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“Once more Jane sat staring at the telephone. This time she was filled with a confidence that was new to her. Stan Crandall. Stanley Crandall. He liked her! He had seen her once, and even though had...”
“He called her a melon, a pineapple, an olive tree, an emerald, and a fox in the snow all in the space of three seconds; he did not know whether he had heard her, tasted her, seen her, or all three ...”
“What made him most attractive was that he was attracted to her. Anothers interest can be a powerful stimulant. She could feel his eyes on her as an almost physical pressure.”
“Just the kind of girl I likedthe weirdo in the bunch.”
“it is strange, is it not, how an accident of millimeter here, a millimeter there, makes one face so important.”
“That's the kind of guy you'd follow to hell and back.”
“My prototype of a woman was the type who would appear in hallucinations at the last moments of your freezing to death at the top of an icy mountain, a mythical beauty who blurred the line between d...”
“The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change in St. Vincent, the most worldly of men, was difficult to understand. However, Westcliff had lea...”
“Changed my thought. Lets us go. Back my place, aye? He was smiling, that smile shed always loved, while his hands distracted her and his body warmed her through her clothes. Summer drew closer ever...”
“Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none. Beatrice: A de...”
“I glanced again. He was still watching me.Look, let me just say it: He was hot. A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a hot boy.....”
“You make me want to suck a bruise on you just to kiss it better.--Luc to Jane--”
“She had sought me out. I knew it would happen. Even if I had switched to a different section, she would have sought me out all the same. She, who hid in the crowd, who didnt want anyone to see her ...”
“She doesnt like you, McNab.I knoooow. I find that really attractive in a woman.”
“David clinks his wineglass to mine and smiles at me. You know what? Without the parsley there to distract you, it's quite a smile. It's bright white and streamlined. His face is handsome in a conve...”
“I dont mind hot and spicy. Actually find that appealing in a girl. And chicken wings.”
“Her sudden grin depleted some of his brain cells. She was evil like that.”
“I felt betrayed and absolutely livid, but my body wasnt smart enough to know it. It had liked the feel of his hands, wanted more of it, wanted it now. It was almost like there were two of me, one w...”
“That dress was designed to be a kill switch for rational thought.”
“You dont always get to chose who you fall in love with”
