He caught me stealing his golden phoenix.' Tithonus closed his eyes briefly. 'Good grief!' He opened them again. 'I was half hoping it wasn't true. Have you any idea of the implications?' 'He was mistreating it!' Pyrgus protested. 'Of course he was mistreating it. This is Black Hairstreak we're talking about. He mistreats his own mother. I don't suppose you stole her as well?
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ROWLING The silky swirl of his tongue in the hollow of her navel sent fire licking through her veins. Hazily... LISA KLEYPAS You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you... APRILYNNE PIKE Daisy pulled away from Swift’s grasp. “You’ve changed,” she said, trying to collect herself.... LISA KLEYPAS So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?" A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. "... HOLLY BLACK I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL Irene gasped. "Have you taken leave of your senses, Stuart?" she hissed. "Have you?" Stuart clo... ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Her hands brushed Shane's, and he let go of the cards and took hold. And then somehow she... RACHEL CAINE Lily?” She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. ... JESSICA LEMMON Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-" “No.” She held on when he would have pulled aw... 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NIKKI ROWE Damn it," I said. "I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton." He smile... PATRICIA BRIGGS Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE When he faced her again, he had never looked to her so much like one of the Fair Folk. His eyes were... CASSANDRA CLARE It was the wife, John thought. And she was giving this tough guy a tongue-lashing. And the man was t... J.R. WARD Now he felt temper snapping at the nerves. “If you can’t be comfortable in the house while I’m... J.D. ROBB Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?" "Yes, he did." "When did he say ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE But please, please - won't you - can't you give me something that will cure Mother?' Up ... C.S. LEWIS My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lo... MADELINE MILLER I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON Pain lanced through his neck. He gasped and his eyes flew open; Simon was sitting up on him, staring... CASSANDRA CLARE She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead... KRISTEN ASHLEY He stared at me. "She liked you, boy." The intensity of his voice and eyes made me blink. "Yes,... JERRY SPINELLI Two of us in this room, Ace, two keycards," he said and my eyes went to him. When they did, he jerke... KRISTEN ASHLEY The idea filled a place inside him he hadn’t even realized was empty. Coming home to find Jordyn w... KAYLEA CROSS His face was pale, and he dropped to the floor so that he was half kneeling, half sitting before her... MELISSA MARR You’re stuck,” I blurted, his grin died and he blinked. “Come again?” I swallowed,... KRISTEN ASHLEY He was right. I knew the score. He’d never pretended it was other than it was--whatever the hell t... JOSH LANYON I love you.” I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from ... JENNIFER ECHOLS We were both quiet a long time and I was about to fall back asleep in the curve of his arm with his ... KRISTEN ASHLEY He sipped again, more deeply. “Is this an interrogation, Lieutenant?” It was the smile in his vo... J.D. ROBB I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. (....) He stares at me. I wait wi... VERONICA ROTH Reasons" I wish I knew why he left. What his reason were. Why he changed his mind. <... LANG LEAV I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the... 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"I was just wondering," he said,"about the significance of your canine... LEE MCCLAIN I’ll be your family now,” he says. “I love you,” I say. I said that once, before I... VERONICA ROTH Just say, dakhilak.” Without hesitation, “Dakhilak.” He nodded. Her accent was getti... V.S. CARNES Yes. Kissing. Overrated." "I could change your mind," Zach said, surprising the hell out ... TRACY SUMNER You asked me why I'm here," he murmured, leaning in so he was so close his lips brushed mine as he s... CAMBRIA HEBERT He pulls out the pipe I stole and sticks it between his teeth. “What do you think?” he asks... JESSICA KHOURY Someone was coming through the velvet. He was pulling it wide, he was stepping onto Kestr... MARIE RUTKOSKI He was going to burn them. He was going to burn them alive. He could do it. He would do it... ELISE KOVA I like holding it at the base.” It’s too long for you,” he insisted, “which is w... LISA KLEYPAS What did you do to help the invisible man?" And he felt the monster's voice again, like it was ... PATRICK NESS What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN About the library," he whispered. He took out the pencil stub from his pocket and poised it over the... LAURA WHITCOMB I was waiting for you," he says softly, his eyes dark gray and luminous. "That's... that's such... E.L. JAMES Die in winter woods," roared Tarin, as if it were his most fervent wish. He was losing it again... SYD MCGINLEY He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Okay, would you like pizza?" "I don't think you des... MELINA MARCHETTA Brother—” “I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.” MOLLY MCADAMS His eyes softened. I thought maybe he pitied me, but it was something else. "Ultimately, it will be ... KAMI GARCIA I was astonished to see Adrian watching me, a look of contentment on his face. His eyes seemed to st... RICHELLE MEAD So, I suppose you just have a sense of where it is. And you don’t have to be precise, is that it?�... JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn't look at her. "Stay", he... LEIGH BARDUGO Shut up," Daniel said, but he said it softly and so tenderly that Luce suprised both of them by obey... LAUREN KATE Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious pos... RICHELLE MEAD Yeah, his school! It was his first real home, the place that meant he was special; it meant everythi... J.K. ROWLING She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harr... J.K. ROWLING Roarke, one thing." She walked to him, well aware he was all but snarling with temper. "I haven't ki... J.D. ROBB What did Kevin Ye get arrested for anyway? Didn't he steal a car?" "He stole the driver's ed c... JENNIFER ECHOLS He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. 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MARKS You understand why you must go through with this marriage.” “You say you couldn’t live wi... JESSICA KHOURY Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’ CIARáN WEST Peter," she began. He looked up at her, and she could see the pain in his eyes. "I love you," she sa... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT I want to take care of it. I need to do something to make up for…” He breathed out shakily. His ... BONNIE DEE
