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Licensed, regulated, taxed, safe. People pay for therapy, for physical training," he added, nodding at the board. "For spiritual guidance, and so on and so on. People pay for all manner of basic needs, and others train to provide those needs. Sex is a basic need."
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I've already explained
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every day started off with sex and waffles, people would maybe be less inclined to kill each other.
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is high praise.
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Our differences are only skin deep, but our sames go down to the bone.
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Creative people study other people; and music is a science as much as an art, an emotion as much as a science.
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she loved fall the best because its breezes were summer heat wrapped in cold, as opposed to spring, which was winter cold veneered with warmth.
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Vicious women are so attractive. Did you say you had a couple of hours?
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No, prudent people didn't leave their feelings hanging out; didn't leave themselves vulnerable.
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No one ever says you're being judgmental if you think something is right or good or healthy. Only the opposite--only if you don't like it and only if they do like it.
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on the site you plan to hit, it's going to beef up security." "But we'd be looking for a killer. Not a thief."
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She glanced down at the cat bumping his head
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being alone. He wanted a woman
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not at the same time--on insomnia.
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dirge swelled, then without warning, he turned his head,
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if you gave the media any part of yourself, it squeezed it, twisted it, and wrung it dry.
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It's in them anyway.
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When she lay curled against him, her skin dewed from passion, there was still that small, cold place inside of her where the heat hadn't quite reached.
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foreshadowing
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He lifted his glass, smiled over the rim at Eve. And when someone said his name, and he glanced toward them, Eve saw something come into his eyes, just a flash of it. A something she'd only seen when he looked at her. It was gone, shuttered down into polite pleasure. But it had been there. Very slowly, Eve tracked her gaze over, and saw her.
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I want to give someone a job." "Doing what?" "That's the thing. I don't know. And actually, I want YOU to give someone a job." His eyebrows rose. "You want me to give someone a job doing... you don't know what?" "What's the point of having somebody who employs half the planet anyway if you can't say, 'Give this girl a job'?"
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But where do you go to get away from what's always there?
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It's a conflict of interest and we both know it. I'm putting your ass on the line with this." "Sorry to disagree, sir, but I'm in charge of my own ass. It's only on the line if I put it there." "So noted and appreciated."
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It's her high school--I'm sure of it, as I found this document as well." Roarke called up a blueprint of Hillary Clinton High School. "Certain classrooms, certain areas were highlighted, egresses marked." --
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See now I've got this image of some cock sitting at a swim-up bar at a resort, wearing sunshades and drinking one of those stupid drinks full of fruit and paper umbrellas." "Aw, that's cute." "It's not cute. It's mildly scary. Or disgusting. I'm not sure which. Both."
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He equates his worth with his penis, and also uses it as a weapon." "Okay, now I see it wearing a gold chain and toting a blaster. Stop now."
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The place smelled like an incense farm married to a flower shop.
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Nothing legal makes you feel that good, honey. Or that mean. And she was feeling good and mean.
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This guy knows his electronics, so he took basic precautions with his personal data, but--take a hike, She-Body, this is my area.
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color as
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Whitney's giving a push on Russo. We'll
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I thought it was 'innocent until proven guilty'' "That's just one of the bigger lies we live by."
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You didn't make lieutenant without wading through, and learning to cut through, the usual crap.
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sure bet, the crowd hadn't packed the
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All right, team." Randa lifted the tent between Mavis's legs. "Positions." "Why is this my position?" Eve demanded when she was maneuvered to the bottom of the bed."
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Peabody wandered off, scanning the entertainment units lining the wall, wondering what it would be like to be able to afford any amusement available: music, art, video, holograms, VR, meditation chambers, games. Play a set of tennis with the latest Wimbeldon champ, dance with a hologram of Fred Astaire,
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the 'link tree over. We did the
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She needed, he knew, the human touch. His touch. It humbled him that she found strength there. That what they found in each other steadied them both. Soft here, and tender, to reaffirm who they were, what they'd beaten back. And would always beat back together.
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Purity in Death Portrait in Death Imitation in Death Divided in Death Visions in Death Survivor in Death Origin in Death Memory in Death Born in Death Innocent in Death Creation in Death Strangers in Death Salvation in Death Promises in Death Kindred in Death Fantasy in Death Indulgence in Death Treachery in Death New York to Dallas Celebrity in Death Delusion in Death Calculated in Death Thankless in Death Concealed in Death Festive in Dea..
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TITLES BY J. D. ROBB Naked in Death Glory in Death Immortal in Death Rapture in Death Ceremony in Death Vengeance in Death Holiday in Death Conspiracy in Death Loyalty in Death Witness in Death Judgment in Death Betrayal in Death Seduction in Death Reunion in Death
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And don't climb on your golden horse with me, Roarke. Don't you even start. That would be 'high horse,' Lieutenant.
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eve-ism
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think people like her--like Pandora and Young and Redford--are incredibly arrogant. They've got money, looks, a certain amount of power and prestige. It makes them feel above the law.
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She's saying she doesn't know how to play football!" Absolute shock vibrated in his voice. "And she's heart-stopping serious!"
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She could damage the glossy image - and did when she dug up the dirt. It's why the viewers clung to the screen - for the gloss and the dirt. She could be fearless in exposing icons. It's not surprising someone violently objected. Icons have fans, after all, and the word is short for .
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You were never what he wanted you to be. And more than even I hoped. In weak moments, I might credit the lieutenant for some of that.
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