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“I am a very good cook.” When she did cook.“Good. I like to eat.” He lightly bit her palm.The too-much-air feeling in Lucy’s stomach pressed upward into her heart. “What?” she asked past the constri...”
“They say love makes the world go around… I been dizzy for a long time.”
“Norman picked up a sketch, glanced at it, then put it back down on the table. "I saw Bea Williamson this morning," he said in a low voice. "Lurking about looking for cut glass." "Oh, of course," Mi...”
“Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, “You are so much like her.”This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also...”
“In the Pretty Woman shopping scene, it’s not really about the clothes, or how much they cost, or how great she looks. When Vivian leaves the store, she’s not only a pretty woman, she’s a different ...”
“it’s okay if college isn’t your thing. I’m sure there’s a pole somewhere with your name on it, but next time you might not want to buy your tits off Craig’s List. Just sayin’.”
“Sometimes believing is a matter of deciding. Deciding who you’re going to trust and what you know about who you trust.”
“When you really let people see you, Amelia–all of you, not just the snow-obsessed reporter–it’s impossible to look away.”
“I’ll be as loving as you will be, as stubborn as I know you are, as passionate as I’m thankful you are and as supportive and understanding as I’ve known you to be. You are my best friend and I love...”
“.....You see, Blake, the thing is, I don’t give a sh*t what other people think.”
“I’ve come to learn that people are going to hate you and like you, no matter what. I’d rather be around people I want to be around.”
“From my bedroom window, I hadn’t noticed his earring and the Motörhead tattoo on his forearm. He looked like the kind of guy who, if a bomb went off in his watering can, would raise one eyebrow and...”
“to be in charge. To be the wise owl. The comforter. I felt I’d moved beyond that. Gained my own wisdom. Found comfort in my own company. In just being me. The long healing process was at an end, ha...”
“You tell me it's the institution.Well, you know, you'd better free you mind instead.But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.Don't you know it'...”
“If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way”
“It’s like my whole life my left ring finger has been lacking something, and finally it feels complete.”
“Instead I’ve built a house made of lies that have come crashing down around me.”
“Amie frowned. 'That’s what I can’t figure out. I mean everyone wants their happy ending, right? No one cares about reading actual literature anymore anyway. All they want is vampires and supernatur...”