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His kisses were gifts. He kissed with everything he had, with power and passion and hunger and love. He held nothing back, giving everything, exposing… — Sylvia Day
Almost every time i saw you, you were with him. But one day, you walked up to the building alone. I was holding the door… — Tammara Webber
Perhaps, he thought, true pure love, like all flowers, flourished best with its roots in muck and mud. Perhaps that was a law of life… — Harry Mulisch
We’d spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his… — Patricia Briggs
The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison.… — Richard Dawkins
When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep,… — Mary Gaitskill
Kisten, please don't leave me," I begged, and his eyes opened. "I'm cold," he said, fear rising in his blue eyes. I held him tighter.… — Kim Harrison
Momma kept a garden, which sounds romantic to people who have never held a hoe — Rick Bragg
Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding… — David Mitchell
The antique, almost primitive band he held between his fingers caught the sunlight, glinting silver. “I found this ring shortly after I was banished from… — Becca Fitzpatrick
It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing… — Louis L'Amour
Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant music and happy… — Rick Riordan
I thought I heard---" Gansey broke off. His eyes dropped to where Adam held Blue's hand. Again his face was somewhat puzzled by the fact… — Maggie Stiefvater
And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted,… — Sarah Dessen
Artemis grit her teeth. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone. I need you to take my companions to Camp Half-Blood."… — Rick Riordan
Eric Seven does not believe in love at first sight. He corrects himself. Even in that moment, the moment that it happens, he fees his… — Marcus Sedgwick
I don't have the body for this," I quipped, lifting my chin to a voluptous woman nearby who shook her hips zealously to the beat.… — Becca Fitzpatrick
What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic." Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney... I don't think… — Alexandra Adornetto
She was an artist. She held opposites in her mind. — Richard Ford
When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the… — Albert Einstein
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

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