Chests Quotes - Page 25

• Go and change your gown, Mary," Daniel interjected. "I'm partial to gold. If you've a gown in that color, wear it to please me. If not, white will do well enough. I'm wedding you, Lady Mary." Lord Daniel Ferguson caught Lady Mary before she hit the floor. He wasn't at all irritated that his intended had just fainted dead away, and he actually let out a full burst of laughter as he swept Mary up into his arms and held her against his chest. "She's overcome with gratitude, Alec," Daniel called out to his friend. "Aye, Daniel, I can see she is," Alec answered.

  Julie Garwood

  Gratitude, Laughter, Color

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• Pearl rolled a tiny pink speck in her fingers, possibly part of Rose's new leg that I'd tried so hard to make a good match. Pearl laughed and flicked it away as if it was snot out of her nose. I suddenly couldn't stand it. I rushed at her.She saw I wasn't playing around. She ran for it but I caught up with her along the landing. I punched her hard in the chest and she staggered back wards - back and back, and then she wobbled and went right over, down the stairs.

  Jacqueline Wilson

  Rose, Noses, Legs

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• He breathed once more, holding the air in his chest, as if it were not air but something more--a sweet taste of freedom, of all cares lifted, everything over and done.

  Justin Cronin

  Sweet, Air, Done

  Justin Cronin (2010). “The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)”, p.666, Ballantine Books

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• He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Laughter, Eye, Dark

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Suddenly You”, p.34, Harper Collins

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• I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.

  Lauren Bacall

  Nerves, Looks, Way

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• Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

  Yasser Arafat

  Thinking, Uprising, Giving

  Daily Telegraph, January 19, 1989.

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• I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same direction everybody else's was. And that life was going to be very, very complicated. And that I could either be provocative and declamatory, or shy, retiring and scared.

  Dorothy Allison

  Shy, Scared, Complicated

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• Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him

  Christopher Paolini

  Heart, Broken, Ache

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• Why'd you want to sing about sad things?" Candy had asked him. "Because any fool can be happy," he'd said to her. "It takes a man with real heart" —he'd made a fist and laid it against his chest— "to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

  Clive Barker

  Real, Heart, Men

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• I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. I'd half-awaken. He'd stick his skull under my nose and purr, stinking of urine and blood. Some nights he kneaded my bare chest with his front paws, powerfully, arching his back, as if sharpening his claws, or pummeling a mother for milk. And some mornings I'd wake in daylight to find my body covered with paw prints in blood; I looked as though I'd been painted with roses.

  Annie Dillard

  Mother, Morning, Cat

  Annie Dillard (2009). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Gabriel pulled her over his body to lie on the bed beside him. His kisses pressed her down into the oblivion of the mattress as her hands explored his chest, his shoulders, his face. "I want to lay my kill at your feet," he said, more growl than words, and held her tight by her hair as he marked her neck with his teeth. She writhed against him. She wanted to bite him, she wanted to rip the flesh from his back, but most terrible of all, she didn't want him to stop. Her back arched, her body shattered, she howled.

  Annette Curtis Klause

  Rip, Lying, Kissing

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• Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

  Markus Zusak

  Heart, Smell, Crime

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.490, RH Childrens Books

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• A slow smile began on Gideon's face, and his blue eyes sparkled. With a shake of his head, he put his hand on his chest, as if the sight of her was more than his heart could bear.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Eye, Heart, Hands

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• And if you had no tongue, no celebrating language, you’d do this: cross your hands at the wrist with palms facing towards you; place your crossed wrists over your heart (the middle of your chest, anyway); then move your hands outwards a short distance, and open them towards the object of your love. It’s just as eloquent as speech.

  Julian Barnes

  Love, Distance, Moving

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• I actually feel something in my chest open, a feeling so intense, it’s like my heart’s about to burst. And I just let it. I just let it out.

  Gayle Forman

  Heart, Feelings, Intense

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.95, Penguin

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• A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one slender arm cradling a throw cushion nestled under her head. Long wavy blond hair spread across her back and her shoulders like a cape. Even though she was sleeping, Alex could see how pretty she was, with her delicate, almost elfin features. He stood in the doorway, watching the soft rise and fall of her chest.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Girl, Teenage, Fall

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• Kylie watched as his shirttail upward, exposing a very hard abdomen. The hem of his shirt inched higher, and she took in the cutest inny belly button she'd ever seen. And then his chest. Solid. Hard. A few drops of water glistened against his skin. Hear heart beat to the sound of passion again.

  C.C. Hunter

  Heart, Passion, Water

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• What do you say when you feel your life is taken right from your chest, even though I miraculously find myself still breathing?

  Jason F. Wright

  Taken, Breathing, Life Is

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• You laugh, but you haven't seen me in a tux. Or maybe you don't like broad-shouldered guys with muscular chest and washboard abs?

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Laughing, Guy, Broads

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “Silence”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

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• Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. “Feel my heartbeat. Can you feel it?” “Yes.” “Feel how steady it is?” “It’s fast.” “Yes, well, that has nothing to do with the box.” I wince as soon as I’m done speaking. I just admitted to something. Hopefully he doesn’t realize that.

  Veronica Roth

  Heart, Hands, Done

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• Everything lined up. It has been easy, as if it were meant-" "Meant!" she said, amazed. She spun to face him, which, in the crush, brought her against his chest as if they were still dancing. She fought backward for space. As if what were meant?" "You," he said. "And me.

  Laini Taylor

  Crush, Space, Dancing

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• When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mother, Heart, Sight

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.210, Penguin

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• You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.

  Neil Gaiman

  Farewell, Blow, Grieving

  "Sandman Special: The Song of Orpheus". Comic book by Neil Gaiman, 1991.

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• We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.

  Veronica Roth

  Kissing, Hands, Together

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• Is it really sick for me to be happy right now?" I asked. My voice broke twice. He didn't push me away. He pulled me tight against his ice-hard chest, so tight it was hard to breathe, even with my lungs securely intact. "I know exactly what you mean," he whispered. "But we have lot of reasons to be happy. For one, we're alive." "Yes," I agreed. "That's a good one." "And together," he breathed. His breath was so sweet it made my head swim.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Sweet, Mean, Ice

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