Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia.
Lokeij whistled. Make the king’s warriors vanish ifthey come. . . what a deceitful turtledove you are.Aly smiled at the sky. Oh, don’t,she replied in thetones of a flirtatious court lady. Stop, I insi...
(superl.) Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.
(n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
Malory! You've got a chipmunk on your pussy!
Marcus couldn't believe it. Dead. A dead duck. OK, he'd been trying to hit it on the head with a piece of sandwich, but he tried to do all sorts of things, and none of them had ever happened before. H...
Me neither, Shane put in. Homie don’t play that.I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all, Amelie said.
Mrs. Russell made us both sit down with a glass of milk. And I have a special treat for you, she said. I'm not lying. She really said that. I held my breath because of the last special treat at the Da...
My bare foot sounded like a sad trout flapping against the marble floor.
My dear fellow Said Albert, turning to Franz here is an admirable adventure; we will fill our carriage with pistols, blunderbusses, and double-barreled shotguns. Luigi Vampa comes to take us, and we...
My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. I think the Merryweather cheerleaders confuse me because I missed o...
Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.
Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —That’s enough, Phineas, said Dumbledore.
No matter where he went in the City, there was an odoriferous mix of food and vehicles, like the alchemic concoctions of some mad gourmet mechanic: Kung Pao Saab Turbo, Buick Skylark Carbonara, Sweet-...
No one's stopping you, said Jess. But you've got to make it more interesting. That's why why we drift off and talk about biscuits.
None of my issues have included memory loss or unconscious actions, she said.Thomas squinted back at her. If they had, how would you know it?Molly frowned. Valid point.
Not to alarm you or anything, but I think you just made a deal with a Mexican gang. I've read Simone Elkeles books. I know how this whole garage as a front thing works.
Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated.
Now that's a sight for sore eyes, Sebastian. Maybe I should just leave you here: the hotel maids might appreciate that. Or, better still, maybe I'll take a photograph of you on my phone. Dont worry, I...
Oakley won't, the duke said.She turned and blinked. I beg your pardon.Lord Oakley. He won't forget to find us rooms. I've known him for years. The only thing that is making this bearable is that he mu...
Oh! That was poetry! said Pippin. Do you really mean to start before the break of day?
Oh, my dear! I’m afraid you’ve mistakenme for someone else! My name is Rhea Silvia. I was the mother to Romulus and Remus, thousands of years ago. But you’re so kind to think I look as young as the 19...
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