By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. And there’s a knife strapped to the inside of my knee. This all makes perfect sense.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips.... RITA ORA In Bio last year, I learned that blood is actually a dark maroon when it's inside your body. It's th... LEILA SALES All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick. BLAKE LIVELY Baby diarrhea. The necklace doesn't work and those bright, red lips? She doesn't look like her. JUSTIN CHILDERS She's wearing a tight red sweater and a red skirt and enough makeup to scare a hooker. KATHRYN STOCKETT I can wear a sexy dress to any red carpet event. My wedding is my chance to go all the way and wear ... ROSELYN SANCHEZ My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame. HENRY CONSTABLE Roses are red, my name is not Dave, this makes no sense, microwave. ANONYMOUS I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red s... BERNARD TSCHUMI The Amity exchange smiles. They are dressed comfortably in red or yellow. Every time I see them, the... VERONICA ROTH You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS You can add a pair of bright red shoes or colorful wrap to a classic black dress for a more playful ... HEIDI ZIMMERMAN Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead. WILFRED OWEN Red lips are not so red/ As the stained stones kissed by the English dead. WILFRED OWEN I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling. VICTORIA AVEYARD Lots of bright colors like lime, orange and red this year. BARBARA HENDERSON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. MONICA BELLUCCI My bare minimum for going out is lipstick and curled eyelashes. RILEY KEOUGH And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the... JEREMY IRONS The inside of his mouth looks like mud, just like he looks. Then he has this red tongue that is skin... DAVID NIEVES Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and ... CHRISTY AUSTIN The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES A red tie is contrary to the dignity of the tie and of male dress in general. JOSEPH ABBOUD I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I tho... CHARLENE, PRINCESS OF MONACO The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own f... CRISS JAMI To me, it's really easy to feel glamorous and beautiful with red lips. It's great because yo... RASHIDA JONES You'd have looked perfect to me if you'd walked into the room wearing a clown outfit, with a big red... DEBBIE JOHNSON Wear a red hat, a purple dress and -- you go girl! BARBARA EVANS I know at one point I had bright red hair and I had bracelets from my wrist up to my elbow and I was... MIKE SHINODA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just insi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Red lipstick has been my beauty staple for years. I show up to Pilates or yoga at 8 A.M. wearing my ... LIZ GOLDWYN When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget... CASSANDRA CLARE Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this sil... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL We took all the classes and the shots required by the Red Cross, and they flew us to Mississippi on ... DIXIE AIAZZI Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red... CAMPBELL BROWN Little Red Riding Hood was my first love. I felt that if I could have married Little Red Riding Hood... CHARLES DICKENS If you all will please excuse me,” Red said and headed out of the courtyard. “I think I’m goin... CHRIS COLFER Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is ... CHRISTIAN DIOR I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red. RICK RIORDAN My family has been in Red Bay for over a century. I just want to do what I can to help make Red Bay ... JOE BEASLEY Inside, my soul is curled tightly bearing the burden of massive sins from another life. And my eyes ... HUBERT MARTIN On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red... SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Precise historical reasons are difficult to pinpoint, but red hair, it seems, bestows a sense of oth... KATE WILLIAMS Red", I write "is the color of life. It's blood, passion, rage. It's menstrual flow and after birth.... MARY HOGAN I thought I'd be edgy and dye my hair red. And I dyed my hair, like, Jessica Rabbit red. It kind... CANDICE ACCOLA The color of the Great Canon itself is red, a light Indian Red, and the material sandstone and red m... THOMAS MORAN I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of... DEIRDRE O'KANE Small, red, and upright he waited, gripping his new bookbag tight in one hand and touching... ANNE CARSON And I put my hand on her arm to stop her rowing. Aaron’s Noise roars up in red and black. PATRICK NESS The sky inside my head never turns blue. It if forced to stay red. By the demon, who is yellow insid... AKSHAY VASU Grin when you win and others will do the same to you. And it will not rest with either. JAIME CONTRERAS I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS Immense faith, is like a
Bright, spotless path, potent
And brave to defeat the
Enemies red-tape. BOBONTLE MOPELOA I was provoked by Tim Cahill and accept that by the rules, my reaction was a red card offense. I wan... FRANCESC FABREGAS A Roth IRA with a 401(k) makes a lot of sense. CHARLES HAMOWY She had to live in this bright, red gabled house with the nurse until it was time for her to die... ... DAPHNE DU MAURIER But I have always thought that these tulips must have had names. They were red, and orange and red, ... NEIL GAIMAN I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe. VERONICA ROTH Some feeling had started in my stomach and was traveling up to my face, and I knew that when it got ... REBECCA STEAD This is my home, Cape Breton is my home, and I don’t know if I really want to leave it as much as ... REBECCA MCNUTT But it's going to be harder for us too. I know we're going to have a bright red X on our backs come ... ROBERT CULLEN I love a red lip - red is one of my favorite colors, and I really don't wear many other lipstick... KENDALL JENNER I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always th... NICK CAVE This meat stays red and stays red and stays red. DON BERDAHL I never knew what life was until it ran out in a red gush over my lips, my hands! ANNE RICE I frowned at the eye in my palm. "What, literally shout at the tattoo?" "You could try rubbing ... SARAH J. MAAS When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She was infamous once upon a time. She's legendary now. The girl is a definite force to be reckoned ... REBECCA HARRIS Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way it's inside out, red. ANISH KAPOOR [But Epstein] doesn't walk on water, ... He's certainly not infallible, and the Red Sox still have a... ANDREW ZIMBALIST One of the best parts about my job is that I get to dress for red carpets and appearances, and I oft... MARY LAMBERT As for what I might wear, my mantra is that, no matter how chic the event, I don't want to look ... ELISABETH VON THURN UND TAXIS I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get... STEPHANIE MARCH History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it ... DIANA VREELAND Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traf... KEITH HARING I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sit... HUGH LAURIE I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red. MARIA SHARAPOVA Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever ... GEORGE RIPLEY In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look... BARBARA KINGSOLVER 'Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding!' LEWIS CARROLL Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding! LEWIS CARROLL Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet req... FLEA Red lips and fragrance always top off an outfit for me. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf... ALICE SEBOLD
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VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua... VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken. VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can... VERONICA ROTH I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ... VERONICA ROTH Simulation Tobias kisses my neck. I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take... VERONICA ROTH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and... VERONICA ROTH Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ... VERONICA ROTH Resisting is worth doing. VERONICA ROTH Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all. VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest. VERONICA ROTH One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol. VERONICA ROTH I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of... VERONICA ROTH It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without... VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you. VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please... VERONICA ROTH Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most... VERONICA ROTH My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem. VERONICA ROTH And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien... VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ... VERONICA ROTH Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ... VERONICA ROTH Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h... VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn'... VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea... VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe... VERONICA ROTH Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were... VERONICA ROTH The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over. VERONICA ROTH Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is. VERONICA ROTH