Ben Adaephon Delat," Pearl said plaintively, "see the last who comes. You send me to my death." "I know," Quick Ben whispered. "Flee, then. I will hold them enough to ensure your escape no more." Quick Ben sank down past the roof. Before he passed from sight Pearl spoke again. "Ben Adaephon Delat, do you pity me?" "Yes" he replied softly, then pivoted and dropped down into darkness.
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When life hands you lemons, you know what you gotta do?” “Wow,” Lauren said. ... PRISCILLA GLENN You don't know your father, do you?” I shook my head. "No. All I know is he must have had wic... RICHELLE MEAD He is sorry- For everything- For Prentisstown- For Viola- For Ben- F... PATRICK NESS Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "What came before colors?" Jesus asked. "... ANTHONY T. HINCKS And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of al... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future." TH... TERRY PRATCHETT Portia followed after, a smirk on her face, and Syc hissed as he passed. Donegan waited till th... DEREK LANDY Thank you," he says. "Thank who?" "I don't know. You?" "No, not me. Jesus ." DAVE EGGERS What are my options?" "You could read obscure poetry while I play the triangle, I suppose. Or w... MICHELLE HODKIN For five years I didn't think it was possible to be this happy. But then he forgot all those pr... TERRY MCMILLAN May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice. I smile... JOHN GREEN Thank you,” she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery. “You’re ... JULIA QUINN yes," she whispered. He kissed her forehead. "yes what my leelan?" "I will marry you J.R. WARD Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. "Greeting, boys," he cried, and me... J.M. BARRIE Listen to me. When a man wakes, he wakes wanting. He wakes hard and rude and aching with need.” He... TESSA DARE For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “... DIANA GABALDON See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pea... MARISSA MEYER After a while Mary said, “Zsadist?” “Yeah?” “What are those markings... J.R. WARD Dislodged cobwebs and dust swirled around them. The ceiling was holding for now. He doubted it could... RICK YANCEY The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on. He took a face from the ancient gallery THE DOORS You bit de Quincey," he said. "You fool. He's a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire." ... CASSANDRA CLARE Querida, it's alright," he said. "No one has hurt me in years." "Hey, you're supposed to be my ... L.A. WEATHERLY i am in need of a sudden Shift, Your crimson lips. screaming at my Lips. Let me hold down ... SYED MURTAZA HAROON Did you know sometimes it frightens me-- when you say my name and I can't see you? will yo... EMILIE AUTUMN You love me?" he asked suddenly and, at his question, my stomach flipped then twisted. "Yes." KRISTEN ASHLEY Dünyada olan biteni ben de görmedeyim; Haksızları hep baş köşelerde görmedeyim; Fe... OMAR KHAYYáM I never knew there were this many stars." "I can't see them," he told me. "I just see you... ALLY CARTER Before I tell you, I have to know three things," I said. "Okay." "One, are you sitting dow... DARYNDA JONES Ben Frank... E. HALDEMAN-JULIUS With a silent order, I urged Snout forward—but he veered away, charging toward Hazel instead. N... JOEL N. ROSS Aunt Jettie: "yes, i'm wandering the earth seeking revenge on ben & jerry for giving me the fat ... MOLLY HARPER I promise I'll never tell." "Don't promise that," he said in an ultraserious voice. "If t... JERI SMITH-READY Name me no names for my disease, With uninforming breath; I tell you I am none of these, WITTER BYNNER Megan, I love you,. I will always love you." I swallowed hard. "Scared?" He asked. "Y... ELIZABETH CHANDLER You’re stuck,” I blurted, his grin died and he blinked. “Come again?” I swallowed,... KRISTEN ASHLEY I should go," I said thickly. "Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...t... RICHELLE MEAD Ben, why should anybody want that much power?" "Why does a moth fly toward light? 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CHARLOTTE BRONTë You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It ... AGATHA CHRISTIE Before Kiki and I headed toward the Keep, I thanked my friends. “For what? We didn’t do any... MARIA V. SNYDER My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, h... DR. SEUSS (THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL) Overheard on a Saltmarsh" Nymph, nymph, what are your beads? Green glass, gobl... HAROLD MONRO I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen LANGSTON HUGHES I see a bright portion under the overhead light that shades into darkness<... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Do you think we're being robbed?" I whispered. He nodded gravely, then crawled over to my close... RACHEL VAIL He burst in the door like he'd expected to find us, and in that horrible moment, with him raging lik... RICHELLE MEAD
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STEVEN WRIGHT Most of the kids that I meet in the street are serious hardened criminals that I meet in the street,... STEVEN SEAGAL I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that w... STEVEN WRIGHT I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-... STEVEN WRIGHT I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. STEVEN WRIGHT I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom. STEVEN WRIGHT I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for thre... STEVEN WRIGHT Real life? Well, I just hope mine isn't investigated. They might find that I don't really ex... STEVEN WRIGHT I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he di... STEVEN WRIGHT There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalato... STEVEN WRIGHT I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific. STEVEN WRIGHT If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere i... STEVEN WRIGHT Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that d... STEVEN WRIGHT When I'm on stage, it's really intense. My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to ... STEVEN WRIGHT Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it. STEVEN WRIGHT I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistical... STEVEN WRIGHT If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too? STEVEN WRIGHT It's like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules. STEVEN WRIGHT I like to reminisce with people I don't know. STEVEN WRIGHT Courtney Love is a loose cannon. She says what she thinks. She's wild on the red carpet. You get... STEVEN COJOCARU We are concerned with that curious bunch of nonconformists who explain their participation in negati... STEVEN BIKO The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity,... STEVEN COJOCARU When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching... STEVEN WRIGHT Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their ... STEVEN BIKO The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and univ... STEVEN PINKER Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conce... STEVEN PINKER I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but coll... STEVEN LEVY But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar fro... STEVEN SODERBERGH I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with ... STEVEN SPIELBERG My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try... STEVEN SEAGAL The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced wi... STEVEN BIKO The idea that there are jobs that Americans won't do is economic gibberish. All the big occupations ... STEVEN CAMAROTA The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions ... STEVEN RATTNER Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy ... STEVEN SEAGAL I'm not much of a horror fan. When it comes to ghost stuff and demon stuff, I can't watch th... STEVEN YEUN Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people a... STEVEN SPIELBERG The human will be the only mammal in history to fully understand that its own self inflicted extinct... STEVEN MAGEE