When she quieted the jet engine buzz of worries assaulting her brain, when she stopped thinking altogether and just felt, she knew this was right. Feeling the silence of peace and conviction was so foreign to her she wasn't even sure what to do with it.
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Related She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that rig... NICHOLAS SPARKS She wasn't entirely sure how she felt, All she knew was that he entered her world And sh... NIKKI ROWE You can never get in her head and know what she was thinking when she killed her daughter and know w... HOWARD CURTIS When everything was laid out before her, she felt safe, loved even. She was always trying to be more... VICTORIA KAHLER Once Doc got an idea in her head that she was going to do something, you didn't stop her. She had th... ED HARRIS I kind of had a feeling she'd do that, I knew she always starts fast, and she just sprinted right at... EMILY PAPA She bought a poster of the Beatles and tacked it on the wall above her bed. On days when she was fee... KEVIN BROCKMEIER She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not ... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymo... ALICE SEBOLD Elza needed challenges in her life, needed to be occupied. Without walls to climb or windmills to at... MARC FITTEN Elza needed challenges in her life, needed to be occupied. Without walls to climb or windmills to at... MARK FITTER This new resolve gave her a sort of light-headed self-confidence: when she left the dinner-table she... EDITH WHARTON She hates playing bad. She went through a time there when she really struggled with her putting and ... JULI INKSTER She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew hersel... ANN BRASHARES My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of t... POLLY TOYNBEE His attentive treatment of her had nothing to do with the presumption that she was weak, and everyth... ANGELA N. BLOUNT She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a ... LILY KING She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of h... CASSANDRA CLARE I don't know what she was thinking. She is just a young girl, and she must have panicked. I heard he... ANTHONY FARRISI That was at the State Meet and we just told her to do what she had to do to win the race. She had ru... DAVE FEDERICO She did not think it was love. She did not think it was love when she felt a curious ache and anxiet... ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ... MARGARET MITCHELL I guess when she did what she did, she did not realize what we were going to think could of happened... MARIA PARTON She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be sepa... SHANNON A. THOMPSON There was no sleeper more elegant than she, with her curved body posed for a dance and her hand acro... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Midland City had a goddess of discord all its own. This was a goddess who could not dance, would not... KURT VONNEGUT And here she was. Lying on the floor of a dusty, empty, locked room thinking how grateful she felt.<... KAREN LUELLEN She remembers rehearsals. Wrong notes turning to right ones, dissonance becoming harmony. She re... KATHRYN HOLMES [How it ended: When Amy sent her friend Christmas cards in 2001 and 2002 and didn't hear back, she d... AMY WILSON Her instructions were to stay back and when people started to falter, she made her move. Once she wa... RALPH WHITE Music made her feel as if she were holding a lamp that cast a halo of light around her, and while sh... MARIE RUTKOSKI At first, Erica knew since Heather was out, it was her turn to step up and, naturally, she forced it... TONY GIESE She was so mean that she even killed her own name, and now people just pointed to her. MAGGIE STIEFVATER She is a sharp cookie, simply amazing. She was chosen for her complete dedication to justice and pea... BOB BRAMMER When they came for her there were no tears. It was a silent adieu. She asked me to look after papa. ... DENISE EPSTEIN ...She wasn't anyone special. She wasn't that brave, that clever or that strong. She was just somebo... ALAN MOORE She had a huge bump, but she wasn't sure what hit her. It swelled up when she was out there. She did... GINA NOLAN At this point, our main concern is to make sure Ashley is all right. She was moving her hands and fe... BECKIE ROLBIECKI Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, alwa... KATE DICAMILLO She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and... NICHOLAS SPARKS Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was ... MIRANDA JULY She felt she was ready to go. Her caregiver, she told her she loved her and said to tell everyone el... JAMES ROGERS Mel was really upset after that game [Saturday], feeling like she didn't leave it all out there. I k... ANN STROTHER Day followed day, and night followed night, until Dany knew she could not endure a moment longer. Sh... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was... VERONICS ROTH And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When had she stopped being a child? The first time a guy had whistled at her out of a car window whe... LEIGH BARDUGO He wished he knew how to make tea, wished he even had some to try with. That was what Miss June-bug ... LINDA LAEL MILLER When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes af... MICHAEL STEIN In the teahouses one could hear the most absurd stories, such as how a in a certain place a huge spi... LAO SHE During my childhood I didn't need to hear stories about evil ogres eating children and so forth; the... LAO SHE Sissy had two great failings. She was a great lover and a great mother. She had so much of tendernes... BETTY SMITH There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. Wh... KRISTEN MCKEE She was there when her mom died. She saw what happened to her mom. COLIN ANDERSON Her strength was in the integrity of her actions; she never compromised what she believed she ought ... CHARLES FINCH She knew she could do better and that we needed her to do better. She was frustrated, but at the sam... HEATHER STEPHENS When she was 12 years old, the furthest they would stand from her was about three to four feet. They... GARY GILCHRIST She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If... ANN BRASHARES In the short summer night she learned so much. She would have thought a woman would have died of sha... D.H. LAWRENCE She was holding, her sister was on top of her, and she got the impact from being thrown and that's w... BARBARA GREEN But the lies which Odette ordinarily told were less innocent, and served to prevent discoveries whic... MARCEL PROUST Loving her was a labyrinth of entanglement. Just when you felt you were breaking through, she would ... LAUREN VALENCIA I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she... NEIL GAIMAN When I first saw her as a freshman that day, I knew she belonged. It was never a question with her. ... DAVE KLINGEL Astrid had gone to look at the burn zone. Doing the right thing. Kids had yelled at her. Demand... MICHAEL GRANT It was a possession where she never stopped moving. Erin, being strong with the basketball, got her ... HEATH SAGER Getting ink felt right, like it would help her put her life in order, to move forwards. It was her b... MELISSA MARR I kind of knew what she was going to do -- she was going to turn, so I tried to step off and beat he... IVORY LATTA Dread was always with her, an alarm system in her head, alert to her next disaster. Despit... G.G. RENEE HILL Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS I guess she looked up to me sometimes, when she wasn't mad at me. She was just a really, really rema... ALEXANDER HENDERSON Jo knew she had to be utterly truthful, even when her version of the truth conflicted with what Lynn... JOAN FRANCES CASEY She knew it was time, What for was the mystery but focused; she remained. She turne... NIKKI ROWE Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The engine roared to life. He ran toward her. She shot our of her parking space. He rushed to the si... