Dana Marton Quotes

#1. Ah, you're warming up to me. You know what comes next."
"Bitter disappointment?" she deadpanned.

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#2. She growled.
He gave her a considering look. "That's almost sexy.

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#3. He tsked. "No tits, no manners." He shook his head. "You should try to have at least one or the other. A pair of great tits covers a multitude of sins.

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#4. He smiled. "I bet the paper ran something about you once your hiring was confirmed. A new cop is big news in a small town. People were probably admonished to make you feel at home."
She shook her head with some amusement. "I would have felt more at home if they shot at me,.

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#5. If we were in a spreadsheet, we'd be in different columns." She'd be under uptight/nerdy/homely girls, and he'd be under badass men with bodies of..um..Navy SEALS.
He grunted. "Just so you know, I hate spreadsheets with a hot, burning passion.

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#6. Outrage steamed her brain. "I've waited three days... Do you know what day it is?"
He gave a one-sided shrug, his massive shoulder muscles shifting. "Who has time to check the calendar when people are shooting at you and snakes are biting you in the ass?

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#7. Where did you grow up?"
He wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Who says I've grown up?

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#8. She could drive down Hadley Road until she reached the right spot, then walk in. Would have to drive by the reservoir. She didn't drive that road anymore. But even if she could, she wasn't going to chase some imaginary dead man, or almost dead man, around the countryside.

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#9. Have you found your Christmas spirit yet? he asked as they drove by Broslin Square.
The decorations were out of control. "This place would make Liberace feel underdressed.

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#10. had a smattering of chest hair that looked

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#11. His voice still had the rasp of desire as he asked, "If I disappear, will you come and find me?

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#12. Murph took his shot and dropped the bastard right out of the tree. then he stood. "I'm an American soldier, you son of a bitch.

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#13. What anger wants, it buys at the price of soul.

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#14. She had the soft presence of a fish hook in the eye.

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#15. You're not horribly terrible."
He shook his head at her. "You say the nicest things." He held her gaze for a moment. "You're not trying to get into my pants, are you?

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#16. Quickly, Ian learned the danger of holding her. Once he allowed his arm around her, letting her go was nearly impossible.

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#17. No matter what her father wanted, no way was Clara going to partner up with Light Walker. He'd suggested a tarantula for a snack, for heaven's sake.
The were never, ever, ever going to work together.

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#18. I hope we'll be friends." His grin was pure sin....
She stuck with the truth. "I hope we won't be enemies.

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#19. She wasn't entirely sure if she was being rescued or kidnapped.

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#20. Tomorrow, said the voice of fear in her head. It always said, tomorrow, whether it talked about going to the grocery store or starting a new painting. Tomorrow you'll be brave, fear whispered. Tomorrow you'll be normal. Just give me today. That was how fear stole whole lives away.

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#21. Her father didn't know the half of her problems. Nobody did. Nobody ever would. She couldn't let anyone find out just how crazy she was, the secret she kept. She would fight her way out of that dark hole somehow. She had to, or it would swallow her for good.

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#22. She could live without her past. She was better off without her past. But Ian couldn't live without his heart.

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#23. Of all the shades of red, she hated the wet, sticky brightness of crimson the most.

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#24. Why did you do that?" she asked, weakly, but, hey, the fact that she could talk at all was a minor miracle.
"You needed to be kissed."
For some reason, the tone of masculine satisfaction in his voice needled her. "I needed it? Really?"
"Fine, I needed it.

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#25. I get it. Artists are introverts. If you were out there socializing all the time, you wouldn't have time to contemplate and create. I have artists who are social butterflies. I'm not making a lot of money off them." She paused.

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#26. The Potomac had taken away Linda and the boys.
The Rio Negro had given him Daniela.
One river had swallowed his heart; another river, halfway around the world, had gifted it back. A different heart, beaten up, scarred, but a beating heart at least.

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#27. he had a strong premonition that ship had already sailed, been set on fire by pirates and sunk into the sea.

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#28. I love you more than piranhas love chicken wings.

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#29. For some, their endless potential can be more frightening than their shortcomings,

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#30. He kissed her dizzy, then lifted her. She wrapped her legs around his waisst as he kissed his way down her neck.
"Make love to me," she whispered. "Like I'm a full-grown woman."
He pulled back to look at her. "As opposed to...?

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#31. Nothing woke up a man as quickly in the morning as a scorpion in his pants.

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#32. I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him.
"Don't hurt yourself trying.

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