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“Hes a vampire. I laughed again, feeling there was no end to the outrageous, ridiculous excuses we were coming up with. Seriously, it makes sense. Hes always tired and pale, and keeps himself away f...”
“Who hurt you?" she asked, slicing through the two other conversations going on at the table. "He's dead," said Charles, his hand sliding up Anna's back reassuringly. "I killed him. If I could, I wo...”
“When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.”
“Happy birthday, he whispered, his breath landing warm and suddenly close to my lips, making my insides flip. And just as quickly as hed surprised me with the cake, he kissed me, one frosting-covere...”
“if they hadnt both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just what they were thinking and feeling, then they would just have looked into...”
“Anna and Emma just poofed.What?I was standing there. I was watching them. I was holding Annas hand when it happened.Astrid rose and without really thinking about it wrapped her arms around Sam like...”
“Whats up, Sam?What birthday? he panted.What?What birthday, Anna?It took a while for her to absorb his fear. It took a while for the reason for his fear to dawn on her.Fifteen, Anna said in a whispe...”
“I don't believe that." She seems like suck a force,this reasonable girl who kills with a turn of her fingers. She would have left all this behind, if she had the chance. "I honestly don't remember,...”
“Anna, you miss him. All the time. I still cant believe hes gone. The words come out in a whoosh, tasting funny in my mouth. No matter how many times I say them, they still feel like a garbled, impo...”
“St. Clair clears his throat. 'My fiancée and I are headed out for a celebratory dessert. I'd ask you all to join us, but I don't want you there.”
“Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.”
“Art is bad when ‘you see the intent and get put off.’ (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the intent, and sees only the thing itself. from the book, On Retranslating A Russian Classic Anna Kareni...”
“Being in love with your best friend is problematic.”
“As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.”
“There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed, had made a pilgrimage to the site. Tests had been conducted, measurements taken.They had tried d...”
“Anna was, Livia is, Plurabelle's to be. Northmen's thing made southfolk's place but howmulty plurators made eachone in per-son? Latin me that, my trinity scholard, out of eure sanscreed intooure er...”
“Sorry.” I’m surprised and glad she doesn’t recognize it. I run my thumb back and forth over a crusty bit on the shoulder strap as a five-second version of the cake fight flashes behind my eyes like...”
“He’s a vampire.” I laughed again, feeling there was no end to the outrageous, ridiculous excuses we were coming up with. “Seriously, it makes sense. He’s always tired and pale, and keeps himself aw...”
“Happy birthday,” he whispered, his breath landing warm and suddenly close to my lips, making my insides flip. And just as quickly as he’d surprised me with the cake, he kissed me, one frosting-cove...”
“if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just what they were thinking and feeling, then they would just have looked int...”