Do not feed that beggar. Hamlet, lie down.” The dog ignored her. “Down,” Viktor ordered, his deep voice stern. The dog whined and then lay down. The prince looked at her. “You need to be more forceful.” “I suppose my forcefulness will improve once my voice changes. Sopranos get no respect.
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JODI PICOULT Viktor looked at the older man’s nightshirt, robe, and nightcap. His lips quirked into a smile. �... PATRICIA GRASSO She tried to hurt Fitz!" He turned to Gabriel and Dick. "That'll get her mad. " Gabriel rolled ... MOLLY HARPER Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady,” one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veri... ELIZABETH HOYT You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you... APRILYNNE PIKE Mikhail stretched out on the bed, his head in her lap. “You are going to turn my well-ordered worl... CHRISTINE FEEHAN I think I should learn to jump on my own soon, don't you?' 'And deprive myself of the opportuni... MICHELLE ZINK But..." I'm not ready for you to stop being my problem. "It makes more sense, Park. If yo... RAINBOW ROWELL And he'd railed at her, his voice booming so loud the bed had seem to shake. "You canna do this -... KRESLEY COLE Do not try quiet my voice. Do not attempt to soften my edges or tame my prowl. I am inhabi... JEANETTE LEBLANC Rose: "Why did you lie?" Dimitri: "Because we can't be together." Rose: "Because of the ag... RICHELLE MEAD He looked down into Lindsay's face, and her eyes were bright once more, her cheeks flushed.... ... SIERRA DONOVAN Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" ... NEIL GAIMAN Get me your manager.” Dove held her head high and tried to seem older and more self-assured. DEBRA ANASTASIA Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both ... SCOTT WESTERFELD Our dog sat down at a dog show at a time when the dog was supposed to stand up. That person went to ... MICHAEL MCCULLOCH What are you doing?” “What?” Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that g... SARAH J. MAAS Where's your dog?" Peter's voice came from within the gushing stream of water. Justin thought he mus... MEG ROSOFF He leaned his head to me, his neck so close to my lips, I felt the heat coming off his skin. His bre... ILONA ANDREWS Adam leaned down and placed his lips next to her ear. He blew gently on it before he spoke. Mona lea... QUINN LOFTIS Kitten,” he growled roughly. I kissed him softly, sliding my hands into his silky locks, lett... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Jesse must have heard me because she stuck her head out of her bedroom and then rushed over. “Can ... PATRICIA BRIGGS I'm not very good with anything physical...' she began as they turned down a hallway she had never s... MICHELLE ZINK Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn't look at her. "Stay", he... LEIGH BARDUGO Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. “You don’t knock now?” ... CASSANDRA CLARE She looked at him and smiled. “Hey, you took my advice about the skinnier tie.” She reached up a... JULIE JAMES Tonight I Can Write Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for e... PABLO NERUDA Ew. Someone put the dog out, "Rosalie murmured wrinkling her nose. Have you herd this one, Psyc... STEPHENIE MEYER You're going to have to take care of yourself," Karrin said quietly. "Over the next few weeks. Rest.... JIM BUTCHER W-what are you?" Selena looked down at her rival. "What you should have been and never we... ANNE BISHOP I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain... RICK RIORDAN You forgot my birthday, too." "And mine." The girls looked miserable. The King... HEATHER DIXON What do you do?' she asks, holding out the vest. 'What do you do?' 'What do you do?' she a... BRET EASTON ELLIS My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog wa... WENDY LIEBMAN Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are ... CAROLINE STEVERMER Ned looked down gravely at the sword in his hands. “This is no toy for children, least of all for ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She moaned, long and low, wanting to arch, to thrash, to scream. Instead she opened her mouth and bi... ELIZABETH HOYT I don't treat my dog like that. I buried my dog. You can do everything for other countries but you c... DANIEL EDWARDS You listen to anybody who suppresses you. And your personality fractures into thousands of pieces. U... OSHO I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: "The night is full of ... PABLO NERUDA ~Posters with torn edges hanging from rotten walls~ The doctor told me something once DAVE MATTHES And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that h... E.B. WHITE Frustrated, Ria threw down her napkin and rose to her feet. "If he's that great, you marry him. I wi... NALINI SINGH Carmen sat up when she heard a familiar trill from her computer. It was an instant message from Bee.... ANN BRASHARES Shane looked down at the staked vamp at his feet. 'Claire?' 'Yes?' 'You staked a vampire w... RACHEL CAINE you can do all sorts of stuff that full-grown wizards can't, Viktor always said --" Ron looked ... J.K. ROWLING No horse jokes," he said. "My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---... CYNTHIA HAND You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.” “No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I ... RICHELLE MEAD I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down. MARIA CALLAS LOOK AT HIM! Mum, LOOK! OUR NEW DOG! ISN’T HE A BEAUTY?” “Another DOG!” came Maia’s a... SONAL PANSE The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say... RICHELLE MEAD My beard grows down to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my b... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm, But for... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Minerva, kindly go down to Hagrid’s house, where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pu... J.K. ROWLING You ate my dog, you undead freak!” Hey! Watch the slander. I hear the acceptable term is ‘c... ADAM P. KNAVE Peter?” He couldn’t look at her. Instead, he stared down at his poisoned arm. “... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT I'll fall.' 'You wont fall.' 'I'll fall. I'll fall and I'll die.' As I said it, I cou... KAMILA SHAMSIE Zoe ordered the Hunters to start loading. She picked up her camping pack, and Apollo said, "Here, sw... RICK RIORDAN
"Take your hair down," he croaked, his voice deep even to his own ears.
