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70f97fa We had trust, yes, but the practicalities hadn't changed. Our lives were thousands of miles apart, and our dreams didn't seem to be any closer together either. Something would have to give. Or rather, one of us would have to give Jane Harvey-Berrick
f95cf8f I drove without a destination, idly wondering what problems troubled other drivers locked in their glass and metal worlds, individual and isolated. Were they pondering the meaning of life, itemizing shopping lists in their heads, or simply idling in traffic, minds full of happy non-thoughts? Jane Harvey-Berrick
5bc8aef He was apologizing, I knew, but it would have been nice to hear the words, just once. "You hurt me," I said quietly. He kissed the top of my head, . "You embarrassed me in front of those people." Another kiss, "We're supposed to be a team: if you've got a plan, you should tell me about it." And I felt his lips against my forehead. " Jane Harvey-Berrick
7b1ad9f No, I'm just allergic to cheating trollops--it makes me break out in sarcasm. Jane Harvey-Berrick
fe8a1e2 Kes gave me his shy smile again and my heart was captured from that moment. I didn't know it then; I didn't understand what it meant, but whenever I looked at him, my skin felt warm, like my own personal sun was shining just for me. Jane Harvey-Berrick
29a9c0f I had two weeks of memories that shone as insubstantial as my dreams, and fifty long weeks to wait for my life to start again. Jane Harvey-Berrick
7445c4a This way, princess," and he ushered me inside. I plopped down into the enormous captain's chair, staring at a dashboard that looked like it belonged on the Starship Enterprise. Kes pushed a button and the engine roared into life. "I can't believe you're here," he grinned at me. "Neither can I!" His smile dimmed. "I've waited a long time for this," he said. Then he leaned across, gripping the back of my head as he kissed me thoroughly... Jane Harvey-Berrick
d940e3f We were all like that in the carnival - mongrels who didn't call any place home, but everywhere was our kingdom and the road was our right. Jane Harvey-Berrick
46c182f The world was a hard place and she needed someone to look out for her. I just wished that she hadn't picked me. Jane Harvey-Berrick
1627402 You build walls so high, it feels like you'll never tear them down, and you don't want to either, because walls protect you." "Do...do you feel like that...with me?" Her voice was so soft I could barely hear her. "No, Sara. You took a wrecking ball through those walls." Jane Harvey-Berrick
32b0207 I'd seen little chunks of light from the dark, somber man that I'd met, but once I'd broken through his impressive walls, he blazed with his own light, his own heat, and the incredible warmth of his kindness. Jane Harvey-Berrick
33d73b0 The world is changing and maybe traveling carnivals won't survive ... but people will always need a little magic in their lives. Jane Harvey-Berrick
cb738b1 May the lights never dim. May the Wheel never stop turning. May the road never end. May the ride go on forever... Jane Harvey-Berrick
c4c49c9 I stared at him doubtfully. The boy I'd known would never have hurt me--but he was long gone. I didn't know who Sebastian was anymore--he was a stranger. Jane Harvey-Berrick
8d9c025 E bello essere parte di qualcosa. E lo stesso motivo per cui amo insegnare. Mi piace essere parte della scuola, parte di un gruppo. Mi piace avere la mia classe attorno, i miei bambini, e insegnare loro nel modo che voglio, anche se devo seguire il programma e questo e davvero noioso. Tuttavia essere parte di qualcosa e importante. Jane Harvey-Berrick
7d94afb I was looking at her. I felt grateful to be here: this woman, this time, this place. Second chances didn't come any better. Jane Harvey-Berrick
87b73bf I had no illusions about my role. Prince Charming with a price tag. I was the fantasy lover and like all fantasies, I vanished before dawn. Jane Harvey-Berrick
b0edfe3 I haven't dated in a long time, Laura, for obvious reasons. But I want that - with you. Laura Anderson, may I take you to dinner? Jane Harvey-Berrick
b55b332 I'm terrified of you." "Hallen?" "I've never done this before." "What do you mean?" "Made love. Never. Only fucking. And I don't know what to do." Jane Harvey-Berrick
233cda5 What do you want, Hallen? You've been at everyone else's beck and call for years - what do you want? Jane Harvey-Berrick
e388d00 I felt curiously adrift, as if the ties to my life were unraveling one by one. Jane Harvey-Berrick
9c7b25b When a woman turns forty she is no longer young, but not yet old. Jane Harvey-Berrick
