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The dogs bound forward with purpose, their snarls and angry, sharp barks echoing in the winter air. - Phoenix Descending
"I couldn't move, and everything hurt -- my skin felt stretched too tight, muscles burned like they'd been lit on fire, and my bones ached deep into the marrow." ~ If There's No Tomorrow
"The pace pilot's voice crackles over the radio, but John Flynn can barely hear it." ~ Stealing Gulfstreams
"It's a whisper past 10:00 p.m. in New Orleans' famous French Quarter, but it might as well be the middle of the day." ~ Killer Chef
I am not thinking of you, there is someone else; a boy on an island without a boat. - To Look Out from: Poems
"I'm sitting on the roof outside my bedroom window, staring up at the dark night's sky, watching my breath plume in the cold November air." ~ Leo
"I had raced through my paper route this morning, chucking papers onto the frozen front yards of Marlboro, New York, in January." ~ Malicious
"The young reporter tried to keep her eyes on the camera as it tracked past her to the mansion facing South Ocean Boulevard and the Atlantic on the island of Palm Beach." ~ Let's Play Make-Believe
"Sophronia intended to pull the dumbwaiter up from the kitchen to outside the front parlor on the ground floor, where Mrs. Barnaclegoose was taking tea." ~ Etiquette & Espionage
"On April 30, 1995, I took an El-Al flight from Tel Aviv to Munich." ~ I Have Lived a Thousand Years
The meeting of the Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers was well under way, and the entrance hall was almost empty. - Sorcerer to the Crown
"Jemma took off her jeans, her underpants, donned the robe and lay on the table trying not to think about what would soon happen." ~ Close Call
"The Stud, as he called himself, slammed down the phone, sure Mama'd get the message." ~ Dance on His Grave
"Junior year of college starts now, which means I have two years left until I am free." ~ 180 Seconds
People who knew Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children. ~ Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Dusty, empty shoe boxes, stacked taller and wider than her slim body, wobbled as she pressed her back against them, tucking her bony knees into her chest. - The Problem with Forever
"It first happened when awakening from a nap in my hammock above the sea cliffs." ~ In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans: The Life and Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar
"I DEVELOPED A LOT OF TALISMANS when I had cancer -- a pair of pink-and-white antique-looking earrings a close friend brought me from Paris: a delicate gold bracelet with a single charm inscribed LIFE from a woman I hardly knew who said she admired my bravery; a purple bear holding the word MOM my son, Michael, gave me when he visited me in the hospital; a note from my brother-in-law, scribbled on yellow lined paper, quoting one of the many doctors I had seen, who asserted, 'You will be cure.' " ~ Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family - and a Whole Town - About Hope and Happy Endings
"St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) is one of the most popular saints in modern times." ~ Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Model for Our Times
" 'Clinton, please put the camera back where you found it!' " ~ Pink Pucks & Power Plays 1/09 ( 4 stars)
"In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages." ~ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
"MY RIGHT FOOT STEPPED ONTO THE TRAIN, and I froze mid-step spotting him already in the car." ~ Stuck-Up Suit
"Here's my confession: I suck at relationships." ~ I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After
"Holding the whisk tightly, I swirled the pale-yellow batter around the bowl, the sweet scents of vanilla, brown sugar, and a bitter dark chocolate perfuming the air." ~ The Cupcake Witch
"Telegraphs clacked around the world with the breaking news of the conviction of Oscar Wilde." ~ The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
"I WAS BEN OVER A CAPPUCCINO, carefully moving my milk pitcher to etch a design into the foam, when Mrs. D'Angelo burst into the cafe." ~ Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
"Walking a beagle on a leash was the most patience-consuming task known to man." ~ Pick Your Teeth With My Bones
"WHEN I STEPPED OUT INTO THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT FROM the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home." ~ The Outsiders
"SOMETIMES YOU WANT SOMETHING SO badly you're willing to do whatever it takes to get it." ~ Shiny Broken Pieces
" 'That doesn't sound like a school trivia night,' said Mrs. Patty Ponder to Marie Antoinette." ~ Big Little Lies
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