She ... KRISTEN CASEY Put down the Technicolor ones. No freaking way." "But blue's my favorite color," I say, b... HUNTLEY FITZPATRICK Sophy looked at him. Under his amazed and horrified gaze, large tears slowly welled over her eyelids... GEORGETTE HEYER You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious. "No," I say, fuddling my noise. ... PATRICK NESS Severus, please fetch me the strongest truth potion you posess, then go down to the kitchen and brin... J.K. ROWLING The car came opposite her, and she curtsied so low that recovery was impossible, and she sat down in... E.F. BENSON I like a little fight in my girls." She grinned at him,causing blood to dribble down her chin.<... KADY CROSS It's slowly breaking her down Consuming her breath Fighting her strength She doesn't ... EVY MICHAELS Lea stood upon a fallen log ahead of us, staring ahead. Mouse walked up to her. Gggrrrr r... JIM BUTCHER Juliette,” he says. “Yes?” I can hear him breathing. “Thank... TAHEREH MAFI Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered an... PABLO NERUDA She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to ... LOUISE GLüCK Is it possible?” He could have sworn she was teasing. She shouldn’t have the energy for that. CAROLYN JEWEL I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice re... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I saw a picture of you and Vincent in a 1968 newspaper that said you died in a fire," I said, turnin... AMY PLUM Because we can't be together." "Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my m... RICHELLE MEAD Love potions? For Will 'erondale? 'Tain't my way to turn down payment, but any man who looks like yo... CASSANDRA CLARE The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Let her go!" That was a new voice, young but full of authority. ... There was Prince Maxon. ...... KIERA CASS A Prayer Refuse to fall down If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay... CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTéS But then she snapped your neck.” Tears rolled down his face. “And I felt you die,” ... SARAH J. MAAS And then his voice echoed through my head. Merit. He silently called my name, even as h... CHLOE NEILL A second floor window opened, and Kyle stuck his head and shoulders out so he could look down at us.... PATRICIA BRIGGS Precious is sleep, better to be of stone, while the oppression and the shame still last; n... MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI I-" said Nick, his voice halting. "I don't mind it as much when - when people touch me. Some people.... SARAH REES BRENNAN So what's the deal with you and my sister?" He laughs shortly and rubs the back of his neck li... SOPHIE JORDAN He slitted his eyes open and squeezed them shut again as he saw her finger intruding deeper into the... LISA KLEYPAS Deep down I think I may be just like everyone else. And do you know what, Harry?" "No sir." JOE R. LANSDALE Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?' 'Yes,' said Harry. 'You ca... J.K. ROWLING I nodded. “I’m sorry I let you down.” “No, no, dear,” she said, turning forward... KIERA CASS When Thad began nuzzling her neck, pressing his opened lips against her, she smacked him in the back... KRESLEY COLE Then I looked right at Mama, for the first time in what seemed like forever, and she wasn't looking ... KATHERINE HANNIGAN
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PATRICIA NORRIS When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. W... PATRICIA NEAL I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde. PATRICIA NEAL Whatever a person's politics, lawyers have to understand that we are, for most people, the gatew... PATRICIA MILLETT What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom... PATRICIA MILLETT I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivi... PATRICIA MILLETT I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court withou... PATRICIA MILLETT I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and... PATRICIA MILLETT While I have the greatest respect for the Supreme Court's members, I cannot claim familiarity wi... PATRICIA MILLETT I certainly have a pretty settled pattern at this point of what I do substantively in terms of revie... PATRICIA MILLETT My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas. PATRICIA MCCORMICK I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into ... PATRICIA MCCORMICK The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation. PATRICIA MCCORMICK High heels weren't always a girl thing. In the fifteen-hundreds, the riding shoes of French nobl... PATRICIA MARX New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce. PATRICIA MARX I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing. PATRICIA MARX I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I ... PATRICIA MARX I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alo... PATRICIA MARX Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name ... PATRICIA MARX Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is. PATRICIA MARX For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes. PATRICIA MARX I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and se... PATRICIA MARX I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality. PATRICIA MARX Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed. PATRICIA MARX The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism. PATRICIA MARX It's better to spend a lot on a getup you love than a fraction of that on something, or even fiv... PATRICIA MARX Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of ... PATRICIA MARX Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists cl... PATRICIA MARX 'Couch surfing' refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of char... PATRICIA MARX Men still wear cologne, but I wish they wouldn't. No matter what you may believe, all men's ... PATRICIA MARX One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels ... PATRICIA MARX New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just bec... PATRICIA MARX Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, wha... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say,... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and b... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended fam... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose thin... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I do... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything. PATRICIA KAAS When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life. PATRICIA KAAS People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career. PATRICIA KAAS When you are 25 or even 30, you can just do things. When you get to 35, things are different. Time i... PATRICIA KAAS