Cold air clawed at my face, ripping tears from my eyes. I buried my face deep into Daniel's back and breathed in a mixture of familiar scents - almonds, oil paint, earth, and a hint of varnish. I didn't even question why I was on that bike. I just knew I was suppose to be.
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Related I liked my face. Ethan liked my face. A lot of people liked my face. Besides, makeup was really just... D.A. PAUL I closed my eyes and turned my face into the cold wind. When I felt it swept along my skin there was... NINA HRUSA No matter his joking, I thought, this was a man as given to the miseries as I was. You could look in... FREDERICK BUSCH Startled by my own thoughts, I leaned back and rubbed my eyes. What was wrong with me? I was a soldi... JULIE KAGAWA I knew Jim and ESPN were talking, but I always felt that deep in my soul, he was a CBS guy, the face... LES MOONVES But I know just what it feels like to have a voice in the back of my head, like a face that I hold i... LINKIN PARK I PAINT MY FACE. By Omrane Khuder. Mirror, distorted; I sit, paint my Face, Tox... OMRANE KHUDER At first it was a bit strange and daunting to have to wear a mask, but afterwards I came to enjoy it... GERARD BUTLER And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew she w... SARAH DESSEN Just that I have loved you, even when I was nothing and no one to you, when you didn’t know my nam... SHERRY THOMAS I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not te... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's beca... GWEN VERDON I was born with an evil face. BARRY SLOANE He was supposed to be the one I loved forever. But he never saw the tears stream down my face. Never... CRISTIN HARBER I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but t... IMELDA MAY I sat back and looked at it. It was ugly, dark, uncontrolled. Like a monster's face. Or maybe what I... JENNIFER BROWN I was near tears one time when I fell in the mud. I had to cover my face. DEMETRIUS WATSON Now I lay down on this tree and felt a lonely sadness coming over me in waves. Slow tears ran from m... BARBARA COMYNS Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things... But a little ... HELEN KELLER O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like rest of my race? O! why was I born with a different face? / Why was I not born like the rest of my race? WILLIAM BLAKE I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry,... SYLVIA PLATH I didn't want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn't know why I was going to cry, but... SYLVIA PLATH I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, ... TOM SIZEMORE Every day there was tension. I worked under terrible pressure. I was afraid that at any moment, I mi... MOHAMED SIFAOUI As tears of bubbling pitch stream down my face, my dark work will begin. I will open one of my six m... JERRY HOLKINS I was worried that only acting with my voice and my face, I might not be able to communicate effecti... CHRISTOPHER REEVE Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Even after he was gone, I still loved my father. I looked Norwegian, like him, with a long face, str... KATE CHRISTENSEN I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I wa... ELIZA DUSHKU And just as I start to move past him, my hip accidentally rubs against his, and his face is so close... ALYSON NOEL When I was a teenager, I had pimples - oh, God, every time someone looked at my face I thought they ... GISELE BUNDCHEN I was just sitting in Target, just getting over my cold. I blew my nose and I see these people looki... ATTICUS SHAFFER He put a hand to my face and guided my eyes to his. "We never lost that. As much as I tried, I could... PENELOPE DOUGLAS I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Tonight I saw Jesus with the eyes on my face. He looks half lion and half man. But not more like a l... C. JOYBELL C. A sob caught in my chest. I didn't even know what a gray was, other than a drab color. All I knew wa... MICHELLE ROWEN When I looked a little closer, I noticed a guy sitting in the dark, tapping his leg in slow, deliber... MAAYAN NAHMANI When the folks at Holiday Inn Express handed me a pancake with my very own face on it, I knew I had ... ROB RIGGLE [Even geniuses get the blues.] The more I write the less substance I see in my work, ... It is toler... JOSEPH CONRAD I definitely try and wash my face twice a day, and I never go to bed with my makeup on. I mostly jus... SARA PAXTON Then I whispered, “I love you, my Lahn,” and heard the swift hiss of his intake of breath. Then ... KRISTEN ASHLEY I turned halfway round, and saw Dorian Gray for the first time. When our eyes met, I felt that I was... OSCAR WILDE I will do crazy skincare things in the kitchen... I love coconut oil, so if I come home at night fee... SUKI WATERHOUSE We Are All Zeros But We Can Make Ourselves As Heroes DR. ARUN S SON I don't know how it happened. Through the din of the crowd, I heard this tiny scream. As small and d... TESS OLIVER I didn't know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too clo... SYLVIA PLATH He sucked some of the rain from my bottom lip, and I felt his mouth smile against mine. He swept my ... BECCA FITZPATRICK You knew what I was," he said, taking his hair back from his face, eyes wild with the will to make m... KAREN HEALEY I went back to the clanging city, I went back where my old loves stayed, But my heart wa... SARA TEASDALE Days and nights have changed my face. And I have buried my mother on a cold day in May when yellow-t... JUSTIN TUSSING The priest gazed around my cell and answered in a voice that sounded very weary to me. 