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She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.


Tess Gerritsen

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Only the forgotten are truly dead.
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MARGARET MITCHELL Never in her life – she could swear it from the bottom of her soul – had she ever intended to do...
THOMAS HARDY Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, y...
TESS GERRITSEN In the end, night calls and we go. Mind, body and soul we go.
MARTY RUBIN Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
THOMAS HARDY The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerin...
TESS GERRITSEN Water flows because it's willing.
MARTY RUBIN Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ...
SANA KRASIKOV Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ...
SANA KRASIKOV But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear hear...
C.S. LEWIS She came and stayed with me until the ambulance got there, ... I knew her because my sister and I ha...
ANGELA MOORE Once this kid came into the world, Sally knew, she would live in constant terror of somehow injuring...
J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN Oh no,” she murmured, her smile thawing, falling, carried away with the undeniable, inevitable, im...
MARISSA MEYER Fresh in my mind now is how they tortured her to death, how terrified she looked prior to her death....
BOBBY SCHINDLER She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of h...
CASSANDRA CLARE Emily had an awesome game. She knew that this was going to be her biggest challenge of the season so...
KIM ALLEN In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked that she was, and forgot that the defective can more...
THOMAS HARDY She thought often of her own death, but without fear, loss having been her only belonging in this li...
ESI EDUGYAN ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit ra...
ANNE PERRY ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit r...
ANNE PERRY Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a...
LISA KLEYPAS And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?
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No Face... a pe...
DEYTH BANGER But the second she opened her eyes and looked at me, I knew. She was either going to be the death of...
COLLEEN HOOVER …the trouble with oaths of the form, death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enoug...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper...
NEIL GAIMAN We knew Heather was going to use her head (when she came back in the game). She's only a sophomore, ...
JACQUIE FERNANDES She was small. Her shadow moved in the dance of chaos before her as the inferno blazed behind her an...
HUBERT MARTIN 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 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 had that courage and that heart. She was never selfish, and this is another example of it. She g...
BEATRIZ LOPEZ Acceptance made her realize that she had it in her to boldly and gracefully handle her own life. She...
LATIKA TEOTIA It's funny, most people can be around someone and they gradually begin to love them and never know e...
FANNIE FLAGG He was popular she was smart, she wore glasses he wore dark shades and played the guitar, she was lo...
DAVID BENTO GUERRA She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew hersel...
ANN BRASHARES Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.
T.S. ELIOT I came out and saw the girl stumbling out of the car. I asked her if she was OK. She said yeah. She ...
JULIE GILBERT And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As i...
ALAN W. WATTS She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrib...
JEANNE DUPRAU She is so secure in her beautifully imperfect self that she would welcome you with open arms, no jud...
SUSAN C. YOUNG There will always be people who will accept you for what you are!
SAKURA TSUKUBA She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymo...
ALICE SEBOLD His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y...
CAROLYN JEWEL I kind of had a feeling she'd do that, I knew she always starts fast, and she just sprinted right at...
EMILY PAPA This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed...
JANE BOWLES She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth tre...
NICOLE LYONS She came back to a place where she knew people would care about her and she'd have an opportunity to...
EARL WOUDSTRA She was gone the entire break, and she came back in time for the Sicily Island tournament. She's kin...
LISA ABRON When I came in [last January], I brought a strength and conditioning program with me. And when I bro...
RAVON ANDERSON And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her ac...
BIBLE When I first saw her as a freshman that day, I knew she belonged. It was never a question with her. ...
DAVE KLINGEL Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ...
MARGARET MITCHELL The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She wa...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Suspended between the nastiness of life and the meanness of the dead, she couldn't get interested in...
TONI MORRISON I kind of got on Katie. The whole thing was mental, but it all came together for her this weekend. T...
LISA SCHRIVER She was a super teacher, ... She was so crippled with arthritis that when the students went to the p...
MAGGIE MALONE For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous ...
IAIN PEARS In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; ...
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TESS GERRITSEN Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.
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JENNA SMITH When they came for her there were no tears. It was a silent adieu. She asked me to look after papa. ...
DENISE EPSTEIN He accepts life in all its facets, in all its climates and colors. He alone does not choose he accep...
OSHO She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ...
MICHAEL ONDAATJE She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and...
NICHOLAS SPARKS She wondered whether the queen knew. Rowan did. Aedion did. And Arobynn did. He had understood that ...
SARAH J. MAAS She knew she could do better and that we needed her to do better. She was frustrated, but at the sam...
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