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Where did you get this?" he asked.
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How do you feel?” she asked, trying to fluff his pillow. “Other than terrible, I mean.”
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I’m sure you despise me,” she sobbed, looking up at him through tearful eyes.
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Well?” she asked when she picked up.
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But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch?” Jenny asked.“Make me”, I replied.
ERICH SEGAL Do you think you might be able to love me someday?" He asked and heard her laugh softly.
...
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BRIAN STEIDLE
Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad.“What’...
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Hi, Albert,” Quinn called back. He seemed distracted. And Albert was sure that he’d seen Quinn m... MICHAEL GRANT
I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the ... DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
You love me?" he asked suddenly and, at his question, my stomach flipped then twisted."Yes."
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ANDREA HAIRSTON You have a taboo list?” Jade asked.
“You don’t?” Lilah asked.
Jade bit...
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Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.”“I thought your mother wa...
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Do you love him?” I jumped out of my skin. She was standing right beside me. “Who?”
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Who am I, that you should love me?""You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still...
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What is it?" she asked."I'm looking for your wings. You are my guardian angel, aren't you?"
My featherbed is deep and soft,and there I’ll lay you down,
I’ll dress you all in yel...
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I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
Those were the three words seldom asked to her.Yet, she knew they hold a healing power i...
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DEANNA LYNN SLETTEN
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"Yes.
JUNKO
Sam was slow getting up. To Quinn he looked like an old man standing up after slipping on the ice. B... MICHAEL GRANT
As so many writers know, the experience of creating an imaginary world is closer to dreaming than it... DAVID IGNATIUS Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.
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You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me ev... CHARLES MARTIN I love you more. I love you enough to let you go and live your dream." I tilted my head and shrugged...
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SARAH DESSEN Maybe you should just admit that you're crazy about me," he said, leaning in to kiss her again.
R.L. MATHEWSON
Did you tell that prospect over there that ‘not a hair’ on my head was to be touched?” “I th... LAUREN GILLEY Megan, I love you,. I will always love you."
I swallowed hard.
"Scared?" He asked.
"Y...
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You dress to impress," I said approvingly."No, Angel." He leaned in, his teeth softly grazing ...
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You like? she asked Slade. He gave her a head nod and she vanished behind the curtain.That's m...
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Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said.Because love means renouncing strength,"...
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Do you promise?" He demanded again."I can't let you go, Alek." She said softly.
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Why are you being so nice to me?' I asked her.'You know,' she said, 'when you say stuff like t...
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Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name.“Does your mot...
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SARAH OCKLER He's a clever little thing, isn't he?"
She leaned in to drop a kiss on the kitten's soft head, ...
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Captain Phelan,” Cam asked, choosing his words with care. “Have you come to ask for our consent ... LISA KLEYPAS Nothing they say or do can ever change the man you are,” Trinity continued. “A man I love with a...
C.A. HARMS I don’t want any money.”
I put the wallet away.
She said: “What are you going to do ...
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You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE Why do you even have jewelry?" she asked. "You don't wear any."
"It seems I acquired it for yo...
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Good creatures, do you love your livesAnd have you ears for sense?
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A.E. HOUSMAN
Hey, brah,” Quinn said.“What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked.
“It’s a club...
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I am so lonely without you, Aedan," Jane said simply."You truly want me?"
"Mo...
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Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why?Because, she said.
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KIERA CASS Did you just call me ‘sweetie’?” I asked.
She shoved my shoulder. “No.
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I’m not your boyfriend!” I snapped, trying to gently move her hands away from my body.LAURA KREITZER Can I cut off your head?"
"Are you asking for my permission?
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I cocked my head at him and thought about it.
“Why do people say...
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What are you getting at? I demanded. Are you saying you know somthing about me? For a moment she was... KIRSTEN MILLER
Seriously", Macey snapped. "go. Kiss. A baby""can you believe her?" Preston asked, coking his ...
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His mouth took on a...
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She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said."Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats."
A...
NEIL GAIMAN Always deliver more than you are asked to deliver.Reach high for stars lie hidden in your soul.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA What are you doing?” she asked.
“Getting naked.”
“What the hells for?�...
G.A. AIKEN
He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. H... E.L. JAMES
Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.'I should be honore...
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"Lo...
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ISABEL LOPEZ
Where did you get this?" he asked."In a pocket in your coat," said Lila, stretching. "By the w...
VICTORIA SCHWAB You’re probably good at taking lip, aren’t you?” I mutter more to myself than to my bodyguard,...
ASHLEY POSTON
How do you feel?” she asked, trying to fluff his pillow. “Other than terrible, I mean.”H...
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Open them, weak yet proud man, pitiful ant that struggles to crawl over itsspeck of dust! You ...
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
My point is, I would never hurt you or your family.”I raised my chin at him. “If you tried...
ILONA ANDREWS
More than nakedness,for there is no cover to take.
The fire in your eyes
is ringed w...
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Tristan blinked. "Excuse me?"
"He...
ELIZABETH CHANDLER
She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back ... TONI MORRISON 'How can I be more like you?' she asked the guru. 'The best way to be more like me is to be more lik...
ALAN COHEN
What about San Francisco?""What about it?"
"Did you like it?"
She shrugged. "It was ...
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Tell me what's going on here. Why can I hear your voice inside my head and why did you say you came ... BECCA FITZPATRICK
She kissed his chest. "Thanks for letting me into your heart."He tucked her hair behind her e...
LISA KESSLER
What do you fear, lady?' he asked.'A cage,' she said.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Invisible is moving
Softly and soothing
I feel it inside
It is you
It is my ...
RIXA WHITE We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy.
...
KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI This is me trying, Perry,” he said softly, the anger being drained of his face. “This is me taki...
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ZOE SANTANA
O God, early in the morning I cry to you.Help me to pray and gather my thoughts to you, I cannot...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
I’m sure you despise me,” she sobbed, looking up at him through tearful eyes.“Desp...
DAN BROWN Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to look at me this way?”
She assumed he was teasi...
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Will you sleep with me?" he asked softly, before grinning suddenly. "In the tub? SHELLY CRANE
I know when I'm awake and when I'm asleep," Ronan Lynch said.Adam Parrish, curled over himself...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER
Well?” she asked when she picked up.“Do you think we’re really alone in the universe?”...
DARYNDA JONES
My wife notices more than I do. She sees me and then, all of a sudden, after a couple of months, 'Oh... JOE TORRE
'Never Forget You' was the first song I co-wrote. 
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