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“His eyes touched lightly, and passed on.”
“The distance had been evaporated by humor”
“Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.”
“Sometimes I need a place to ask myself impossible questions.”
“It was typical of the American to identify the one unfinished strand.”
“For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.”
“God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.”
“A steel door clapped open as a guard stepped from the bulletproof viewing station across the hall. "Adams!" "That you?" "I told you, I don't know-" The cop pointed straight at him. "Jeffrey Adams! ...”
“Alex had cooked, and coaxed, and helped Mark form borders around the shapeless days. Alex had given meaning to the word "servant".”
“I was thinking...""We know," Pedro said, "It was like sitting next to a pressure cooker”
“Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.”
“Normal Iraqi etiquette was forgotten the moment drivers sat behind the wheel.”
“I have a hundred reasons to dislike this gentleman, Erica reminded herself aloud. And a thousand reasons more not to go courting with any man.Lavinia laughed at that. Whenever has a womans heart li...”
“He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.”
“The afternoon's glory was tainted by the voice on the other end. "I was so very sorry not to have the pleasure of meeting you, Mr. Haines. You're not living up to your part of the bargain.”
“I have a hundred reasons to dislike this gentleman,” Erica reminded herself aloud. “And a thousand reasons more not to go courting with any man.”Lavinia laughed at that. “Whenever has a woman’s hea...”
