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The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak.


Leigh Bardugo

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CARRIE RYAN And then I can feel what he feels. He’s waited such a long time for this moment. He loves how I fe...
CYNTHIA HAND I love you.”

I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from ...
JENNIFER ECHOLS His hands moved over my back, frantic. His lips were everywhere, my jaw, my chin, the length of my n...
KERRY LONSDALE He broke away from my mouth and trailed his lips down the front of my throat. I felt his lips close ...
ROSE CHRISTO Beneath me, the bed tipped as Cole edged closer. I felt him lean over me. His breath, warm and measu...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Mine,” he whispered against my mouth. He kissed me again. “You are mine.”
In the ...
ELLE JASPER His lips nuzzled her ear. “Whether you go or stay, I will love you until I die,” he whispered.
TERESA MEDEIROS When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spo...
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE He's kissing me. And when he does, part of me is lost. But it's the part that's twisted and mangled ...
KATJA MILLAY It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture...
LEONARDO DA VINCI It wasn't the sort of kiss I'd had with him before, hungry, wanting, desperate. It wasn't the sort o...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I never knew what life was until it ran out in a red gush over my lips, my hands!
ANNE RICE For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my s...
JUDY GARLAND After more of his sweet torture, I called, “Tate, honey?”
“Yeah, baby,” he answered. KRISTEN ASHLEY But Aladdin says nothing.
Instead, he lowers his face and softly kisses the side of my neck, hi...
JESSICA KHOURY My whole body sank forward into his arms. His lips moved against mine, exploring my mouth so gently....
HEATHER ANASTASIU There is a glimmer of metal that wavers between his thighs. He turns to face me. The balls of his la...
ANASTASIA Cole,” I said, “do you think I’m lovable?”
“As in ‘cuddly and’?”
“As in ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I licked my lips and whispered, "Is this where you say you'll kill me?"
One corner of his lips...
JULIE KAGAWA I've had this beat play over and over in my head, it wasn't until you came along that it played into...
MARIE CHAIDEZ I can open my mouth and eat. I feel my lips, my nose and my mouth.
ISABELLE DINOIRE Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN I wasn’t aware of just how close he’d moved to me until now. So many details came into focus. Th...
RICHELLE MEAD Are you mine?” I asked as I wiped my tears.
He kissed the corners of my mouth softly, and I f...
PENELOPE DOUGLAS He spins us both, wrapping us in his wings until I’m dazed and giggling.
“I wanted to l...
A.G. HOWARD "Good, well-dress'd turtle beats them hollow,-- It almost makes me wish, I vow, To have two st...
THOMAS HOOD Quinn, I..." He whispers the words, unfinished, into my mouth as the space between us disappears and...
JESSI KIRBY Then he slid his hand into my hair and pulled me closer, and when he kissed me, my heart hurt from h...
KRISTAN HIGGINS I feel shock splinter through him, his body going rigid. Then he relaxes, melting into me, stepping ...
JESSICA KHOURY My understanding all along has been that he is very distraught over having lost two of his friends.
MARCUS DUDLEY Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you."
Just when I was su...
MORGAN MATSON And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come over me, like a hood Upon m...
D.H. LAWRENCE I lean forward, pressing my lips to his, and it breaks me open. His hand leaves my face and traces n...
KATHERINE LONGSHORE I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and l...
VERONICA ROTH He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction...
BIBLE To my surprise, Nick reached under his shirt and pulled out the half-heart pendant. With his gaze fi...
KATHERINE ALLRED Why won’t you leave me alone?” I whispered one night as he hovered behind me while I tried to wo...
LEIGH BARDUGO The way I miss my daughter Esme is to worry about her. It is not a pleasurable longing. It contorts ...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS His lips brushed over hers. She let out a sigh of relief and joy and pleasure. He pulled her tighter...
B.J. DANIELS I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it t...
ILONA ANDREWS Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm,...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.
JOANNA LUMLEY I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... Tamlin’s arm tightened around me, and he kissed the top of my head. I pulled back, looking up at h...
SARAH J. MAAS Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It mask...
JAY NORTHCOTE I was about to look away when he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong, beau...
KAREN MARIE MONING What are you smiling at?”

