I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from the headmaster on taking our studies seriously. He said next year's exam will arrive sooner than we think." "No, they won't," Valkyrie said, frowning. "They'll arrive next year, exactly when we expect them." "That's what I told him," the reflection nodded. "I don't think he's comfortable with logic, because he didn't look happy. He sent me to the Career Guidance counsellor, who asked me what I wanted to do after college." Valkyrie stowed her black clothes. "What did you say?" "I told her I wanted to be a Career Guidance counsellor. She started crying, then accused me of mocking her. I told her if she wasn't happy in her job then she should look at other options, then pointed out that I was already doing her job better than she was. She gave me detention.
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RICHELLE MEAD What are you doing?" she asked. Grimacing, he considered returning his mouth to hers and ... LORRAINE HEATH She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me t... MILAN KUNDERA At first, I was scared but then I decided I couldn't let her think that I was weak. I told her that ... SABRINA PACKARD Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’... ISABEL LOPEZ [T.J.] Without thinking, I held them out to her. She stopped laughing, and looked at me like she was... TRACEY GARVIS-GRAVES You must tell me about it when you do,' she said. 'When you make love for the first time, I mean. I ... RUPERT THOMSON I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" CHARLES BUKOWSKI Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?" ... MARKUS ZUSAK Do you love him?” I jumped out of my skin. She was standing right beside me. “Who?” JULIE ANNE PETERS Riley was quiet for a minute. She gathered her blanket all around her. "Paul always loved you, Alice... ANN BRASHARES Before she realized he was next to her, he had placed his hands over hers on the countertop, then ho... ALICE HOFFMAN She was in love with you,” he says. “And I don’t think she got to tell you, did she?” <... TESS SHARPE You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked. She shook her head.<... CASSANDRA CLARE She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES When, some months later, Zoltan emailed me about his decision to run for president, I immediately ca... MARK O'CONNELL No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway." "To make sure Katniss is still... SUZANNE COLLINS I often think about her. One thing she said stayed with me, a dagger in my heart: "You know for me t... 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She told me some time ago she was going to kill him. I wasn'... BERNICE JAMISON I'm so sorry," he whispered to her, knowing she couldn't hear. "I'm so sorry." Her mouth moved,... JAMES DASHNER You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' VIKRAM SETH She narrowed her eyes at him. She wanted to tell him that it was his fault, that she would ne... KIMBERLY DERTING What was she like?" I tell the truth. "She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding... NICHOLAS SPARKS A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. "She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. S... METTE IVIE HARRISON Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn't look at her. "Stay", he... LEIGH BARDUGO He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me ev... CHARLES MARTIN We all asked her what he (did), and she told us he was a minister. We told her she wouldn't be doing... FLORENCE DUNN She told me later that her parents had told her to steer clear of me at school. "My mum said t... RAINBOW ROWELL We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in fro... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I asked her if there was anything we could do for her. She said, 'No, I can't really think of anythi... JEFF ROLEN Without realizing what she was doing and more on an impulse than anything else, she leaned forward a... ROBERT FANNEY What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN Relax. You're in good hands. Tabby wont hurt you. She stabbed me! Damn! I told... SHERRILYN KENYON Roarke, one thing." She walked to him, well aware he was all but snarling with temper. "I haven't ki... J.D. ROBB My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said ... RODNEY DANGERFIELD Auri hopped down from the chimney and skipped over to where I stood, her hair streaming behind her. ... PATRICK ROTHFUSS She moaned, long and low, wanting to arch, to thrash, to scream. Instead she opened her mouth and bi... ELIZABETH HOYT My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD In that case" Tessa said, feeling hot blood rise to her face,"I think I would prefer it if you calle... CASSANDRA CLARE She turned to go back inside the livery stable. The excitement with which she’d entered it le... BONNIE DEE He told her that if she screamed or if she told anybody what he was doing, he was going to come back... LT. RUBEN DIAZ She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again... ALBERT CAMUS I wanted to thank you," I said. She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I'd said something funn... RANSOM RIGGS But why did she come back and take her card away?" asked Miss Mackintosh. "I told Florence that Miss... E.F. BENSON Sally wasn't crying about their dead mother or her cancer. She was crying because her husband, Alfon... LUCIA BERLIN Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING I know I want you," he heard himself say, all his vows and his honor all forgotten. She stood before... