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# Sophie Jordan

(1974)   Writer

 **122** quotes in **228** categories

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Sophie Jordan is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Sophie Jordan

Born November 30, 1974

Profession Writer

## About Sophie Jordan

American writer.

##  Quotes by Sophie Jordan · Page 2

> [“What good is safety if you're dead inside?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/what-good-is-safety-if-you-re-dead-inside/)

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[Dead inside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-inside/)

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> [“I wont let him have you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-wont-let-him-have-you/)

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[Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/will/)

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> [“What happened to you, baby?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/what-happened-to-you-baby/)

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[Baby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baby/)

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> [“He turns slightly... and smiles. Just a small smile, but lovely. Sexy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/he-turns-slightly-and-smiles-just-a-small-smile-but-lovely-sexy/)

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[Small Smile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/small-smile-481074/)

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> [He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. I do, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/he-stares-at-me-so-darkly-so-hungily-that-i-can-only-nod-agree-of/)

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[Fate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fate/)

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> [“Ironic, huh? To keep that part of me alive, I have to be close to that which kills it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/ironic-huh-to-keep-that-part-of-me-alive-i-have-to-be-close-to-that/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [“A heart of stone could never break. But it could feel fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/a-heart-of-stone-could-never-break-but-it-could-feel-fear/)

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[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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> [You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/you-can-t-even-see-it-i-m-the-safest-thing-you-ll-ever-find/)

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[Safest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safest/)

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> [“I shrug like I don't care. ...Like every fiber of my being isn't weeping in need for him”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-shrug-like-i-don-t-care-like-every-fiber-of-my-being-isn-t-weeping/)

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[Weeping](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weeping/)

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> [“Yo haría cualquier cosa por ti. Especialmente si eso significa que voy a volver a verte.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/yo-har-a-cualquier-cosa-por-ti-especialmente-si-eso-significa-que-voy/)

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[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

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> [“Soft hearts bled, and in their pain they caused grief and havoc.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/soft-hearts-bled-and-in-their-pain-they-caused-grief-and-havoc/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“Jacinda nearly manifested at school today," Tamra tattles in that singsong voice of whiny kids everywhere. It reminds me of when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/jacinda-nearly-manifested-at-school-today-tamra-tattles-in-that/)

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[Whiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/whiny-635769/)

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> [“I thought you were gone, Pepper. It was bad enough to lose you the first time, but to lose you like that?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-thought-you-were-gone-pepper-it-was-bad-enough-to-lose-you-the/)

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[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

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> [“Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/ironic-i-m-here-because-of-my-inherent-dangerousness-but-it-s-my/)

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[Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/)

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> [“Jacinda, join us. We're grilling on the back deck." "Dad, I don't think-" "I would love that," I lie. Eating with Will's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/jacinda-join-us-we-re-grilling-on-the-back-deck-dad-i-don-t-think-i/)

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[Eating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating/)

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> [“I wouldn’t have waited this long for you. I would have already showed up at your dorm the minute I decided I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-wouldn-t-have-waited-this-long-for-you-i-would-have-already-showed/)

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[Waited](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/waited/)

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> [“I stare into his eyes, I shake my head, sorry for the chance we lost. The chance we maybe never had. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-stare-into-his-eyes-i-shake-my-head-sorry-for-the-chance-we-lost/)

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[Jacinda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jacinda-95551/)

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> [I was immediately swept up in Ariane's story. Equal parts thrill-ride and love story, The Rules is intense and emotional. This book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-was-immediately-swept-up-in-ariane-s-story-equal-parts-thrill-ride/)

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[And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/)

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> [“I respond, thoughts dropping away, like pebbles plopping one by one in water, sinking down, down into dark oblivion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-respond-thoughts-dropping-away-like-pebbles-plopping-one-by-one-in/)

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[Blank mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blank-mind/)

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> [“Pleasure suffused her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, her heart clenching when he tightened his hold on her. After a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/pleasure-suffused-her-and-she-snuggled-deeper-into-his-arms-her-heart/)

