He wondered if today was that day, if he’d wake up different, wake up someone else who remembered him fondly. A new Doctor. He wondered if he’d approve. Would he be more gentle? That might not be so bad. More vengeful? He hoped not. Maybe he’d be a girl. That was distantly possible. Never been a girl. The Corsair had been a girl for a while. New perspective. Confuse people. Keep life interesting.
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DEYTH BANGER A week ago, Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be a cinch compared to taking ... J.K. ROWLING A curly-haired third-year Hufflepuff girl to whom Harry had never spoken in his life asked him to go... J.K. ROWLING he was glad that he’d never had to live near people who pushed paper for a living and weren’t co... NICHOLAS SPARKS She walked away without bothering to look further. She knew he’d be fine. Her specialty was subdui... FRANCINE PASCAL For a moment, Nico felt like a little kid again. He was tempted to blurt out, That’s so cool! Even... RICK RIORDAN He finally found someone like him. Someone who shared his abilities, someone who understood what he ... JAXON REED The way Leo figured it, he spent more time crashing than he did flying. If there were a rewards card... RICK RIORDAN I wondered what it would be like, to love a girl, to know how a girl thinks, to see the world throug... 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ROBB ...I wondered at times whether I would wake up and this would be just a bad dream, a nightmare that ... RABIH ALAMEDDINE Once upon a time, there was a girl who talked to the moon. And she was mysterious and she was perfec... STEPHANIE PERKINS Slowly, I'm beginning to realise that what happened to me wasn't my fault, that I was taken advantag... GIRL A But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?" Claire sig... RACHEL CAINE He wondered if this, more than guilt, was what had been holding him back. It wasn't that he was puni... HEIDI CULLINAN He made a good salary but he did not flaunt it. He’d been raised in Chicago proper by a Lithuanian... AIMEE BENDER Since the day he was born, he'd been defying the odds. Today was not the day to stop that trend. Unl... SHERRILYN KENYON When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. STANLEY KUBRICK For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook... 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and they never forget a single m... OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Nothing had worked out the way he’d hoped. He should’ve expected it by now, maybe. After all, th... JOE ABERCROMBIE If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd rece... LAUREN MYRACLE He would wake up knowing that as long as he was capable of having such beautiful dreams, a part of h... KIM CORMACK his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me w... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn't dated since he'd been bac... NICHOLAS SPARKS He took one for the team here today and it was a day we wondered whether he should wrestle at all. W... ERIC MISKO Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her... DENNIS LEHANE Lucien had been prepared to take me against my will. Fae males were territorial, dominant, arr... SARAH J. MAAS I'm going back to bed. And when I wake up maybe that ugly girl will be gone. AMANDA GRACE The reason Armand Gamache could go there was because it wasn't totally foreign to him. He knew it be... LOUISE PENNY Victor wondered about lots of things. He wondered about himself (whether he was broken, or special, ... VICTORIA SCHWAB He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed. TERTULLIAN It meant he was sure to see Linh Cinder again. Maybe he could learn more about her then. M... MARISSA MEYER He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serio... NICHOLAS SPARKS Guys said you did good today.” He made a face. He’d done his job, nothing more. God knew he’d ... KAYLEA CROSS Since the day he was born, he'd been defying the odds. Today was not the day to stop that trend. Unl... SHERRILYN KENYON All the Chinese people Richard had ever met had been sophisticated urbanites, so he had been half ex... NEAL STEPHENSON On sentry duty with Hazel, he would try to take his mind off it. He loved spending time with her. He... RICK RIORDAN So he enjoys a girl who stands up to him," Dad said once we all calmed down. "I like him more alread... KIERA CASS Granny Weatherwax was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word t... TERRY PRATCHETT When he’d woken that morning to find her gone, he’d used the time alone to clean himself up in e... ANGELA B. WADE There were things that Pumpkin Head—now not Pumpkin Head anymore—had to do to be a girl. He had ... AL SARRANTONIO He said he wouldn't change a thing. He didn't have any regrets. He was not for any glory. He said if... JOEY ZAHN The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a ch... MORLEY CALLAGHAN He still loved her—and every moment that he didn’t have her hurt him deeply. That was why he’d... LAUREN KATE He wondered how it could have taken him so long to realize he cared for her, and he told her so, and... NEIL GAIMAN I am sure that he will score many goals for Newcastle and England at the World Cup. He knew that he ... JONATHAN WOODGATE It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM This time he could no longer hold back his tears. And with them came words that he’d never been ab... SHERRY THOMAS They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Damn. I never should have agreed to this. What is he thinking? Here we are in a piece of crap pickup... JENNA-LYNNE DUNCAN He has eyes so expressive they give a hint to more