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  • #1
    Barbara Sontheimer
    “I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace.
    But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you by 130 pounds, how could you possibly be afraid of me!" He laughed.”
    Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

  • #2
    Diane Merrill Wigginton
    “Oh, sorry, love. I was just getting out of the shower when I heard this loud commotion in front of my door.” Jake gave her a sloppy grin. “I didn’t realize there was a dress code when coming to the aid of a beautiful neighbor. I’ll keep it in mind for the next time I come running.”
    Diane Merrill Wigginton, A Compromising Position

  • #3
    Sara Pascoe
    “The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
    Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

  • #4
    K.  Ritz
    “This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
    K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

  • #5
    Merlin Franco
    “See you later, tailgater.”
    Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

  • #6
    Max Nowaz
    “Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
    “No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
    “Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
    “He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
    “He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
    “With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
    Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

  • #7
    Audrey Niffenegger
    “I love you, always. Time is nothing.”
    Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

  • #8
    Nevil Shute
    “He drew her to him. “I’m terribly in love with you, Mollie. I guess I’m older than I’d have liked it to be, and too serious maybe. But I do love you very truly. Will you marry me?” “I think I’d love to, Stan.” Of course she would; in all the world she knew, she would never find a better man than Stanton Laird. She turned to him, and kissed him very fondly.”
    Nevil Shute, Beyond the Black Stump

  • #9
    Elizabeth Kostova
    “These are works of history about your century, the twentieth. A fine century-I look forward to the rest of it.”
    Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

  • #10
    Lois Lowry
    “She reached for Matty and embraced him. Ordinarily uncomfortable with hugs, he would have stiffened his shoulders and drawn back; but now, from exhaustion and affection, he held Kira and to his own amazement felt his eyes fill with tears.”
    Lois Lowry, Messenger



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