Sister," he murmured, not as an inquiry, but a statement of fact. "Brother mine," she groaned... before her consciousness slipped from her grasp and she drifted away. But she would come back to him. One way or the other, she would not leave her twin ever again.
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It wasn’t easy as she fumbled... JEAN M. GRANT They would crowd around her, not wanting her to leave, because she was winning. JOAN WILLIAMS She turned her brother into an errand boy. She gave the orders. He brought her what she wanted. PATRICIA LESSNERKRAUS Everyone was interviewed exhaustively, ... No one believed she would abandon her child, and no one i... ANTHONY MURPHY Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who... LAURA ESQUIVEL she decided no human man would ever touch her again. the doors to her body and heart were already lo... DIANNE SYLVAN She could spin it between her legs, skip with it, twirl it around her neck and transfer it from one ... NATHAN REESE MAHER She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared. She would stop the blood. MICHAEL GRANT She told me he would not leave her alone. He wouldn't take no for an answer. He kept driving by her ... DEBI BELL Lucinda might sneak from her own house at midnight to place a wager somewhere else, but she dared no... PETER CAREY She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN It’s not his last life,” she rasped, “and even if it were, I couldn’t kill him.” “Why no... ERIN HUNTER I'm so proud of you," she said, and she supposed she was, or she would have been if her sister hadn'... MARGARET WILKERSON SEXTON In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; ... THOMAS HARRIS An aching vacuum inside her sucking the air from her lungs. She hung her head and wept fiercely, the... ALAN BRENNERT She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then be... KATHERINE PATERSON The woman knows from living with the abusive man that there are no simple answers. Friends say: “H... LUNDY BANCROFT She walked around the edge of the table to position her next shot. As she pulled her cue back she wa... ERIN NICHOLAS His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, ... D.H. LAWRENCE The trail through the pines and beech trees was bright red. He was surprised the other human couldn�... AMY KUIVALAINEN And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the cir... ANTHONY LICCIONE She could not picture it. Herself riding on the subway or streetcar, caring for new horses, talking ... ALICE MUNRO It was once him and her, but she lost him and thought for a long time she wanted him back more then ... AMBER She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, s... ANN BRASHARES And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much... EMILY MAGUIRE She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times if she left him, harm would come to (... CHIEF JOSEPH He has realized the relationship is over and it?s time to move on. She would never call him to check... KATRINA SZISH To me she was flawless. She wants us to remember her as a caring mother, a devoted wife. She would w... SUMI MCCABE Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ... MARGARET MITCHELL Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even tho... FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK She had been waiting for someone to notice her, like, really notice her. She felt that that was the ... ROSE FALL I thought about him going into my mom's room when she as little and holding up her report card and s... STEPHEN CHBOSKY This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and ange... JODI PICOULT He can guess, but he won't ever know, not really. What it was like, what she was thinking, everythin... CELESTE NG I love my sister, ... She's smart and I hope she wins. And, since she is older, I take orders from h... GRETA VAN SUSTEREN You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she... JOHN RUSKIN Beware of her fair hair, for she excels
All women in the magic of her locks;
And when she wind... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE She is playing a game that she doesn't want to play, but can't seem to quit. As a player she wishes ... DONNA LYNN HOPE But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? / Sa... BIBLE She wouldn't say, but by the way she was reacting, I think she was going for her brother. DANIEL KERR She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she... CAROLINE HANSON When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdnes... DEAN JACKSON You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she lov... BOB MARLEY Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was... SETTA JAY A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. "She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. S... METTE IVIE HARRISON The doctor told her she could keep coaching if she could tone it down on the sidelines. Anyone her k... KYLEE KEROHER Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI Her biggest fear was that Flynn would walk away before she could even start to worry about him not c... BRYNN KELLY Royce understood then why she had come: she had come to finish the task her relatives had begun; to ... JUDITH MCNAUGHT The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he ... J.R. WARD As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamp... ERICA SEHYUN SONG The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She... HAN KANG Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I woul... PAT CONROY Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness whic... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had p... CHRISTINE FEEHAN And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promis... SHARON SHINN She would have to take this as a lesson for future; she would never get drunk and unknowingly plot w... BETH ASHWORTH She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a ... LILY KING For a moment she believed he had left, but as she shifted away from the wall she sensed him there be... GWENN WRIGHT She could feel the pressure from his hand on the back of her head as he forced her head down to take... BETH ASHWORTH Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS Carly Simon abandoned the stage for seven years after collapsing from nerves before a concert in Pit... SCOTT STOSSEL She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she tho... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Her instructions were to stay back and when people started to falter, she made her move. Once she wa... RALPH WHITE If she had loved him, he would have opened windows, allowed all of that precious light of hers in sh... AMANDA LANCE Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She ... ANN BRASHARES She grabbed all her clothes from her wardrobe and flung them across the room, screaming her head off... CECELIA AHERN
