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“You need not treat me like a child, sir. I am perfectly capable of navigating this staircase on my own." He snorted. Her nostrils…

— Karen Witemeyer

“My pleasure," he assured me, propping one shoulder against the doorjamb and folding his arms across his chest. "Rather nice change from my normal…

— Susanna Kearsley

“He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door to my…

— Holly Black

“Don't grow much more, or you will be taller than I am, little Longlegs!" Annemarie smiled, but Peter's comment was no longer the lighthearted…

— Lois Lowry

“Well, child? Aren't you going to try to turn me into some kind of unspeakable creature? I don't think I shall bother, madam, seeing…

— Terry Pratchett

“Look how you’ve grown. I remember the day you were born. I could hold you with one hand. You were the world’s best thing.…

— Marie Rutkoski

“Steinway,” he said, his tongue poked behind his lips as if to suppress a boastful smile. Stepping out of the elevator she said, “Oh,…

— Alice McDermott

“What are you doing here?” she whispered. “You’re…” He grinned. “A wanted man?” She ducked beneath the raised hands of the next couple. Rotated…

— Marissa Meyer

“Your carriage awaits, my lady.” I walked up to him and slipped my hand in his extended arm. “Ever the gentleman,” I teased. “Whatever…

— Abbi Glines

“Well, hello there,” I said, “you big, beautiful overgrown passageway.” I looked over to Lia. “Let’s confuse ’em a little.”

— Lisa Tawn Bergren

“She ran her tongue over her bottom lip, a mischievous smile curling her mouth. “Are you . . . are you pregnant, Richard?” “No,”…

— Melanie Moreland

“You’re quite the specimen. Built like a sturdy building. Are all your Low Born females like you?” “You’ve begun to annoy me.”

— G.A. Aiken