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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c84e7c2 | nevertheless. | Anna Adams | ||
| 5bfb711 | pitch | Anna Adams | ||
| 993219c | All was right with the world. ***** | Anna Adams | ||
| 5a7ee85 | Gospel music. Gospel music is a very good example of what I've been saying. It comes from the Negro spirituals African-American slaves used to sing while working in the cotton fields." He swiftly changed the tune to a slower pace, starting the notes of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." "In their songs, African-American slaves expressed their suffering and hope for a future deliverance." He changed the tune again and wore a sullen expression start.. | Anna Adams | ||
| 6901620 | Mrs. Ruchet, who never considered her as anything other than a housekeeper, a baby-sitter for her twins, and of course, her personal maid. | Anna Adams | ||
| f1e18b6 | This is la vie en rose | Anna Adams | ||
| ccb22b0 | She took her red pen and added a 1 in front of the 5, thus turning a 5 into an excellent 15. Nothing was going to keep her from that trip. Mr. Ruchet looked up as Maude entered his study. She advanced quickly looking a little uneasy, which Mr. Ruchet barely noticed as he was very busy making sure that the Law prevailed. She put her test in front of him. He took the paper and looked at it long and hard. Looked back at her, saw that she was t.. | Anna Adams | ||
| 3d3f6f6 | Life was beautiful. | Anna Adams | ||
| 4e7f24f | Oh, mais qu'est-ce que tu peux etre bete! Tu te rends compte de ce que tu viens de faire, espece d'idiot! Comment est-ce que je vais aller a ma reunion maintenant? On venait de m'acheter ce manteau, bon sang! Quoi! En plus, tu te marres! | Anna Adams | ||
| c1b49ec | THE MORNING AFTER THE storm, the air was chilly, and the town of Carvin was filled with an unearthly atmosphere. The sun, on this new autumn day was gradually creeping through the shadows, renewing the world with its ancient light. | Anna Adams | ||
| 736de71 | Her only motivation in life, her reason for waking up every morning was the dream she secretly harbored. | Anna Adams | ||
| 3a703e5 | Which way is the canteen?" asked Maude. The four teenagers stared at her puzzled, then" | Anna Adams | ||
| 093a47d | have been hurt by Peter's lack of manners at dinner. "So, are we going or what?" asked Jazmine, snapping Matt and Cynthia out of their thoughts, both of them thinking they were the cause for Maude's coldness, when actually, only one of them was right. "Yeah, let's go," Matt answered, tearing his eyes away from the door through which Maude had just left. When Maude heard the front door slam, she sighed in relief and went to the piano, not" | Anna Adams | ||
| af4b4da | Until that day in October 1995 when we received that fateful letter. Aaron and his wife, Danielle Williams, had been killed. | Anna Adams | ||
| a6750ed | Oh, mais qu'est-ce que tu peux etre bete! Tu te rends compte de ce que tu viens de faire, espece d'idiot! Comment est-ce que je vais aller a ma reunion maintenant? On venait de m'acheter ce manteau, bon sang! Quoi! En plus, tu te marres!" she shrieked. (Transl. "How can you be so stupid? Do you realize what you've just done? How am I supposed to go my meeting now? I just bought this coat! And you're laughing! You have some nerve!")" | Anna Adams | ||
| c93c631 | Music is everywhere," Maude said softly. "It is in the water, in the wind's hum, in the bird's cry, in the boat's horn. Rhythm surrounds us. That is one of life's greatest gifts." "I" | Anna Adams | ||
| 22b9a5c | Truth is a rare object. Human beings search for it like a rare metal, like silver or gold. They dig deep into the ground trying to unearth its mysterious forms. They rush towards it when they mistakenly believe they've found its bewitching glint, learning the hard way that alas, not all that glitters is gold. And even when they find the precious stone, they are disappointed, the rush of searching for it being more worthwhile than the discov.. | Anna Adams | ||
| 7a12435 | You're my light. Your smile, your voice, just watching you sleep. You give me more than a reason to keep fighting, you give me a reason to keep breathing." "Adam." | Anna Hackett | ||
| daa7841 | you know how to spot a shooting star in the midst of a starlit sky. | Anna Adams | ||
| d0b2b88 | A piano is like a friend to me," she explained slowly, carefully choosing her words. "We are in sync. It never betrays me or makes fun of me. I cannot say the same about human beings." | Anna Adams | ||
| 6e8767e | Her voice rang out as clear as water from a fountain and wavered with deep emotion as the song washed away her doubt, drowned her insecurities, and melted her pain into a beautiful, calm river of hope. Maude | Anna Adams | ||
| 8b68bc3 | Her voice rang out as clear as water from a fountain and wavered with deep emotion as the song washed away her doubt, drowned her insecurities, and melted her pain into a beautiful, calm river of hope. | Anna Adams | ||
| 2ae652b | Finding out about a lost niece, raised by wolves in the jungle of a remote French town was weird to say the least. Ordinary for all, but the Joneses, like the strand of hair sticking out from a tight bun, the red eyes that stood out from a Polaroid picture. | Anna Adams | ||
