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The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away. — Kate DiCamillo
Needless to say, jamming deformed, drugged, overstressed birds together in a filthy, waste-coated room is not very healthy. Beyond deformities, eye damage, blindness, bacterial infections… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Tension pulled my eyes open when her fingers traced a trail down my neck. Sensation blossomed, and I threw my head back and sucked in… — Kim Harrison
His skin was a pretty colour, it made me jealous. Jacob noticed my scrutiny. What?" he asked, suddenly self-conscious. "Nothing. I just hadn't realised before.… — Stephenie Meyer
Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath in… — Maria V. Snyder
Zach walked away, but I stood there for a long time, wondering if I should go to my mother; if I should go to my… — Ally Carter
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet… — Jodi Picoult
Sister," he murmured, not as an inquiry, but a statement of fact. "Brother mine," she groaned... before her consciousness slipped from her grasp and she… — J R Ward
Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't." Hale took a step toward her. "What's it going to be,… — Ally Carter
Are you a man?'' The question slipped out, and she regretted it. Regretted injecting reality into this delicate, lovely dream of passion. ''I thought I… — Christina Dodd
Where's Lori?" he asked when he saw the nurse wasn't there. "She's not avoiding me, is she?" His grandmother slipped off her glasses, put down… — Susan Mallery
The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing, no one waiting… — Kate Morton
One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; — hung it with… — Edgar Allan Poe
About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and… — Stephen King
I don’t keep a travel diary. I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip… — Alex Garland
The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out of… — Cornelia Funke
I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the impression it wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid… — Sylvia Plath
I suppose he'll die soon. I'm expecting it, like you do for a dog that's seventeen. There's no way to know how I'll react. He'll… — Markus Zusak
She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts. — Ann Brashares
Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it… — Elizabeth Chandler
I'd accepted a while ago that there were too many reasons for me to even think about him romantically anymore. Every once in a while,… — Richelle Mead
What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time! — Charles M. Schulz
I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old… — Joseph Conrad
Another step had her backed up against the wall, and he braced his arms on both sides of her. "I'm beginning to look forward to… — Johanna Lindsey

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