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When I close my eyes I can picture his mouth. - Deadly Little Games
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There's these two kids, boys, sitting close together, squished in by the big arms of an old chair. - Half Bad
The sky weighed gray over fairy-tale rooftops, and all the world was watching. - Days of Blood & Starlight
"Thirty minutes into my first college party, and I'm ready to smack someone in the face with a shovel." The Impact of You
"Lynn was nine the first time she killed to defend the pond, the sweet smell of water luring the man to be picked off like the barn swallows dared to swoop in for drink" - Not a Drop to Drink
"My blood will entice warlocks to ask for my hand in marriage, so of course Father wants it spilled." You Are Mine
"In the midst of a dark forest, haunted by the winter's chill, I found myself running for my life." - The Fallen Star
"On top of the cabinet in the back of my father's workshop - which was my grandfather's workshop and will one day be mine, if I want it - there is a puppet." - Night of Cake & Puppets
"He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air" - The Maze Runner
The police officer switches on the video camera, and its red light blink blink blinks at me. Consent
"All my years of watching TV made me think it was possible you could find a dead body and not know it until you turned the person over and found the bullet hole or stab wound or whatever."-Playlist for the dead
"Faster than any human eye could track, I moved soundlessly among the trees in my true form, racing over the thick grass and dewy, moss-covered rocks." Oblivion
Rocking my zebra-striped Chuck Taylors, ripped fishnet hose, blue jean miniskirt, silver-studded belt and a skintight tee featuring the band The Pretty Reckless, I readjusted my wig full of spiky blonde hair. ~ The Girl's Got Secrets
Today, Papa gave Thomas and me new copybooks, black-walnut ink, and quills.- Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.- David Copperfield
The tip of the arrow found its mark, a perfect shot through the deer's heart and lungs.- The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest
My hands automatically form fists so no one will see my trembling fingers as I walk to the front of our little chapel.- Down from the Mountain
Nothing to me is erotic as a hotel room, and therefore so penetrated with life and death. - Hotel Honolulu
It was late January, and New England wore a fresh coat of snow as I stepped along the gangplank to the shore. ~ Jackaby
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