I swear, I almost died back there on that ship, you know." He let her hand go, but he was staring at her, almost as if he meant to memorize her face. " I know," he said. "everytime you almost die, I almost die myself.
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But not guilt. Not e... LORI FOSTER He always expected to die young, and I thought that was really a tragedy. It's almost like he had a ... LAURA NYGREN You're not the way everyone says you are," Kaye said, looking at him so fiercely that he couldn't me... HOLLY BLACK She shivered as he left her to go to the fire, and find water and cloths. He leaned into the light, ... KRISTIN CASHORE Keenan was staring at her, too intently for comfort. "I don't know why certain people shine for othe... MELISSA MARR I almost made it. I didn't even swear. But now I have to buy her dinner. JOE CONROY You love me,” he said. “That’s all I need to know.” “You always say the right thing,... SUZANNE BROCKMANN i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there. NICHOLAS SPARKS 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 love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... 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"I always need you CASSANDRA CLARE Looking at her in the hospital he had thought, I don't know you, who you are, does it matter if we l... RAY BRADBURY What’s it like to live forever? Nicholas almost dropped the glass he had been holding. “Wha... GRACE WILLOWS Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn't look at her. "Stay", he... LEIGH BARDUGO I didn’t know you were going. What are you coming for?" she said, letting fall the hand with whi... LEO TOLSTOY Do you want to marry him?" Peter stopped in front of her, pressing close. "You know I don't." SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT And infatuated be damned. He was near to being blinded by his attraction to her. He was in love, dam... MARY BALOGH You love your country," she said. "I can't let you give all that up." He caught a glimmer of pain an... SARAH J. MAAS He paused leaning over to lay his lips on hers, “It’s time to feel again. Let me save you from y... ELLA FRANK Now, let's never talk about you being related to her again. Because I'm technically still engaged to... MARISSA MEYER You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." "I was nine... CASSANDRA CLARE To love is to think. And I almost forget to feel only from thinking about her. I don’t k... ALBERTO CAEIRO He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a v... BRIAN ANDREAS What about Myrnin?' Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. Sh... RACHEL CAINE What are you doing?” “What?” Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that g... SARAH J. MAAS He stopped and took my hand. "If we die, or if I die..." He was speaking of dying, and I couldn... GAIL CARSON LEVINE I love you, Clary," he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row o... 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JAIME RUSH This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and th... MELINA MARCHETTA When I'm wasted, I can almost forget who I am," he said, his smile fading slightly. "I know I'm stil... BECCA FITZPATRICK Thorne shuffled his feet. “You know, if it was a bad kiss, you can just say so.” She stiffe... MARISSA MEYER Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and somet... KRISTIN CASHORE Your friend Mikey knew what my touch could do, but he didn’t tell me. He turned me into a murderer... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Deep, bone-melting pleasure surged through Kira’s subconscious as he thrust forward again, almost ... JEANIENE FROST Sugar,” Jake said, “I’ve wanted you since the first time you sassed me.” “I wan... TINA LEONARD A footman knocked at the door, the sound echoing through the entrance hall. The sisters looked... 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"She's almost as annoying as you," I t... RICK RIORDAN You think I'm cute?" He said thinkly, pulling on her hand. She was glad he couldn't see her fac... RAINBOW ROWELL He blinked. His eyes fell as he processed her response. Then he lifted his chin and attempted a grin... MARISSA MEYER Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that ... CHARLES DICKENS He touched her face, gently, with the back of his hand. 'you disappear so completely into your head ... CASSANDRA CLARE Wait!" he yelled. I didn't turn around, I walked faster. Then I heard him slam his fist on the ... JENNY HAN
