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• At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid my head against his chest, and felt his breath stir my hair. I had no words, but I had made my choice. "'Whither thou goest,'" I said. "'I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.' Be it Scottish hill or southern forest. You do what you have to; I'll be there.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Hair, Hands, People

  Diana Gabaldon (1997). “Drums of Autumn”

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• Do you want to suck face or not?” “Suck face?” His head fell back and he laughed, his chest vibrating against me. It was a lusty, full-bodied sound and my toes curled at hearing it. Gideon laughed so rarely. My hands slid under his sweater and glided over that warm skin. My lips moved over his jaw. “Is that a no?” “Angel, I’ll suck on any part of your body I can get my mouth on.

  Sylvia Day

  Angel, Hands, Sweaters

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• Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

  John McGraw

  Sports, Hurt, Men

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• The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.

  John Eric Erichsen

  Funny, Wise, Technology

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• The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crushing her to him. "Jenny," he whispered hoarsely, burying his face in her fragrant hair. "Jenny, I love you." She melted against him, molding her body to the rigid contours of his, offering her lips up for his fierce, devouring kiss, then she took his face between both her hands. Leaning back slightly against his arm, her melting blue eyes gazing deeply into his, his wife replied in a shaky voice, "I think, my lord, I love you more.

  Judith McNaught

  Crush, Love You, Eye

  Judith McNaught (1991). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.430, Simon and Schuster

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• Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

  Kirby Larson

  True Friend, Missing, Needs

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• I stare at her chest. As she breathes, the rounded peaks move up and down like the swell of waves, somehow reminding me of rain falling softly on a broad stretch of sea. I'm the lonely voyager standing on deck, and she's the sea. The sky is a blanket of gray, merging with the gray sea off on the horizon. It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky. Between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.

  Haruki Murakami

  Lonely, Rain, Moving

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• We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that

  Denis Johnson

  Heart, Torn, Cowardly

  Denis Johnson (2009). “Jesus' Son: Stories”, p.11, Macmillan

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• She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.’ She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. ‘This is not our time.’ ‘But that will never mean I love you less,’ he said.

  Melina Marchetta

  Regret, Fall, Love You

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• He flipped the dail, and I crossed my arms over my chest as some vaguely European-sounding band sang about how video had killed the radio star. I wished someone would kill this radio.

  Richelle Mead

  Stars, Video, Band

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy Complete Series”, p.265, Penguin UK

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• The feelings trembled and flapped in his chest like a bird newly put in a cage.

  Rumi

  Bird, Feelings, Cages

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• He struggled to breathe through the agony in his chest. The Fates were still mocking him. It must be a boring day for them up on Olympus.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fate, Agony, Olympus

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2002). “Fantasy Lover”, p.184, Macmillan

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• I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.

  Veronica Roth

  Grief, Heart, Breathing

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.34, HarperCollins UK

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• Why don't you go get in bed?" I stood, laying my hand on his chest and staring up at him. "Is that a dare?" He laid one hand over mine and pull me closer with the other. Leaning down, he kissed me gently. "It absolutely is. No falling out of it allowed, though.

  Tammara Webber

  Fall, Hands, Bed

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• September had never been betrayed before. She did not even know what to call the feeling in her chest, so bitter and sour. Poor child. There is always a first time, and it is never the last time.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Children, Feelings, Lasts

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.500, Macmillan

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• A heart weighs more when it splits in two; it crashes in the chest like a broken plane.

  Mitch Albom

  Heart, Two, Broken

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• Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

  David Levithan

  Eye, Night, Forever

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.114, Macmillan

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• The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

  Frank Miller

  Rain, Baptism, Born Again

  "The Dark Knight Returns". Comic book by Frank Miller, 1986.

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• I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.

  Anton Chekhov

  Heart, Thinking, Tears

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• Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room. Everyone was jamming together, singing songs: Dad’s songs, Adam’s songs, old Clash songs, old Wipers songs. Teddy was dancing around, the blond of his hair reflecting the golden flames. I remember watching it all and getting that tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like.

  Gayle Forman

  Song, Dad, Thinking

  Gayle Forman (2009). “If I Stay”, p.107, Penguin

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• I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?

  George R. R. Martin

  Wall, Drunk, Wonder

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.37, Bantam

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• I just elbowed the pretty blonde he'd been speaking to aside and slapped my panties on his chest. "As soon as I saw you", I purred, "I knew I wouldn't be needing these"!

  Jeaniene Frost

  Blonde, Saws, Panties

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “One Foot in the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.65, Hachette UK

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• I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax." I whirled around to find the real Patch standing in the fitting room behind me. He was wearing jeans and a snug white tee. His arms were folded loosely over his chest, and his black eyes smiled down at me. Heat that wasn't entirely uncomfortable flushed through my body. "I could make all kinds of pervert jokes right now," I quipped.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Real, Eye, Jeans

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.772, Simon and Schuster

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• He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making Emma Morley laugh.

  David Nicholls

  Laughter, Laughing, Feelings

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• I know how this feels: the tightening of the chest, the panic, the what-have-I-done-wait-I-was-kidding. Eating disorders linger so long undetected, eroding the body in silence, and then they strike. The secret is out. You're dying.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Long, Silence, Waiting

  Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia”, p.6, Harper Collins

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