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WARD Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.” “I thought your mother wa... J.R. WARD Quick question. Does this magical skill with gray matter come with a total lack of compunction for y... J.R. WARD True enough. I say this all the time. Trez looked at his hands. “I didn’t ask for thi... J.R. WARD It's a date, isn't it," she realized. "Praise to the Virgin Scribe, I have a date!" Trez laughe... J.R. WARD Forever..." he murmured against her. " I'll hold you down..." ~ Trez 'The Shadows' Page ... J.R. WARD Never met Ahhh, don't know him, don't care how big he is-if he's standing in our way? I'ma murder th... J.R. WARD And I left the aspirin next to the phone with a tall glass of water. Figured you weren’t going to ... J.R. WARD You have cable?” He nodded toward her TV. She tossed him the clicker. “Sure do. And if I r... J.R. WARD The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New ... J.R. WARD What the—Have you been crying?" Tohrment demanded. "Are you all right? Dear God, is it the baby?"<... J.R. WARD W:"At least I'm not pussy-whipped!" T:"Nice. Fucking. Suit." --Wrath to Tohr J.R. WARD There was a loud scraping noise as five chairs slid backward. The men rose as a unit. And started co... J.R. WARD The half-human was the hottest thing he'd ever gotten anywhere near. And he'd cozied up to a lightni... J.R. WARD If sex were food, Rhage would haven been morbidly obese. J.R. WARD Tell me something,boys. Do you wear that leather to turn each other on? I mean, is it a dick thing w... J.R. WARD Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from ... J.R. WARD You don't know this yet. But you are Mine - Wrath J.R. WARD ...Bringing the very heavens close enough to touch. It was Zsadist. His eyes closed, his h... J.R. WARD Holy shit." Rehv shook his head and muttered, "Now we know what the zombie apocalypse looks like. J.R. WARD All right, big guy, down you go." Oh,yeah. Bed. Bed was good. "And look who's ... J.R. WARD Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies. J.R. WARD You want to poof it or ride back with me? J.R. WARD I can’t… I find that I can’t concentrate. On anything. I can’t really…” Rhage’s eyes d... J.R. WARD It was right then and there that she'd realized there was no quota on misery for people, no quantifi... J.R. WARD The rejection didn't faze him. "Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, p... J.R. WARD I'm not cock-blocking for kicks and giggles. The mothership called J.R. WARD How can you stand to have me near you?" "The only thing I can't handle is your leaving. J.R. WARD Even when there were no more options for the body, the heart's wishes find a way out, and as with al... J.R. WARD Oh, the humanity.... It was a wonder Rhage hadn't blinded himself with all that pop culture. J.R. WARD Fine, good , Mary thought. Then how about dragging your skinny ass out of here and making s... J.R. WARD V chuckled. "I had to do something to shut you up. Every damn time I've run into you since I grew it... J.R. WARD Although she was ashamed to admit it now, the darkness in him had been the largest part of his allur... J.R. WARD I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing J.R. WARD What you just had is nothing compared to what I want to do to you. I want my head between your legs ... J.R. WARD She smiled a little. "You are a manipulator" "I like to think of myself more as an outcome engi... J.R. WARD Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile... J.R. WARD My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD It was the wife, John thought. And she was giving this tough guy a tongue-lashing. And the man was t... J.R. WARD All I know is, she's a pounding in my chest that I can't ignore. . . hell, that I don't WANT to igno... J.R. WARD Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatev... J.R. WARD I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't." "That's all r... J.R. WARD After a while Mary said, “Zsadist?” “Yeah?” “What are those markings... J.R. WARD The necklace was a good excuse," he murmured. "For what?" "I thought maybe I c... J.R. WARD Thanks for putting me up for it ... trahyner ." As V's eyes flared, Butch said, "Yeah, I looke... J.R. WARD Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was ... J.R. WARD The pair of them were staring at the computer screen like two dogs watching animal planet: very focu... J.R. WARD I don't do farm animals. Can't stand hay in your leathers? Or wool in my teeth. J.R. WARD All I see are ankles and wrists--and FYI, you're pulling a Mileyfrickin'-Cyrus with that belly flash... J.R. WARD I think we're dating now" "Come on...I got you naked. You wore a damn corset. And don't get me start... J.R. WARD Darkness will never take me... because I have you. Light of my life, Marissa. That's what you are."<... J.R. WARD What are the rules," The cop said. "There are none." Vishous spread his stance and braced himse... J.R. WARD Because my patient just sat herself up--and I'm not talking about her raising her torso off the damn... J.R. WARD Listen to me. You have the fashion sense of a park bench and the interpersonal skills of a meat clea... J.R. WARD What’s next? The size of my cock?” “Hey, even pencils can get the job done—I’v... J.R. WARD V, you know I love you like a brother, right?" "Yeah." "You feed her and I'll tear out you... J.R. WARD Butch: -I hear ya. No one's biz but yours. One question though Vishous: -What Butch: -When... J.R. WARD Word of advice. These have a kick, so don’t suck too hard—” Holy hypoxia, Batman. J.R. WARD He nodded and curled over his paper, writing quickly. As his words took form on the white page, she ... J.R. WARD