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“Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty.”

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The story delves into the complex relationship between a mother and her son, focusing on the aftermath of a tragic event and the mother's introspection on her role in her child's life. more

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Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver is a British journalist born on May 18, 1957. She is known for her unique writing style and profound insights into social issues. more

“First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rusack. In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending.”

Source: The Things They Carried

“Just so you know, I’m goin’ to enlist.” “I’m proud of you. But why?” I groan against the pain but manage to give him a half smile. “I want to make sure Kiara’s got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.”

Knows Want Giving Pain Faces Half Proud Offers Angel Hot Manage Proud Of You

Author:Simone Elkeles

“Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.”

Asks Loses Kissing Ego Daughter Window Yeah Ask Me Kiss Me

Book:Rules of Attraction

Source: Rules of Attraction

“That’s not the only reason I’m stayin’, chica. I can’t leave you any more than I could walk out that door right now while my leg is busted up. I was just thinkin’ . . . should we tell your parents now or later?” “Tell them what?” I ask, eyes wide. He kisses me softly, then says proudly, “That we’re in a serious, monogamous, committed relationship.” “We are?” “Sí. And when I get out of here, I’m gonna fix the door to your car.”

Should I Can Reason Eye Asks Parent Walks Doors Car Serious Right Now Kissing Committed Legs Wide Kiss Me Busted Committed Relationship

Author:Simone Elkeles

“I can almost picture the disciples faces. "No, not the drink-my-blood speech! We'll never get on the list of fastest-growing movements if you keep asking them to eat you!”

Ifs I Can Faces Growing Blood Movement Drink Speech Asking Lists Disciple Encouraging

Author:David Platt

“My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.”

Jesus Walks Radical Obedience Settling Biggest Fear Jesus Words

Author:David Platt

“And I’m yours,” I tell him. “Forever and always and then some.”

Forever

Book:Rules of Attraction

Source: Rules of Attraction

“There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.”

Ifs World Way Humans Wells Might Dies Turns Found Chance Answers Race Dying Willing Human Race Worth Living Better Than You Membership Willing To Die Love Freedom

Author:Mercedes Lackey

“Love can do all but raise the Dead I doubt if even that From such a giant were withheld Were flesh equivalent But love is tired and must sleep, And hungry and must graze And so abets the shining Fleet Till it is out of gaze.”

Ifs Can Do Sleep Love Is Doubt Raises Tired Shining Flesh Hungry Giants Abet

Book:Emily Dickinson

Source: Emily Dickinson

“Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time.”

Amount Ridiculous Eleven

Book:It: 2

Source: It: 2

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