than what he portrays. He’s dedicated to his fr... SIMONE ELKELES He wondered what book he might be reading when he finally breathed his last, and determined to grab ... ANDREW PETERSON She’d fucked him over hardcore. She’d betrayed him and she’d lied to him, and she knew that as... STACIA KANE She frowned, and the effect was so pretty he wondered if he was going mad. Why did he find this cran... ROS BAXTER This is a miracle. I always wondered if he had been shot down ... or if his plane had gone down in t... FRED BYRD If he gets a new job, things would be different. DARREN DOPP I remembered my little brother, Allyn, had appeared so innocent and angelic when he slept--similar t... MARIA V. SNYDER Since Percy’d lost his memory,his whole life was one big fillin-the-blank. He was_________________... RICK RIORDAN Well, he’d actually never heard anybody say it. But he felt that it should be true. There GARY PAULSEN We're all dreaming,” Arctor said. If the last to know he's an addict is the addict, then maybe the... PHILIP K. DICK And if the man who once upon a time had been a boy who promised he'd never fall in love with another... NICOLE KRAUSS I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who ... MALALA YOUSAFZAI If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he wou... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL For better or worse, we’d ended those nights together. Not last night, and when he left me alone, ... MEREDITH WILD He started to wonder if maybe they had been raptured while he was in school. He always worried the L... RACHEL AUTUMN DEERING My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said “our world.” ... KAREN MARIE MONING He was an influence. I think there would be a lot of people in this town at that time and still to t... CARLOS PROCHNOW Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most i... FERNANDO PESSOA He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious... CASSANDRA CLARE He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one. ... J.K. ROWLING If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he woul... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Little by little, he is giving us more signs that he is getting better but he will not wake up for t... FELIX UMANSKY He said he loved me,” she whispered. Daniel swallowed, and he had the strangest sensati... JULIA QUINN
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NICK CAVE Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeo... NICK CAVE There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always b... NICK CAVE I've always had an obligation to creation, above all. NICK CAVE I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become. NICK CAVE Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. NICK CAVE I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. NICK CAVE I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have ... NICK CAVE A gentleman never talks about his tailor. NICK CAVE If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to preven... NICK CAVE Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown ... NICK NOLTE I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped fr... NICK CLEGG Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense o... NICK CAVE Despite global economic concerns, other nations are continuing to push forward and invest in their s... NICK LAMPSON As southeast Texas's only Member of the House Transportation Committee, I'm especially proud... NICK LAMPSON Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritar... NICK LAMPSON More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist th... NICK LAMPSON The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish. NICK LAMPSON Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like Presi... NICK LAMPSON With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past thr... NICK LAMPSON While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made me... NICK LAMPSON Any veteran can tell you it is already hard enough to see a doctor down at the VA and get the health... NICK LAMPSON Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once a... NICK LAMPSON Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge ... NICK LAMPSON The local communities, through their leaders, were able to build a communications network that allow... NICK LAMPSON We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no ... NICK LAMPSON Congress should stop treating veterans like they're asking for a hand out when it comes to the b... NICK LAMPSON One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement an... NICK LAMPSON I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that e... NICK LAMPSON We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign do... NICK LAMPSON None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort. NICK LAMPSON But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patrioti... NICK LAMPSON There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country. NICK LAMPSON Saturday morning, you knew what was cool by what was on 'Soul Train.' NICK CANNON I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other thro... NICK CANNON I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the ... NICK CANNON Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts ... NICK CAVE Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you... NICK JONAS I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at scie... NICK RHODES I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious. NICK MASON The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They... NICK HANAUER Instead of the cashier and ticket-ripper of the movie theater, the block chain consists of thousands... NICK SZABO