I whirled, peering into the gloom. The Darkling’s voice se...
LEIGH BARDUGO My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.
JACK JOHNSON I want to touch with my mouth. His mouth, with my mouth. Maybe his neck, too. But first things first...
LAINI TAYLOR My knees were weak but he held me with one hand, guiding me with the motion of his hips. I was compl...
EMME ROLLINS Once he drew-with one long kiss-My whole soul through his lips.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste.
LEIGH BARDUGO How many times have you told me you're a monster? So be a monster. Be the thing they all fear when t...
LEIGH BARDUGO And that was what destroyed you in the end: the longing for something you could never have.
LEIGH BARDUGO Stubble or what?"
Eyes still closed he chuckled. "I'm not shaving until our parents let us da...
JENNIFER ECHOLS I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER How grateful are you?" he whispered, his mouth hovering over mine. His eyes were very alert now, and...
CHARLAINE HARRIS I moaned then, tilting my head back to give him better access. His hands clamped on my waist, then m...
SARAH J. MAAS I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.
SUZANNE COLLINS “I have many problems in my mouth. But my lips don't know that". They just keep smiling.”
DR. NICK REFAHI Maybe we can't have everything we want in this relationship, Susanna." He bent his lips to her ears ...
RACHEL HAUCK The kiss comes hotter and faster than before. Our lips move quickly, a hunger grows between us that ...
KATIE MCGARRY I think our last kiss was meant to be quick and chaste, but after the first touch of his lips fire l...
JULIE KAGAWA Noah sits up, and when I try to duck out of reach, he advances like a tiger and flips me so that I�...
KATIE MCGARRY He limped slowly over to his own wooden sword and stooped awkwardly to pick it up. Trailing it on th...
MEGAN WHALEN TURNER I didn't know until yesterday that my pumps wouldn't go over $2.99. It caught us by surprise.
WARREN MILLER Bitter disappointment pushed tears from her eyes.
"Now what's wrong? I said you could wear it."...
DEEANNE GIST To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN He tells me things that make my jaw drop.
ALAN ZEMAITIS I'm willing to find out what this thing is going on between us. Are you?"
"If we weren't outsid...
SIMONE ELKELES I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakesp...
OSCAR WILDE I wanted him. I arched my back, fully aware of how vulnerable that made me and that I was giving him...
RICHELLE MEAD I’ve tried so hard to stay away from you,” he whispered one night, cuddling her while the moonli...
LISA KLEYPAS You’re breaking my heart.”
At the sound of Rider’s voice, I wheeled around, clutching my ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT He smelled so good, a mix of frost and something sharp, like peppermint. Lifting my head, I placed a...
JULIE KAGAWA Cam leaned over her, bracing his forearms on either side of her, kissing her sulky mouth. “Just fo...
LISA KLEYPAS He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that -...
BECCA FITZPATRICK [Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal."

The kid lifted his eyebrows. JIM BUTCHER What do you mean 'has to be?' and what are you smiling at?" I stopped contributing to this ridiculou...
JES DORY Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo...
DANIEL OJEDA My lips part, wanting to tell him a story, wanting to kiss him more than I want to breathe
CRISTIN HARBER For a moment we are weightless, eyes open and locked underwater, flowers drawn down with us, swirlin...
JESSICA KHOURY I stood behind the man’s chair, my blade at his throat.
“Why do you do it?” I asked, kno...
ALYSHA SPEER We are Lilies fair, The flower of virgin light; Nature held us forth, and said, "Lo! my...
LEIGH HUNT (JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT) He was a musician of the best nature, with guitar string fingertips and soft flute lips that could t...
HUBERT MARTIN You asked what I wanted and I'm not going to lie to you. What I want most is the naked truth. I want...
NADèGE RICHARDS ... so I leaned down and put my mouth on him.
He jerked at the contact with a barked, “Shit,�...
SARAH J. MAAS His head turns fractionally toward me, his eyes darkest slate. I bite my lip.
“Oh, fuck the p...
E.L. JAMES That I wasn't mad at you. Can't you see that Bella?" He was suddenly intense, all trace of te...
STEPHENIE MEYER Then I whispered, “I love you, my Lahn,” and heard the swift hiss of his intake of breath. Then ...
KRISTEN ASHLEY His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants.
CLIFFORD COHEN It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER He trapped my hand against his chest and yanked my sleeve down past my wrist, covering my hand with ...
BECCA FITZPATRICK If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to ...
LARRY MCMURTRY Better to feel nothing, to be numb, than to lose control. It's the only way I know to deal with it.
JULIE KAGAWA Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings ou...
JENNIFER BROWN Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw ...
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LEIGH BARDUGO A wise warrior learns from her mistakes.
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LEIGH BARDUGO Be brutal. Be cruel. More lives will be saved in the long run.
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LEIGH BARDUGO Have any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pekka Rollins gave us?"
"Guns?" asked Jes...
LEIGH BARDUGO She wouldn't wish love on anyone. It was the guest you welcomed and then couldn't be rid of.
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“Not...
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LEIGH BARDUGO Everyone okay?" Mal asked.

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David raised hi...
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LEIGH BARDUGO Wylan looked as if he was ready to wet himself. Helvar appeared grim as always. Jesper just grinned ...
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LEIGH BARDUGO I don't like this."
"To be fair, Matthias, you don't like much.
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LEIGH BARDUGO I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.
LEIGH BARDUGO Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.
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LEIGH BARDUGO Too much champagne?”
“Maybe.”
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LEIGH BARDUGO You know I can do it, Kaz, and you know I'm not going to refuse. So why ask?"
" Because I've...
LEIGH BARDUGO I don't want your prayers, he said.
What do you want, then?
The old answers came easily to...
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“And after,” he ...
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LEIGH BARDUGO You're shaking."

"I'm not used to people trying to kill me."