0289783 Honey, if you're not sure it was a date, then it wasn't. A guy has to ask you on a date for it to be a date. It's different from just hanging out together. Jane Harvey-Berrick
fbf4aca My most precious memories were closely guarded secrets and I only looked at them occasionally, taking them out of my Pandora's Box of the past, to treasure and enjoy, then carefully replace and lock away. As the years passed, I looked less and less; because, perhaps, I felt there was more to look forward to. And this was new. Jane Harvey-Berrick
3e8ba06 I've met a lot of right men ... but it seems as if it's the wrong man that I'm attracted to. Jane Harvey-Berrick
1932dd3 You're so ugly that when you were born, I heard that the doctor slapped your momma. Jane Harvey-Berrick
697f600 Erotic is...when I use a feather ... Kinky is when you use the whole chicken. Jane Harvey-Berrick
1c58499 Why are you here, TC? I don't mean in this shitty little town...why are you here with me?" "Because I like you." Jane Harvey-Berrick
c044f3f I you," I stated. "I like you" He raised an eyebrow. "You like me?" I smiled at him and turned away, my eyes closing. Slowly, I let my hand creep towards his, our fingers twining together. "?Yes, I like you," I repeated simply. There was a be3at of silence, then he said, "Your Dad isn't going to like..." "No, he isn't." "And Kes isn't going to..." "Probably not." "And I'll be travelling..." "I know." "And you'll be in San Francisco..... Jane Harvey-Berrick
7b28776 We're on two different roads, TC. Crossing paths was an accident, but it's not meant to be." ... "Can't we make our own road, choose our own path?" Jane Harvey-Berrick
b6b4749 Won't you even try?" He closed his eyes, a pained look on his face. "Is that really what you want, Terra? A guy like me?" I shook my head. "No, Tucker. I don't want a guy you. I want you." Jane Harvey-Berrick
f9fad11 I don't know if I can be the man you need, Tera," he said, his voice dropping to a whisper. "I don't know anything about the kind of upbringing you've had ... I don't think I'm enough for you, but fuck it, I'm going to try." Jane Harvey-Berrick
3187e57 What we've got...it's too good to throw it away without giving it our best shot. Jane Harvey-Berrick
3eee2c7 What am I going to do with you, tucker?" I grinned back at her. "Whatever you want, darlin'." Jane Harvey-Berrick
36c6198 Do I think I'm good enough for her? Hell no. Do I want her to give up her life to follow me around the country? No fucking way. But whatever she wants, I'll break every bone in my body to give it to her. Jane Harvey-Berrick
ff8fc93 It's a new day," he murmured against my flushed skin. "Let's just see where it takes us." -- Jane Harvey-Berrick
80a4d0f I don't know what this is, Maggie, what's happening here, but it feels good. Real good. And I don't want it to stop. I have absolutely no fucking control when I'm making love to you. And that's what I want to do. Right now. Jane Harvey-Berrick
414c470 We'll make it work," he said, a mixture of confidence and despair etched on his face. "If we both want it, we'll make it work." Jane Harvey-Berrick
8389046 He noted that although normally you associate Quality with objects, feelings of Quality sometimes occur without any object at all. This is what led him at first to think that maybe Quality is all subjective. But subjective pleasure wasn't what he meant by Quality either. Quality decreases subjectivity. Quality takes you out of yourself, makes you aware of the world around you. Quality is opposed to subjectivity. Robert M. Pirsig
4e9784d The mechanics in their attitude toward the machine were really taking no different attitude from the manual's toward the machine, or from the attitude I had when I brought it in there. We were all spectators. And it occurred to me there is no manual that deals with the real business of motorcycle maintenance, the most important aspect of all. Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted. Robert M. Pirsig
a6844c5 Parasites will be crushed I can taste your weakness crushing crushing crushing. Alex Jones
cc9baa4 that Quality was the effect of subjects and objects. It was not! He brought out his knife. "The sun of quality," he wrote, "does not revolve around the subjects and objects of our existence. It does not just passively illuminate them. It is not subordinate to them in any way. It has created them. They are subordinate to it!" Robert M. Pirsig
a95a274 You follow these little discrepancies long enough and they sometimes open up into huge revelations. Robert M. Pirsig
f2ef1a7 And the definition of that person, when he has rejected the mythos, Phaedrus said, is "insane." To" Robert M. Pirsig