| 274aa13 | You do understand what I mean!" he exclaimed, pleased to see Maude responding to his song. "I chose Nina Simone to show you something else. Just like you, Nina Simone had a classical background. When she was younger, she wanted to become a concert pianist. Her skill was beyond measure and she used it in a wide repertoire of jazz, blues, and R&B songs. And I think you can do the same. Music knows no limits and I truly understand why James in.. | Anna Adams | ||
| 17984b8 | I know your type. And I know you would smash my heart to little pieces. I don't want to end up looking like the twenty plates I handled tonight, | Anna Adams | ||
| 19cc303 | They looked at me as if I was telling them we'd found aliens on Mars when I told them that you were talented. I've never seen anything like it. Most parents are proud of their offspring and see their progeny as prodigy. I usually have to tone them down, not the other way around." "The Ruchets aren't my parents," | Anna Adams | ||
| 158e606 | Matt heaved a deep sigh of relief. "I thought you'd never ask," he answered. Then he kissed her, and the bright, shimmering lights that illuminated the city exploded in a joyous, dancing array of fireworks." | Anna Adams | ||
| 5e72e13 | What Maude didn't know but found out soon enough, was that ten minutes were never just ten minutes in a subway breakdown in New York City. | Anna Adams | ||
| 5439b50 | This is what hell looks like, she thought. | Anna Adams | ||
| 4620369 | They both felt the void left by the absence of a mother's love. Was it better to miss a mother's warm embrace or to never have known it? Maude wondered, feeling closer to him than she'd ever felt before | Anna Adams | ||
| 26abfc4 | I hope you're not seasick," Matt said, leaning over the rail. "I hope you'll be able to swim back to the shore if I push you over the rail," Maude replied. "It would be such a tragic loss for the world if I were to drown. Picture the headlines 'Eighteen-Year-Old Pop Sensation Murdered by a Crazy Fan.'" "Need I remind you that I am not a fan?" "You made that perfectly clear, but that's not how the tabloids will see it." | Anna Adams | ||
| d118fab | The teachers then announced three hours of free time before the departure at nine p.m. at Notre-Dame. | Anna Adams | ||
| 3bc89b9 | She isn't at all like Cinderella in the Disney version who just waits for her Prince Charming. | Anna Adams | ||
| a554bf3 | No." He felt her shudder against him but she didn't make a sound as she grieved. "You are not alone, Harper Adams of Earth." | Anna Hackett | ||
| 15f4349 | The bare elms, dressed in a white robe of ice crystals, showed the way in an enchanting alley resembling a pathway to an elfin world. | Anna Adams | ||
| b1083b5 | Deceivingly, Miss Neville, the word vodka means 'little water.' The Russians are masters of the understatement." - Lord Nash" | humor romance | Liz Carlyle | |
| b66befb | Number Four Whitehall was rather like a gristmill, with more work to grind out than wanted weighing, and Napier was booked from now until death with meetings, appointments, and general government arse kissing. | Liz Carlyle | ||
| bbca980 | carefully pulled himself up to look into the horizontal ventilation | Stella Rimington | ||
| cb81c4d | Greeting the security staff, Mackay led Liz through the atrium into a busy and attractive restaurant. The tablecloths were white linen, the silver and glassware shone, and the dark panorama of the Thames was framed by a curtained sweep of plate glass. Most of the tables were occupied. The muted buzz of conversation dipped for a moment as they entered. Leaving her coat at the desk, Liz followed Mackay to a table overlooking the river. "This .. | Stella Rimington | ||
| f4eda4f | job to remember everything. But the lady was a conundrum wrapped in an enigma. Alas, Napier loved nothing better | Liz Carlyle | ||
| 6353021 | Gibbons came trotting out of the dressing room with Nash's best evening clothes draped over his arm, whistling a merry tune--always a bad sign. "What are you doing with those?" Nash asked suspiciously. "Checking for moths," replied the valet testily. "We go to Brierwood next week, you will recall." "Not in that rig." "But there is to be a ball," sniffed Gibbons. "I had it from Mr. Hayden-Worth. Honestly, if I waited for you to tell me anyth.. | Liz Carlyle | ||
| e359364 | Here conversation about Judith Spratt was not on the menu, since they sat surrounded by Fellows of the College. Most of them seemed to be men--somewhat to Liz's surprise, since her view of Somerville had been formed by Dorothy Sayers's Gaudy Night. | Stella Rimington | ||
| 5db1775 | A few months ago, at the end of a very stressful period both at work and in her private life, she had sat down and thought about what changes might make her happier. pg15 | stress-relief | Stella Rimington | |
| 4acc131 | his community. He lived to serve the citizens of tiny Broomtail County, Colorado, and he would do just about anything for his constituents. But a bachelor auction? No way would he agree to be a prize in one of those. Being raffled off to the highest bidder was beneath his dignity. Plus, he would have to go out with the winner. Seth hadn't gone out with anyone in almost four years. And way back when he did go out, it hadn't been with a woman.. | Christine Rimmer |