If I’d had any doubts about how Archer felt about me, they were eradicated when I saw the look on his face. I’d never had my spleen ripped out, but if I had, I figured I’d make the same face Archer wore now.
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I’d told hi... PENELOPE DOUGLAS I’d assumed after that I’d never find love. But fate brought us back together and I knew I had t... TERRI E. LAINE I look at the hundreds of algebra problems facing me in the next three days. And here I thought... ELIZABETH EULBERG If I were a candy bar I’d want to be a snicker, because then I’d have the last laugh!! NEIL LECKMAN Lissa and I had been friends ever since kindergarten, when our teacher had paired us up together for... RICHELLE MEAD It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with... KAZUO ISHIGURO The door opened, and it was like an apparition materializing before me, some sort of heavenly m... RICHELLE MEAD But I’d rather look back and regret something I did when I was young and crazy, than look back and... CHERRIE LYNN I still don’t know where the river begins, or where it ends. I don’t know where it comes from, o... MICHAEL CHROBAK I’d done the right thing. I always did. 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MANEL LOUREIRO When it was over I felt he could have come to me. When I saw film, he had pressure in his face. He h... JUSTIN PEELLE Had I known but yesterday what I know today, I’d have taken out your two gray eyes And p... TAM LIN NEVILLE If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d... MELINA MARCHETTA If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad �... ASPEN MATIS My pulse was racing, my skin searing, and suddenly I felt light-headed. I sat back and put hands ove... MAGGIE STIEFVATER If I’d been asked to make a list of what I could do without, I’d never have managed it. But by p... J.P. DELANEY How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was w... ALICE HOFFMAN It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly... ANNE RICE Living as Wild Child, I could no longer be Debby Parker comfortably — this name that I’d been gi... ASPEN MATIS I turn back to Griffin. His expression is stony and unreadable, although if I had to take a wild gue... AMANDA BOUCHET If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it. ANNE RICE What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. COLETTE If I were going to put a price tag on my lady parts, I’d find a more appetizing buyer. SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I’d smelled in eighty years. STEPHENIE MEYER If he hadn’t been kissing me, if he hadn’t shown up and interrupted us, I would have gone out in... SARAH J. MAAS There’s a power I only feel when I’m with Isaiah. A boldness I’ve never possessed in my life. ... KATIE MCGARRY If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face. RITA MORENO Adrian tipped my face up toward his and kissed me. Like always, the world around me stopped moving. ... RICHELLE MEAD I felt that everyone had the same sentiments when it came to love that I did. I felt like if you rea... MUSIQ SOULCHILD I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn... CHARLOTTE MUNRO I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . . J.K. ROWLING Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON It had to do with the doubts. The same niggling doubts I always had about not belonging. I didn't fe... GAYLE FORMAN I’d never told anyone the future I imagined for my sister and me, dreams that had been part of me ... JESSICA TAYLOR Go on Louis, jump up,” I’d say every day for the first three months. From the vacant look ... CEE TEE JACKSON He had the same look on his face that I had every day when I looked in the mirror. He was nothing mo... AMY LICHTENHAN I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done... CAROL BURNETT I had a lot of things I wanted to do… I want to be a teacher…I also want to be an astronaut…an... TITE KUBO It makes me wonder how I’d be treated if I were like everyone else. Maybe I’m a pretty rotten pe... JODI PICOULT Amos, talk about pearls for teeth ... you got ‘em. No wonder the boys go for you, because I could ... JAMES PURDY I couldn’t avoid my reflection in the large mirrored wall that sat over the vanity area... I had g... DONNA AUGUSTINE I felt like my heart had been ripped out. I felt like my husband had been killed again. I felt like ... ROSEMARY DILLARD Maybe I shouldn’t have told you––about it being electrical.” She put her hand out, touched h... PHILIP K. DICK I was nothing if not determined; at least twice a week I would wear bright, pretty clothes. I was af... KAREN MARIE MONING This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably