81 Quotes About Novella

Novels are like stories. They require a strong plot, exciting characters, and relatable themes. The novella is also like a story in that it requires the same elements to be great. However, it’s length is somewhat smaller than that of other novellas Read more

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I'm not the same person I was before, and I...
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I'm not the same person I was before, and I am deathly afraid I will never be her again... Jodi LaPalm
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He pulled me toward him, and all I could do was stand there with arms at my sides and head against his chest. Broken, I feared even the slightest movement would cause pieces of me to snap off and fall to the gritty pavement. Jodi LaPalm
She might not have read many books. But when she...
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She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you open the books on her shelves, you will find that the front and back covers encase white pages. Kamand Kojouri
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I’m not your boyfriend! ” I snapped, trying to gently move her hands away from my body.“ How can you say that?” Sara asked in horror.“ It’s shockingly effortless, ” I replied. “My vocal chords vibrate, and my mouth and tongue articulate. I can even do it without thinking.” I had to remind myself to stay calm, and sarcasm was the best way to do that.“ When are you going to give me a key to your house so I don’t have to knock like some guest?” Sara asked, coming at me again. I backed away. “How about never? Is never good for you?” Sara, undeterred, said, “You’re the reason I go to therapy on Fridays.”“The plot thickens! ” Gabby exclaimed for comedic relief. Laura Kreitzer
It’s complicated, ” I said in defense, hands going up...
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It’s complicated, ” I said in defense, hands going up to show surrender.“ Talk slowly, ” Jenna retorted derisively.“ Okay, I deserved that, ” I admitted. Laura Kreitzer
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Kiana loved birds, " Breena told him late one dusky evening. "When she was just a few summers old, she would run beneath them as they flew, her chubby arms stretched out as if tmo take flight alongside them." She sniffed and wrapped her arms around her stomach. "A few weeks before the attack, she told me that she was still going to fly one day. 'I look at the birds, and I see freedom, ' she said. 'To soar above the hurt of the world, to be too high for the wars of men to touch you: that is what it means to fly. Unknown
The little queen lived in a world where the sky...
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The little queen lived in a world where the sky swirled like the sea and nothing was itself for very long. Everything looked to be in brushstrokes. Meia Geddes
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History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in. Pietros Maneos
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Help me out, ” I pleaded. “You’ve left me alone to deal with this situation, and now we’re being dealt the consequences.” I swore I heard Tom growl. I actually pulled the phone from my ear to stare at it to make sure it hadn’t turned into a tiny lion. Laura Kreitzer
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How ya doing?” Gabby’s face came into view, and she grinned down at me. She’d stopped doing her healing thing, and the pain rushed in.“ I’m just peachy, ” I quipped, throat scratchy. “Only hurts when I breathe or blink or exist, if I’m being honest. Laura Kreitzer
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Ah yes, now you’re beginning to feel it. It’s so satisfying to see my best efforts coming to fruition. Undoubtedly one of the most gratifying rewards of my profession. It would warm my heart–if I had one. Jaye Frances
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I had this guy’s file pulled this morning, along with the rest of your neighbors. His name is Desperado.”Pause. A few seconds passed. He was waiting for my reaction.“ Did you say Desperado?” I couldn’t stop the snort of laughter that bubbled to the surface. “Yeah, ” the Director confirmed. “He changed his name when he turned eighteen. It was Melvin.”I was still laughing. “’Cause Desperado is so much better than Melvin. Laura Kreitzer
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Jules lips quivered, and I feared she was about to cry. Then she asked, “He bit off more than he could chew, didn’t he?” She made a motion as if she was biting into a tough piece of steak. Gabriella’s lips sealed shut as she tried to hide her grin, though she failed at it when Andrew asked, “Was he eating?” He turned desperately to Gabriella, confused. Jules wasn’t about to cry, she was trying not to laugh! She giggled then, the sound tinkling and odd in the outlandish setting. Andrew straightened and shook his head at Gabriella. “Did you see him eat? . Laura Kreitzer
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Joseph, you’re out of clean towels.” Lucia poked her head into the living room, the rest of her hidden behind the wall. Her red hair dripped water onto my wooden floors.“ She’s in the buff.” Jenna guffawed. Gabriella rolled her eyes, beaming. I rose. “Go back to the bathroom. I’ll bring you a towel, ” I ordered Lucia. She disappeared down the hall.“ You have naked angels running around your house, ” Jenna continued through her laughter. Gabby laughed louder. Laura Kreitzer
