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Some of my relatives held on to imagined memories the way homeless people hold onto lottery tickets. Nostalgia was their crack cocaine, if you will,… — Mohsin Hamid
Soon, everything else would come rushing at him. Like the ground to a falling man, it would come rushing up and hit him all at… — Laini Taylor
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two. — Laini Taylor
She clenched her fist in his T-shirt, put her other arm around those too-broad, too-real shoulders. When he tried to pull away, she held on… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Luneta and her parents started and whirled around, to see Terence standing just inside Luneta's door. "Deuce it, Terence!" Luneta's father expostulated. "You'll kill someone… — Gerald Morris
We are truth-speakers, we men of Gondor. We boast seldom, and then perform, or die in the attempt. "Not if I found it on the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I might have been tempted to hit him square in the jaw had he not taken me by the shoulders and pinned me against the… — Becca Fitzpatrick
His kiss held his heart. It broke hers. — Nalini Singh
Corporations are legal fictions created by the State to shield executives from liabilityâ€¦ Itâ€™s like if I had a little hand-puppet, and I went to… — Stefan Molyneux
She gently placed his hand against the beating pulse of her heart. Always, always it beat out of control, and he held his hand to… — Melina Marchetta
As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she… — Louise GluÌˆck
Heâ€™s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,â€ Thomas said. â€œI figured he couldnâ€™t jigger his way out of a bunch… — Jim Butcher
I smiled at her, but she was already lost in thought, looking around the library as if it held all the answers to all our… — Kami Garcia
Congratulations," he said, his voice dry. "You finally managed to find a woman as tragically noble as yourself. I didn't think one existed." "I'm not… — Ilona Andrews
What's this?" She pulled out a card and held it away from her face. "I can't read what it says." I took it from her… — Maria Semple
He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a… — Gaston Leroux
This morning I got up to begin this book I coughed. Something was coming out of my throat: it was strangling me. I broke the… — Anais Nin
The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought, particularly for those who bothered to… — Woody Allen
I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was… — Abbi Glines
Faith is a private matter, usually held deep within a person, quiet, impossible to recognise or understand, if you have no faith yourself — Jennifer Worth

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