When she found a place of her own and packed her bags he asked her to marry him. She kissed him, and quoted in his ear, "He married a woman to stop her getting away, Now she’s there all day.
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Related He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT You’re here!” She repeated, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips.... AMY LANE But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY She lends her pen, to thoughts of him, that flow from it, in her solitary. LANG LEAV He then kissed her. It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked... EVA IBBOTSON I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you." He closed his eyes. And when he opened th... ELIZABETH HOYT Peter..." He straightened, his back to her like a wall. Then, slowly, he turned his face toward... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT Prove it!" she hissed. "Prove you are who you are!" "We don't have time for this! You really wa... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF Now with her eyes closed and fist clenched at her side. She was as off balanced as he was. Lilith to... SHADOWSTORM NORWICCA I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say. “I had to come back early.” Sh... LISA KLEYPAS What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE He started to pull away again but she called his name so he stopped. “Yeah?” “Before... KRISTEN ASHLEY He felt, rather than saw, her chin lift toward him. But instead of pulling her hand from his grip an... V.S. CARNES She kissed his chest. "Thanks for letting me into your heart." He tucked her hair behind her e... LISA KESSLER All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him.... BONNIE DEE When you've lived as long as I have," he said, eyes heavy-lidded but definitely on her, "you learn t... NALINI SINGH yes," she whispered. He kissed her forehead. "yes what my leelan?" "I will marry you J.R. WARD She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK She turned to go back inside the livery stable. The excitement with which she’d entered it le... BONNIE DEE She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead... KRISTEN ASHLEY John’s voice cracked when he answered, and she could hear the pain seeping in no matter how hard h... LORI RYAN His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL Her hands brushed Shane's, and he let go of the cards and took hold. And then somehow she... RACHEL CAINE She couldn’t walk away from him again. Her heart couldn’t take it and she didn’t think his cou... KATIE REUS Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’... ISABEL LOPEZ Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her, as visible as h... PHILIPPA GREGORY My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared. She would stop the blood. MICHAEL GRANT She didn’t know how long they stood on that roof, tangled up in each other, mouths and hands rovin... SARAH J. MAAS Roarke, one thing." She walked to him, well aware he was all but snarling with temper. "I haven't ki... J.D. ROBB The little group before her finally moved on and Sarah took its place, standing before Tom like he w... BONNIE DEE I want you,” she said. “Naked.” His nostrils flared as if he was soaking in the sc... NALINI SINGH Her room was warm and lightsome. A huge doll sat with her legs apart in the copious easy-chair besid... JAMES JOYCE When he finally broke off the kiss and moved his lips to her neck, then her breast again, sucking he... BONNIE DEE Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING His fingers trailed a path on her skin down her back. “Have I found a pleasure spot?” he asked w... MARY MORGAN He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them... CHARLES DICKENS She found him standing before the water staring unseeing at its frozen surface. He was shivering. Sh... KRISTIN CASHORE One kiss,” he murmured against her cheek. The tight knot within him begged for release. She ... MARY MORGAN 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 Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating. VANNA BONTA He told her he was going to rip her laundry off and do dirty things to her, ... She asked him when h... FRANK MINUCCI Owen folded his arms around Morgan to steady her when she crashed into him, and was enveloped by her... KRISTEN CASEY Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g... RICK RIORDAN There was an infinitesimal pause while he watched her face, as though he half expected her to recogn... LEE WILKINSON Everything ok here ?" Ryan grunted urging her with a hand on her lower back. "He thinks yo... SUZANNE WRIGHT Love lacked a dwelling, and made him her place; And when in his fair parts she did abide, Sh... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His heart stilled at the mere thought of her hurting herself. 'He was a fool.' Of course this d... ELIZABETH HOYT If you want me, love,” he whispered, “tell me in Romany. Please.” Blindly Amelia turned ... LISA KLEYPAS He yearned for a glimpse of her throughout the day, Only at nights he could see her, Be w... ANONYMOUS He gripped her hips tightly. "I need you," he whispered, and her heart pounded in answer. She ... LISA KESSLER Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?" ... MARKUS ZUSAK And her. What would she do without him? She’s not special, not like BB and Ghostly, who... RAINJOY She moaned, long and low, wanting to arch, to thrash, to scream. Instead she opened her mouth and bi... ELIZABETH HOYT While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE What do you mean? Is she in a coma?” “Not anymore.” She braced herself for his reaction.<... MARISSA MEYER Peter," she began. He looked up at her, and she could see the pain in his eyes. "I love you," she sa... