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#1. I was never up four percent.

Michael Bennet

#2. Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied ...

Max Beerbohm

#3. But if all this time between them had taught him anything, it was that they were orbiting the same fate. Together, always together, even when physically apart.

Debra Anastasia

#4. Eve hugged him and whispered in his ear, "Careful. I'm fatal." He needed to remember that warning.
He whispered back, holding her hair so she couldn't squirm away, "Jesus. It's like you said that directly to my balls."
She laughed so hard at his unexpected reply.

Debra Anastasia

#5. Time was a villain who couldn't be forgotten, but infamy would last forever.

Debra Anastasia

#6. It felt real, seeing his friend like that. It was like a gift. He wasn't into spiritual bullshit, but damn. Damn. That Mouse had become his friend was a gift, but a curse as well. If he'd left that whole situation alone, would Mouse - would James - have had a better life? A different outcome?

Debra Anastasia

#7. We try to keep the beautiful memories, but other things from the past creep up on us.

Edwidge Danticat

#8. I am bewildered at the length to which people will go to portray me so negatively,

Michael Jackson

#9. That's because you hate parties," said Trevor. I corrected him. "I hate parties with more than 16 people, remember? It's an exact science," Trevor chuckled, the sound hitting me right in the pit of my stomach."The 16 person rule, I remember now. You were always specific about that number

L. H. Cosway

#10. Tyrannies have long lists of rights. What they do not have is structural restraints on the power of government.

Antonin Scalia

#11. I'm never opposed to sexual favors as payment." He wrapped her ponytail around his fist, leaning close to her ear.
"I'm too exhausted to kick your ass. Drop my hair. You know better.

Debra Anastasia

#12. Livia called out, "Slutenstien! I'm home."

"I'm up here, cock dribble," Kyle replied.

Debra Anastasia

#13. I promised in my head to leave you be. And when I saw you ... I was supposed to be man enough to turn you away. Fuck, I'm not a horny teenager. It's just you." He finally did stand. "You break me. You break everything I think I stand for.

Debra Anastasia

#14. Marriage was a goal. A family, for me as a young girl, was my image of what I hoped for. It was part of the big picture.

Demi Moore

#15. I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier.

Fritz Sauckel

#16. She was losing it. Needing to harden, hating that she was out of control and sloppy, she punched the leather. He needed to apologize. He needed to stop the fucking car and kiss her. She had to slap him. Eve didn't realize how badly she'd been craving this man.

Debra Anastasia

#17. His heart overflowed with good intentions but his fists felt best covered in blood.

Debra Anastasia

#18. I can't do this anymore if it's not with you. Fuck me straight to hell." ~Eve to Beckett

Debra Anastasia

#19. We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory ... of how we are taking responsibility.

Nancy Pelosi