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“He swallowed hard, annoyed at the sudden dryness in his throat. No reason to become all emotional about it now. He had already sold…

— G.S. Jennsen

“I was doomed to it. For there was no way to convince him that, with all his scars, the terrible truth was that he…

— Simone St. James

“He had layers that he wore like leather. I didn't want to even think about peeling those layers away to find out what was…

— Nina Lane

“Here was the impossible, and it was beautiful, and it was terrible, and it flayed open his chest to show that his heart, numb…

— Laini Taylor

“...because if there was one thing he didn't like it was big words, they just lied and covered things up, those big words, they…

— Jon Fosse

“That man would have chipped away at your heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. It may have been bruised, but at…

— Christina Baker Kline

“And he saw now that it wasn't real. That it had never been real. He could feel that other life shrinking and losing its…

— Dan Chaon

“His thoughts were clearly still shoving him further away, toward some ultimate dark drama that he might or might not have actually lived through…

— Walter Kirn

“There was pain in him - like a blister, all that was left of some lost yesterday that Time had pruned off him.”

— Frank Herbert

“His mouth went dry but he forced himself closer to the hole, knowing what he would find.”

— Anita Clenney

“Then he buttoned up his coat, took a deep breath, and picked up the ring. And he thought then, as he always thought afterward…

— C.S. Lewis

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”

— Madeline Miller