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Look," she said, and just that. That was the only time she opened her mouth, because she wanted to s... WILLA VALENTINE You're not the way everyone says you are," Kaye said, looking at him so fiercely that he couldn't me... HOLLY BLACK She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead... KRISTEN ASHLEY Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?' 'Yes,' said Harry. 'You ca... J.K. ROWLING She wondered If I had woken up, would I have smelled his sadness, his desperation, and his detachmen... RACHEL THOMPSON Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING So look," he began, leaning over the desk, "I was—" "Excuse me?" Bethany said. Her voice was ... SARAH DESSEN ..he said, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move forward. He thought, they should move on. He ... CANDACE BUSHNELL ..he said, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move forward. He thought, they should move on. He ... CANDACE BUSHNELL I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL See . . . um . . . the thing is, I met with Lisa a few days ago. She wanted to apologize for . . . H... STJEPAN ŠEJIć It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' sh... SARAH DESSEN She'll be back," Ranger said. "But not tonight." [Stephanie] "How'd you get her to leave?" JANET EVANOVICH I walked towards her. Jean-Claude grabbed my arm. "Do not harm her, Anita. She is under our protecti... LAURELL K. HAMILTON I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the... LISA KLEYPAS My mom's reaction was the funniest. I told her I was playing in the All-Star game and she said 'why?... JIMMY ROY 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 I begged her, 'Please don't leave me stranded in the middle of some primitive zarking forest with no... DOUGLAS ADAMS She murmured, "You're unfinished." "Aye, precisely." "I need to go." When she moved t... KRESLEY COLE My father wrote beautifully,” Esmé interrupted. “I’m saving a number of his letters for poste... J.D. SALINGER That's the life, she said to me, as we watched a puppy chase its own tail. That's what I want to be ... JODI PICOULT She is pissed off all the time,” he mumbled and I remained silent, letting him ramble. “She want... C.A. HARMS ..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating t... ANDREA GIBSON Melody began to mumble incomprehensibly under her breath as she worked frantically on securing her m... B.M.B. JOHNSON What did you call her?" she asks but I don't think it's her real question. "Sunshine," I say, a... KATJA MILLAY Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are ... CAROLINE STEVERMER Eden will stay with you." I glanced up at the blue-haired woman who watched us. "She promises to tak... KIMBERLY DERTING I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that s... RODNEY DANGERFIELD
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DEREK LANDY Now, before you begin to worry, the section of the gaol that I’m standing in is completely secure.... DEREK LANDY Violence?"Skulduggery said. "Violence is never the answer, until it's the only answer. DEREK LANDY We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant DEREK LANDY I just want to let you know that I love you all. Even those of you that I don't like; that's you Ber... DEREK LANDY Tides do what tides do–they turn. DEREK LANDY He does this on purpose," Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to... DEREK LANDY Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always. DEREK LANDY Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly... DEREK LANDY Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, ... DEREK LANDY The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anyth... DEREK LANDY Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in h... DEREK LANDY You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just d... DEREK LANDY You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie. DEREK LANDY Valkyrie: “You are such a moron.” Skulduggery: “Don't be jealous of my genius. DEREK LANDY Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt. DEREK LANDY strike from the shadows, disapear into darkness DEREK LANDY I wouldn't mind a sister either." "Any chance of that happening?" "I can't see what would ... DEREK LANDY I'm sorry? No more smooches is worse than the world ending? DEREK LANDY When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm n... DEREK LANDY She's you, without your conscience, or your feelings. She's you without your humanity." "You're... DEREK LANDY Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?' 