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Well, the only reason we’re friends is because you can rock a tweed suit, ” she informed, tone mock serious. “So if you want to keep me around, I expect more tweed. Laura Kreitzer
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Shut the front door! ” Jenna exclaimed. Andrew disappeared into the foyer, and when he returned, his eyebrows were furrowed in confusion. “The door is shut? Laura Kreitzer
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Awe! Leaving so soon?” Gabby said sweetly, holding the door open. “I was just about to pull out the gun for you to play single-player Russian Roulette. Laura Kreitzer
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The only person in my head is me. Tibe is not the same. The crown has changed him, as you feared it would. The fire is in him, the fire that will burn all the world. And it is in your son, in the prince who will never change his blood and will never sit a throne. The only person in my head is me. The only person who has not changed is you. You are still the little girl in a dusty room, forgotten, unwanted, out of place. You are the queen of everything, mother to a beautiful son, wife to a king who loves you, and still you cannot find it in yourself to smile. Still you make nothing. Still you are empty. The only person in your head is you. And she is no one of any importance. She is nothing . Victoria Aveyard
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One couldn’t be selective when remembering the past. Ignore the turmoil, chaos and pain — and the truly great memories would not shine with such luster. Karen Fowler
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I am the Captain of my own life. Lexis De Rothschild
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I unlocked the deadbolt and flung the door open, stepping back for Gabby to see exactly who it was. “Hello, Sara, ” I greeted. A bubble of laughter escaped Gabby before she could contain it. “Yes, hello ex-girlfriend Sara. And might I add: law-breaker? Who let you out of your cage? Don’t you know Joseph has a restraining order against you? Laura Kreitzer
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Xavier was like some sort of sex drug that numbed my mind and clouded it. He made me stupid. Kathey Gray
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And maybe her eyes still worked regardless of the shape she took, and she could see everything. And maybe somehow she broke through the atmosphere and was sent somewhere out in space where she couldn’t tell if her eyes were opened or closed. J.C. Dorian
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The best part of being a nanny, Katya thought, was reading children’s books aloud to enraptured children like Tricia, for no one had read such books aloud to her when she’d been a little girl. There hadn’t been such books in the Spivak household on County Line Road, nor would there have been any time for such interludes. Joyce Carol Oates
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Before he went away, he had heard all about the self-made girl, and there was something in the picture that strongly impressed him. She was possible doutbless only in America; American life had smoothed the way for her. She was not fast, nor emancipated, nor crude, nor loud, and there wasn’t in her, of necessity at least, a grain of the stuff of which the adventuress is made. She was simply very successful, and her success was entirely personal. She hadn’t been born with the silver spoon of social opportunity, she had grasped it by honest exertion. You knew her by many different signs, but chiefly, infallibly, by the appearance of her parents. It was her parents who told her story; you always saw how little her parents could have made her. Her attitude with regard to them might vary in different ways. As the great fact on her own side was that she had lifted herself from a lower social plane, done it all herself, and done it by the simple lever of her personality, it was naturally to be expected that she would leave the authors of her mere material being in the shade.(…) But the general characteristic of the self-made girl was that, though it was frequently understood that she was privately devoted to her kindred, she never attempted to impose them on society, and it was striking that, though in some of her manifestations a bore, she was at her worst less of a bore than they. They were almost always solemn and portentous, and they were for the most part of a deathly respectability. She wasn’t necessarily snobbish, unless it was snobbish to want the best. She didn’t cringe, she didn’t make herself smaller than she was, she took on the contrary a stand of her own and attracted things to herself. Naturally she was possible only in America, only in a country where whole ranges of competition and comparison were absent. . Henry James
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She’s the latest freshest fruit of our great American evolution. She’s the self-made girl! (…) Well, to begin with, the self-made girl’s a new feature. That, however, you know. In the second place she isn’t self-made at all. We all help to make her, we take such an interest in her. Henry James
