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• She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion, he would resolve with punches, slaps, kicks, and sometimes try to make amends for with polluted apologies, and sometimes not.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Apology, Trying, Path

  Khaled Hosseini (2009). “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, p.65, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it!

  Nora Roberts

  Stupidity, Typical, Males

  Nora Roberts (2013). “Her Mother's Keeper”, p.39, Penguin

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• He strips his shirt over his head and I catch my breath, watching those long hard muscles ripple. I know how his shoulders look, bunched, when he's on top of me, how his face gets tight with lust, as he eases inside me. "Who am I?" "Jericho" "Who are you?" He kicks off his boots, steps out of his pants. He's commando tonight. My breath whooshes out of me in a run-on word: "Whogivesafuck?

  Karen Marie Moning

  Running, Long, Lust

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Shadowfever: Fever:”, p.430, Hachette UK

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• Now as he watched Katie toying with a ring that wasn't there, he felt his old investigative instincts kick in. There'd been a husband, he thought; her husband was the missing element. Either she was still married or she wasn't, but he had an undeniable hunch that Katie was still afraid of him.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Husband, Missing, Elements

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• Alec drew his hand back with a low whistle. "The Inquisitor meant business." "Of course she did. I'm a dangerous criminal. Or hadn't you heard?" Jace heard the acid in his own tone, saw Alec flinch, and was meanly, momentarily, glad. "She didn't call you a criminal, exactly..." "No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nun

  Cassandra Clare

  Boys, Naughty, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.700, Simon and Schuster

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• You think I led him on? For what? Kicks? I don't have enough exictement in my life, so maybe I'll tease a nice guy, get his hopes up, then laugh and skip away?

  Kelley Armstrong

  Nice, Thinking, Laughing

  Kelley Armstrong (2010). “The Reckoning: The Darkest Powers Trilogy”, p.132, Penguin Group

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• ‎She didn't understand what it was like to be filled with a love so strong that it made your chest ache—a love you could only feel and not express. Keeping love buried was a lot like keeping anger pent up, I'd learned. It just ate you up inside until you wanted to scream or kick something.

  Richelle Mead

  Love, Strong, Scream

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.360, Penguin

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• And try to remember what we discussed, Susannah. A mediator is someone who helps others resolve conflicts. Not someone who, er, kicks them in the face.

  Meg Cabot

  Helping Others, Trying, Faces

  Meg Cabot (2009). “High Stakes”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• No, that's because there are more interesting things to do." Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies" Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much.

  Alane Ferguson

  Cutting, Grandmother, Interesting

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• I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?

  Garth Ennis

  Blood, Leaving, Darkness

  "Dangerous Habits, Part 1: The Beginning of the End (Hellblazer, Issue 41)". Book by Garth Ennis, May 1991.

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• It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.

  George Orwell

  People, Looks, Want

  George Orwell (2012). “Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.36, Lulu.com

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• Saint Claire, the patron saint of the kick-me sign.

  Rachel Caine

  Saint, Claire, Patron

  Rachel Caine (2007). “The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires”, p.157, Penguin

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• Are you by any chance acquainted with the words 'steel toe'? Or do the words 'permanent dent' mean anything to you?" My locker door is not intimidated. "My grandfather was a vault at Fort Knox, and if you try to dent me with a kick you will only tear some ligament that will never mend.

  David Klass

  Mean, Doors, Grandfather

  David Klass (2007). “You Don't Know Me”, p.176, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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• You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Fun, Thinking, Machines

  ""Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character: Adventures of a Curious Character".

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• I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.

  Cassandra Clare

  Rude, Gestures, Kitten

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• I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna

  Shannon Hale

  Sleep, Sides, Responsible

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• ...I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the furniture, listening to his insane gibbering, and enjoying all those playful blows to the stomach and kicks to the head with which he demonstrated his affection for his wives. --King Urgit

  David Eddings

  Kings, Father, Heart

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• Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Progress, Gold, Irises

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• That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.

  David Foster Wallace

  People, Addiction, Boring

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• How are you?" "Perfectly fine," he said. "Are your ribs broken?" "Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully." "Did this settle anything?" "It made me feel better," he said, sitting up. "Did you see me kick him in the kidneys?" "I saw.

  Ilona Andrews

  Feel Better, Broken, Ribs

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• The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force! Amy: Shall I run and get the manual? The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova. Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why? The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!

  Steven Moffat

  Running, Pain, Doctors

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• Rick said, "Is there some place we can go and talk?" "You want to talk?," Keir raised an eyebrow. "I never thought I'd see the day." "Nah, I want to tell you this joke I heard." Keir nodded, patient. "Shoot." "Two Irish cops walk into a bar. The first cop says..." Rick's voice dropped. He said gruffly, "I love you. Come home." Keir managed to keep his voice steady. "What's the other cop say?" The sweetness of Rick's smile was like a kick in his chest. "That's what I'm here to find out, boyo.

  Josh Lanyon

  Love You, Home, Eyebrows

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• Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you.

  Julia Quinn

  Gun, Men, Spats

  Julia Quinn (2009). “To Catch an Heiress”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• For some of us love comes into the room, kicks her shoes off, finds the most comfortable sofa, and lies down, rests, has no intention of going anywhere. For others love walks in smoking a cigarette, checking her watch every two seconds, jittery, with one hand on the doorknob, heart rate up, always in sprinter’s position, ready to run.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Running, Lying, Heart

  Eric Jerome Dickey (2006). “Genevieve”, p.94, Penguin

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• I’ve seen your foot up close.” Curran pointed to his chest. “I’ve seen it here.” He moved his hand to his jaw. “Here.” He touched the place over his cheek where my kick had cut him. “And here.

  Ilona Andrews

  Cutting, Hands, Feet

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.243, Penguin

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