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“He took a hairpin out of my untidy hair (by now my complicated arrangement of ringlets must have looked as if a couple of birds had been nesting there); he took a strand of it and wound it around his finger. With his other hand he began stroking my face, and then he bent down and kissed me again, this time very cautiously. I closed my eyes - and the same thing happened as before: my brain suffered that delicious break in transmission.”

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Kerstin Gier

Kerstin Gier is a German author renowned for her young adult fantasy novels, particularly the 'Time Traveler' series. Born in 1966, she graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with a degree in German literature. more

“He bent, lips coming to mine and — 'Derek? Chloe?' It was Kit, opening the back door. Derek let out a low growl. 'Never fails.' I turned to Kit. 'How is she?' 'We’re going to take her back to the house now. She’s unconscious again.' 'Then we’ll walk back,' Derek said. 'Give you room in the van to lay her down.' His dad agreed and went back inside. As we walked toward the steps, I looked down at Derek’s hand, holding mine. 'No one’s around,' he said. 'And we can take the back way.' 'Good,' I said, and entwined my fingers with his.”

Way Giving Said Hands House Walks Rooms Steps Failing Doors Mines Dad Lows Lays Fingers Lips Opening Unconscious Bent Vans Chloe Back Doors Entwined Hand Holding

Author:Kelley Armstrong

“Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.”

Cutting Habit Organs Bad Habits

Author:Herbert M. Shelton

“The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings.”

World Littles Book Dream Sides Dark Horror Lays Atmosphere Select Dark Side

Book:The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories – Ultimate Horror Classics Collection: From one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories, known for The Willows, The Wendigo, Jimbo, The Human Chord, The Education of Uncle Paul, John Silence, The Listener and Other Stories…

Source: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories – Ultimate Horror Classics Collection: From one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories, known for The Willows, The Wendigo, Jimbo, The Human Chord, The Education of Uncle Paul, John Silence, The Listener and Other Stories…

“When I am with you, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. And I am a person who always wants to be somewhere else.”

Want Persons Somewhere Else

Book:How They Met and Other Stories

Source: How They Met and Other Stories

“He rocked in the swells, floating like the first germ of life adrift on the earth's cooling seas, formless macule of plasm trapped in a vapor drop and all creation yet to come.”

Firsts Earth Sea Creation Trapped Floating Germs Vapor Cooling Adrift

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. just last week, I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.”