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What we often take to be the new is simply the old under some novel form. Henry James
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Let us be vulgar and have some fun, let us invite the President. Henry James
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A large piece of lead floated out of Bobby head, followed by dark chunks of what could only be pieces of Bobby's brain. The torrent started up again. It flowed steady rather than pulsed with his heart. I knew from that, and from the amount of blood, that it was that mofo vein bleeding. And probably more than a small tear if the amount of blood was telling. I thought there had to be a hole the size of Montana in that thing." Jesus Mother Mary" I said, then "Stitch! "The scrub tech slapped a needle holder into my palm, a curved needle and silk stitch clamped into the end of it. I might have closed my eyes– I've been told I do that sometimes in surgery when I'm trying to visualize something–though if so I don't remember doing it. I took that needle and aimed it into the pool of blood." Suck here Joe, right here." When I thought I could see something, something gray and not black red, I plunged the pointy end of the needle through whatever the visible tissue was and looped it out again. I cinched it down and tied it quick, then repeated the maneuver again after adjusting slightly for lighting, sweating, my own bounding heartbeat, and the regret I wasn't wearing my own diaper. We're losing, I thought. . Edison McDaniels
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There are monsters among us. I mean this quite literally. Edison McDaniels
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It was like walking into another world. While the mansion was bright, warm, comfy and filled with sound and color, the outside was dark, cold, colorless and devoid of people. I found myself standing beside Thomas in the street. The paved road felt so cold it was hurting my feet. I kept moving them up and down, afraid my skin would freeze to the pavement. My heart was racing already and I felt a bit out of breath. If we stood there much longer i was going to hyperventilate. . J.C. Joranco
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Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer, fading behind a curtain of time and forgiveness. Karen Fowler
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She hesitated. "You know I'm older than you, right?" Richard stared down at her and forced himself not to laugh at the irony. He may be over two hundred years old, but he looked as if he were in his late twenties, thirty at the most. And Jenna was worried that her being thirty-seven would be a problem? A hint of insecurity entered her features. "I don't mean to press this, but.. I dated a guy once--- very briefly---who said the same thing until his friends found out and started to razz him about it. I'm thirty-seven. Are you sure that isn't a problem?"" I don't know why his friends would tease him about dating you unless they were envious. You look like you're in your twenties, Jenna. Not much older than your son, in fact. And, if you looked like you were in your forties, guess what. I would be just as interested." She smiled and closed the distance between them. "And if I looked like I were in my fifties?"" Still interested."" Sixties?"" I happen to think laugh lines are hot. . Dianne Duvall
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Barbara felt lightheaded, almost dizzy with what she was about to say. But she said it anyway. "As you wish, Your Majesty. In that case, I am afraid I must resign my position as Baba Yaga. If I am forced to choose between the work I was destined to do and the man I was destined to love, I choose the man. Deborah Blake
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I don't believe I've ever truly appreciated flowers before tonight. Julia Mills
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Even sporting a frown, his upper lip was full with a pronounced 'Cupid's bow' that inspired the image of her nibbling his tender flesh to manifest in her mind. At the thought, her cheeks heated with a blush she knew he saw by the smirk that lifted the corner of his mouth." What are ya thinkin' about?" He winked, adding insult to injury where her pride was concerned. Taking a step back and turning on her heel, Abigail growled, "I was thinking you have the manners of a stable boy but are dressed like knight. Julia Mills
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How was she supposed to be in the same room with the man that made her want to simultaneously kiss him and kill him? Julia Mills
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Just calm down and think, sir. Think. Where is your wife? Stefania Mattana
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Chase rushed after her in pursuit. The woman lost one of her high-heeled shoes and Chase took advantage of her lack of balance to tackle her. They crashed to the ground.“ Why are you running from the ball, Cinderella?” he asked. Stefania Mattana
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Chase stooped to inspect it. Angelo handed him a latex glove, which took Chase three attempts to pull on before tearing it. He had never had a good relationship with latex. He tried two more, tearing each one of those too. Stefania Mattana
