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Look,â€ I said, trying to reason with him despite extensive experience that this rarely worked. â€œThis isnâ€™t a great time. I have my inaugurationâ€”â€ â€œCoronation.â€… — Karen Chance
You should be dead," he said, his voice full of wonder. "How is it that you're still alive?" Jaw clenched, I worked at his grip… — Kim Harrison
Trying to wake you,â€ Bones answered crisply. â€œI cut you, threw water on you, slapped you, and set a lighter to your legs. For future… — Jeaniene Frost
I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into… — Jim Butcher
My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until theyâ€™re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary.… — Rick Riordan
This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be sneaky and have… — Richard Siken
...in some ways I relied on that- someone to keep me thinking, keep me striving to do better, keep me from burying my head and… — Kelley Armstrong
He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world. — Katharine Hepburn
They were not friends, Comdrade Pillai and Inspector Thomas Matthew, and they didn't trust each other. But they understood each other perfectly. They were both… — Arundhati Roy
Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step… — Eoin Colfer
She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked… — Steig Larsson
I worked hard to meet his eyes, even though they were the kind of pretty thatâ€™s hard to look at.. — John Green
Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naÃ¯ve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich.… — Cheryl Strayed
My body was a machine, plain and simple. I worked it to stay strong; I fed it to keep it running. — Ann Aguirre
He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk… — Kim Harrison
What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I canâ€™t let you do that. I . . . I forbid you.â€ It… — Tessa Dare
Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Irena thinks: a person who messes up her goodbyes shouldnâ€™t expect much from her re-unions. — Milan Kundera
You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and… — Deb Caletti
I loved her and I loved no one else and we had a lovely magic time while we were alone. I worked well and we… — Ernest Hemingway
It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But… — Veronica Roth

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