The Iraqi sun quickly heated the air to an unbearable one hundred twenty three degree’s, causing an unquenchable thirst to boil up in him. Thomas then dropped his rifle under his right arm, where it hung beneath his pit by a strap called a fast sling, there the weapon dangled under his sweat soaked uniform.
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Related With time to think, the full reality of what had happened hit Thomas like a falling boulder. Ever si... JAMES DASHNER The weight of the sky dropped onto Atlas's back, almost smashing him flat until he managed to get to... RICK RIORDAN Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You want to know the secret to raising good kids?” “What’s that? asked Thomas. “Hi... CHRIS NICOLAISEN Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, "Wait a minute.... We're his flunkies." "Y... JIM BUTCHER Rini moved in to kiss him, but on his cheek. She gave him two pecks on his right cheek and one more ... JASON MEDINA Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT You're Subject A-two," Newt answered. Then he lowered his eyes "And?" Thomas pushed. Newt ... JAMES DASHNER Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dro... J.D. ROBB I can see one of them clearly now, walking along with a newspaper tucked under his arm. he... BILLY COLLINS The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains J.R.R. TOLKIEN I feel his arm Lightly Over me. He takes one of my outstretched hands. Draws i... STASIA WARD KEHOE THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER The man in the corner Is dying with words He's crying... SUZY KASSEM Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho... JAMES DASHNER He stopped the flyers And by his rare example made the coward Turn terror into sport. As w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn on... STEPHEN KING i'm glad to be alive in a world where his gently awakening eyes nourish the morning ... SANOBER KHAN Okay, pull me up." The rope didn't move. "Ascanio?" What was it now? Did he see a butterfl... ILONA ANDREWS He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowly alpine river flowed And the landscape sped a... THOMAS BUCHANAN READ Yeah, right," Minho said. "And Frypan's gonna start having little babies, Winston'll get rid of his ... JAMES DASHNER A tired man lay down his head in a dusty room so dim, and for so long his wife did shake ROMAN PAYNE I still don’t know where the river begins, or where it ends. I don’t know where it comes from, o... MICHAEL CHROBAK Back in Georgie's attic, he yanks the phone out of the socket and begins scrolling down the names un... MELINA MARCHETTA Onto his stomach. Then knees. Then hands. His elbows quivered, his wrists threatened to buckle under... RICK YANCEY A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west, Where the sun, his day's work en... WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Stop!” she screamed. “Don’t hurt him.” “Back off!” Billy shouted. ... KASI BLAKE God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the ... WILLIAM COWPER Empty knight, Harry! Morgan? Morgan? What's wrong with your head?" Thomas shrugged. "I do... JIM BUTCHER Da. This is going very well already." Thomas barked out a laugh. "There are seven of us a... JIM BUTCHER Beware, Underlanders, time hangs by a thread. The hunters are hunted, white water runs red. SUZANNE COLLINS Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER ...flames moved towards him and dropped within - singed and marred his tender s... MUSE THE UNICORN: The saintly hermit, midway through his prayers stopped suddenly, and raised his ey... RAINER MARIA RILKE I let my head fall forward into his shoulder, breathing in his scent. "Now what do we do?" JESSICA SORENSEN I desired to praise the Chosen One and was hindered By my own inability to grasp the extent of ... IBN JUZAYY AL-KALBI My lady,” says Aladdin, extending an arm toward the sun, “I give you gold as a token of my love.... JESSICA KHOURY The shades of night were falling fast, As though an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, '... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I glowered back up at him. "Did you need something?" He didn't move. "Where are you going?" BETHANY FRENETTE Beckendorf walked up with his helmet under his arm. 'She likes you, man.' 'Sure,' I muttered. '... RICK RIORDAN According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did... JOHN GREEN So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that myst... WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of ... WALTER DE LA MARE We're not really intruding," he called down. "This is all a big misunderstanding." "Stop right ... DEREK LANDY The search began 10 years ago To find a nasty viscous foe They searched in caves and under... PAPA G. What . . . fellow?” The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie’s ... DIANA GABALDON What do you want, MacGuffin, a duel?” “No.” Julian held out both hands, one palm flat, th... ABIGAIL ROUX Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And wi... