring angrily at each other while we pose in our tough stances? Or use our time to work out a plan that hopefully doesn't end with our mutual deaths?" Acheron, One Silent Night

"I am not high-strung!"
"If you say so. But really, they need to put a collar on you that changes color with your mood swings."
"Oh, you are feral."
"Yeah, duh."
Aimee and Fang, Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"You're a demon. I thought your motto was 'spoils to the victor.'"
"No, our motto is 'everything tastes better with hot sauce.'"
Aimee and Xedrix, Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Oh look!" Aimee exclaimed in an exaggerated falsetto. "Mr. Macho is back in all his glory. Hello, Mr. Macho, it's so not good to see you again. But you know, Mr. Macho, that you've been bedridden to the point that your legs aren't used to carrying your weight and you're not really human. So if you want to get up and fall, gods forbid I do anything to stop it. After all, I live for America's Funniest Home Videos. Should I fetch a camcorder now?"
Aimee, Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

"Oh, poo, you're just like akri. No, Simi, don't be breathing fire around the flammable objects or small children..."
Simi, Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon

"Simi? What was it you told me once about families?"
"We have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts."
Aimee and Simi, Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Night Huntress quotes:

"That was a warning. The next one won't be. Did you think you could just slide into Bone's place and I wouldn't miss a beat? You lay your hands on me again and I'll finish you, Tate." Cat, At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost

"Two hundred and forty-seven years I've had that arm. Didn't think to lose it while trying to rip your head off. Bugger, I have to pull myself together." Bones, At Grave's End by Jeaniene
Frost

"How could you be nervous about asking me to marry you, Bones? I'd die for you. Why wouldn't I want to live for you as well?" Cat Crawfield, At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
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"So what do we do next, Haunt Huntress?"
"That's a pretty lame superhero name," I told him
"Scooby-Doo is already taken," he said with dignity. "Anything else sounds lame in comparison." Mercy and Stefan, Bone Crossed by Patrica Briggs

"You could always pray for a snow day."
I hug her back. "That's an excellent idea. Maybe I could do the snow dance."
She laughs. "Your dad taught you that?"
"Yep. You drop an ice cube into the toilet and dance around chanting 'Snow. Snow. Snow.'"
Zara and Grandma Betty- Need by Carrie Jones

"I will not be violent," I chant-mutter. "I will not be violent. I am peaceful and good. I am peaceful and good. I do not want to give anyone the finger." Zara, Need by Carrie Jones.

"Friends help friends fight pixies." Issie, Need by Carrie Jones.
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City of Glass quotes:

"You're kind of pushy, you know."
"I have a fetish for damsels in distress."
"Don't be sexist."
"Not at all. My services are also available to gentlemen in distress. It's an equal opportunity fetish."
Clary and Sebastian, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"Good," Simon said. "If you want to know why, it's because you smell like blood."
"It's my cologne. Eau de Recent Injury."
Simon and Jace, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?"
Magnus, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?"
Jace(LOVE HIM), City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"I am a man," he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone, woman, and bring me something brown."
"Brown?"
"Brown is a manly color."
Jace and Isabelle, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"You could dress it up with a sequined headband. Just a thought."
"Resist the urge, Alec. You'll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu."
"There are worse things," Magnus observed.
Magnus and Simon, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

"I don't see any fireworks," she said, mock-scowling at Isabelle
"Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait."
"I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life."
"'Confused' is a nice word for it," said Jace.
Clary, Maia, Simon, and Jace, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
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Carpe Corpus quotes:
"I feel different. Do I look dfferent?"
Shane brushed her hair back from her face. "It's pretty dark in here, but yeah, I can see it."
She felt her eyes widen. "You can?"
"Sure." He traced a finger over her forehead. "Claire is not a virgin. Says so right there."
Claire and Shane, Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine.

Claire held the stake up. "Some girls get jewelry. But they're such losers."
Claire, Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine
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"Many a thing with substance can't be seen." Annalisa Townsend, To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker

"Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, 'Kill it. Squish it.'" Ric, Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs. « less