In a pocket of his knapsack he'd found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and then poured his own cup with hot water and sat blowing at the rim. You promised not to do that, the boy said. What? You know what, Papa. He poured the hot water back into the pan and took the boy's cup and poured some of the cocoa into his own and then handed it back. I have to watch you all the time, the boy said.
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SARAH DESSEN Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ... MICHAEL GRANT Nicaise had picked up a gilt three-pronged fork, but had paused before sampling the dish in order to... C.S. PACAT Megan, I love you,. I will always love you." I swallowed hard. "Scared?" He asked. "Y... ELIZABETH CHANDLER So what I want to know is why it is that I can no longer find you, in my mind. You are still there, ... NEIL GAIMAN I… What are you saying, Zsadist?" she stammered, even though she'd heard every word. He... J.R. WARD Leaving town I sat next to a senseless and beautiful boy who asked where I live. His unwas... ALEX DIMITROV You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It... TRUMAN CAPOTE Elene gasped and sat up. "Kylar Thaddeus Stern!" Kylar giggled. "Thaddeus? That's a good one. I... BRENT WEEKS It's asking us our names," Falkor reported. "I'm Atreyu!" Atreyu cried. "I'm F... MICHAEL ENDE If I were to be made a knight," said the Wart, staring dreamily into the fire, "I should insist on d... T.H. WHITE She found him standing before the water staring unseeing at its frozen surface. He was shivering. Sh... KRISTIN CASHORE Hey, brah,” Quinn said. “What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked. “It’s a club... MICHAEL GRANT I am concussed,' I announced, entirely sure of my self-diagnosis. ''You're fine,' Takumi said a... JOHN GREEN What did you do to help the invisible man?" And he felt the monster's voice again, like it was ... PATRICK NESS So are you going to tell me why Ronowski pulled you into the break room when we got back today?” G... A.E. VIA INVISIBLE BOY And here we see the invisible boy In his lovely invisible house, Feedin... SHEL SILVERSTEIN In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” “How do ... SARAH DESSEN What are you smiling at?” I whirled, peering into the gloom. The Darkling’s voice se... 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CORMAC MCCARTHY Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doin... CORMAC MCCARTHY All The Pretty Horses CORMAC MCCARTHY He may be dead; or he may be teaching English. CORMAC MCCARTHY We were considered rich because all the people around us were living in one- or two-room shacks. CORMAC MCCARTHY I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failur... CORMAC MCCARTHY I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen. CORMAC MCCARTHY A man is always right to pursue the thing he loves. No matter even if it kills him? I thin... CORMAC MCCARTHY Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself? CORMAC MCCARTHY It howled execration upon the dim camarine world of its nativity wail on wail while he lay there gib... CORMAC MCCARTHY Pensó que cada recuerdo evocado debe violentar en alguna medida sus orígenes. Como en un juego. El... CORMAC MCCARTHY Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Algunas cosas las olvidas, no? Olvidas lo que quieres recordar y recuerdas lo que quieres olvidar. CORMAC MCCARTHY The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn't know that. I thought they were indes... CORMAC MCCARTHY You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were. CORMAC MCCARTHY It was an old hunter in camp and the hunter shared tobacco with him and told him of the buffalo and ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Deployed upon that plain they moved in a constant elision, ordained agents of the actual dividing ou... CORMAC MCCARTHY But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse CORMAC MCCARTHY In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will. CORMAC MCCARTHY He rose and stood tottering in that cold dark with his arms held out for balance while the vestibula... CORMAC MCCARTHY They rode out along the fenceline and across the open pastureland. The leather creaked in the mornin... CORMAC MCCARTHY You know that the things you put it your head stay there, right?' 'Yeah. But you remember some ... CORMAC MCCARTHY When you've nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. CORMAC MCCARTHY The cap was gone and the man dropped to his elbows to smell the pipe but the odor of gas was only a ... CORMAC MCCARTHY A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover hi... CORMAC MCCARTHY He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen an... CORMAC MCCARTHY The arrangement seems to be that UBS will buy Time Warner shares it seems for the voting rights but ... CORMAC BUTLER Icahn wants sufficient control to achieve his strategy of breaking up Time Warner. CORMAC BUTLER In a typical situation the investor accepts a low or zero interest rate in return for exposure to a ... CORMAC BUTLER Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. JOHN MCCARTHY Compassion is contempt with a human face. JOHN MCCARTHY Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull. KEVIN MCCARTHY Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. MELISSA MCCARTHY To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's wh... MELISSA MCCARTHY As any small business owner knows, starting a business is not glamorous work. KEVIN MCCARTHY I started my first business when I was 19. I learned a valuable lesson as a small business owner. Yo... KEVIN MCCARTHY Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. JOHN MCCARTHY Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTHY The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and t... EUGENE MCCARTHY One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that ... EUGENE MCCARTHY In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if e... MARY MCCARTHY To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, pol... MARY MCCARTHY ...friendship...is essential to intellectuals. You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the ag... MARY MCCARTHY Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? CHARLIE MCCARTHY We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. MARY MCCARTHY I'm just absolutely overjoyed. These people have all stayed with their faith their denomination and ... ALICE MCCARTHY The idea of it is to examine religious issues. They (panelist) are radical in the sense that they go... ALICE MCCARTHY They call us to action to love each other. Just in the correspondence I've been having with them, I ... ALICE MCCARTHY I think that if there is a large number of people here that it will get the churches talking. I thin... ALICE MCCARTHY I'm just absolutely overjoyed. These people have all stayed with their faith â€Ã... ALICE MCCARTHY Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith ... ERIN MCCARTHY Why?” she whispered. “Why should I dance with you?” “Because I love you. Because ... ERIN MCCARTHY The happy ending is our national belief. MARY MCCARTHY Any manager who can't get along with a .400 hitter is crazy. JOE MCCARTHY Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTHY Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. CHARLIE MCCARTHY Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. MARY MCCARTHY A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traito... MARY MCCARTHY