She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote.
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Related She hated her job the same way I hated my jobs because she knew she was worth more, but she also hat... TAWNI O'DELL It was once him and her, but she lost him and thought for a long time she wanted him back more then ... AMBER But Julian's blood was different. When she saw it she thought of him, shot and crumpling, the way hi... CASSANDRA CLARE She hated him for all her might. She hated him for leaving her all those years ago, she hated him fo... DIYAR HARRAZ And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the cir... ANTHONY LICCIONE It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I... JOHN GREEN How was it that he haunted her imagination so persistently? What could it be? Why did she care for w... ELIZABETH GASKELL Midland City had a goddess of discord all its own. This was a goddess who could not dance, would not... KURT VONNEGUT But this was that view of human destiny which she had most passionately hated and rejected: the view... AYN RAND ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an... PAUL HOFFMAN She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and... NICHOLAS SPARKS Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled wit... PHILIPPA GREGORY Then I made her understand that, where she was concerned, I was only a poor dog, ready to die for he... GASTON LEROUX Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS Once Doc got an idea in her head that she was going to do something, you didn't stop her. She had th... ED HARRIS Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper... NEIL GAIMAN I had a date with a girl I called 'the parrot.' All she did was repeat everything I said. Sh... JUSTIN CHON Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL She knew she could do better and that we needed her to do better. She was frustrated, but at the sam... HEATHER STEPHENS She felt like weeping. She didn't know why at first, but then it hit her. He knew her. DENNIS LEHANE Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could... STEVAN V. NIKOLIC She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE What are you?' She asked. He shot her a brief glance and looked away. He stared at the scenery of th... SHIRLEY A. MARTIN It was about 1951. She had written me and said he was very special and he thought she was very speci... EDYTHE SCOTT BAGLEY In the pause that followed, Shane understood why people said their hearts broke. She always thought ... THOMM QUACKENBUSH Her eyes stung from crying for so long and having some tears dry on them. Her body was weak from the... ROXANNA ALIBA KAZIBWE He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea... CASSANDRA CLARE She may have been only sixteen years old, but there was a new life growing inside of her. She fought... VALENCIYA LYONS The phone was her worst enemy and her best friend but she never knew which until she answered it. ANN BRASHARES Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her ... HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN He thought how much he liked her and had in common with her, and how much she'd like and have in com... KINGSLEY AMIS Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous ... IAIN PEARS The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was... VERONICS ROTH My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it... RUTH REICHL Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS Sissy had two great failings. She was a great lover and a great mother. She had so much of tendernes... BETTY SMITH And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY She hated war and liked soldiers—it was one of her amiable inconsistencies. E.M. FORSTER In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; ... THOMAS HARRIS Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of fai... CASSANDRA CLARE She tried to tear herself away from him. The effort broke against his arms that had not felt it. Her... AYN RAND She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, ... KEN FOLLETT They were both comparative mirrors of each other. It was clear to her now more than he had used her ... CRYSTAL EVANS He knew her and she was very kind to him. They were neighbors. And clearly, she was mortified at wha... LORI WADA Her grief still burdened her, and she knew she would bear it the rest of her days. DANA FULLER ROSS I knew she came out with 31 points last night and I had to 'D' it up on her tonight. I was working a... BECCA MCARDLE How she still thought of Max every day and it was like someone had emptied her lungs of air, and she... CASSANDRA CLARE It was probably bothering her, ... She was aggravated about what she feels is not a completely accur... PAUL LEVINSON She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed t... J.K. ROWLING She knew she was in love with him. She loved everything about him too. He was more than a fantasy. F... DEBORAH ARMSTRONG She raised one hand and flexed its fingers and wondered, as she had sometimes before, how this thing... IAN MCEWAN Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,... DANIELLE STEEL She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK It broke his heart because she started to consider that her home. But on the other hand he knew she ... ELEANOR POPPELL My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of t... POLLY TOYNBEE And for about the millionth time in her life she felt an overwhelming gratitude for her best friend.... ROB THOMAS She was disoriented. She was out and had to be helped to her corner, despite the fact that she was s... MAUREEN SHEA Day followed day, and night followed night, until Dany knew she could not endure a moment longer. Sh... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting ... AYN RAND Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did... LEO TOLSTOY She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a ... LILY KING When I first saw her as a freshman that day, I knew she belonged. It was never a question with her. ... DAVE KLINGEL Grace hated lying, got no joy from it, and this was how she knew she wasn't pathological. REBECCA SCHERM Intuitively, she sensed Leonardo’s gaze on her, and she caught sight of him near the entrance to t... DELANEY DIAMOND She was furious with him and couldn't believe he would take the car without first asking her. If he ... SHARON ANDERSON That was at the State Meet and we just told her to do what she had to do to win the race. She had ru... DAVE FEDERICO [When this was happening, Myers told Barr,] It wasn't worth this, ... He went up to her and shot her... CHARLES STRONG We knew this was such a monumental thing in her life and she was able to stay so positive. We saw th... CARLYNN SAVANT Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymo... ALICE SEBOLD She couldn’t walk away from him again. Her heart couldn’t take it and she didn’t think his cou... KATIE REUS Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ... MARGARET MITCHELL Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI She would tell him what she wanted in her life--her hopes and dreams for the future--and he would li... NICHOLAS SPARKS Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. PETER USTINOV He can guess, but he won't ever know, not really. What it was like, what she was thinking, everythin... CELESTE NG She remembers rehearsals. Wrong notes turning to right ones, dissonance becoming harmony. She re... KATHRYN HOLMES Mike had a wife and her name was Terri. She came before me, and I knew that. That was just that. Not... JODI SCHIAVO She knew it was time, What for was the mystery but focused; she remained. She turne... NIKKI ROWE They tried to define her. Some called her perpetually enigmatic. Some said she was fucking crazy. I ... MISHI MCCOY She knew her job had risks but she was dedicated to it. Not that we know it had anything to do with ... HOLLY TACHOVSKY Did she know, could she know what it meant to him when she turned to him, when she opened herself to... J.D. ROBB You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely remi... CASSANDRA CLARE The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She... HAN KANG The thing I loved about her was that I never felt like she was selling anything. She would talk to G... DONALD MILLER She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the begin... NICHOLAS SPARKS He was ruining it. Five minutes before, he’d looked at her with desire and she’d thought finally... ARIELLE HUDSON I knew she had the ability. 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He had an odd expression, lik... JENNIFER MCMAHON It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, an... JAMES A. MICHENER
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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