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A tiny dark object came sailing out of the window and landed at the giant's feet. Polybotes yelled, "Grenade!" He covered his face. His troops… — Rick Riordan
What most people call loving consists of picking out a woman and marrying her. They pick her out, I swear, I’ve seen them. As if… — Julio Cortazar
You should have called us. Desmond would have picked you up.' 'No I wouldn't,' Valkyrie's dad said, stepping into earshot. 'Sorry, Fletcher, but I had… — Derek Landy
Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be… — Derek Landy
Ambulances were cool. “You just want to fondle my extraneous body parts,” I said to the EMT as I picked up a silver gadget that… — Darynda Jones
I reach out and grab her wrist. It feels impossibly tiny in my hand, like this one time I found a baby bird near goose… — Lauren Oliver
The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy. — Stephen King
I picked up my mocha and stood. The cup was still almost half-full, but I didn't want it anymore. Besides, it was now luke-warm. Which… — Jenna Black
Then they have the audacity to go shopping and pick out their own gifts. I want to know who the first person was who said… — Chelsea Handler
I’d been raised to be practical and keep my emotions in check, but I loved cars. That was one of the few legacies I’d picked… — Richelle Mead
I see a girl caught in the remains of a holiday gone bad, with her flesh picked off day after day as the carcass dries… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Happy belated birthday, Cat," he said, giving me a self-deprecating smile. "Aren't you glad Juan picked the place and not me? We wold have had… — Jeaniene Frost
I am a fruitarian and I will only eat leaves picked by virgins in the moonlight - Steve Jobs — Walter Isaacson
Other letters simply relate the small events that punctuate the passage of time: roses picked at dusk, the laziness of a rainy Sunday, a child… — Jean-Dominique Bauby
How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline. The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned against the back wall, saying nothing. She… — Neil Gaiman
You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326) — Brandon Mull
Dirt's a funny thing,' the Boss said. 'Come to think of it, there ain't a thing but dirt on this green God's globe except what's… — Robert Penn Warren
And you? Did you find the doorknob?” Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down… — Michael J. Sullivan
I didn't want to see them lower him into the ground in the spot he'd picked out with his dad, and I didn't want to… — John Green
I've got a gig," Jim said. I sat up in my bed, wide-awake. A gig was good- I needed the money. "Half." "Third." "Half." "Thirty-five… — Ilona Andrews
I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing… — Stephen Chbosky
That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates… — Rick Riordan
Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets… — Terry Pratchett
I picked up the phone to call the police, but then I considered how it would sound when I told them that I was calling… — Jenny Lawson
She looked around. They had drifted far away from the bank of the canal. "Are we stealing this boat?" "Stealing' is such an ugly word,"… — Cassandra Clare

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