Getting up from the table, shaking a little at her unraveling, Ari cuffed Charlie across the head. “Be nice.” “Tell him to be nice!” “I can’t,” she snorted, looking back over her shoulder at them. “If I did that he’d actually have to be nice… it would be like re-writing his entire personality.” Jai grunted. “Funny.
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JAIME RUSH How do we exorcise one of the Jinn?" He shrugged. "You got Yellow Pages?" "Seriousl... SAMANTHA YOUNG Ye cannae leave.” “Why?” she yelled, glancing over her shoulder at Cormac. “Tell me wh... MARY MORGAN Audrey kept moving with practiced quickness, stepping over roots protruding over the trail and pushi... ILONA ANDREWS And your excuse?' I asked. 'I'm a sociopath; I don't have to be nice,' Nicky said. I gave ... LAURELL K. HAMILTON The life spills over, some days. She cannot be at rest, Wishes she could explode ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER She tilted her head, looking back down at Del’s notes as she absently tore the crust off her pizza... PRISCILLA GLENN I thought it could be something, I mean, eventually." Harrison finally looks at us. "My life I thoug... COURTNEY SUMMERS But she was funny sometimes, and never boring. God, it would almost be worth it to see her face when... ILONA ANDREWS Turtle is putting seaweed all over me. It is the big turtle. She is so big that she can regurgitate<... SANDRA HARNER Morfyd’s care. As she walked out of the cave she passed Annwyl walking in. The girl had her s... G.A. AIKEN How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ... ROBERT FANNEY Mikhail seated himself across the small table from her, his eyes drifting lazily, possessively, over... CHRISTINE FEEHAN Can you tell me what happened?" Her lips thinned as she shook her head. "'Tis not a happy... JENNY B. JONES Everything ok here ?" Ryan grunted urging her with a hand on her lower back. "He thinks yo... SUZANNE WRIGHT Right," Chaol said. "So you're just...memorizing that information now?" "If you're sugges... SARAH J. MAAS To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either." "What'd I do to h... JOHN GREEN My father wrote beautifully,” Esmé interrupted. “I’m saving a number of his letters for poste... J.D. SALINGER It would be nice to do a movie where I didn't have to choke the girl to get her. RAY LIOTTA That’s cool, Leo.” Johnson was damn near standing on top of him as he spoke, but he’d be damne... A.E. VIA So," he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what a... LAINI TAYLOR The little group before her finally moved on and Sarah took its place, standing before Tom like he w... BONNIE DEE Pamela pulled off her cloak and Alexei gasped. "You have on breeches!" He stared in disbelief. ... VICTORIA ALEXANDER When Kai fell silent, she risked a glance at him. He was staring at her hands [which she always hold... MARISSA MEYER Don't you ever think,' he asked cautiously, 'that it would be better to be a bully than to be bullie... JOHN BOYNE It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Roo: What’s your definition of popularity? Hutch: I used to think people were popular b... E. 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CHRISTOPHER POINDEXTER Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and... LISA KLEYPAS Her hands brushed Shane's, and he let go of the cards and took hold. And then somehow she... RACHEL CAINE I’m not trying to impress you,” he replied, glancing up at the front of the room. “Gads,” he... JULIA QUINN I shook my head at Janco. “I’ve got the situation under control. Go back to the Keep, I’ll mee... MARIA V. SNYDER Stu looked over his shoulder at the trailer. "She seems like a nice old lady, but jeez, that's a big... DEBORAH BLAKE Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over... PATTI SMITH Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a... GERMANY KENT There is something of yours I would like to return to you." "What?" He leaned across the d... HOLLY BLACK The Janus Guard will also be out that night,” he said, one hand reaching out to squeeze her should... LESLEY LIVINGSTON Stop! Stop!” Sophie shrieked with laughter as she ran down the stone steps that led to the g... JULIA QUINN I paused to pat the truck’s hood gently in apology when someone put his hand on my shoulder. ... PATRICIA BRIGGS She raised her head again. "Aren't you supposed to come over all manly man and forbid the little lad... DANA STABENOW She narrowed her eyes at him. She wanted to tell him that it was his fault, that she would ne... KIMBERLY DERTING He yearned for a glimpse of her throughout the day, Only at nights he could see her, Be w... ANONYMOUS Auri hopped down from the chimney and skipped over to where I stood, her hair streaming behind her. ... PATRICK ROTHFUSS His expression was strained. "I'm trying like hell to be the good guy here. I need you to go inside ... JILL SHALVIS Their daughter scrunched up her hands and legs, waving them wildly in the air. He opened his palm, a... DEEANNE GIST No one pays me to be nice. AARON ALLSTON It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice. ALYSSA MILANO It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. JOHN TEMPLETON He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT Are you going to be nice to me now?" "I'm always nice to you." Sure. Law ground his chin ... JEZ MORROW Brother—” “I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.” MOLLY MCADAMS Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. S... