No scarf tonight?" the captain asked, pointing at Solara's neck. "I guess you finally beat that cold virus." "I don't believe she had a cold," Renny said thoughtfully. "I'll bet it was the Hoover flu. You know, named after the old vacuum cleaners on Earth?" "Oh, I've heard of that disease," Cassia chimed in. "Doesn't it cause a rash that looks like suction marks? Highly contagious when mixed with cute guys and Crystalline?
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"In a pocket in your coat," said Lila, stretching. "By the w... VICTORIA SCHWAB Then Deborah stood at the wicket gate, the boundary, and there was a woman with outstretched hand, d... DAPHNE DU MAURIER Who am I, that you should love me?" "You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still... MEGAN WHALEN TURNER Here I love you. Here I love you and the horizon hides you in vain. I love you still among... PABLO NERUDA Do you love him?” I jumped out of my skin. She was standing right beside me. “Who?” JULIE ANNE PETERS At Blackwater Pond At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a... MARY OLIVER Dante laughed. "No cold soup, no goat cheese. I'll make a mental note. And no Gottfried Curse." YVONNE WOON You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "Y... RICK RIORDAN From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the parad... CRISS JAMI Are you?" I said. "Gay, I mean?" - I hoped he wasn't offended by my asking, b... BRENT HARTINGER Why are you being so nice to me?' I asked her. 'You know,' she said, 'when you say stuff like t... SARAH DESSEN SCORPIUS: I can’t quite believe I did that. ALBUS: I can’t quite believe you did that... JACK THORNE I'm not sure I even believe in marriage," Hadley says and he looks surprised. "Aren't you... JENNIFER E. SMITH Nick." "Yeah?" "Come to bed. It's too cold to sleep on the floor." There was a pause.... KRISTAN HIGGINS No", she said, "I know that you don't like me." "You don't know anything. RAINBOW ROWELL Might I,” quavered Mary, “might I have a bit of earth?” In her eagerness she did no... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Ophelia,' said the boy. He said it very quietly. She didn't like the way he said that at all. He sou... KAREN FOXLEE I KNEW IT WAS OVER when tonight you couldn't make the phone ring when you use... DAPHNE GOTTLIEB Lula," I said, "do you ever think about getting married?" I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?" JACQUELINE KELLY Do you think they have ice cream here?” Lanie asked. Kyle cocked his eyebrow, obviously... M.K. SCHILLER Nobody ever called me any OH MY GOD you mean that guy that one that set himself on FIRE JOSS WHEDON Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup... NICHOLAS SPARKS You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' VIKRAM SETH God walked in to the small corner office and dropped his heavy frame down in the hard wooden chair. ... A.E. VIA Linh Cinder. Such a pleasure. My master has spoken so highly of you.” Cinder paused and... MARISSA MEYER You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot... ERICA BAUERMEISTER The instructor stared at me with cold, cut-me-no-slack determination, then got into a fighting stanc... JAMES PATTERSON I should go," I said thickly. "Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...t... RICHELLE MEAD Wait. Let me guess. You’re giving me the cold shoulder, right?” With that, she sighed. “S... NICHOLAS SPARKS You want me to lie for you?" Aidan asked, watching them. "Believe in me, the way ... ANDREA HAIRSTON All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has so... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. ... AGATHA CHRISTIE But why did she come back and take her card away?" asked Miss Mackintosh. "I told Florence that Miss... E.F. BENSON For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to ... BRUCE WEIGL You might not believe this, but there is no one like her at this school." "Oh I b... RICHELLE MEAD Sin Fever," Wraith chimed in with a little too much enjoyment. Sin Fever? They'd named the fuc... LARISSA IONE She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" You'd probably ki... RICK RIORDAN Two of us in this room, Ace, two keycards," he said and my eyes went to him. When they did, he jerke... KRISTEN ASHLEY You know they say confession is good for the soul, right? "I think that applies unless yo... AMY ANDREWS O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize ... WALT WHITMAN Do you love me?” Diana asked. Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like... MICHAEL GRANT Rose: My mum's here. The Doctor: Oh, that's just what I need! Don't you dare make this place do... RUSSELL T. DAVIES Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over... PATTI SMITH Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God asked. "Why are people so scared of dying?" Jesus asked... ANTHONY T. HINCKS No, I know,” Levi said. “But it’s not you. You don’t push through every moment. You pay atte... 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RUMI I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer... PABLO NERUDA You have something on your neck. What Looks like a bite mark, what were you doing out al... CASSANDRA CLARE Where are you guys getting all of this?" I asked. "What does it matter if I - oh come on." We'd... RICHELLE MEAD She took me to her room and stood me in front of her dresser, which was covered in a pillowcase with... STEPHEN CHBOSKY [Ranger] "How's your mental health?" he asked. "I heard about Soder." [Stephanie] "I'm rattled.... JANET EVANOVICH I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" CHARLES BUKOWSKI Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone,” her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ... REBECCA MCNUTT I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition." I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something... NICHOLAS SPARKS You're beautiful It's true I saw your face In a crowded place and I dont know what ... 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MELISSA LEO Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. No... MELISSA BEAN If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any ... MELISSA ROSENBERG I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that i... MELISSA ROSENBERG I stand before you a totally healthy person. MELISSA ETHERIDGE Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they... MELISSA BEAN There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage. MELISSA MCCARTHY But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to ... MELISSA BEAN Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizin... MELISSA LEO ...she wasn't reading Deathly Hallows at all. Her book wasn't orange but rose and water and sand, an... MELISSA ANELLI Chemotherapy tests your sanity. MELISSA ETHERIDGE I have a very optimistic view of my future right now. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but... MELISSA BENOIST Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel. MELISSA ETHERIDGE Fate is a funny character. She puts obstacles in your path to see what character ye have. Life isn't... MELISSA FRANCIS I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I c... MELISSA ORDWAY TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constant... MELISSA ROSENBERG Every day, I just thank the universe that I am as lucky as I am. Because, I went through periods of ... MELISSA BENOIST I love an arcade. I love a boardwalk game. But I also love a rollercoaster. Though I think the rolle... MELISSA RAUCH I will embarrass my kids to their core. I will threaten to show up in hot pants and a tube top. Thei... MELISSA MCCARTHY All the time, you're going into your modeling agency and they're taking Polaroids of you in ... MELISSA ORDWAY Ben and I have absolutely nothing to do with the Hollywood that's all actors and the Sunset Stri... MELISSA MCCARTHY I go to movies with my children and see fat kids burping, parents portrayed as total morons, and kid... MELISSA MATHISON Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, ... MELISSA MARR Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs. MELISSA BEAN I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. MELISSA MCCARTHY Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the fa... MELISSA ETHERIDGE The girl's arms jutted out at awkward angles, not quite hands on the hips belligerent but not relaxe... MELISSA MARR I wore white kabuki makeup, had blue-black hair. At one point, I shaved an inch and a half around my... MELISSA MCCARTHY Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face. MELISSA MCBRIDE Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throw... MELISSA MCCARTHY Finders keepers. Asshole. MELISSA GREY There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never ... MELISSA ETHERIDGE There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's... MELISSA ETHERIDGE With 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter,' we as a group of writers had to take a rather thin novel and ... MELISSA ROSENBERG I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told fr... MELISSA MCCARTHY With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,... MELISSA ROSENBERG