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS When she made her way to the big picture window that framed the dining room table she froze. She sto... ANN BRASHARES She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do ... JODI PICOULT At first, it was hard to tell her personality, because of the jet lag. And she was sick. LYNN TRACHTE When she got onstage she was just a different kid. She was so confident and she looked so happy, and... TINA KNOWLES You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely remi... CASSANDRA CLARE She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper... NEIL GAIMAN Being young was her thing, and she was the best at it. But every year, more and more girls came out ... B.J. NOVAK It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw... TOVE JANSSON Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a... LEMONY SNICKET When had she stopped being a child? The first time a guy whistled at her out of a car window when sh... LEIGH BARDUGO She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she tho... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Put her in any situation that was even vaguely new and personal and she was lost; her pale, almost t... STUART HILL Her hand accidentally brushed up against his chest. She froze. His breathing remained steady and reg... CATE CAMPBELL BEATTY Hillary said today that she knew nothing about her brother's involvement (in Clinton's pardons). I b... JAY LENO She was very supportive of her teachers. When you worked for her, you knew she would back you up on ... GERRY JARVIS He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it anyway, in dreams an... RAINBOW ROWELL The message of music was also the first thing what I learned from my first teacher. She was an organ... KURT MASUR Yet, when we talked, when we were together, she seemed so familiar. Seemed to know who I was, where ... JULIE ANNE PETERS I just took her heart away from her right away. I was doing the feints, trying to get her out of her... JAIME CLAMPITT I saw her when she was born. I carried her when she was born. I carried her when she died. I saw her... EDWIN REYES I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure ... JODI PICOULT We knew this was such a monumental thing in her life and she was able to stay so positive. We saw th... CARLYNN SAVANT She (my mother) could still recite them (the poems) in full when she was lying helpless and nearly b... EUDORA WELTY
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BOB MCCARTHY Lockyer is the incumbent five-eighth and captain and he hasn't done anything wrong in my eyes to los... BOB MCCARTHY I didn't think it was necessary, BOB MCCARTHY I don't know about that. BOB MCCARTHY We need to ratchet up our assistance. The next six weeks are going to be decisive. Last year, half a... BOB MCCARTHY It is a borderline situation, and more and more children are slipping into this category. Aid worker... BOB MCCARTHY I wore white kabuki makeup, had blue-black hair. At one point, I shaved an inch and a half around my... MELISSA MCCARTHY Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. I... JOHN MCCARTHY Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throw... MELISSA MCCARTHY For restaurants that have a minimum gratuity charge on large groups, the IRS will now count those ti... KEVIN MCCARTHY There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. ... KEVIN MCCARTHY Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the w... EUGENE MCCARTHY Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the gam... EUGENE MCCARTHY Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. CHARLIE MCCARTHY I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told fr... MELISSA MCCARTHY When it comes to tyrants, dictators and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only lan... KEVIN MCCARTHY I started a deli when I was 19 years old. Kevin O's. The sandwiches at Kevin O's were a litt... KEVIN MCCARTHY When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably. KEVIN MCCARTHY I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I ... GINA MCCARTHY What we're trying to do is get people ... to become more active in working with their legislators ba... CAROLYN MCCARTHY Hey Den! My God, Dennis. Look at me now. Who would've ever thought? CAROLYN MCCARTHY This failed as far as I'm concerned, CAROLYN MCCARTHY I believe that the people of the United States as a whole care about this issue very much, and it's ... CAROLYN MCCARTHY With the high demand for long term care and in the wake of the worst natural disaster in history, cu... CAROLYN MCCARTHY Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportuniti... CAROLYN MCCARTHY It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't... CAROLYN MCCARTHY The rebuilding of the Gulf Coast should create economic opportunities for its residents, not an oppo... CAROLYN MCCARTHY make it easier for criminals to buy guns at gun shows. CAROLYN MCCARTHY Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own... CAROLYN MCCARTHY Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, ... JENNY MCCARTHY America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and... KEVIN MCCARTHY You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget. CORMAC MCCARTHY It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has bec... MARY MCCARTHY The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency. EUGENE MCCARTHY And you know what the worst thing was? The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard w... JACK MCCARTHY It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. EUGENE MCCARTHY How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars ... KEVIN MCCARTHY I think it's a sign of desperation for them. KEARY MCCARTHY I'm pissed off. He's a quality player who everyone expects to win the World Cup for England. MICK MCCARTHY The SCLC draft has a whole mile of good intentions. JOHN MCCARTHY I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls. MELISSA MCCARTHY The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnece... GINA MCCARTHY Proponents of efficiency standards argue that they save consumers and businesses money, reduce energ... GINA MCCARTHY It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. An... KEVIN MCCARTHY We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and... JOHN MCCARTHY At the minute, it is very, very tough, MICK MCCARTHY The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, ... MARY MCCARTHY Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated... JENNA MCCARTHY