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• He raised his brows. "You're drunk." "Am not!" He gave me a bland look. "A drunk's famous last words before they fall flat on their face.

  J. Lynn

  Fall, Drunk, Looks

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• He raised his eyes. "Sister. See. This time I knew you." Asha's heart skipped a beat. "Theon?" His lips skinned back in what might have been a grin. Half his teeth were gone, and half those still left him were broken and splintered. "Theon," he repeated. "My name is Theon. You have to know your name.

  George R. R. Martin

  Heart, Eye, Names

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• Raziel's sixty feet tall?" "Actually, he's only fifty-nine feet tall, but he likes to exaggerate," said Magnus. Isabelle clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Valentine raised an angel in his cellar. I don't see why you need all this space - " "Because Valentine is just WAY MORE AWESOME than me.

  Cassandra Clare

  Valentine, Angel, Feet

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• A single raised eyebrow. "You've defected, sweetheart. No use worrying about the big, bad wolf now." She was aware of Judd speaking, but her attention never shifted off the man who was a predator, for all that he wore human skin. When he peeled open and held out a bar of some kind, she took it, aware low energy levels could be dangerous when it came to her ability to keep a handle on the cold fire. "Thank you." A faint smile, a strange amusement in those icy eyes. "You're welcome." It was the most polite interaction they'd ever had.

  Nalini Singh

  Eye, Men, Fire

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• Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. And there is a beauty that brevity alone provides.” He dropped his gaze, then raised it to hers. “I would give you everything of myself,” he said. “I would give you more in two weeks than most men would give you in a lifetime.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Eye, Men

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.

  Cassandra Clare

  Violin, Bows, Shoulders

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.552, Simon and Schuster

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• Vanity, right?" Nash reappeared in the living room with an open bag of potato chips. "I nominate my venerable brother. He likes to play hero, and one look at him should establish the vanity angle." "Nash!" I really shouldn't have been surprised by the dig. But I was. "What?" He raised one brow at me in challenge. "It's okay to call me jealous, but not to call him vain?" "Awareness of one's obvious advantages doesn't imply vanity," Tod insisted calmly. Nash turned on him. "Does it imply narcissism?" Tod huffed. "This coming from the guy who owns more hair products than his girlfriend.

  Rachel Vincent

  Girlfriend, Brother, Hero

  Rachel Vincent (2014). “Soul Screamers: Volume 4”, p.33, Harlequin

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• How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. Obviously, I'm here to rescue you. Don't I look like Sir Galahad?" He raised his arms dramatically. "My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure---

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Heart, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Either one of you kill him, or I will.” Shade, Wraith and Kynan raised their hands to volunteer. How special. Brotherly love ran like syrup in the room.

  Larissa Ione

  Hands, Volunteer, Special

  Larissa Ione (2010). “Ecstasy Unveiled”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• Rocket," I said, straightening in the chair. "Donovan was just helping me with my contacts." Donovan raised his brows humorously. Rocket furrowed his. "Did you swallow them?

  Darynda Jones

  Rockets, Helping, Chairs

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.243, Macmillan

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• You expect me to believe that you're being held against your will?" I raised a skeptical eyebrow. "You're roaming around the castle freely." "As are you." He turned away from me then. "Not all prisons have bars. You should know that better than anyone, Princess.

  Amanda Hocking

  Believe, Princess, Roaming Around

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.238, Pan Macmillan

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• You see, I want a lot. Perhaps I want everything the darkness that comes with every infinite fall and the shivering blaze of every step up. So many live on and want nothing And are raised to the rank of prince By the slippery ease of their light judgments But what you love to see are faces that do work and feel thirst. You love most of all those who need you as they need a crowbar or a hoe. You have not grown old, and it is not too late To dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Fall, Light, Hoe

  Rainer Maria Rilke (1981). “Selected Poems”

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• I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand.

  Jacqueline Carey

  Hands, Fool, Claims

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• Hey, I liked my idea of bringer her along, but you already vetoed that idea, so now I'm resorting to Plan B, which is to interrogate her. And I am really looking forward to it. I used to play a game called interrogation with one of my old girlfriends where we-" "That's enough." Cinder raised her hand, silencing him.

  Marissa Meyer

  Girlfriend, Hands, Games

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• Like most people raised on American movies, I have poor access to my emotions, but can banter like a motherfucker.

  Josh Bazell

  People, Emotion, Poor

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• I buried her on the shore," he whispered as Fireheart padded up and sat down beside him. "She loved the river." He raised his head to where the first stars of Silverpelt were beginning to appear. "She hunts with StarClan now," he mewed softly. "Someday I'll find her again, and we'll be together.

  Erin Hunter

  Stars, Rivers, Together

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• Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark.

  Stephen King

  Memories, Dark, Voice

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.478, Simon and Schuster

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• I love you Rush Finlay. You are going to be the best husband and father the world has ever known. One day our son’s wife will be thankful that her husband will have had you for a role model. She’ll be lucky because of you. Because you will have raised our son to be the man that you are. He’ll love her completely because he’ll know how.

  Abbi Glines

  Husband, Father, Love You

  Abbi Glines (2014). “The Fallen Too Far Trilogy: Includes Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far and Forever Too Far”, p.450, Simon and Schuster

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• As Kylie buried her head on the camp leader's shoulder, she heard Burnett scold, "I thought I told you to wait at the camp." Kylie felt Holiday tense at the reprimand, and then she raised her head. "And I thought you knew I don't follow anyone's orders." "Does anyone listen to me around here?" Burnett asked, his frustration making his tone sound almost comical. "Obviously not," one of the FRU agents said, and chuckled.

  C.C. Hunter

  Holiday, Frustration, Order

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• I'd been raised by my parents to believe barfing your feelings on other people was the height of impoliteness.

  Stephen King

  Believe, People, Parent

  Stephen King (2014). “Joyland”, p.64, Titan Books

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• Clearing his throat, Kai murmured, "You have no idea how to dance, do you?" Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. "I'm a mechanic." His eyebrows raised mockingly. "Believe me, I noticed. Are those grease stains on the gloves I gave you?

  Marissa Meyer

  Believe, Eyebrows, Ideas

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• Will you still want me if I'm poor, Kat?" "What kind of question is that?" "No. Seriously. You're the planner. Simon's the genius. The Bagshaws are the muscle. And Gabrielle is . . . Gabrielle. But what am I, Kat? I'm the guy who writes the checks." "No. You're the most naturally gifted inside man I have ever seen. And I was raised by Bobby Bishop." She made him look into her eyes. "I don't care about your money.

  Ally Carter

  Eye, Writing, Men

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• Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Morning, Dad, School

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• Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do an extra side project on unreliable narrators." Devon Arliss raised her hand. "what does that mean?" Ezra strode around the room. "well, the narrator tells us the story in the book, right? But what if... the narrator isn't telling us the truth? Maybe he's telling us his skewed version of the story to get you on his side. Or to scare you. Or maybe he's crazy!

  Sara Shepard

  Crazy, Book, Reading

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• [Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.

  Michael Grant

  Real, Interesting, Parent

  Michael Grant (2014). “Gone Series Complete Collection: Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, Fear, Light”, p.113, Harper Collins

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