She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to the hair ribbons tied in perky bows over her ears.
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Related No one could see her objectively anyway. Even those who saw her for the first time, before she had o... ANN PATCHETT The sisters' voices were almost identical, laughing mezzos tuned in childhood to the same pitch and ... ALLEGRA GOODMAN I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) I think it was my way of making her look beautiful every day and from the moment her hair was long e... DEENA EBRIGHT Will,” she whispered against his mouth. She wanted him closer to her so badly, it was like an ache... CASSANDRA CLARE Watching the crackling fire, relishing the trusting weight of her head on his shoulder, Cam stroked ... LISA KLEYPAS She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; t... CASSANDRA CLARE I watched the tears run down her cheeks and start to drip from the end of her chin. One part of me w... JOSEPH DELANEY Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy's ear. "I love you". She wasn't sure he could hear her -but if th... RICK RIORDAN I watch her as she leaves. Everything about her is fluid as a river. Her messy hair, her xylophone v... LISA ANN SANDELL She learned that an act intended to express love could have nothing to do with it. That her heart an... JHUMPA LAHIRI I remember the strength of her body writhing inside the velvet. And, suddenly, the velvet was gone a... KATHLEEN VALENTINE She parted her lips as though she were going to scold him, but, after a moment of sitting with her m... KELSEY BRICKL She smiled then, her cheeks red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thou... LEIGH BARDUGO Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her so... GASTON LEROUX Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.” She wasn’t sure he could hear h... RICK RIORDAN Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a... LEMONY SNICKET To Grace, these were the things that mattered: my hands on her cheeks, my lips on her mouth. The fle... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart y... GEORGETTE HEYER Her room was warm and lightsome. A huge doll sat with her legs apart in the copious easy-chair besid... JAMES JOYCE He tore off her pajamas. She wasn't out with a fresh face of makeup with her hair done or a short dr... ANONYMOUS1234 Kiss me, woman. I command you,” the voice echoed, this time compelling her to obey. Helena’s sur... MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The hair... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON Mine eyes
Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She tried to tear herself away from him. The effort broke against his arms that had not felt it. Her... AYN RAND Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
Than Nature ma... GEORGE CHAPMAN Honey, tonight am all yours. You can eat me for dinner SOTONYE ANGA Eve woke, violently aroused. It was Roarke’s hands on her. She knew their texture, their rhythm. H... J.D. ROBB If the path set before her feet was to be narrow she knew that flowers of quiet happiness would bloo... L. M. MONTGOMERY There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhap... ERICA JONG And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautif... NATSUO KIRINO She started yelling and screaming. She didn't want to go. My dad returned her to custody up here (in... HEATHER BISHOP It was an attempt to alter her appearance. She didn't want anyone to recognize her ... her hair was ... BILL ELWELL She was a wonderful teenage girl who had the miraculous power to cure herself from any wound, either... KHADIJA RUPA I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of f... TERESA OF ÁVILA Mikhail sat up, letting her go so that he could push the sheet from her slender body. Her mind was b... CHRISTINE FEEHAN Day followed day, and night followed night, until Dany knew she could not endure a moment longer. Sh... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Only later during her prayers had it come to her how cunning Satan could be. Her love for Marcus cou... FRANCINE RIVERS She clambered to the shoreline. Numb and shaken, she began to dress. It wasn’t easy as she fumbled... JEAN M. GRANT She was burned in multiple places over her body from her head to her toes. GREGORY CLARK Kiss her. Slowly, take your time, there’s no place you’d rather be. Kiss her but not like you’... AZRA TABASSUM They tried to stop her, but they failed miserably. They overlooked her, tried to discourage her, and... STEPHANIE LAHART What is this all about,' asked Sai, but her mouth couldn't address her ear in the tumult; her mind c... KIRAN DESAI An aching vacuum inside her sucking the air from her lungs. She hung her head and wept fiercely, the... ALAN BRENNERT Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it mo... JANE AUSTEN She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomac... STEVEN LEVENKRON He opened his mouth, but stopped as he beheld her smile. Though she had no regrets about her choice,... SARAH J. MAAS When she reached me, she stopped and kissed my father on the cheek before taking my hand. However, w... J.J. MCAVOY She credits her carving skills today to the terrific teachers and classes she has taken. All her rib... E. JANE WENTWORTH I did whatever I could to keep her awake, keep her talking to me, and told her to keep her eyes open... CHRIS WILLIAMS I talked to her about it. She said that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. When ... SIR RICHARD BRANSON This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed... JANE BOWLES Hi" she said. He gave her the sexiest crooked smile. "Hi." He stepped into her space, both his ... LAURA KAYE I’ve tried so hard to stay away from you,” he whispered one night, cuddling her while the moonli... LISA KLEYPAS But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she ... KELLY BARNHILL I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses... KAZUO ISHIGURO I stood beside the U-Haul, and I just watched her. I stared at her while she looked on with the sadd... COLLEEN HOOVER All I had to do was die a little, and you get a new planet!" I expected her to laugh, or at lea... BETH REVIS He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But... ANNA GODBERSEN Do you think she is?" Her voice trembled. Her heart throbbed as she waited for him to answer. "You t... MARISSA MEYER She had been waiting for someone to notice her, like, really notice her. She felt that that was the ... ROSE FALL She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she... CAROLINE HANSON She felt lately as though she had served her purpose, done her job, and been dispensed with, not onl... DANIELLE STEEL Now now,” he said, setting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t even see her turn. One moment she... MATT TOMERLIN Did she know, could she know what it meant to him when she turned to him, when she opened herself to... J.D. ROBB At night I told myself a story, wordless, inside my head, one I liked far better than those in my bo... ALICE HOFFMAN I don’t want to relax. I don’t want to … oh, dear Lord.” He had bent his head to her throat,... LISA KLEYPAS Getting ink felt right, like it would help her put her life in order, to move forwards. It was her b... MELISSA MARR If you would take one step forward, darling, you could cry in my arms. And while you do, I'll tell y... JUDITH MCNAUGHT Hermione drew herself to her full height; her eyes were narrowed and her hair seemed to crackle with... J.K. ROWLING It'll be impossible to protect Brittany for the rest of her life from all the other guys who want to... SIMONE ELKELES When she made her way to the big picture window that framed the dining room table she froze. She sto... ANN BRASHARES It’s not her shape, her face, or her hair that makes her beautiful. Neither is it t... