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“I am heartbroken, but I have been heartbroken before, and this might be the best for which I can hope.”

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Daniel Handler, born on February 28, 1970, is an accomplished American author known for his unique literary style and thought-provoking themes. His works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things.”

World Way Looks Made Eye Earth Wonder Saws

Book:The Sun Also Rises

Source: The Sun Also Rises

“She chews her lip, staring into my eyes. "Okay... Why did you kiss me in Austin?" I laugh softly and she frowns. "Sorry. That one's too easy." My gaze flicks to her mouth and back. "I'd wanted to kiss you ever since Quinton suggested playing spin the bottle, and by that night in your room, I'd run out of willpower to fight it.”

Eye Running Wanted Night Fighting Easy Rooms Laughing Kissing Mouths Okay Sorry Lips Staring Bottles Willpower Kiss Me Austin Your Room

Book:Between the Lines: The Complete Series

Source: Between the Lines: The Complete Series

“I miss you Emma." I'm not sure, but it looks like her eyes tear up. "I was fine for months without you," she says, the words hushed and forlorn. "Why does it hurt now?" I'm sighing and shoving a hand through my hair, which I know from experience leaves strands of it stabbing out in numerous directions, defiant and crazy-looking. Maybe crazy is exactly how I feel. "Because now we have hope of something more.”

Knows Feels Looks Doe Hands Eye Hurt Crazy Missing Tears Hair Fine Months Not Sure Her Eyes It Hurts Without You Having Hope Like Her Strands Emma Forlorn Stabbing

Book:Where You Are

Source: Where You Are

“Each evening, I ached for the shelter of my tent, for the smallest sense that something was shielding me from the entire rest of the world, keeping me safe not from danger, but from vastness itself. I loved the dim, clammy dark of my tent, the cozy familiarity of the way I arranged my few belongings all around me each night.”

World Way Night Dark Danger Safe Evening Belonging Shelter Smallest Familiarity Tents Vastness Cozy

Book:Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

Source: Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

“What I know is, you have chance in life--of surviving it--if you tolerate loss well; manage not to be a cynic through it all; to subordinate, as Ruskin implied, to keep proportion, to connect the unequal things into a whole that preserves the good, even if admittedly good is often not simple to find.”

Ifs Knows Wells Whole Chance Loss Simple Manage Preserves Proportion Tolerate Surviving Subordinates Cynic Implied Chances In Life

Book:Canada

Source: Canada

“Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.”

Heart Hands Magic Beats Truest

Book:Nora Roberts' Three Sisters Island Trilogy

Source: Nora Roberts' Three Sisters Island Trilogy

“Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.”

Said Play Tough Cards Folds Mia Cards You're Dealt

Book:Heaven and Earth

Source: Heaven and Earth

“She wasn't speaking to me - in the juvenile, petty sense of the phrase.”

Phrases Petty Juvenile

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“Look at me, Emma." Her eyes are full, the lids heavy. "Graham," she breathes. "I need you to hear me." Cradling her head in my hands, thumbs sweeping her tears away, I stare into her eyes. "I belong to you. There is no one else. All I want is to be where you are.”

Want Needs Looks Hands Eye Tears Heavy Breathe Staring Where You Are Her Eyes Look At Me Need You Thumbs Sweeping Emma I Need You

Author:Tammara Webber

“Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.”

Singing Flags Suspicious Treason Anthem

Author:Terry Pratchett

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