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“He had always told her that there was only one existence, one science, one religion, that the external world was but a variegated shadow…

— Arthur Machen

“He suddenly felt dismayed at how little he had seen of her the last two years; he had so few opportunities to press her…

— Milan Kundera

“He would enter silently and wake Magdalyn roughly. He loved Magdalyn's scream. He would beat her savagely and acuse her of plotting against him.…

— Brent Weeks

“I would see him, Edward.' It was no request; he knew it to be an ultimatum. He shook his head violently, not trusting his…

— Sharon Kay Penman

“However, one certainty floated in the air: that night, at the end of a conversation that should have brought them closer, something had been…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“She feared God may not deliver her out of this mess, especially if He had a greater plan.”

— Jennifer Hudson Taylor

“He squinted at her. He recalled the tears in her eyes that had not fallen into her teacup. No, it wasn’t a revelation. Not…

— V.S. Carnes

“What she'd done was give him a glimpse of something that scared the bejesus out of him, something never meant for men like him…

— Ellen O'Connell

“He'd given up blessings he hadn't been worthy of for the chance to be with her, and now he'd lost that, too.”

— Ann Brashares

“God the way he was looking at her, with no pity or disgust. Intense, with only the slightest softening around his eyes to save…

— Kit Rocha

“She did not yell out -- no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a…

— Emily Brontë

“She was ashamed. She would not--she would not--be frightened of him: he was what he was, and he had made a promise he would…

— Robin McKinley