"Really? I hardly...
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LEIGH BARDUGO Mal,"I whispered into the night.
"What?"
"Thanks for finding me."
"Always.
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LEIGH BARDUGO A liar, a thief, and utterly without conscience. But he'll keep to any deal you strike with him.
LEIGH BARDUGO Everything is a negotiation with you, Brekker. You probably bartered your way out of the womb.
LEIGH BARDUGO You can't spend his money if you're dead."

"I'll acquire expensive habits in the afterli...
LEIGH BARDUGO You'll get what's coming to you some day, Brekker."
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LEIGH BARDUGO This action will have no echo.
LEIGH BARDUGO Any other impossible feats you'd like us to accomplish?"

The barest smile flickered over ...
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Then I remembered his words from so long ago:<...
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LEIGH BARDUGO We were not made to please princes.
LEIGH BARDUGO Do you take anything seriously?”
“Not if I can help it. Makes life so tedious.
LEIGH BARDUGO You’re stupid about a lot of things, Wylan, but you are not stupid. And if I ever hear you call yo...
LEIGH BARDUGO If only you could talk to girls in equations.”
There was a long silence, and then, eyes trai...
LEIGH BARDUGO Nina might not be able to put you back, you know. Not without another dose of parem. You could be st...
LEIGH BARDUGO Just this minute, I'll settle for an apology, she decided. And I wont' board the boat without one. E...
LEIGH BARDUGO He looked down at his boots. "That berth belongs to you too. It will always be there when―if you w...
LEIGH BARDUGO I've been nothing but kind to you. I'm not some sort of monster."
"No, you're the man who sits ...
LEIGH BARDUGO People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don't expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. The...
LEIGH BARDUGO Then the memory of the Darkling's kiss blew through me and rattled my concentration, scattering my t...
LEIGH BARDUGO C’mon,” he said. “One foot in front of the other. You know how it’s done”
“You’re...
LEIGH BARDUGO I hate hiding how much the stupid things he did hurt me, but I hated the idea of him finding out eve...
LEIGH BARDUGO I had spared the stag's life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the ...
LEIGH BARDUGO Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with y...
LEIGH BARDUGO Did you miss me, Alina? Did you miss me when you were gone?"
"Every day," I said hoarsely.
LEIGH BARDUGO Did you tell him what I showed you in the dark?
LEIGH BARDUGO Do you blame me for every mistake I made? For every girl I tumbled? For every dumb thing I've said? ...
LEIGH BARDUGO So I'm the Darkling's prisoner?"
"You're under his protection."
"What's the difference?" LEIGH BARDUGO Just you and me."
"Really?"
"It's always just you and me, Alina.
LEIGH BARDUGO A moment later the boy whispered, "I don't think you're ugly."
"Shhhh!" the girl hissed. But hi...
LEIGH BARDUGO Sturmhond had a way of talking that made me want to shoot someone. Preferably him.
LEIGH BARDUGO If it were a trick, I'd promise you safety. I'd offer you happiness. I don't know if that exists in ...
LEIGH BARDUGO The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?
LEIGH BARDUGO I am grateful you're alive", he said. "I am grateful that you're beside me. I am grateful that you'r...
LEIGH BARDUGO He was a wounded animal who needed to be put down. And Kaz had done it gladly, choked the life from ...
LEIGH BARDUGO I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the be...
LEIGH BARDUGO I have been made to protect you. Even in death, I will find a way.
LEIGH BARDUGO Jesper couldn’t quite believe he was having a conversation with the Sturmhond. The privateer was a...
LEIGH BARDUGO Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea.
LEIGH BARDUGO He'd told her they would fight their way out. Knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we ...
LEIGH BARDUGO Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.
LEIGH BARDUGO The thought filled me with grief, grief for the dreams we'd shared, for the love I'd felt, for the h...
LEIGH BARDUGO Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?�...
LEIGH BARDUGO He'd broken his leg dropping down from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever ...
LEIGH BARDUGO You don’t look like a monster.”
“I’ll tell you a secret, Hanna. The really bad monster...
LEIGH BARDUGO If Ketterdam has taught me anything, it's that you can always bleed a little more.
LEIGH BARDUGO Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you've put my knives, we're going to have words."
LEIGH BARDUGO Baghra," Nikolai said, "how are you this evening?"
"Still old and blind," she snarled.
"An...
LEIGH BARDUGO What you want and what the world needs are not always in accord.
LEIGH BARDUGO Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.
LEIGH BARDUGO Pull your shirt up over your mouth,” he told Wylan.
“What?”
“Stop being dense. You...
LEIGH BARDUGO The trap is loneliness, and none of us escapes it. Not even me.
LEIGH BARDUGO I need your skills, Inej. That's not the same thing. You may be the best spider crawling around the ...
LEIGH BARDUGO Thoughts of moonlight and silken hair evaporated in a black bolt of fury. Kaz saw Inej tug on the sl...
LEIGH BARDUGO You have your own problems right now, Zenik, said a voice in her head. Stop worrying about saving th...
LEIGH BARDUGO, CROOKED KINGDOM I'm vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.
LEIGH LEZARK