'Every stone ... ALBERT CAMUS Ivanov: I am a bad, pathetic and worthless individual. One needs to be pathetic, too, worn out and d... ANTON CHEKHOV I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint... CHRIS STAPLETON At the end of the day, I have to wash my face. I hate going to bed after a long day not washing my f... SELENA GOMEZ I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers... JOSIE LOREN I hated my face, for example, found it odious, and even suspected that there was some mean expressio... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I knew [Friday] night was one of those type of games that bounces just weren't going my way. My team... KURTIS MUCHA It was difficult at times to balance my school life with my pageant life. At times all I wanted to d... AUDRA PAQUETTE My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then... PAMELA ANDERSON I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair. EVEL KNIEVEL My back was on fire, down the back of my arms and part of my face. It was basic panic, I needed to g... GEORGE LONG I was looking at the clock and I knew my season was a minute from ending. I was just hoping that som... ARCHIE MIAWAY My head was exploding, my stomach ripping, and even the tips of my fingers ached. The only thing I c... TOM COURTNEY Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases... F. SIONIL JOSE I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and s... BILL HADER Finally getting control of myself, I kissed her again, then brought my hand to her face, gently runn... NICHOLAS SPARKS I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and... THOMAS KEAN, JR. I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON There were several recently dug graves in the churchyard, but I found only one that was freshly dug ... MICHAEL MORPURGO I suppose I'm a bit mean. My face on camera doesn't lend itself to happy nice guys. I think ... RICHARD C. ARMITAGE I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it's…a snapshot of (a) time... GWEN STEFANI I don't pump myself up too much, but that was pretty spectacular, ... I was grinning from ear-to-ear... JAMIE BESTWICK I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile. IMAN I felt you before I knew of your existence, maybe it was a hint from the universe to continue on the... NIKKI ROWE I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face ... PARIS JACKSON I darted away from Geir and jmped through the gaping hole in the wall Will's body had made. The sett... COURTNEY ALLISON MOULTON This time around I was so lonely that I was forced to be face to face with myself. Realizing at the ... KANDI DOUGHERTY My back was on fire, down the back of my arms and part of my face, GEORGE LONG I fell back into my favorite chair and tucked my hands between my knees to stop them from shaking. I... TESS OLIVER From as far back as I can remember, I was always insecure about my looks, whether it was my flat che... TWIGGY I couldn’t peel my eyes off her face or her body. Even if she had asked me not to follow her, I wo... ANGELA RICHARDSON I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different ... HOLLY HOLM Sometimes I think I am going mad. I live for days in the mystery and tears of things so that the com... W.N.P. BARBELLION I was filled with such a dangerous delicious intoxication that I could have walked straight off the ... DORIS LESSING I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if... OSCAR WILDE My body rises with the water. Instead of kicking my feet to stay abreast of it, I push all the air f... VERONICA ROTH I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more con... JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME I went to bed and woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard someone cry, thinking I myself wa... RAY BRADBURY (It was) like a giant hand reaching down from the sky, grabbing me like a frog, and throwing me full... TOM GREEN The story unfolded quickly as I typed, in a way I was becoming familiar with. There was something ab... GWENDA BOND Losing Abby wasn't a story I remembered from early childhood--it was in my face, debilitating me lik... JAMIE MCGUIRE I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was blac... ISSA RAE I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are still together. WARSAN SHIRE There were a number of reasons why I was back. Part of it is my love for racing. My preference was t... DEREK INGALLS I was forced to lie to my father by doctors and relatives. I made that choice and agreed with them, ... MANDY PATINKIN I though I made it clear that harming you isn't high on my list of priorities." He shifts her in his... NENIA CAMPBELL I could have screamed, but I didn't. I could have fought, but I didn't. I just lay there and let it ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER
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