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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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“I have a sort of . . . thing, I suppose, for certain words. They spark inside me, somehow, turning me to touchpaper, but I don't know what they are until someone says them.”
― Waiting for the Flood
― Waiting for the Flood
“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“A homosexual is for life, not just for Christmas.”
― Glitterland
― Glitterland
“This is the story of my life: standing on the edges of things and worrying, when I'm supposed to just walk through them.”
― Waiting for the Flood
― Waiting for the Flood
“But I suppose it comes down to whether you think dominance and submission are about acts or about people.”
― For Real
― For Real
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