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The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to know that she has something that Stella never did: a place to fall. "And if he hurts you or if anyone hurts you...you have me." It feels unnatural, but I hug my sister. Her arms are limp at her sides, but she doesn't push me away. "Remember, you have me, " I repeat. Katie Mcgarry
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Because that was the problem with society. It cared too much about who you fell in love with but never about why. The why matters. L.J. Shen
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Why the anchor?"" Because sometimes, it's nice to feel like there's someone who can save you. L.J. Shen
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I think I like you, " I muttered, pressing my face to his muscled torso in a hug. I felt his heartbeat under my ear." I think I like you back. L.J. Shen
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You feel pretty , manly to me, " I breathed out, all jelly-legged with half-mast eyes." And you feel like a woman worthy of a fight, Ms.Greene. L.J. Shen
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Yes, Mel. That's exactly why I left without explaining. Because I think about you before I think about myself. Always remember that, Little Ballerina. Always. L.J. Shen
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Absolutely. No more pretending! Dana Burkey
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What your mind sees when you close your eyes marks the entrance to an endless universe: your imagination. Stephen Helmes
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I won’t have my son doing drugs to get awoman that he shall never have. Initially NO
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This poem inspired me to write my e Book. The Miller's Daughter by Alfred Lord TennysonAnd I would be the necklace, And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy bosom, With her laughter or her sighs; And I would lie so light, so light, I scarce should be unclasp’d at night. Ellen Read
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Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things. Meia Geddes
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I had a party to plan, reminders to send, some positive PR to get out, L.A. travel plans to take care of and now a bit of a conspiracy to start unraveling. For starters. Just another average Sunday with the M10. Lola Dodge
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Hi, my name is Cuelebre, Liam Cuelebre. My code name is Double Oh Peanut, but you can call me Rock Star for short. Thea Harrison
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Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime okay, but not quite. Thea Harrison
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Suddenly, she burst out, "I want to punch her evil, lying face." Liam caught a flash of hot gold as Dad looked at them, narrow-eyed, in the rearview mirror. Dad said, completely seriously, "I can make that happen. Thea Harrison
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That night he ate so much spaghetti, Mom said he was in danger of turning into a big noodle, which made him laugh so hard, he fell out of his chair. Thea Harrison
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Try not to be too stupid, will you?" That sounded like some great advice... Thea Harrison
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What was the point of spying if you couldn't keep it a secret? Thea Harrison
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She asked, "Is there anything I can do to help?" He buried his nose in her hair, took a deep breath and sighed. "You help just be being here."" Well, that bit is easy, " she told him with a smile. "Because I wouldn't be anywhere else. Thea Harrison
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When a thundering horde of drunken Vikings rush a person, it's only natural to flinch. Krista D. Ball
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We weren't so much oil and vinegar as a lit match and napalm. Lola Dodge
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It was never you. Leaving you was the hardest thing I've ever done and I've regretted that decision every second since the moment I walked out. I've made a lot of dumbass mistakes in my life, but letting you go is the one I'd give anything to erase.- Jason Michelle McLean
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My body shook from pain, exhaustion, and the beginning of shock. I'd pay for all the powers I'd used, but the portal most of all. Good girls weren't supposed to open hell dimensions. Lola Dodge
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Good humour was miles behind a second cup of morning tea. It was too early for nonsense. Zeenat Mahal
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I had seen that once before, bleeding water. A little baby I worked on as a resident in training. That poor kid had been shot as well–his father had blasted away the top of his head with a shotgun–and we couldn't begin to stop the bloodletting in that case. "Looking pretty thin down here, " I hollered when the stuff coming out his wounds was no more than pink salt water. That baby's heart stopped, started, stopped and started a dozen times before it finally gave up the ghost and we pronounced him. I could have read a newspaper through the watery stuff coming out his veins by then. Edison McDaniels
