He laced his hands behind his neck and propped his boots on the opposite arm of the sofa. If an artist were to capture this image, it would have been labeled,Smugness: A Portrait . She wanted to shake him.
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Related Can I..." He stopped and his jaw flexed. "Can I kiss you?" I didn't answer, and he didn't wait ... LIZ REINHARDT He smiled to himself. “Because she made you.” And he wrapped his skinny arm around my neck and y... PENELOPE DOUGLAS He would get punched, they would grab him by the neck and push him up against his locker. Threaten t... CHARLOTTE ROSS He slipped his hands around my waist and pulled me against him, tossing the ice cream cone over his ... STEPHIE DAVIS We should go back inside," she said, in a half whisper. She did not want to go back inside. She want... CASSANDRA CLARE I think Tim snapped. And I think when he snapped, he either laid into Ricky with his weight ... or p... LISA HOLLAND His body is pressed against my back, his arm is wrapped protectively around my waist, his breath a d... RICK YANCEY She came at him and he put his hands up. He's a pianist and his hands are important to him. ORLANDO GONZALEZ He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsm... FRANCIS OF ASSISI I believe everything you say," Tessa said with a smile, her hands creeping down from his waist to hi... CASSANDRA CLARE If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this." She sh... JAIME RUSH I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically ... NINA BAWDEN I've been looking forward to this from the second I knew he was going to play. Everyone in the game ... CHIPPER JONES --I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my han... DAVID JAMES DUNCAN He left behind his cowboy boots and luggage but he came back and the police were there. KATHLEEN BERGEN The image of the "presence," whatever it was, waiting there for him to go--this image had not yet be... HENRY JAMES I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea. KARL LAGERFELD How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an ... FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or... ROBERT STEVENSON It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or... ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely... ROBERT SHAPIRO They just tried to handcuff him. He wouldn't voluntarily put his hands behind his back. BRIAN HUNSACKER I remember when Nelson Mandela made his first visit to Atlanta and came by the center. She made sure... JANE SMITH The Thief and His Mother
A boy stole a lesson-book from one of his schoolfellows and took it home to... AESOP She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and ... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ She tried to tear herself away from him. The effort broke against his arms that had not felt it. Her... AYN RAND Adrian wanted to talk about his hands, and I wanted to discuss his legs. Really, this was a situatio... JEFF PENTLAND His forehead bumped softly against mine, his brilliant silver gaze searing into me. "I plan to keep ... JULIE KAGAWA On occasion he would think back to the fiercest passion it had been his pleasure to experience and r... ROY L. PICKERING JR. He stands with his hands in his pockets, well-dressed and self-assured, with his life before him and... EDMUND DE WAAL She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico’s shoulder as if... RICK RIORDAN Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ... RICHELLE MEAD Beside us lies a fair-headed recruit in utter terror. He has buried his face in his hands, his helme... ERICH MARIA REMARQUE This morning, Tegus welcomed me again with an arm clasp and cheek touch. I wasn't startled this time... SHANNON HALE I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his n... DANA CARVEY He came in my office one day and had this sheepish look on his face, like there was something on his... JEFF PYLE And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed h... BIBLE I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him, he ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I wanted him to do his program tonight like he does it in practice every day but I am so very proud ... LINDA BRANAN Levi's eyebrows were pornographic. If Cath were making this decision just on eyebrows, she would hav... RAINBOW ROWELL She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet s... LEO TOLSTOY In that case" Tessa said, feeling hot blood rise to her face,"I think I would prefer it if you calle... CASSANDRA CLARE It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; t... CASSANDRA CLARE Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Her arms reached up to wrap around his neck, holding on as if she would never let go. She kissed him... DEBORAH BLAKE He reached out and pulled me to him, one hand on my waist and the other behind my neck. He tipped my... RICHELLE MEAD While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE He nodded and curled over his paper, writing quickly. As his words took form on the white page, she ... J.R. WARD He came very close to playing for Notre Dame. We offered him (a scholarship), we wanted