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...I knew he used women as counters in a game, Bobby Quine versus time and the night of cities. And Rikki had turned up just when he needed something to get him going, something to aim for. So he'd set her up as a symbol for everything he wanted and couldn't have, everything he'd had and couldn't keep. William Gibson
Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go. Nora Roberts
Jodi Picoult quote: "If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite..."
If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it. Jodi Picoult
Janet Evanovich quote: "Turns out, that's how it is with weddings. You just keep..."
Turns out, that's how it is with weddings. You just keep getting in deeper and deeper until you want to throw up. Janet Evanovich
Like the he-man movie stars who turn out to be queer . . . or the silent-film actors whose voices sound terrible recorded--the audience only wants a limited amount of honesty. [ellipses original] Chuck Palahniuk
Jodi Picoult quote: "A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker..."
A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it. Jodi Picoult
I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can read in the tub if you wish. F. Scott Fitzgerald
She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did. Nicholas Sparks
C. S. Lewis quote: "It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God,..."
It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to. C. S. Lewis
I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style. It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. John Waters
Perhaps I have not really a good temper at all, but if you have everything you want and everyone is kind to you, how can you help but be good-tempered? Perhaps I'm a HIDEOUS child, and no one will ever know, just beecause I never have any trials. (Sara Crewe, A Little Princess) Frances Hodgson Burnett
Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want. Jane Austen
I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me. Charles Bukowski
He is some brainless, beautiful creature, who should always be here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and always here in the summer when we want something to chill our intelligence. Oscar Wilde
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these characters and observe these events in real life? Is this story an experience worth living through for its own sake? Is the pleasure of contemplating these characters an end itself? Ayn Rand

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