And here I sit with my stamps in a complete muddle, and nobody has bothered to tell me what it's all about." "Listen now, Hemul," said Snufkin slowly and clearly. "It's about a comet that is going to collide with the earth tomorrow." "Collide?" said the Hemulen. "Has that anything to do with stamp-collecting?
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J.K. ROWLING Before I tell you, I have to know three things," I said. "Okay." "One, are you sitting dow... DARYNDA JONES I’m in love with you,” he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. He ... JOHN GREEN God! You'll do anything to avoid it.' Avoid what?' my mother said. The past,' Caroline sai... SARAH DESSEN I still stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?' he asks. 'No, I want you to reth... SUZANNE COLLINS In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or reg... ELLIS PETERS [Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. JIM BUTCHER Still perfect,” he said. “Read to me.” “This isn’t really a poem to read aloud when y... JOHN GREEN You look like hell,' he said to me in a low voice. 'Gee, Dax, don’t coat it with honey.... MARIA V. SNYDER And because God has entrusted you with such riches, you can use these resources to make a profound d... CRAIG GROESCHEL When they said my name, I said, 'There is no way I can go up here without sharing it with Rubin,' ..... DENZEL WASHINGTON I often think about her. One thing she said stayed with me, a dagger in my heart: "You know for me t... INGRID BETANCOURT So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," s... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person. JEFFREY FRY It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love.<... KURT VONNEGUT JR. WHAT DADDY WOULD HAVE DONE First he would have listened intently which one could always t... URSULA DENISE WALKER I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill... MALALA YOUSAFZAI Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Ev... W.S. MERWIN (Wilf) decided he wanted to sit down with me at some point later on and talk about some stuff. All h... MATT BIRK Each planet has a story to tell. With Mars it was nuclear aniallation. With Venus it was i... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Donneven," I said, in my best Monica imitation, and he laughed. "We're not talking about me." "... SARAH DESSEN But what would have been the good?" Aslan said nothing. "You mean," said Lucy rather fai... C.S. LEWIS The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he think... SARAH DESSEN (Frances has gotten out of bed again and come to her parents' room...) 'How can the wind have a... RUSSELL HOBAN won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. b... LUCILLE CLIFTON Foxes were dreaded animals. They were not large or fierce, like the bears and tigers that roamed the... LINDA SUE PARK I mean, d'you know what eternity is? 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