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[Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/)

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> [“But she wasn’t a fool either. Better than anyone she knew how easy it was to become a victim. It didn’t mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/but-she-wasn-t-a-fool-either-better-than-anyone-she-knew-how-easy-it/)

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[Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/)

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> [“He steps onto the sidewalk and rocks on the balls of his feet. He looks beautiful standing there, and a familiar ache…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/he-steps-onto-the-sidewalk-and-rocks-on-the-balls-of-his-feet-he/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [“I remember you. You were like burning firelight in that cave, all shimmery, dancing color." I lean closer over the island, mesmerized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-remember-you-you-were-like-burning-firelight-in-that-cave-all/)

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[Burning fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burning-fire/)

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> [“The water is still and smooth. Polished glass. Not a ripple of wind disturbs the dark surface. Low-rising mist drifts off liquid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/the-water-is-still-and-smooth-polished-glass-not-a-ripple-of-wind/)

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[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

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> [“It's unclear who moves first. We're in each other's arms, lips locked, melded, hotly fused. Our hands drag over each other, reacquainting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/it-s-unclear-who-moves-first-we-re-in-each-other-s-arms-lips-locked/)

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[Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/)

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> [“But you're worried I'll get in trouble?" I try not to show how much this pleases me. I've managed to ignore him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/but-you-re-worried-i-ll-get-in-trouble-i-try-not-to-show-how-much-2/)

[Sophie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-jordan/)

[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [“I felt her heart pounding against her ribs and directly into me. Or maybe it was my heart. Curled against each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-felt-her-heart-pounding-against-her-ribs-and-directly-into-me-or/)

[Sophie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-jordan/)

[Heart pounding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart-pounding/)

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> [“I glance over my shoulder, at the car following close behind us. It’s impossible to see the driver. To tell if it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-glance-over-my-shoulder-at-the-car-following-close-behind-us-it-s/)

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[Better now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-now/)

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> [“As I speak, his fingers trail down my arm. I’m just so relieved he’s willing to touch me after I’ve told him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/as-i-speak-his-fingers-trail-down-my-arm-i-m-just-so-relieved-he-s/)

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[Beneath the surface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath-the-surface/)

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> [“You're probably wondering what you did in a past life to get stuck with us." Catherine says this as she drowns a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/you-re-probably-wondering-what-you-did-in-a-past-life-to-get-stuck/)

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[Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/)

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> [“The way I feel about you, Jacinda...I know you feel it, too." He stares at me so starkly, so hungrily that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/the-way-i-feel-about-you-jacinda-i-know-you-feel-it-too-he-stares-at/)

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[Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel/)

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> [“So,” Will begins, “do you play ball as well as you run?” I laugh a little. I can’t help it. He’s sweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/so-will-begins-do-you-play-ball-as-well-as-you-run-i-laugh-a-little-i/)

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[Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball/)

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> [“Tell me you thought about me. That you think about me now. " My lips move, but I can't speak. His hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/tell-me-you-thought-about-me-that-you-think-about-me-now-my-lips-move/)

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[Lost myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lost-myself/)

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> [“Angry heat tightens my skin. “Never took you for a coward,” I blurt. His head snaps in my direction. “What do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/angry-heat-tightens-my-skin-never-took-you-for-a-coward-i-blurt-his/)

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[Dry lips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dry-lips/)

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> [“He doesn’t say anything for a while, just studies me in that intense way. His nostrils flare, and again it’s like he’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/he-doesn-t-say-anything-for-a-while-just-studies-me-in-that-intense/)

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[Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/)

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> [“In this, with him... I'm as close to the sky as I've ever been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/in-this-with-him-i-m-as-close-to-the-sky-as-i-ve-ever-been/)

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[Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/close/)

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> [“Rage -- that old familiar friend that got him through the hardest of times.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/rage-that-old-familiar-friend-that-got-him-through-the-hardest-of/)

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[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

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> [“Leaning down, he whispers for my ears alone. “Prove them wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/leaning-down-he-whispers-for-my-ears-alone-prove-them-wrong/)