'One of t... DEREK LANDY Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough DEREK LANDY Can I just point something out?" Fletcher asked. "That is an awful plan. On a scale of one ... DEREK LANDY I've had years to see the funny side. DEREK LANDY Stephanie: Why can't you break in? You broke into the Vault Skulduggery: That's different DEREK LANDY Cheer up everyone, since we're all going to die horribly anyway, what's there to be worried about? -... DEREK LANDY She held her sword like she was ready to use it on anyone who got close. Darquesse could see her own... DEREK LANDY I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Final... DEREK LANDY Stephanie thought about the world she’d grown up in, and how different it was from the world she�... DEREK LANDY You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know know exactly what that someone has j... DEREK LANDY If you don't see me in five minutes, then I've probably died a brave and heroic death. DEREK LANDY Ah, bless. I've missed her. Do you have bullets?" "Uh, no." Skulduggery paused... DEREK LANDY What about you?" he asked, his words not much more than a mumble. "Regrets?" "Many," Skud... DEREK LANDY [...} What did I tell you about wandering off? Why don't you ever do anything I say? If I didn't kno... DEREK LANDY Serpine: Well, Skulduggery? Where is that tired old defiance - the taunting, the goading? Where are ... DEREK LANDY Skulduggery: The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your... DEREK LANDY Stephanie: I wouldn't mind a sister either Tanith: Any chance of that happening? Stephan... DEREK LANDY Bravery, after all, isn't the absence of fear. Bravery is the acknowledgement and the conquering of ... DEREK LANDY be brave DEREK LANDY Personally, I thin knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice s... DEREK LANDY Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice ... DEREK LANDY Wow," she said. "It's like you're teaching me something and being all wise." "You are not easy ... DEREK LANDY But he's in shackles, right? You beat him?" "I like to think I beat him in a moral sense, in th... DEREK LANDY It always surprised Valkyrie whenever she realized just how close the weird and the wonderful, and t... DEREK LANDY What's a Dullahan?' 'He's a headless horseman, in the service of the banshee.' 'Headless?'... DEREK LANDY He'd once known a man who said that life hinged on the moment, that everything changed in the blink ... DEREK LANDY I mean you ACRES of harm,' Dalrymple growled. 'Untold QUANTITIES of harm. I will visit a whole CONTI... DEREK LANDY Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice... DEREK LANDY So he has no head' 'Thats usually what headless means' 'No head at all?' 'Your really... DEREK LANDY Her father sagged as relief spread through him. “I thought something awful was happening.”<... DEREK LANDY Every once in a while, I get the urge. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? The urge for dest... DEREK LANDY You can't just sit back on your laurels. You have to constantly innovate. MARK LANDY If they do negotiate a lower price, they may open themselves up to litigation by essentially concedi... MARK LANDY This should be a highlight of the festival. I think it's a unique event in our area. JEFF LANDY If the deals went to shareholders today, we believe Boston Scientific would prevail. MARK LANDY I think a lot of folks had not expected them to be back this quickly. MARK LANDY I don't see material upside or downside (for Boston Scientific shares) for the next 12 months. MARK LANDY [MacMillan] has big shoes to fill and he's inheriting a legacy of 20% earnings growth. MARK LANDY While Johnson & Johnson has the clear technology lead, the risk they run is in setting the price. If... MARK LANDY I would venture that we are now outside of gentlemanly territory, MARK LANDY We are operating in a large vacuum. It's exceedingly difficult to speculate. MARK LANDY It was a great day to get a lot of players a chance to play. Now we can focus on getting ready for d... LANDY FAEDO I told my guys before the season that if you win your one-run games then you'll have a great season.... LANDY FAEDO I was a little concerned. We let two leads get away this week, but Tommy made the pitches and the gu... LANDY FAEDO That was great pitching from both guys. They're the top two pitchers in the county. LANDY FAEDO The good thing is they come out every day, work hard and do what's asked. And we're pretty demanding... LANDY FAEDO Go out and play consistent, not be good, just consistent. Just make less mistakes and put the ball i... LANDY FAEDO If we hold it when they are practicing in Latrobe, it will be easy for them to come over here for th... JEFF LANDY He needed a place to practice so someone from those two families told him to come to Mt. Pleasant. T... JEFF LANDY He told me that he would contact me within the next couple of weeks with any information that he can... JEFF LANDY We wanted to have just a few categories and make sure we did this right before we got too crazy this... JEFF LANDY