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You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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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.
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Where did she come from, and where can I find one? Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price. Last one on the shelf, sorry.
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Up! you bag of bones! Magister? Gods i was hoping that was a dream....... You're disturbing Ms. Mirabil!!! She's awake!! North said, kicking off his covers and kneeling beside my bed, a bright smile on his face. Hullo my beautiful beautiful darling, feeling better today??
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What good is strength if you have no sense?
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If there was one good thing that came out of all this, it was that I got to meet you. I would go through it all again - I would, as long as it meant I'd met you.
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He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment and leave him breathless and alone once more.
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When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy
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I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.
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Real friends are hard to come by, and as annoying as Henry is, he'd throw himself in front of dragon's fire for you. And that's the definition of a real friend? Oh, yes, just ask Owain. He laughed.
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I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.
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I can't make it fade.
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Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.
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Owain told me about the beautiful, fair-haired Vesta. It took me several minutes to work out that Vesta was a horse, and that Owain was possibly in love with her.
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But part of surviving is being able to move on.
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Yes, you are,” Chubs agreed. “But you’re our idiot, so be more careful next time.” “Cosigned,” Liam said, hooking his fingers over mine on top of the armrest.
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Ruby, give me one reason why we can’t be together, and I’ll give you a hundred why we can. We can go anywhere you want. I’m not your parents. I’m not going to abandon you or send you away, not ever.
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