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She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She… — Oscar Wilde
His embarassment would have pleased me, but once he recovered, there would be that awkward period that sometimes culminates in a handshake. I didn't want… — David Sedaris
He exhaled loudly and raked a hand through the sable brown hair he always kept stylishly messy. "Look, Rose. You don’t have to keep up… — Richelle Mead
I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there watching… — Richard Brautigan
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with… — Michael Parenti
I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. — Jeannette Walls
Dain kept his gaze on his plate and concentrated on swallowing the morsel he'd just very nearly choked on. She was possessive... about him. The… — Loretta Chase
Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him. — Ilona Andrews
Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis of unfavorable comparisons… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their… — George Eliot
. . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or… — Katherine Paterson
The tears that kept Buttercup company the remainder of the day were not at all like those that had blinded her into the tree trunk.… — William Goldman
Half of them kept repeating my name, trying to get it right, while the other half laughed. But they were harmless. Fun drunks make a… — Jay Asher
I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place… — Oscar Wilde
My father looked like he was having a stroke— not that Mel seemed to notice because he just kept talking. “Patrick needs a ride. No… — Elizabeth Scott
It's a weird smile, but it reaches his eyes and I bottle it. And I put it in my ammo pack that's kept right next… — Melina Marchetta
He'd kept this silence because his own secrets were darker, more hidden, and because he believed that his secrets had created hers. — Kim Edwards
So do you remember this place?" "Hard to forget." he snorted. "This is where you tried to kill me. You were so nervous, you kept… — Jeaniene Frost
When Å vejk subsequently described life in the lunatic asylum, he did so in exceptionally eulogistic terms: 'I really don't know why those loonies get so… — Jaroslav HaÅ¡ek
I chuckled to myself and kept walking. The Universe had proven Curran wrong: a person who aggravated him more than me did, in fact, exist. — Ilona Andrews
At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated. — Scott Westerfeld
[Fireheart] was interrupted by a screech from Cloudtail. "Fireheart! Fireheart, Brightpaw isn't dead!" Fireheart spun around and raced across the clearing to crouch beside Brightpaw.… — Erin Hunter
You wrote this right?” he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.” Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading my old work.… — Rick Riordan
A long white ribbon shot out of the crack in the wall. The ribbon just kept coming, weaving itself into some kind of shape next… — Rick Riordan
You did not so much mind being -conventionally- betrayed, if you were not kept in the dark, which was humiliating, or defined only as a… — A. S. Byatt

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