She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes—she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He was popular she was smart, she wore glasses he wore dark shades and played the guitar, she was lo... DAVID BENTO GUERRA She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrib... JEANNE DUPRAU She was sleeping on the bed like a novel that is yet to be read and he sat on the floor, reading her... AKSHAY VASU Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes o... STEPHEN KING But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea... CASSANDRA CLARE It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; t... CASSANDRA CLARE You can close your eyes and think of England, if you like." "I've never even been to England," ... CASSANDRA CLARE Astonishing. In the morning, when she sat working at that table of correspondence, silhouetted by su... TESSA DARE She clambered to the shoreline. Numb and shaken, she began to dress. It wasn’t easy as she fumbled... JEAN M. GRANT He laughed and was about to retort when she grabbed his collar and pulled him into her. She clamped ... DEREK LANDY We should go back inside," she said, in a half whisper. She did not want to go back inside. She want... CASSANDRA CLARE She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harr... J.K. ROWLING Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was... SETTA JAY Now now,” he said, setting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t even see her turn. One moment she... MATT TOMERLIN She looked into the mirror, wiping the mascara that was running down her cheeks with her tears and s... AKSHAY VASU The trail through the pines and beech trees was bright red. He was surprised the other human couldn�... AMY KUIVALAINEN His blue-black hair fell over his face when he moved, like tiny arrows pointing to pronounced cheeck... MELISSA MARR Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was... SETTA JAY She hadn’t needed him to escape that place. But rather than making him angry, it only made him pro... D.B. REYNOLDS He looked down at himself and laughed softly. ‘‘My dark side dresses better than I do.’’ He ... RACHEL CAINE She was here, with him, and she felt like heaven. The soft scent of her hair, the slight taste of sa... JULIA QUINN And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and h... BIBLE Ben was in his truck, window down, idling at the curb, dark lenses hiding his eyes from her, looking... JILL SHALVIS He cupped his hand around her cheek, and she marveled at how perfectly his palm fit her cheek. His f... SUMMER HINES Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of fai... CASSANDRA CLARE
"Take your hair down," he croaked, his voice deep even to his own ears.
She ... KRISTEN CASEY He was waiting there for her beside the pool - a great black horse with shoulders like polished ebon... MOLLIE HUNTER She (the caller) indicated that he was wearing gloves, that he was very agitated, that he had indica... DARRELL DEBUSK Her room was warm and lightsome. A huge doll sat with her legs apart in the copious easy-chair besid... JAMES JOYCE My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me... GARY F EVANS... He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with h... NICHOLAS SPARKS Her hand accidentally brushed up against his chest. She froze. His breathing remained steady and reg... CATE CAMPBELL BEATTY In the stern sat Aragon son of Arathorn, proud and erect, guiding the boat with skilful strokes; his... J.R.R. TOLKIEN How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smelled like rain, or how... JODI PICOULT He looked at her and tilted his head very slightly in wonder. He had forgotten, as he always forgot,... MEGAN WHALEN TURNER Is it possible?” He could have sworn she was teasing. She shouldn’t have the energy for that. CAROLYN JEWEL She stood in his kitchen, watching him toy with the ring in his lip. It wasn't quite that he was bit... MELISSA MARR Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair tha... PRIYA ARDIS Karou wished she could be the kind of girl who was complete unto herself, comfortable in solitude, s... LAINI TAYLOR Never before had he said such long strings of sentences in French before, like he did now. In the sh... LAUREN GILLEY And yes, even in the poor lighting, I could see that she was beautiful—in a deadly way—and that ... RICHELLE MEAD He had the prettiest hair she had ever seen on a man: dark brown, almost black, and soft like sable,... ILONA ANDREWS His breath was warm on her neck as he bent his head, resting his cheek against her hair. Her heart b... SARAH J. MAAS He was breathtaking. There was simply no other way to describe him. Her eyes started with his long, ... ROSE WYNTERS His face was glistening with cold. He was beautiful, the snow in his eyelashes like diamonds, the co... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL Jace set what he was holding down on the windowsill and reached out to her. She came to lean against... CASSANDRA CLARE She craved a presence beside her, solid. Fingertips light at the nape of her neck and a voice meetin... LAINI TAYLOR But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of h... STEVE MARTIN A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands ... SUZANNE COLLINS She watched as he settled down on the bed with Naya skin to skin on his chest. His hand all but cove... NALINI SINGH She was turned on by him— his scent, his smile; he was the manifestation of seduction. Under norma... NORIAN F. LOVE It broke his heart because she started to consider that her home. But on the other hand he knew she ... ELEANOR POPPELL ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an... PAUL HOFFMAN The weather is fine,' she said after a moment. 