I feel maybe like you did,” he whispered to her, too low to wake her. “When ye came through the stones. Like the world is still there—but it’s no the world ye had.” He’d swear she hadn’t wakened, but a hand came out from the sheets, groping, and he took it. She sighed, long and sleep-laden, and pulled him down beside her. Took him in her arms and cradled him, warm on her soft breasts. “You’re the world I have,” she murmured, and then her breathing changed, and she took him down with her into safety.
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JENNIFER CRUSIE I just thought about the impact she was making on me. Then, it took more of a global perspective. To... KRISTINA MATARAZZO His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, ... D.H. LAWRENCE She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then be... KATHERINE PATERSON Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze. She loosed a shuddering breath, and... SARAH J. MAAS She hated him for all her might. She hated him for leaving her all those years ago, she hated him fo... DIYAR HARRAZ He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aw... CASSANDRA CLARE Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING He felt, rather than saw, her chin lift toward him. But instead of pulling her hand from his grip an... V.S. CARNES Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS She stands there for a second, watching the bear go. The morning light has truly arrived, and she ca... KATHRYN HOLMES Now with her eyes closed and fist clenched at her side. She was as off balanced as he was. Lilith to... SHADOWSTORM NORWICCA "She Never wore her Heart on her sleeves . "She didn't want the world to know about him . Little did... NADIRA AHMED All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him.... BONNIE DEE She looked into the mirror, wiping the mascara that was running down her cheeks with her tears and s... AKSHAY VASU She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. 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PRISCILLA GLENN He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him... ARUNDHATI ROY In a few minutes she would be alone with him; she would run down the ladder, and let him see her; th... BARONESS EMMUSKA ORCZY When a wisp of fog blew by her she laughed and reached out her hands to it. When the wind blew she t... ELLIOT MABEUSE He was waiting there for her beside the pool - a great black horse with shoulders like polished ebon... MOLLIE HUNTER The disgraced Usurer Yankel D took the baby girl home that evening... He made a bed of crumpled news... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Her room was warm and lightsome. A huge doll sat with her legs apart in the copious easy-chair besid... JAMES JOYCE Eve woke, violently aroused. It was Roarke’s hands on her. She knew their texture, their rhythm. H... J.D. ROBB He nodded and curled over his paper, writing quickly. As his words took form on the white page, she ... J.R. WARD I wanted to help her but she let me down. I took her from nowhere and gave her a job because I wante... AUGUSTO PALACIOS She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a ... LILY KING Cash looked at her, square in the eye, and his jaw twitched. She flinched, then braced herself. For ... SUMMER HINES She's just come undone," her mother had whispered on the phone to her aunt Bella. It was an old coll... KARIN SLAUGHTER I miss him,” she whispered, her voice cracking. His heart constricted at the grief on her fa... KAYLEA CROSS She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ She could feel the pressure from his hand on the back of her head as he forced her head down to take... BETH ASHWORTH She was here, with him, and she felt like heaven. The soft scent of her hair, the slight taste of sa... JULIA QUINN While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE Michael,” she whispered, wishing he would kiss her. “I love the way you say my name. You’re th... SARAH MACLEAN How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ... ROBERT FANNEY Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that ... CHARLES DICKENS The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crush... JUDITH MCNAUGHT Morfyd’s care. As she walked out of the cave she passed Annwyl walking in. The girl had her s... G.A. AIKEN ...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. Then slowly, hopelessly, she dr... PAUL HOFFMAN We took her off the machines. They weren't doing any good anymore. We took her around and she met he... BRYAN GOODMAN Owen folded his arms around Morgan to steady her when she crashed into him, and was enveloped by her... KRISTEN CASEY He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE Prove it!" she hissed. "Prove you are who you are!" "We don't have time for this! You really wa... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ And you won’t leave me?” “No.” Alec said. “No, we won’t ever leave you. You k... CASSANDRA CLARE So,” he said, flicking her nose, “how long have you wanted—” “I don’t see how... SARAH J. MAAS And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he w... BIBLE She took the pills from him, placed them in her mouth and drank the entire bottle of water. Water: i... PAULO COELHO He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But... ANNA GODBERSEN As he took her hand he gave her all she had been waiting for-- a shiver dow... 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He looked up at her, and she could see the pain in his eyes. "I love you," she sa... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT
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DIANA GABALDON There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the m... DIANA GABALDON How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were ... DIANA GABALDON My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes', was nominated for a number of book awards, one ... DIANA GABALDON You have lost your mind,"Jamie said coldly, the shock receding slightly. "Or I should think you had,... DIANA GABALDON I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginn... DIANA GABALDON Roger speaking to Brianna: It's too important. You don't forget having a dad." You do rem... DIANA GABALDON I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looki... DIANA GABALDON To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live. DIANA GABALDON When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no... DIANA GABALDON What . . . fellow?” The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie’s ... DIANA GABALDON The position of sun and moon on the Feast of Beltane" is one, with a list if two hundred paired figu... DIANA GABALDON For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “... DIANA GABALDON If I were marooned here till it suited my overbearing, domineering, pig-headed jackass of a husband ... DIANA GABALDON And what's wrong wi' the way ye smell?' he said heatedly. 'At least ye smelt like a woman, not a dam... DIANA GABALDON One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the wor... DIANA GABALDON Some enterprising rabbit had dug its way under the stakes of my garden again. One voracious rabbit c... DIANA GABALDON I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON (...) When I asked my Da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd h... DIANA GABALDON Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does ... DIANA GABALDON My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank G... DIANA GABALDON Take off your shirt," I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment. "Why?" he... DIANA GABALDON Jaime, you must be half-dead" He laughed tiredly, holding me close with one large warm ha... DIANA GABALDON ...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished ... DIANA GABALDON For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he sai... DIANA GABALDON Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for... DIANA GABALDON Grey sat in his bedchamber, unshaven and attired in his nightshirt, banyan, and slippers, drinking t... DIANA GABALDON I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog b... DIANA GABALDON When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I ... DIANA GABALDON I regarded him gently over my own bowl of stew. He was very large, solid, and beautifully formed. An... DIANA GABALDON When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last word... DIANA GABALDON Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. DIANA GABALDON I am a sassenach, after all,” I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. �... DIANA GABALDON Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow.... DIANA GABALDON I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched m... DIANA GABALDON Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed. DIANA GABALDON A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book! DIANA GABALDON Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON Let me be enough, DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON Come to bed, a nighean. Nothing hurts when ye love me.” He was right; nothing did. DIANA GABALDON Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some ... DIANA GABALDON Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then ... DIANA GABALDON That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened ... DIANA GABALDON For a long time," he said at last, "when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard o... DIANA GABALDON A man’s life had to have more purpose than only to feed himself each day. DIANA GABALDON Oh, foisted, is it?" cried Mr. Ormiston in righteous indignation. "Such a word! And if it means what... DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON Does your knee still hurt, Sassenach?” he asked, seeing me rub it. It hadn’t ever quite recovere... DIANA GABALDON This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air... DIANA GABALDON You do mean it, then,” I said. “You feel … er … betrothed to her?” “Well, of course ... DIANA GABALDON And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which... DIANA GABALDON Men are made in God's image, or so I am told. Likewise that we differ from the animals in having rea... DIANA GABALDON Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and ... DIANA GABALDON Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really ... DIANA ROSS The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. DIANA VREELAND I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out. DIANA KRALL Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. DIANA VREELAND I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. PRINCESS DIANA What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? PRINCESS DIANA