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• Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned, defined, his skin warm and smooth. Stroking my palm up over the line of his collarbone, I felt the firmness of his shoulder, the strength of his bicep. I traced my fingers over the black AK, following the lines of the letters. Alex hardly moved as I touched him, his eyes never leaving me. Finally I sighed and dropped my hand. I tried to smile. "I've sort of been wanting to do that ever since that first night in the motel room," I admitted.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Beautiful, Eye, Night

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• He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, "If she hadn't said so-and-so, it would never have happened.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Heart, Battle, Privacy

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “Sons and Lovers: Top Novelist Focus”, p.46, 谷月社

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• Riley squinted. He ran his fingers along my neck. When he found the collar he explored the surface and tried to tug it. "No seams. It doesn't fell like metal. The colour is amazing". "Why?" (Trella) "It blends in. It matches your skin. Didn't you know?" (Riley) "No mirrors in my cell." (Trella) He gasped with mock horror. "So cruel! How did you ever survive?" (Riley)

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mirrors, Cells, Skins

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• Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out paths to all the places in the wide landscape where she had lived, to all her sons roaming through the world, to all her dead lying under the earth.

  Sigrid Undset

  Lying, Heart, Son

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• When the switch fell I could feel it upon my flesh; when it welted and ridged it was my blood that ran, and I would think with each blow of the switch: Now you are aware of me! Now I am something in your secret and selfish life, who have marked your blood with my own for ever and ever.

  William Faulkner

  Selfish, Blow, Thinking

  William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill, John Steinbeck (1971). “William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck”

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• He looked glad to be on his way and made a beeline for the exit. Just as he was out the door, however, he stuck his head back in. “I don’t mind foreigners. God save the queen!” he squeaked, and ran. Bones arched a brow. I sighed. “Didn’t hear that part? Never mind. Don’t ask.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Queens, Doors, Mind

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• ..the fields might fall to fallow and the birds might stop their song awhile; the growing things might die and lie in silence under snow, while through it all the cold sea wore its face of storms and death and sunken hopes...and yet unseen beneath the waves a warmer current ran that, in its time, would bring the spring.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Song, Lying, Spring

  Susanna Kearsley (2016). “The Susanna Kearsley Collection”, p.708, Allison & Busby Ltd

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• I wish I wasn’t a girl who needed so much but a little free creature that slept in deserts and ran on clouds and lived on lilies.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Life, Girl, Clouds

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• There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Believe, Asking Why, Why Not

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.18, Penguin

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• Vishous: "...we both would slaughter anything that so much as startled you." Jane: "I'm scared of mice and spiders. But you don't need to use that gun on your hip to blow a hole in a wall if I ran into one, okay? Havaheart traps and rolled newspapers work just as well. Plus, you don't need a Sheetrock patch and plaster job afterward. I'm just saying.

  J.R. Ward

  Jobs, Wall, Blow

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• When oranges came in, a curious proceeding was gone through. Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she observed, the juice all ran out nobody knew where, sucking [only I think she used some more recondite word] was in fact the only way of enjoying oranges; but then there was the unpleasant association with a ceremony frequently gone through by little babies; and so, after dessert, in orange season, Miss Jenkyns and Miss Matty used to rise up, possess themselves each of an orange in silence, and withdraw to the privacy of their own rooms to indulge in sucking oranges.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Baby, Cutting, Thinking

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.406, Delphi Classics

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• Friends: not one. Just a few acquaintances who imagine they feel something for me and who might be sorry if a train ran over me and the funeral was on a rainy day.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Sorry, Rainy Day, Funeral

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• Alan: "I had terrible stage fright." Sin: "I'm not familiar with the concept of 'stage fright.'" A: "It's pretty awful. You end up having to picture the entire audience in their underwear. Phyllis was in that audience, you know." S: "Why, Alan, I had no idea your tastes ran that way." A: "Phyllis is a very nice lady. And I do not consider her so much aged as matured, like a fine wine. But I still think you owe me an archery lesson.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Nice, Wine, Thinking

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• I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.

  John Grisham

  Past, Feet, Sight

  John Grisham (2010). “A Painted House”, p.75, Random House

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• For most of my life I've been a listener. At least in the beginning, I think the reason I listened so intently was to have a chance of hearing the train before it ran over me.

  Steve Rasnic Tem

  Thinking, Hearing, Chance

  Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem (2008). “The Man on the Ceiling”, Wizards of the Coast Discoveries

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• I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My bullet bill this month was going to be huge.

  Ernest Cline

  Bullets, Months, Ammo

  Ernest Cline (2011). “Ready Player One”, p.252, Random House

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• Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over her. "Dear child," came a strangely familiar voice. "Don't 'dear child' me!" she snapped. The twenty-two-year-old punk rocker ran black-polished fingernails through black-and-orange-dyed hair, which did nothing to soothe the pounding behind her black-shaded eyes. "Give me my croissant or I'll–" It was then that she suddenly realized she was threatening the venerable Alistair Oh. "Alistair, what are you doing here?

  Gordon Korman

  Children, Eye, Hair

  Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.52, Scholastic Inc.

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• Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  School, Nuts, Class

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “A Man Without a Country”, p.102, Seven Stories Press

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• She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but all she knew about wolves is that you should never tell them how to find your grandmother's house.

  Anne Ursu

  Running, Eye, Grandmother

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• I came back, Uncle Eddie. Last year, after the Henley, I could have gone to any school in the world -- I could have done anything, but I came back." "You ran away, Katarina." "And now I'm back." "You're still running.

  Ally Carter

  Running, Uncles, School

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.76, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

  John Connolly

  Smart, Luck

  John Connolly (2012). “The Burning Soul: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• He seemed to realize she was staring at him, because the cursing stopped. "You cut me," he said. His voice was pleasant. British. Very ordinary. He looked at his hand with critcal interest. "It might be fatal." Tessa looked at him with wide eyes. "Are you the Magister?" He tilted his hand to the side. Blood ran down it, spattering the floor. "Dear me, massive blood loss. Death could be imminent.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Cutting, Loss

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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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• ..."I ran out of stock around midnight and dropped by a place, got some Chinese." I hoped he meant takeout.

  Karen Chance

  Chinese, Midnight

  Karen Chance (2008). “Midnight's Daughter”, p.159, Penguin

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• Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nice, Fighting, Light

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