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“I do. I’m sorry if you expect me to do the noble thing. I warned you. I’m not sweet or soft or kind, and you fell anyway. This is what you get, Violet— me. The good, the bad, the unforgivable. All of it. I am yours.” His arm wraps around the small of my back, holding me steady and close. “You want to know something true? Something real? I love you. I’m in love with you. I have been since the night the snow fell in your hair and you kissed me for the first time. I’m grateful my life is tied to yours because it means I won’t have to face a day without you in it. My heart only beats as long as yours does, and when you die, I’ll meet Malek at your side. It’s a damned good thing that you love me, too, because you’re stuck with me in this life and every other that could possibly follow.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“The agencies, in turn, sought the best operatives. And because extreme psychic sensitivity is almost exclusively found in the very young, this mean that whole generations of children like me found themselves becoming part of the front line.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“So stop worrying about the past. The past is for ghosts. We’ve all done things that we regret. It’s what’s ahead of us that counts.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“,,Plenty of time for a cup of tea. Then we find ourselves a ghost.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“A já mám takový pocit, jako že jsem se narodila už děsně dávno: táhnu
svůj život za sebou jako nekonečný závoj... A často nemám chuť žít. Samozřejmě, to všechno jsou hlouposti. Člověk se musí
vzpamatovat, shodit to všechno ze sebe.”
― Chekhov Anton

“Z transatlantických hovorov ma ide rozhodiť, lebo v pozadí počujem šum oceánu a som celá nervózna, že nás počúvajú ryby alebo čo.”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries

“Dala by som čokoľvek, keby na miesto toho, aby som bola stosedemdesiatpäť centimetrov vysokou princeznou s plochou hrudou, som mohla byť stošesťdesiaťpäť centimetrovým normálnym dievčaťom s prsiami. ČOKOĽVEK.”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries

“Možno by som si mala samovraždu naplánovať tak, aby sa stretávka a môj pohreb konali v rovnakom čase. Pozrela som sa do kalendára. Nie, tak dlho určite nevydržím čakať. Teraz máme koniec apríla, rada by som to mala čo najskôr za sebou.”
― Kerstin Gier, Für jede Lösung ein Problem

“Taký brak odmietam písať! Vrátim sa a poviem mu, aby si veľmi rýchlo urobil magickú cesnakovú omeletu, inak mu prehryznem krčnú tepnu" - tá predstava ma tak vyviedla z miery, že som iba dodala: "A potom... potom pôjdem domov alebo čo..”
― Kerstin Gier, Für jede Lösung ein Problem

“Raz stretnem dobre vyzerajúceho chlapa a akurát musím byť opitá ako čík. Čo je vlastné čík? A prečo je sústavne opitý? Musím si to nájsť na internete.”
― Kerstin Gier, Für jede Lösung ein Problem

“Okay...' I hurried on. 'But why me?'
'You're a girl,' Lockwood called. 'Aren't you supposed to be more sensitive?'
'To emotions, yes. To nuances of human behavior. Not necessarily to secret passages in a wall.'
'Oh, it's much the same thing.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“His dark eyes sparkled as he looked into mine. In that instant it was as if nothing in the world fascinated him as much as me.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“I had a lot more to say, but now wasn`t the time. I took a deep breath. "Well, don`t get into trouble," I said. "Last time you went wandering off during a case, you got yourself locked in the toilet.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“In those days, ghosts were fairly rare. Now we`ve got an epidemic. So it seems pretty obvious to me that the Problem`s different to what went before. Something strange and new did start happening around fifty or sixty years ago, and no one`s got a damn clue why.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“I see. What happened to your last assistant?"
"Poor Robin? Oh, he... moved on."
"To another job?"
"Perhaps ,,passed on,, would be more accurate. Or, indeed, ,,passed over,,. Ah - good! Tea!”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“My mother’s a caregiver through and through. She doesn’t care who you are, she will mother you to death.”
― Cala Riley, Wild Hearts

“Where are you going?” “The song is over.” I pull back, raising a brow as the DJ puts on a faster song. “Yeah, but I like the way you feel in my arms.”
― Cala Riley, Wild Hearts

“He leans forward and kisses me. “You’re mine.” Kiss. “I’m yours.” Kiss. “This bed is ours.” Kiss. “We’re giving this a shot.” Kiss. “Any objections?” Kiss. I slide my legs along his hips, pulling him closer. I weave my fingers into the hair at the back of his neck. “You won’t hear me object.” I sigh, kissing him again. “Good.” Kiss. “I want you.” Kiss. “I want us, and if I have to, I will fight for us.” Kiss.”
― Cala Riley, Wild Hearts

“How did she go from being someone I only meet two days a year at most to a girl who I’m going to spend the whole week with? This would be the perfect setup for a hookup, except she’s off-limits. The most off-limits there can be.”
― Sara Amanda, The Wrong Palmer Boy

“I need you to open up to me. I can’t do this if you don’t let me in.” Gigi pauses for a second before continuing. “Be intimate, I mean.” Kissing the crown of her head, I hold her tighter. “I’ll let you in.”
― Sara Amanda, The Wrong Palmer Boy

“Today, on my weekly segment of daytime TV (WINE TIME), I’m letting them in on the secrets of how to find the best budget bottle of wine. We’re in the middle of an economic crisis, after all, and people rely on wine to get them through it, myself included.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“Talk about girl power, right Max?’ she says to the greying co-host who looks like he’d rather poke his eyes out with his Parker pen than talk about girl power.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“Death is always a bizarre notion to face.”
― steve exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“It’s impossible not to acknowledge the fragility of life when you’re faced with the prospect of death.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“Tall, dark, handsome, kind of like a young Patrick Swayze, pre-Dirty Dancing. I need somebody who’s my age, with a job, and who is ready for commitment. My biological clock is ticking and if I want to become the Instagram-worthy working mum before I’m forty, I need to get a move on. Young Patrick Swayze over here isn’t going to tick those boxes for me.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“I’m not usually one for gut instincts. I trust my head, not my gut. And for some reason, my gut has seen fit to lead me astray. Next thing I know, I’ll be pulling off a wine heist or something stupid.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“My biological clock is ticking so loudly that it should be illegal. I may as well have a sign across my forehead saying ‘EGGS EXPIRING SOON. COME AND FERTILISE ME!”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“There’s a quiver to his lip as he speaks. I need a cold shower. I shouldn’t find this guy attractive. I shouldn’t. He’s the exact opposite of what I need in my life. But, damn, that smile.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“Human beings are weird when it comes to death, it draws them in and refuses to let them go.”
― Steve Exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery

“What are you looking for?’ Dick asks. He’s wandering aimlessly around the room.
‘Clues,’ I say.
‘So, this is like Scooby Doo! I told you,’ he says.
‘I don’t know. I’d prefer to think it’s more Agatha Christie,’ I say, not taking my eyes from the fireplace.
‘Agatha is far less fun,’ he says.
‘Precisely,’ I reply. ‘I don’t know about you, but I don’t fancy any masked villains showing up while we’re digging.”
― steve exeter, FULL BODIED: A Francine Witt Mystery