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Are you going to eat him?" Samantha asked... Warrick struggled for a moment, but had to tell h... ERIN KELLISON My phone pinged. It was a text from Cookie.I'm not good at cocking guns. 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He'd never seen them l... LORA LEIGH I'm serious, Mar, I don't know how to act around him now. I can't be nice, because he'll hate that. ... KRISTIN WALKER Does it hurt?” He bent his head and lightly kissed her forehead. “Only when I laugh.” RACHEL CAINE You're a Shadowhunter," he said. "You know how to deal with injuries." He slid his stele across the ... CASSANDRA CLARE
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SAMANTHA MORTON You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play ... SAMANTHA MORTON When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're tal... SAMANTHA MORTON I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with chil... SAMANTHA MORTON I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. Th... SAMANTHA MORTON What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless y... SAMANTHA MORTON I like to stretch my acting muscles. SAMANTHA MORTON There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed. SAMANTHA MATHIS Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage. SAMANTHA MATHIS You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen. SAMANTHA MATHIS When I was blonde I was perceived as an innocent and sweet young girl. SAMANTHA MATHIS I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I ... SAMANTHA ISLER I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I c... SAMANTHA ISLER I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen. SAMANTHA ISLER I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for ... SAMANTHA HARVEY When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and... SAMANTHA HARVEY As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more ... SAMANTHA HARVEY Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once ru... SAMANTHA HARVEY Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and ... SAMANTHA HARVEY With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any em... SAMANTHA HARVEY It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subj... SAMANTHA HARVEY The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fas... SAMANTHA HARVEY The Japanese have different words for love. To them, it's plain weird that we love spaghetti and... SAMANTHA HARVEY With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks. SAMANTHA HARVEY I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's lif... SAMANTHA HARVEY Down on the ground, we seem to do anything but make lengthy, robust monologues. We can communicate i... SAMANTHA HARVEY Monologues are self-verifying and self-referencing, a world in their own right, one with its own int... SAMANTHA HARVEY The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as... SAMANTHA HARVEY I'm just fascinated by the past. You know, both by the possibilities it holds and by the complet... SAMANTHA HARVEY When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash... SAMANTHA HARVEY Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until t... SAMANTHA HARVEY We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands i... SAMANTHA HARVEY We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind... SAMANTHA HARVEY There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just m... SAMANTHA HARVEY One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man s... SAMANTHA HARVEY I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we... SAMANTHA HARVEY What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching... SAMANTHA HARVEY My sister is my sister regardless - has always been and always will be and has no choice about it. T... SAMANTHA HARVEY Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would ha... SAMANTHA HARVEY I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do. SAMANTHA FOX I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look. SAMANTHA FOX I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me, and I don't think it detracts ... SAMANTHA FOX When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person. SAMANTHA FOX At 20, I didn't know what suited me. I had terrible fashion sense and awful make-up. SAMANTHA FOX When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figur... SAMANTHA FOX I still keep my accent. SAMANTHA FOX It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring. SAMANTHA FOX I am very domesticated. I find I really enjoy it. SAMANTHA FOX