'Have we already run out of things to say?' JULIA QUINN She spent her days trying to forget the sound of his voice, and her nights trying to remember. LESLYE WALTON Whatever her name was, she was pretty. She had a thick, careless braid of chestnut hair, a quick smi... LYNNE RAE PERKINS When she opened her eyes, she was both in her body and watching it, nowhere near the cavity of the t... MAGGIE STIEFVATER My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and ... JAMIE WYETH Absently, she brushed back some of the hair from her face, and she saw as Jaguar's eyes followed how... AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES He took time to explain the course of the disease and he supported Karen and assured her that he wou... JOELLYN SCHULTZ A boy and a girl were insanely in love with each other,” my mother’s voice was saying. “They d... PAULO COELHO Adam leaned down and placed his lips next to her ear. He blew gently on it before he spoke. Mona lea... QUINN LOFTIS If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this." She sh... JAIME RUSH Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS exhilaration fizzed through Clarke’s body. Before she realised what she was doing, she had thrown ... KASS MORGAN He stopped moving for the space of a heartbeat. He bent his head to her shoulder and rocked his hips... CAROLYN JEWEL I miss him,” she whispered, her voice cracking. His heart constricted at the grief on her fa... KAYLEA CROSS The first and last weakness of his life, before him again. For a moment he felt himself blinded by h... WILKIE COLLINS Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched fo... RAINBOW ROWELL Everyone deserved the chance to be redeemed, and Michael had gone his whole life never having it. He... PRISCILLA GLENN She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet s... LEO TOLSTOY You're cool Joe" she told him, her voice weighty, as if she was bestowing a grave honor on him even ... KRISTEN ASHLEY She said that he picked up her son and threw him on the floor. He said that the little boy had fell ... DEMETRA BLEVINS She wondered whether there would ever come an hour in her life when she didn't think of him -- didn'... PHILIP PULLMAN Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wa... RICK RIORDAN His breath caught, harsh enough that she looked over her shoulder. But his eyes weren't o... SARAH J. MAAS His hand moved to cup her cheek, his palm warm against her cold skin, and she found that her own fea... CASSANDRA CLARE Daniel chuckled. Whoever that poor girl was, he hoped his family was paying her well. And then,... JULIA QUINN She shivered as he left her to go to the fire, and find water and cloths. He leaned into the light, ... KRISTIN CASHORE Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY And there he stood, holding his head high in silent approval of his crew's fine work. Her... JENNIFER MCKEITHEN Hi" she said. He gave her the sexiest crooked smile. "Hi." He stepped into her space, both his ... LAURA KAYE A mistake? The most passionate night of his life was a mistake? Her first time and that’s what she... R.L. MATHEWSON Delicately, she parted her lips, swept them against his, and kissed first his top, then the bottom. ... KELLY MORAN She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly wha... FREDRIK BACKMAN The little group before her finally moved on and Sarah took its place, standing before Tom like he w... BONNIE DEE He was looking that way now and the projected print moved along the screen, but he was not really re... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was loungin... J.K. ROWLING All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him.... BONNIE DEE She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the begin... NICHOLAS SPARKS
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EDITH STEIN Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is t... EDITH STEIN The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every discipli... EDITH STEIN The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are. EDITH STEIN In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it ... EDITH STEIN The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elev... EDITH STEIN If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him. EDITH STEIN My longing for truth was a single prayer. EDITH STEIN This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is ... EDITH STEIN Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever... EDITH SITWELL The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous... EDITH SITWELL The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. EDITH SITWELL I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am... EDITH SITWELL I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art. EDITH SITWELL I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. EDITH SITWELL Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred a... EDITH SITWELL A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. EDITH SITWELL People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looki... EDITH SCHAEFFER The farm women are extremely well organized and are bound to be heard from. EDITH ROGERS I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinki... EDITH ROGERS But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should conf... EDITH ROGERS The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its min... EDITH PEARLMAN I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition b... EDITH PEARLMAN I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be... EDITH PEARLMAN I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity ... EDITH PEARLMAN There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifyin... EDITH PEARLMAN I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow. EDITH PEARLMAN Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobilit... EDITH PEARLMAN In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as ... EDITH PEARLMAN The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and pr... EDITH PEARLMAN I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devo... EDITH PEARLMAN I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you'... EDITH PEARLMAN