That's when Poppy kissed me. I didn't have time to get ready. She just kissed me there and then, right on the lips. It felt lovely. I wasn't even scared this time. It was warm and not too wet. I didn't get any tongue. Her breath smelled like Orange Tic Tacs.
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STEPHEN RICHARDS The scariest moment is always just before you start. STEPHEN KING The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because wo... STEPHEN KING The road to hell is paved with adverbs. STEPHEN KING If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. STEPHEN KING Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too swe... STEPHEN KING He watched the young actress playing the central part of a wife who mistakenly believes her husband ... STEPHEN HARRIGAN [Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today. STEPHEN KING It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go... STEPHEN KING On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some telev... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here. STEPHEN BISHOP A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take ... STEPHEN KING And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must ... STEPHEN KING It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so h... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wo... STEPHEN HAWKING When you concentrate your energy purposely on the future possibility that you aspire to realize, you... STEPHEN RICHARDS