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“Sex is a metaphor for everything else and everything is a metaphor for sex as well. Because sex is a coming together of two weather patterns, two separate countries, two entities in a conscious sta...”
“Riveras admiration for Stalin was equaled only by his admiration for Henry Ford. By the 1920s and 30s, nearly every industrial country in Europe and Latin America, as well as the Soviet Union, had ...”
“A man or a woman can't be defined by the pain inflicted in them by others or by someone else's issues, but by their own character and actions.”
“Happiness was an evasive emotion that could not be fabricated, duplicated, or happened upon. It was something that was only handed out to a select few, but just like his mother, Ethan realized that...”
“Helen, you would just have to sit still, close your eyes and think of me, and I would turn the universe inside out to find you. I would go anywhere and fight anything to get to youwitches, dragons,...”
“I thought you were a drunk.""A drunk?""Bloodshot eyes, dirty clothes, getting home in the wee hours of the morning, making a lot ofnoise, grouchy all the time as if you had a hangover what else was...”
“And your neihjbour is sitting next door weeping as she watches her child facing a crowd of Palestiniankids armed with rocks which could take your boy's eye out or give him brain damage if god forbi...”
“Can I touch you?His lashes closed, resting on the tops of his tanned, sculpted cheeks as his smile grew broad. You dont have to ask. I reached out immediately but paused within inches of contact. H...”
“You're different, you know.""Only different from you," he said. "Not different from me.”
“It is not what you say, but how you say it. "Pick that pencil up! -would you mind picking up the pencil? - would you please pick up the pencil?" The way things are said, makes a huge difference in ...”
“THE EASIEST AND MORE PLEASANT PATH TO SUCCESS IS BY ADDING VALUE TO OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES”
“I told you I have both male and female organs.""You didn't say they were all fully functional!" Belle stared at the rapidly disappearing bulge."Damn girl, how'd you get so lucky? Shit!”
“Angel blinked hard and bit her lip, trying to stop the quivering of her chin. I feel like Ive waited my whole life for him, waited to get to this point where I could appreciate and value him most.”
“She paused and met his gaze straight on. You should be seeing someone your own age, Troy Lee.Please dont start that bullshit again. Its not the issue and you know it.Really. What, pray tell, is the...”
“When he lifted his head, she clung to his shoulders, both of them breathing hard. He cradled her cheek in one palm. Im not asking you to believe now. I know its too soon for that, afterwell, after ...”
“Are you still running that bar? Maureens voice dropped to a shocked whisper on the last word and Hope rolled her eyes, working the pick through Maureens thick hair.The Cue Club? Yes, maam, I am. An...”
“While appreciating the beauty around her, Eden considered the darkness that lay ahead. ”
“...I know I was wrong. If i could go back and do it over, I would. I wish I could undo it all."I know that." Grandma reached over and put a twisted hand on hers. "'Though your sins be as scarlet, t...”
“The arm of flesh will fail you," Bridie's grandmother had been fond of reminding her, especially after she'd started dating, bringing home this one and that one, going on and on about them. "Love w...”
“Living in low-income neighborhoods, I've seen sexual health campaigns aimed at slut-shaming us into celibacy. They talk about things like self-esteem and value and all the usual abstinence argument...”