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[Whispers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/whispers/)

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> [“Feeling his heart, it occurs to me that it beats just like everyone else’s. Like mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/feeling-his-heart-it-occurs-to-me-that-it-beats-just-like-everyone/)

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[Feeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feeling/)

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> [“You want to go out?" he asks suddenly. I blink. "As in a date?" "Yes. That's what a guy usually means when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/you-want-to-go-out-he-asks-suddenly-i-blink-as-in-a-date-yes-that-s/)

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[Want Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-asks-932186/)

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## Sophie Jordan by topic

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                        "text": "“The way I feel about you, Jacinda...I know you feel it, too.\" He stares at me so starkly, so hungrily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. \"I do,\" I admit. But I don't understand him. Don't get why he should feel this way about me. Why should he want me so much? What do I offer him? Why did he save me that day in the mountains? And why does he pursue me now? When no girl spiked his interest before? \"Good,\" he says. \"Then how about a date?\" \"A date?\" I repeat, like I've never heard the word. \"Yeah. A real date. Something official. You. Me. Tonight. We're long overdue.\" His smile deepens, revealing the deep grooves on the sides of his cheeks. \"Dinner. Movie. Popcorn.\" \"Yes.\" The word slips past. For a moment I forget. Forget that I'm not an ordinary girl. That he's not an ordinary boy. For the first time, I understand Tamra. And the appeal of normal. \"Yes.\" It feels good to say it. To pretend. To drink in the sight of him and forget there's an ulterior reason I need to go out with him. A reason that's going to tear us apart forever. Stupid. Did you think you might have a future with him? Mom's right. Time to grow up. He smiles. Then he's gone. Out the door. For a second, I'm confused. Then he's at my door, opening it, helping me out. Together we walk through the parking lot. Side by side. We move only a few feet before he slips his hand around mine. As we near the front of the building, I see several kids hanging out around the flagpole. Tamra with her usual crowd. Brooklyn at the head. I try to tug my hand free. His fingers tighten on mine. I glance at him, see the resolve in his eyes. His hazel eyes glint brightly in the already too hot morning. \"Coward.\" \"Oh.\" The single sound escapes me. Outrage. Indignation. I stop. Turn and face him. Feel something slip, give way, and crumble loose inside me. Set free, it propels me. Standing on my tiptoes, I circle my hand around his neck and pull his face down to mine. Kiss him. Right there in front of the school. Reckless. Stupid. I stake a claim on him like I've got something to prove, like a drake standing before the pride in a bonding ceremony. But then I forget our audience. Forget everything but the dry heat of our lips. My lungs tighten, contract. I feel my skin shimmer, warm as my lungs catch. Crackling heat works its way up my chest. Not the smartest move I've ever made.”",
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                        "text": "“So,” Will begins, “do you play ball as well as you run?” I laugh a little. I can’t help it. He’s sweet and disarming and my nerves are racing. “Not even close.” The conversation goes no further as we move up in our lines. Catherine looks over her shoulder at me, her wide sea eyes assessing. Like she can’t quite figure me out. My smile fades and I look away. She can never figure me out. I can never let her. Never let anyone here. She faces me with her arms crossed. “You make friends fast. Since freshman year, I’ve spoken to like . . .” She paused and looks upward as though mentally counting. “Three, no—four people. And you’re number four.” I shrug. “He’s just a guy.” Catherine squares up at the free-throw line, dribbles a few times, and shoots. The ball swished cleanly through the net. She catches it and tosses it back to me. I try copying her moves, but my ball flies low, glides beneath the backboard. I head to the end of the line again. Will’s already waiting it half-court, letting others go before him. My face warms at his obvious stall. “You weren’t kidding,” he teases over the thunder of basketballs. “Did you make it?” I ask, wishing I had looked while he