al... SARAH DESSEN Now, could you maybe get some clothes on? That’s uh . . . distracting.” “You do know you ... ABBI GLINES If I were to come back in another life, I’d like to be reincarnated as my own clone. JAROD KINTZ Archer?” I asked, raising my eyebrows. Hey, you might be able to take away my magical powers, but ... RACHEL HAWKINS My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, ... BECCA FITZPATRICK I kept a picture of me kissing my dad’s corpse on the forehead in my wallet for years. I’d break... DOUG STANHOPE They stared each other down, and while the dorky eleven-year-old in my soul kind of hoped that two h... RACHEL HAWKINS Where the heck was I while you were playing Grand Theft Cellar? RACHEL HAWKINS Oh, come on, Sophie. Don't you get it? He's L'Occhio di Dio's ultimate weapon. They used him as a sp... RACHEL HAWKINS So I thought I’d feel different afterward, after the visible neon sign proclaiming 'virgin' had bl... MIKE MULLIN Jase turned his head to me, brows raised. “If I liked guys—you know, swung that way, I’d get n... J. LYNN Chubs didn’t have to finish. I knew what I’d been when I’d found them: a terrified splinter of... ALEXANDRA BRACKEN She and I had exchanged a few text messages, although they had been mostly to remind me just how pis... SUZANNE WRIGHT Yet I saw crypts when I looked at him, and I heard the beat of kettledrums. I saw torchlit fields wh... ANNE RICE Archer turned back to me, and that familiar grin flashed over his face. “Come on, Mercer. Me, you,... RACHEL HAWKINS I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat... CORMAC MCCARTHY There was no telling if I’d be reborn when I died, but the waltz began and ended with my four note... JODI MEADOWS I just had a hand in my face every time. I probably didn't take the best shots, but at the same time... KAMELA GISSENDANNER How many times did we pass each other before we met? If only I’d known…. I would have searched f... RANATA SUZUKI They told me they were going to do it, but I had my doubts. I was wondering if they'd be able to swa... GEOFF HOGAN When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about? NICHOLAS SPARKS I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting for the other team, I�... ILONA ANDREWS He looked at me like I was the stars when all I’d ever felt like was the dark nothingness between ... RANATA SUZUKI Magnus glared at him out of gold-green eyes. “If I wanted to lie on a couch and complain to s... CASSANDRA CLARE I’d imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you kno... HUGO CABRET If I am indeed my own god, I’d better start praying to myself to get myself out of myself. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH You’re just using me for my body.” “You don’t have a body,” I’d remind him. “Thr... DARYNDA JONES It just felt good to see Victor. He had a look of relief on his face when he threw that guy out. I w... C.C. SABATHIA If I were a Wild West cowboy, I wouldn’t ride a horse—I’d ride a wheelchair. More romantic. JAROD KINTZ
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DAN HAWKINS I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music. DAN HAWKINS Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book. DAN HAWKINS I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd don... DAN HAWKINS Steve sighed, wishing for a cigarette. “The Buddha teaches respect for all life.” “Oh.” She ... SCOTT HAWKINS I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head. PAULA HAWKINS But we also think that we've got more quite alot more support than any new format has ever had. TRIP HAWKINS What that means initially is that you have alot of products that are only slightly better games in t... TRIP HAWKINS I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness. COREY HAWKINS I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I... COLEMAN HAWKINS I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, some... SALLY HAWKINS Sometimes we get so caught up in appearing smart that we become afraid to ask the question that will... JOHN HAWKINS Things like the movie 'Memento' are interesting to me because our memories of the things we&... PAULA HAWKINS The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation. JEFF HAWKINS You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. Th... DAN HAWKINS But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies ... TRIP HAWKINS The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared. TRIP HAWKINS I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love t... TAYLOR HAWKINS 'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work... JEFF HAWKINS Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it. 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