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“One milliliter of human saliva can contain up to one-hundred million microbes of bacteria.” I heard Noah’s voice. “Unclean mouths can contain even more bacteria. I don’t want a girl to kiss me like that. Lips feel weird. Lips feel like raw
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“After eight hours of performing a one-woman play about a mentally-engaged, emotionally functional human, whe had nothing left in her.”
― Cold Hearted
― Cold Hearted
“If our own government might be as dangerous as terrorists, then our greatest safety comes from watching out for each other, for all kinds of each other.”
― The Color of Fear
― The Color of Fear
“There was no reason for her to be slightly turned on by the fact that he'd beaten an apology out of Isaac. Seriously. It was primitive and uncivilized. She was *not* going to think about how big and strong Caleb was.”
― Cold Hearted
― Cold Hearted
“It suddenly occurred to her that Max was the kind of guy who'd never get irritated at her for being better than him at assembling IKEA bookcases, or telling him he was driving in the wrong direction, or being able to fix the leaky kitchen sink after he'd failed to.”
― Once Bitten
― Once Bitten
“Grace hated being the recipient of such blatant male interest. It felt like she was guarding her wallet from a pickpocket but wasn't allowed to yell *thief!*”
― Cold Hearted
― Cold Hearted
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