shot. “Yeah.” “Of course,” I mock. He lets another kid go before him. I do the same. Catherine is several ahead of me now. His gaze scans me, sweeping over my face and hair with deep intensity, like he’s memorizing my features. “Yeah, well. I can’t run like you.” I move up in line, but when I sneak a look behind me, he’s looking back, too. “Wow,” Catherine murmurs in her smoky low voice as she falls into line beside me. “I never knew it happened like that.” I snap my gaze to her. “What?” “You know. Romeo and Juliet stuff. Love at first sight and all that.” “It’s not like that,” I say quickly. “You could have fooled me.” We’re up again. Catherine takes her shot. It swishes cleanly through the hoop. When I shoot, the ball bounces hard off the backboard and flies wildly through the air, knocking the coach in the head. I slap a hand over my mouth. The coach barely catches herself from falling. Several students laugh. She glares at me and readjusts her cap. With a small wave of apology, I head back to the end of the line. Will’s there, fighting laughter. “Nice,” he says. “Glad I’m downcourt of you.” I cross my arms and resist smiling, resist letting myself feel good around him. But he makes it hard. I want to smile. I want to like him, to be around him, to know him. “Happy to amuse you.” His smile slips then, and he’s looking at me with that strange intensity again. Only I understand. I know why. He must remember . . . must recognize me on some level even though he can’t understand it. “You want to go out?” he asks suddenly. I blink. “As in a date?” “Yes. That’s what a guy usually means when he asks that question.”",
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                        "text": "“Tell me you thought about me. That you think about me now. \" My lips move, but I can't speak. His hand drops, and I feel suddenly cold. Bereft. The way I've felt for so long now. Even before arriving in Chaparral. Since I manifested at age eleven and lost myself. Became simply the fire-breather to everyone who knew me. My parents. My sister. Cassian. They saw me as that first and foremost. I guess even I'm guilty of that. Of seeing myself as nothing beyond the last drake dire-breather. Only now, here with Will, I realize I'm something more. Someone not bound by the rules of her pride, her face, her family. Someone who can be loved for herself, draki or not. \"I thought about you,\" I whisper, my voice not my own. It belongs to someone else. Someone brave, someone about to risk everything and follow her heart. \"I've never stopped thinking about you.\" Somehow, I doubt I ever will.”",
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                        "text": "“Angry heat tightens my skin. “Never took you for a coward,” I blurt. His head snaps in my direction. “What do you mean by that?” “You came here tonight for a reason. Why don’t you own up to it?” Before I can think about it, I lean across the center console and stare him directly in the face. “Do you always run from what you want?” Maybe I’m going out on a limb to imply he wants me , but the pulse throbbing at his neck tells me it’s so. And he is here, after all. His gaze drops to my mouth. “I can’t think of the last time I had anything I truly wanted,” he says huskily, so low I could hardly hear him. It’s more like I felt him. His words echo through me, striking a chord so deep that I’m sure there’s a reason for all this. A reason we’ve found each other, first in the mountains and now here. A reason. Something more. Something bigger than coincidence. “Me too.” He leans across the console. Sliding a hand behind my neck, he tugs my face closer. I move fluid, melting toward him. “Maybe it’s time to change that then.” At the first brush of his mouth, stinging heat surges through me, shocking me motionless. My veins and skin pop and pulse. I rise on my knees, clutch his shoulders with clawing fingers, trying to get closer. My hands drift, rounding over his smooth shoulders, skimming down a rock-hard chest. His heart beats like a drum beneath my fingers. My blood burns, lungs expand and smolder. I can’t draw enough air through my nose . . . or at least not enough to chill my steaming lungs. His hands slide over my cheeks, holding my face. His skin feels like ice to my blistering flesh, and I kiss him harder. “Your skin,” he whispers against my mouth,” it’s so . . .” I drink him in, his words, his touch, moaning at his taste, at the sudden burning pull of my skin. The delicious tugging in my back. He kisses me deeper with cool, dry lips. Moves his hands down my face, along my jaw to my neck. His fingertips graze beneath my ear, and I shiver. “Your skin is so soft, so warm . . .”",
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