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She's alive," Thomas said, not opening his eyes. "What?" Will was caught off guard. "The o... CASSANDRA CLARE Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his de... HOMER LITTLE DOGS RHAPSODY IN THE NIGHT (PERCY THREE) He puts his cheek against mine ... MARY OLIVER The little boy who never grew up, He trapped the frog and kills the rat, He flew a kite, t... QUETZAL He started to pull away again but she called his name so he stopped. “Yeah?” “Before... KRISTEN ASHLEY [...]the stately and slow-moving Turk, With freight of slippers piled beneath his arm. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH So, what can I do?” I asked. “Annoy?” I gave him a hurt look. DANNIKA DARK Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and L... KELSEY BRICKL The Chorus Line: The Birth of Telemachus, An Idyll Nine months he sailed the wine-red sea... MARGARET ATWOOD In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care,... SUZANNE COLLINS I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had... SCOTT LYNCH Tohrment spoke. "Bella's brother called. He's tabled the sehelusion request and asked that she stay ... J.R. WARD Behold the Child among his new-born blisses A six years' Darling of a pigmy size! See, where '... WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, th... J.R.R. TOLKIEN ...Bringing the very heavens close enough to touch. It was Zsadist. His eyes closed, his h... J.R. WARD Told you what?” Alec’s hand slid up Jace’s arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Ale... CASSANDRA CLARE THE MAXIMS OF MEDICINE Before you examine the body of a patient, Be patient to lear... SUZY KASSEM That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON Seven little crazy kids chopping up sticks; One burnt her daddy up and then there were six. MICHAEL THOMAS FORD So I'm the Darkling's prisoner?" "You're under his protection." "What's the difference?" LEIGH BARDUGO It's a physical sickness. Étienne. How much I love him. I love Étienne. STEPHANIE PERKINS you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you compares you to an impossible highw... WARSAN SHIRE What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labor of an age in pilèd stones, O... JOHN MILTON Without thinking, I moved again, reaching out and touching the hand resting near my thigh. Call... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Interesting how fashion is cyclical,” Jaccob said when she came out of the store with two black pl... ERIK SCOTT DE BIE When he pursed his lips and dropped a hand into his coat pocket, the last thing Nur expected him to ... DAVID A. MCINTEE She chuckled, leaned on him as they headed out of the park. “All in all, it was a hell of a party.... J.D. ROBB I pick up the list of Benji's five favorite books because we've got work to do: "Gravity'... CAROLINE KEPNES The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his Name: His mercy melts the stubborn so... ISAAC WATTS So are you going to tell me why Ronowski pulled you into the break room when we got back today?” G... A.E. VIA Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To c... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I watched him pitch the ball at a table neatly lined with six bowling pins, my stomach giving a litt... BECCA FITZPATRICK Payne nailing him in the face woke him up. George brought him back his independence. But B... J.R. WARD What's the deal? Why can't he look into my eyes when I have words of appreciation lined u... TANYA GAMBHIR Shade caught my hand, slid his fingers through mine. The touch felt like lightning up my arm. <... ROSAMUND HODGE He swapped the fistful of my shirt for one in my hair, and ground his mouth against mine. I ex... KAREN MARIE MONING My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs And says we're going to the dogs. His grandpa in his ho... ANON. Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His gre... JOSHUA HARRIS And when the Salmon seeks a fresher stream to find; (Which hither from the sea comes, yearly, by... MICHAEL DRAYTON [Minho] pulled one of his knives from a pocket and, without missing a beat, cut a big piece of ivy o... JAMES DASHNER Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, J.R.R. TOLKIEN Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of sto... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Once, in his first term, Cartwright had been bold enough to ask him why he was clever, what exercise... STEPHEN FRY One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relin... VERA NAZARIAN He came to read; two or three books are lying open: history and poetry. But after just ten... C.P. CAVAFY A precious mouldering pleasure 't is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his centur... EMILY DICKINSON Their daughter scrunched up her hands and legs, waving them wildly in the air. He opened his palm, a... DEEANNE GIST What do you say, son? Doesn’t your father look great in his new uniform?” Poul-Erik�... STEEN LANGSTRUP Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so ... T.S. ELIOT Can you sharpen this for me, please?” Logan leaned across the table and took the pencil... ELLA FRANK A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river �... RICHARD SIKEN Wow, hi,’ Eight says, and when he speaks it’s with his own voice. It’s him. It’s ... PITTACUS LORE
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