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT Papa, do you like my new friend?" Frances Catherine asked when they were halfway across the field. JULIE GARWOOD She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. If she s... RAINBOW ROWELL She hasn’t got it all figured out...far from it, in fact. But she loves God and she loves to ... MANDY HALE No" she jerked back, stared up at him. Her eyes were like thunderclouds. He'd never seen them l... LORA LEIGH She sucked in a shuddering breath, and he pulled back far enough for them to share breath. Her finge... SARAH J. MAAS Hello, lover,” whispered a sexy feminine voice in his ear as hands wound around him from behind. DONNA GRANT As he clutched her in his shaking hands and wept against her, he whispered into her ear, the words t... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE Did she know, could she know what it meant to him when she turned to him, when she opened herself to... J.D. ROBB Now he felt temper snapping at the nerves. “If you can’t be comfortable in the house while I’m... J.D. ROBB For him, she was the evil one; the antagonist to his life story. The reason he was married at an ear... ALYSSA URBANO She felt like weeping. She didn't know why at first, but then it hit her. He knew her. DENNIS LEHANE Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that ... CHARLES DICKENS How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ... ROBERT FANNEY Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS She was here, with him, and she felt like heaven. The soft scent of her hair, the slight taste of sa... JULIA QUINN It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him ba... STEPHANIE PERKINS Unable to hold back a second longer, Blake reached out and cradled the side of her face, savoring th... KAYLEA CROSS She had her own barometer for knowing when a man was getting too close: as soon as he felt comfortab... STEPHANIE BOND Hey!” The male voice sliced through the noise. Terri ignored him, determined to get back to the ba... BRANDI SALAZAR But, after one quick trace of his tongue between her lips, he abruptly pulled away and stepped back ... BONNIE DEE And I'm not sensitive at all, Philip. Just mean." He smiled down at her. "Have you ever co... NORA ROBERTS She hadn’t needed him to escape that place. But rather than making him angry, it only made him pro... D.B. REYNOLDS If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this." She sh... JAIME RUSH She missed him. And she was scared, deep down, because she felt him pulling away from her, and even ... HARRIET EVANS He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her full on the mouth. His skin was wet with rain. When... CORNELIA FUNKE When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. Th... MELINA MARCHETTA Sheikh Bilal had taken him aside the day before the wedding and spoken to him of marriage ... ALAA AL ASWANY He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But... ANNA GODBERSEN Bending his head, Kai pressed his lips to her knuckles. The plating had no nerve endings, and yet th... MARISSA MEYER Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and... LISA KLEYPAS What was that all about?" Jay asked in loud whisper. She still felt like her head was reeling. ... KIMBERLY DERTING If she had loved him, he would have opened windows, allowed all of that precious light of hers in sh... AMANDA LANCE What do you want to show me?" "Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi... RAINBOW ROWELL Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI Tell me about the farm," she pleaded as drops of blood began to appear on her hand. "The farm?... MELINA MARCHETTA Now now,” he said, setting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t even see her turn. One moment she... MATT TOMERLIN As he took her hand he gave her all she had been waiting for-- a shiver dow... ATTICUS POETRY He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intell... DORIS LESSING What are you doing?" she asked. Grimacing, he considered returning his mouth to hers and ... LORRAINE HEATH
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IAN RUSH Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ... IAN RUSH Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. IAN RUSH I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia... IAN RUSH I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country. IAN RUSH In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot... IAN RUSH You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens. IAN RUSH I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ... IAN RANKIN Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction. IAN RANKIN No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'... IAN RANKIN My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s... IAN RANKIN You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ... IAN RANKIN I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and... IAN RANKIN I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I... IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo... IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think... IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i... IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide... IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in... IAN RANKIN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me... IAN MILLAR It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the... IAN MILLAR I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic... IAN MILLAR I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I... IAN MILLAR When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye... IAN MILLAR The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th... IAN MILLAR Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and... IAN MILLAR If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen. IAN MILLAR I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m... IAN MCSHANE Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for... IAN MCSHANE