I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears... and she did not run away!...and she did not die!... She remained alive, weeping over me, weeping with me. We cried together! I have tasted all the happiness the world can offer.
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SOMERSET MAUGHAM Clinging to him desperately, Sara kept her mouth at his ear. "Listen to me." All she could do was pl... LISA KLEYPAS She does so much for me. How can I not appreciate her? MAYME OLSON (Clare) had been hurt all year, ... Her first game back, she got the game-winning kill. I cried when... SHANNON DAVIS She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can... ANNE MICHAELS She always was one of my biggest rivals. Whenever I pitched against her, my goal was not to let her ... LINDSEY GREER I see that with my family, how we're all close. She did that. She made sure we stayed together. BRIDGET IDTENSOHN I turned my boys over to her and she promised me she would bring them home, so I made her a throw. BETTY RODDAM She drove away from there. That was the last time she was seen. She did not return to her home on Ha... LT. DENNIS DINSMORE Simply put, she was the one who had to put up with me. That she did so with love and patience and en... JOHN SCALZI We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in fro... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Everything just feels so empty without her. She was more a parent to me than my birth parents were. ... ALYSON NOEL I am going to die of love....daroga....I am dying of love .... That's how it is... I loved her so! A... GASTON LEROUX The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to k... KATIE MCGARRY Arleen’s children did not always have a home. They did not always have food. Arleen was not always... MATTHEW DESMOND Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilis... SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH She dried her tears, and they did smile To see her cheeks’ returning glow; Nor did disce... EMILY BRONTë For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and too... JOHN GREEN It broke my heart when they put the handcuffs on her and took her away. I think she needs to spend t... BARBARA WELCH The dreamer in her Had fallen in love with me and she did not know it. That moment the dre... TED HUGHES she didn't need anyone. At Wheeler, even when she stood out with her pink hair and quilter army-surp... JODI PICOULT She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It was a long story, and sometimes she grew quiet and cried - and during those times he leaned over ... SARAH J. MAAS She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cauti... PATRICK ROTHFUSS The insistent drums were an unwelcome reminder of the existence of another world, wholly autonomous,... PAUL BOWLES She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fa... 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