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY She stared at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were dark, almost black, filled with pain. She'd let s... CHRISTINE FEEHAN When they looked for her, she was not outside. She tried to go back inside, but she could not. MARIA RODRIGUEZ It was cool, his finger, being made of titanium, and he used it to stroke her, first on the outside,... KATHRYN DAVIS As though she had entered a fable, as though she were no more than words crawling along a dry page, ... SALMAN RUSHDIE She remembers rehearsals. Wrong notes turning to right ones, dissonance becoming harmony. She re... KATHRYN HOLMES You can call her an outdoor girl if she has the bloom of youth on her cheeks and the cheeks of youth... ANONYMOUS She probably came from nothing, so it was very important to her in her adult life to have everything... ELIZABETH PERKINS Nina could scarcely believe a house could be as quiet as the one on Washington Street. Although ther... JEAN ELSON She had rouged her cheeks to a color otherwise seen only on specially ordered Pontiac Firebirds, and... GEORGE V. HIGGINS I just want her to play the game under control. And for her, it's much different from any player I'v... PAT SUMMITT From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom…It... ZORA NEALE HURSTON Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could... STEVAN V. NIKOLIC Talk to her. She might be able to hear you. Tell her a happy memory. It could help bring her back. NANCY POWELL When my daughter was a toddler, I used to take her to a park not far from our apartment. One day as ... MAX LUCADO I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than... NICOLAS CAGE Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tear... CHARLES DICKENS No matter what, the day didn't feel like Christmas to her. She remembered years ago, when... KAYLA KRANTZ She smiled and he abruptly looked away. Was it really necessary for her to smile? It was bad enough ... JACQUELINE FRANCIS - THE JOURNAL Madison sparkled like the words on her oversized chest. There was glitter embedded in her eye shadow... DANIELLE PAIGE When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her,... AARON SWARTZ I always hated distances. She loves it, though. We, and her coaches, have to caution her from overdo... LYNN LAFREE Her mother made her go because her brother, who was stationed in Paris, always complained that there... DARYL NEWCOMB There was so much tree gum in her hair from where he dragged her through the woods. She told me she ... LARONDA BULLARD She understood the world and her place in it. She understood nothing. The world and her place in it ... JOSEPH FINK My fingers draw up her back and tangle into her hair. “They’ll never separate us.” �... KATIE MCGARRY THIS QUOTE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR UNFORGIVEN Then she was at the bottom, in the filtered light, ... LAUREN KATE
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KEVIN HART I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me. KEVIN HART No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a smal... KEVIN HART The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else. KEVIN HART In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, 'Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with... KEVIN HART The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've ... KEVIN HART I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I... MIRANDA HART I own nothing of value at all. I spend money on experiences. MIRANDA HART I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy. MIRANDA HART I'll always have to force myself to see the positive, because I'm wired badly, I'd say. ... MIRANDA HART I kiss, but I don't tell. MIRANDA HART People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, '... MIRANDA HART As a woman, it seems you can't just be a comedian; you're always classed as something else, ... MIRANDA HART I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully. MIRANDA HART I am pleased to say that I am not a tortured comedian - I laugh a lot. My twenties weren't parti... MIRANDA HART I hate talking about my height, because I don't feel like a tall person... When I see a tall wom... MIRANDA HART I think, for a shy person - and I was very shy until my mid-20s - having been to an all-girls' s... MIRANDA HART Pessimism is my default setting. MIRANDA HART I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarra... MIRANDA HART I am essentially a middle-aged woman who likes making up weird snack combinations and galloping. MIRANDA HART No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs. MIRANDA HART I'd like someone tall, dark and nice. Independent and confident. Not a macho man. Perhaps a litt... MIRANDA HART If taking one-self seriously as a woman means committing to a life of grooming, pumicing, pruning an... MIRANDA HART I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a prop... MIRANDA HART Obviously I love the fans, and it's beyond lovely that people like my work, and I love saying ... MIRANDA HART I hate the fact that we all feel the pressure to go to gyms, have a trainer if money allows, get jog... MIRANDA HART Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you g... MIRANDA HART I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consiste... MIRANDA HART I'm not a stereotypically beautiful woman, and I'm so happy that I'm not. I've seen ... MIRANDA HART The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I... MIRANDA HART There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. JOSEPHINE HART You can get awful famous in this country in seven days. GARY HART This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco. GARY HART The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not t... GARY HART Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be ve... GARY HART I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. GARY HART