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“I glanced up at Zay, then walked over to stand next to him. "You look good with a baby in your arms," he murmured. I took his hand, careful with his fingers that were still wrapped in tape. "Don't get your hopes up, Jones. I'm not the settling-down type." "Want to bet on that?" he asked. "Sure." I made a fist; so did he. We pumped three times. I threw paper. Zayvion threw scissors. I'd lost. Startled, I looked up at him. "Two out of three?" Zay grinned. So did I.”

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Devon Monk

Devon Monk is a science fiction and fantasy writer known for his unique imagination and rich world-building. The exact birth and death dates are unknown. more

“But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.”

Knows Littles Stills Sometimes Water Grief Feet Walking Wave Enormous Fierce Flood Quench

Book:Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage

Source: Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage

“You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able to hear through a stethoscope that somebody was empty inside.”

Thinking Would Be Able School Empty Medical Medical School Stethoscope

Book:The Tenth Circle: A Novel

Source: The Tenth Circle: A Novel

“As soon as a man and woman of almost any age are alone together within four walls it is assumed that anything may happen. Spontaneous combustion, instant fornication, triumph of the senses. What possibilities men and women must see in each other to infer such dangers. Or, believing in the dangers, how often they must think about the possibilities.”