him, but I j... GREG MATTISON It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He... ELIE WIESEL she glanced down and saw that a glove of blood covered her lower arm from the elbow to the wrist. Th... CASSANDRA CLARE Before she realized he was next to her, he had placed his hands over hers on the countertop, then ho... ALICE HOFFMAN It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea. BIBLE I miss him,” she whispered, her voice cracking. His heart constricted at the grief on her fa... KAYLEA CROSS His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL He was at the height of his maturity. ... It's not just a depiction of him as an artist, it's more o... CHRISTOPHER EYKYN I twisted my arm to curl him behind me and he unfolded there, the two of us snuggled like quotation ... MICHELLE HODKIN The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crush... JUDITH MCNAUGHT I wasn’t aware of just how close he’d moved to me until now. So many details came into focus. Th... RICHELLE MEAD The way he wrote it in his memoirs he wanted to leave something for his family so they would be able... FRANK CHILD Pain lanced through his neck. He gasped and his eyes flew open; Simon was sitting up on him, staring... CASSANDRA CLARE If she had loved him, he would have opened windows, allowed all of that precious light of hers in sh... AMANDA LANCE His ascent was slow - the blow to the head must have disoriented him worse than he let on - so I wen... JODI MEADOWS The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being. FRANCOIS DELSARTE It is difficult to conjecture, from the conduct of him whom we see in a low condition, how he would ... SAMUEL JOHNSON I touch the double row of silver hoop earrings hanging from his left ear, trail along his jawline, h... KATIE MCGARRY Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS But he was bigger and stronger and his hands reached up behind her to the back of her head, ignoring... KIMBERLY DERTING To put the shaker in his hand and then to get him to shake on his own, I think it was empowering for... GLENN SCHIFANO Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING I would have to say all he needs is a little bit to go his way. If a little bit goes his way, I thin... MARCO ANDRETTI He looked, well, sturdier than he used to. His shoulders were square and, naturally, broader than be... VICTORIA KAHLER He smelled so good, a mix of frost and something sharp, like peppermint. Lifting my head, I placed a... JULIE KAGAWA Tessa: I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" Will: "I've never swum naked in the T... CASSANDRA CLARE Lily?” She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. ... JESSICA LEMMON He did a good job tonight. He gave up his first earned run this season tonight, so his been consiste... JOE HARTFIELD I congratulated him on his nomination. I told him that I wanted to make sure that the transition, wh... JANET RENO I would say Mr. Prospector for instance, who was not as fashionable on the track, if he stood today ... DAN ROSENBERG And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto h... BIBLE He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and... VERONICA ROTH Whenever an artist becomes dominated by his own ignorance, his art loses value, for it is only the p... ROBIN SACREDFIRE Magnus reached for Alec, but instead of rising to his feet, he pulled Alec against him, his hand sli... CASSANDRA CLARE He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into... BECCA FITZPATRICK I have no conscience, none, but I would not like to bring a soul into this world. When it sinned and... OLIVE SCHREINER I have no conscience, none, but I would not like to bring a soul into this world. When it sinned and... OLIVE SCHREINER It was a much different experience this time around, ... He knew it was out of his hands, first of a... MARC BROUSSARD You have something on your neck," he observed. Alec's hand flew to his throat. "What?" "Lo... CASSANDRA CLARE I'm willing to find out what this thing is going on between us. Are you?" "If we weren't outsid... SIMONE ELKELES If I were to pick one outstanding aspect of his bowling, it would be his accuracy. He is not a big t... INTIKHAB ALAM And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promis... SHARON SHINN I got burned here (on his hands), underneath my arm, both ears, around my neck and the top of my bac... RICK ALEXANDER It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all ... STEVE ALBINI He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash and would I p... JJ ABRAMS I asked him about it when we were together a couple of weeks ago. He's always been apprehensive, hav... GEORGE MARTIN You are real," she said to herself. "Aye." His voice was deep and resonant, a caress in h... J.R. WARD I wanted him. I arched my back, fully aware of how vulnerable that made me and that I was giving him... RICHELLE MEAD I told you to keep him safe, not cuddle." Alucard spread his hands behind him on the sheets. "I... V.E. SCHWAB He shook his head to clear it, but the world grew dark and angry and would not stay upright. The wor... MAX BARRY
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