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Well, not you, Simon." "... CASSANDRA CLARE Jem gave her a wistful look. “Must you go? I was rather hoping that you’d stay and be a minister... CASSANDRA CLARE And now," Eric yelled into his mircophone, "we're going to sing a new song-one we just wrote. This o... CASSANDRA CLARE Take off your shirt." Jace raised his eyebrows. "I'm not going to attack you," she said i... CASSANDRA CLARE Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-climbing powers; we get Aquatruck. CASSANDRA CLARE I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?" "You can kill ... CASSANDRA CLARE aren't you, uh... reproducing? "sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things... CASSANDRA CLARE Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it? CASSANDRA CLARE I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to fin... CASSANDRA CLARE One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking. CASSANDRA CLARE He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at th... CASSANDRA CLARE Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind. CASSANDRA CLARE Jace broke off the kiss and stepped back with an exhale; before Clary could say anything, a chorus o... CASSANDRA CLARE You could have fooled me. Everytime I called you, Luke said you were sick. I figured you were avoidi... CASSANDRA CLARE I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or ... CASSANDRA CLARE What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was ... CASSANDRA CLARE Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited. CASSANDRA CLARE You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me." She smiled up at him. Fil... CASSANDRA CLARE And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I cou... CASSANDRA CLARE In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matter... CASSANDRA CLARE When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They’re in everything you do. They’re ... CASSANDRA CLARE Do not let any of them tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the s... CASSANDRA CLARE Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be. CASSANDRA CLARE Your place is with me," Jem said. "It always Will be. CASSANDRA CLARE You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place ... CASSANDRA CLARE It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me... CASSANDRA CLARE People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you l... CASSANDRA CLARE Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. CASSANDRA CLARE You've always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it. CASSANDRA CLARE One finds nobility in the oddest places. CASSANDRA CLARE Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that... CASSANDRA CLARE If I made a joke about just dropping by, would you write me off as cliché? CASSANDRA CLARE I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be... CASSANDRA CLARE Will tossed the bloody cloth aside. “And you wonder why we aren’t friends.” “I just wo... CASSANDRA CLARE It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people. CASSANDRA CLARE You're not gay, are you?" Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better. CASSANDRA CLARE Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immedia... CASSANDRA CLARE I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood. CASSANDRA CLARE The first morning Simon had been at Amatis's house, a grinning lycanthrope had showed up on the door... CASSANDRA CLARE And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you're done with training, you shoul... CASSANDRA CLARE So--what's it like, being a vampire?" "Aline!" Isabelle looked appalled. "You can't just ... CASSANDRA CLARE Fresh is better. But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrow in res... CASSANDRA CLARE Happy birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured. "Thanks for remembering," Alec whispered back. CASSANDRA CLARE While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and ski... CASSANDRA CLARE I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain. CASSANDRA CLARE By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugl... CASSANDRA CLARE It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them to... CASSANDRA CLARE Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watch... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't tell me," Jace said, "Simon's turned himself into an ocelot and you want me to do something ab... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't stop there. I suppose there are also, what, vampires and werewolves and zombies?" "Of cou... CASSANDRA CLARE A lot of people have asked me about some of the characters that appear in 'Clockwork Prince,'... CASSANDRA CLARE Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and ... CASSANDRA CLARE Do you remember,” he said, “when we first met and I told you I was ninety percent sure putting a... CASSANDRA CLARE Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducki... CASSANDRA CLARE [Julian]"Remember, Mark is in charge.” “Does he know that?” said Livvy. Julian sough... CASSANDRA CLARE Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nu... CASSANDRA CLARE The more beautiful the skin is, the more deadly it is. That's what Will's like. All that pretty face... CASSANDRA CLARE I'm not unhappy," he said. "Only people with no purpose are unhappy. I've got a purpose. CASSANDRA CLARE How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of... CASSANDRA CLARE It wasn’t sexy," he said. “It was a little sexy,” Simon said. He felt much better, ... CASSANDRA CLARE Isabelle waved a hand. "No need to worry, big brother. Nothing happened. Of course," she added as Al... CASSANDRA CLARE The light that burned twice as bright burned half as long. CASSANDRA CLARE