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“I sat up then, looking at him appraisingly, knowing that was the moment I could stop everything if I wanted to. “Maybe you should…

— Monica Alexander

“Behind that I would shield myself, and I’d tell him to go away. “Don’t,” he said when I had the dress in my hands.…

— V.C. Andrews

“So it always is, he thought, to relieve another you must burden yourself.”

— Ellis Peters

“Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon." I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said, "are often…

— Robert B. Parker

“But I wasn't done," she pouted, no longer hungry for anything but him. "Yes, you were." "Yes, sir." "Lay down on your back." "Very…

— Tiffany Reisz

“Aye,” she said, “and hands strong enough to twist a man’s head off his shoulders, if he takes a mind to.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Other response, he said, I make thee not, Except the doing; for the modest asking Ought to be followed by the deed in silence.”

— Dante Alighieri

“Please," she whispered, her tears flowing unchecked. "Tell me what to say and I will say it gladly. If I have hurt your pride…

— Elizabeth Elliott

“He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him. 'Thanks a lot,' he said bitterly.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Elizabeth,” he whispered lovingly. “Hmm?” was the muffled reply. “I should wish to remain all day as we are, but there is something I…

— Nicole Clarkston

“Sir, if you are otherwise discreet, you will consider that you have gone far enough. At my brother's request I am treating you no…

— Wolfram von Eschenbach

“My pleasure," he assured me, propping one shoulder against the doorjamb and folding his arms across his chest. "Rather nice change from my normal…

— Susanna Kearsley