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Yes, I just…” Should I be honest and sound like a complete loser? Oh why the hell not? “I have not had a kiss like that in a while.” I licked my lips. He looked me dead in the eye. “Good.” A wave of silence crashed over us. I didn’t know what to say to that. “Well, I better get going. See you soon?” I nodded dumbly. “Mmm-hmm.” He smiled and began to walk away. I couldn’t just let him go! “Declan! ”He turned. “Yes, Cake?”Come on, brain! Think of something! “What should I wear? I mean, what kind of place is Shellshock?” Yes, yes, that was fine… damage averted.“ California casual.”“ Oh, ok.” I think I knew what that meant. Spend three hours getting ready to make it look like you just threw any-ol’-thing on. “Have a nice night.” He flicked his head my way. “You too.” Then he was gone. And then I was sad. It was ridiculous. Preposterous, even. I was going to have to come clean about the ring- eventually. I hoped he didn’t bring it up because I would probably tell the poor guy my life story to get to why the ring he bought meant so much to me. Nicole Castro
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Hell if I know. I’m twenty-six, single, just signed a year lease on an apartment…” She touched her eyebrows with her fingertips. “Damn, why did I move back here?” “Sorry.” I grimaced. “The job market isn’t as bad as it was. I’d give you a job if you really needed one.”“ Thanks. Not sure how good of a bouncer I would be.”“ Maybe hair holder for drunk girls.”“ Sounds great, ” she said flatly then made a gagging sound. Nicole Castro
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Oh, I don’t mean to infer that you’re not a great guy. I’m sure you’re the exception to the rule. Jaye Frances
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He paused, giving her a sweet smile of understanding. "You don't have to start with the crown jewels, you know. You could start with my lips then work your way down. Sara Daniel
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You shaved for this."" For you." He clutched her bare legs under her skirt, reminding her he still expected a traditional get-laid one night stand. She shoved his hands off her. "Maybe I wanted rough stubble."" By morning it will be all yours. Sara Daniel
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The little queen’s mother and father had said that she would live on, for a long time, and that her tears would magnify the life around her forever more, but they had not explained how she should go about going on. Meia Geddes
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There was a single window that tapered into a funnel, with eerie moonlight passing through it, reflecting directly off the globe like a mirror. For a moment, as I rose I saw something glimmering within. Dumbly, with feverish whispers assailing me, I realized it was the center of one of the distant galaxies, flaring after some unknown cataclysm. Its radiance was such that it burst from its prison. It met the moonlight halfway. It created kaleidoscopic colours on the walls. Then, in answer, the reliefs transformed from majestic art into something approaching divine, alive, plays from Egyptian memory, given the spark of life from space. I saw animal-headed gods move. They stepped from the walls to take their place around the altar. All stared at the globe. Each raised their arms in silent supplication. And such was their toxic ecstasy that I wished to join them, to forget my dreadful experiences and revel in something truly wondrous. Tim Reed
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But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats. Tim Reed
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Fort somehow turned the symbol of nerdiness into a visual aphrodisiac– Spanish fly in the form of solid black frames. Shirin Dubbin
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Ari's words felt like drops of sunlight upon my skin, and my frame was burning with longing. Petra March
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Hunter and hunted. There are so many ways in which a man can destroy a woman.” Her handmaid sighed. “When it comes to matters of the heart, immortals know nothing. Paula Altenburg
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She pressed his amulet to her lips, then let it fall on its chain to rest between their two bodies. “We could leave here, ” she said to him. “We could run away together.” He frowned at the stars, the bubble of peacefulness that had settled around them after their lovemaking now ruptured. “I run from nothing and no one. Paula Altenburg
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Evil people can still keep promises. Many have done just that, girl, though they are usually not promises you ‘rational’ people wish them to keep. Tim Reed
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Self-awareness is the most overrated trick in the book. More than ambition, more than free will, more than getting on to the property ladder early. Right now I should be at the Little Hills, you probably just call them the Hills, right? David Louden
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Prose before hoes, muthafucka! I’ll be right over. David Louden