And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.
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Related He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the... AYN RAND He could think of only one reason for her to be there, though it made no sense after what he'd ... CASSANDRA CLARE He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL And she was not beautiful asleep. Her expression slack and not angelic. The very ordinariness of it ... STEVEN R. BOYETT Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: he's pitiful to flies even. Sing, says he, and tease me stil... ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING His agony somehow became an invisible hand, stretching out through the Force, a hand that found her,... MATTHEW WOODRING STOVER He wouldn't grovel, wouldn't fall to his knees and beg forgiveness. He was the son of the Leo, the K... CARRIE ANN RYAN He had never felt anything like that before - yet somehow he knew that from now on he would always f... JACK KEROUAC He was very quiet, we would get on him a lot about yelling more and being more vocal (early in the s... DANIEL CROPPER Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI She missed him. And she was scared, deep down, because she felt him pulling away from her, and even ... HARRIET EVANS With each day he felt the barriers melting. He let them melt. Because of her genuine laugh, b... SARAH J. MAAS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES She saw how he was staring at it, the bright red hue beneath her bonnet. She could not bear to see t... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do mor... J. B. PRIESTLEY I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do mor... JOSEPH PRIESTLEY Words were weapons, his father had taught him that, and he'd wanted to hurt Clary more than he'd eve... CASSANDRA CLARE He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea... CASSANDRA CLARE He was so happy that he could go and get his brother's body. I felt terrible telling this guy his br... DAVID BEATSON John Green is a very handsome, intelligent, and wise man. He smells really weird though. HANK GREEN Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for ones own safety i... JOSEPH HELLER (He) felt lost and alone without his old friend, though he barely recognized him anymore. He wondere... ERIN HUNTER He's a very smart, very bright kid, so we knew he could quarterback the defense, ... We felt he coul... JOHN BARNES They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he... AYN RAND He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the ey... RACHEL A. MARKS He had a winning smile and it was evident that he didn't think he was any better than anybody else e... FLANNERY O'CONNOR He was lonely because he could imagine himself as anything but himself and as anywhere but where he ... WENDELL BERRY Before he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendshi... GEMMA MALLEY It's all thanks to John. He told me to attack the lines and he was right. When Mark told me to do it... JUDY MURRAY The man held himself still and turned his milk-flooded eyes on her. Fin felt something like vertigo ... A.S. PETERSON John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, tha... WALLY SCHIRRA Willie ran an incredible time and really came through. Christian's been steady for us his year and w... DREW YOAKUM He had slept next to her for thirty-six years, and the mattress felt different without her weight, h... NICOLE KRAUSS This is why she hates Alabaster: not because he is more powerful, not even because he is crazy, but ... N.K. JEMISIN He felt a swelling of pride. Ridiculous, of course. He had endangered the kindgdom — how would peo... BRANDON SANDERSON If he had even blinked, she would have been gone; but he did not blink, and he held her, as he had l... PETER S. BEAGLE She wasn't entirely sure how she felt, All she knew was that he entered her world And sh... NIKKI ROWE When he heard his father call out for Abel and he saw his borther go forth, it made him feel like he... JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN He looked at the blue sky above and the green grass below and he knew he would always love this worl... AVIJEET DAS Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had ... MELANIE DICKERSON He would give up his wings and heaven for her, a woman he loved but would never truly belong to him,... J.L. SHEPPARD We've got him in there and playing outfield because of the way he hits it. He's made the adjustment ... DANNY SCHOONOVER One of her arms was around his waist as her eyes fluttered open. He found himself lost in limpid blu... CAROLYN JEWEL It's more than down and out. It's his choice. He loves being Slim. He could cash out, if he pushed i... CHERYL SMITH And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was t... MEG CABOT He knew whats'ever 's to be known,
But much more than he knew would own. SAMUEL BUTLER (1) I held her in my arms last night," he said quietly. "And when I felt her every response, I thought, ... JOEY W. HILL He didn't want to cause any bad feelings. To be a stroke is an honor, and he was willing to forego i... DICK YOCHUM Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand he... METTE IVIE HARRISON I called him because I knew he would understand more than anyone else. GWYN GAUGER At the end of the day, the fact that he broke my face is more important than he hurt my feelings. ANDREW STERLING He dealt with it, even though he knew it was going to be a tough go. DAVID GANEY It was in his best interest to acknowledge all of it, even though some of it was more than he said h... C. MAC HUNTER He could not blame the Army, Angelo could blame the Army; Angelo hated the Army. But he didnt hate t... JAMES JONES He knew today that his life was forever changed in that one moment and he was clueless as to why or ... P.J. FIALA Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped. "You... SHANNON HALE Soon he was picturing little girls with mischievous green eyes and pigtails asking him to play tea. ... R.L. MATHEWSON It was once him and her, but she lost him and thought for a long time she wanted him back more then ... AMBER Though he felt a little guilt over disappearing, it wasn't even guilt, just sadness over not even CATHERINE LACEY He was an absolute great guy, ... He knew the people in the county. He knew the civil process book. ... CHARLES DEAN He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it. CRYSTAL WOODS She felt like weeping. She didn't know why at first, but then it hit her. He knew her. DENNIS LEHANE He would eventually have to pass through the forest, but he felt no fear. Of course - the forest was... HARUKI MURAKAMI And though he stood taller than her, he felt smaller as Aelin stared at him. No, not just Aelin. Que... SARAH J. MAAS Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats
and dogs. JONATHAN SWIFT It was a gutsy performance for John to take the mound. He really battled even though he had the cut ... SCOTT BENEDICT It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a... LUCAS SCOTT Half way down, he encountered Saphira, who had jammed her head and neck as far up the stair as she c... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were de... BIBLE She was the wish of his life. He didn’t know how else to say it. He didn’t even know that he cou... C.J. CARLYON He has been less process oriented and less programmed than I've ever seen him. He has a much more ea... ELAINE KAMARCK He didn't want her to be around her friends. I used to call her everyday until she said 'don't, beca... CATHY CRAFT ... he had always wondered why the sensations one felt in dreamas were so much more intense than any... AYN RAND He swore by all that he ever had loved and reverenced that he would try, try with all his might in t... GENE STRATTON-PORTER He knew how to do some of the moves, but he would call it something different. It was more me strugg... JAKE SHULAW He was going to hurt the people he hated, but inside he didn't feel any real sense of satisfaction. ... RICCARDO BRUNI She was furious with him and couldn't believe he would take the car without first asking her. If he ... SHARON ANDERSON He knew if those cook ovens shut down, Geneva would disintegrate in a number of days, ... He knew th... ORRIN HATCH
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JOHN GREEN That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pret... JOHN GREEN The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember w... JOHN GREEN Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory. JOHN GREEN Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this." "Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish.... JOHN GREEN Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start. JOHN GREEN You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are. JOHN GREEN We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska t... JOHN GREEN Harry Potter isn’t real? Oh no! Wait, wait, what do you mean by real? Is this video blog real? Am ... JOHN GREEN The marks humans leave are too often scars. JOHN GREEN As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. 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