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I've learned a lot from mentors who w... HERBIE HANCOCK I agree with taking the time and respecting the great innovators of the past, but the word innovatio... HERBIE HANCOCK There's only one person named Herbie Hancock. HERBIE HANCOCK Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. HERBIE HANCOCK On a human level, the garbage man is just as important as the teacher or a rock star or a president,... HERBIE HANCOCK I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music. HERBIE HANCOCK 'I've got to learn how to do this. That's my instrument, and he can do it. Why can't I? HERBIE HANCOCK You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements... HERBIE HANCOCK Over the years I've made decisions about things, especially music, and have been scoffed at and ridi... HERBIE HANCOCK I hope to do more movie scores, I hope to do more work in the orchestral setting, some more tours th... 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BRENNAN GARR You look at the lights, and it seems like everything is green, and then it turns to a burnt orange. ... BRENNAN GARR I get a lot of stares, especially when you shake hands after a game. And I don't take them out when ... BRENNAN GARR He still has the motivation to do what he's doing. Our success this year was a slap in the face to a... BRENNAN COAKLEY I believe I was a part of it because I was there every day. It was just a great feeling. We were dow... BRENNAN COAKLEY The knee that I hurt is more flexible than my left knee. It's still kind of numb on the outside, but... BRENNAN COAKLEY It would've been a huge deal. BRENNAN COAKLEY When I first did it, coach Paterno talked to me about it and made sure that mentally I was OK. BRENNAN COAKLEY His backstroke was a picture-perfect race. He's typically just as strong in the back half of the rac... BRENNAN CLEVELAND He's got a lot more speed in him than that. He's not fully rested and he's not shaved down. I feel h... BRENNAN CLEVELAND They swam extremely well in all our relays. I'm extremely pleased with the relays. BRENNAN CLEVELAND We are very pleased with the way Ben closed out his conference career. Ben has always been an extrem... BRENNAN CLEVELAND We are progressing. I am excited about the fact that we are improving every match. What else can you... BRENNAN BROWN I think it will be a very competitive regional because not much separates the one, two, three and fo... BRENNAN BROWN It was exciting. I know the girls have worked extraordinarily hard this year and I knew that they wo... BRENNAN BROWN It came down to who is going to play the big points better. Our girls found a way to elevate their p... BRENNAN BROWN There will be a number of teams that will bring very good competition, BRENNAN BROWN I am encouraged, ... We had an excellent tournament. We still have a lot of work to do, but there ar... BRENNAN BROWN I haven't slept much in the past few days because I think we are all pretty excited to get out there... BRENNAN BROWN It was a lot of fun. There were a number of top ranked teams there. BRENNAN BROWN Marlon Leone has been a rock. He has improved greatly from a year ago. He is our best player and our... BRENNAN BROWN Our No.1 doubles team is a team all our other doubles teams look up to. They are playing at a very h... BRENNAN BROWN If Brian Bilbray had an ounce of integrity, he would call for this ad to be taken off the air. What ... BRENNAN BILBERRY People understand the disgusting length this organization will sink to, to attack a woman who has de... BRENNAN BILBERRY People all across the country realize this is going to be a hard-fought and very close election. Gov... BRENNAN BILBERRY We certainly want to make sure that we have a complete profile, so we know who our opponents are. Bu... BRENNAN BILBERRY It's more confirmation that Francine is running against a group of career politicians and millionair... BRENNAN BILBERRY I'd say we're right around 40 players. We got a good response, and hope to have a big announcement i... BOB BRENNAN A neighbor called them and told them their house was on fire. BOB BRENNAN One of the things I'll ask for in the future is that we have a deeper (contact) tree on the next of ... BOB BRENNAN No farmers can buy here anymore. And I don't know how young people can buy a piece of land and build... BOB BRENNAN It's horrible -- the worst fears ... something we can't control. BOB BRENNAN [But all the elaborate measures could not prevent the explosion.] It's horrible -- the worst fears .... BOB BRENNAN You have to use your mind instead of gears. BOB BRENNAN This program will allow all our customers, including our low-income customers, to enjoy the benefits... BOB BRENNAN A few of those wagons, if I had a place to move them to I would, but if I start saving stuff I'd hav... BOB BRENNAN The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi. BRENNAN MANNING In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve. BRENNAN MANNING In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal o... BRENNAN MANNING A blind man sees not with his eyes, but with his heart. A deaf man hears with his soul and mind, not... BRENNAN MASTOUS Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered. WILLIAM BRENNAN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... MARIE BRENNAN Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about tryin... BRENNAN MANNING I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you sta... MARIE BRENNAN