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It was a Friday night, she was at a club, and a good-looking man was currently giving her the I-want-to-take-you-home-and-I-hope-I-last-longer-than-five-minutes look… and… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
“Touch is a magical thing, Natti,” he explained. “It can comfort.” He raised one hand and stroked her cheek, soft and gentle.… — Kelsey Ketch Copy Share Image
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“Fix me," I commanded him. "This thing, what I've done- there's something wrong with me, Noah. Fix it." Noah's expression broke my… — Michelle Hodkin The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Copy Share Image
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“. ‘Because off-duty cops walk around the city wearing sweatshirts advertising they’re cops all the time, never mind it’s a hundred degrees… — Sarah Alderson Copy Share Image
“In one blow, that dream died as they dragged me—him—away. A tear slid down my cheek. I wasn't the only one mourning… — Kimberly Kinrade Copy Share Image
“Kammy jerked upright. It was as though the trees had parted beneath the pressure of the storm and a bolt of lightning… — Natalie Crown Copy Share Image
"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it… — Dan Gillmor Copy Share Image
“She doesn’t even have shoes on” He was trying to reconcile something in his head while talking to Luke. “In all the… — Jenna-Lynne Duncan Copy Share Image
I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties,… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
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“Peter on the Transfiguration: “So, trying to be helpful, I offered to build three tents, one for Jesus, one for Moses, and… — Spencer C Demetros Copy Share Image
“But in that moment, I didn’t want to be trusted. I wanted something far more primal. I stretched up on my tiptoes… — Sara Hubbard Copy Share Image
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“I remember when I was twenty-five,” he said. “No client comes to you when you’re twenty-five. It’s like when you are looking… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
“I want to kiss you," I say, "but I seem to be holding this cat." Skunk lifts his hand and touches it… — Hilary T. Smith Copy Share Image
“Literature is the extant body of written art. All novels belong to it. The value judgement concealed in distinguishing one novel as… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Each time a person’s essence was captured, the copper pot glowed. Not once did the happy couples notice the pot as Joroku’s… — Mary K. Savarese Copy Share Image
To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting,… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
“Hero Intercedes”: His hands flickered upward, and before I knew it, they were cupping my face. So, damnably fast now. Demonic-like fast.… — Sherry J. Soule Copy Share Image
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“I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understand how a guy… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
I am occasionally enraptured by Western landscape. But I don't identify that state of mind as having to do with my own… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“I wanted Kat out. Every cell of my being demanded that I protect her, even though I knew she was hella capable… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Skin boils! Boils cause serious pain and physical suffering, and you also have to consider the ugliness factor. Even the most powerful… — Spencer C Demetros Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“The two of us locked up our own little secrets from the real world. We had experienced countless sleepless nights when we… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“A memory of her father flitted through her consciousness. The time he played a slow, melodic tune on the saxophone in the… — Sage Steadman Copy Share Image
“My first jailbreak began when a coarse-toothed mechanic’s file crashed through the window of the Deeper Harbour Police Station at two in… — Steve Vernon Copy Share Image
“I sunk to my knees in the spot he had left me. I felt a part of me had just been lost.… — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
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“Yes, I’m Daniel Tahi." I know what your lips taste like.I know you roll your eyes when you think someone is an… — Lani Wendt Young Copy Share Image