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They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and skin and possibly even a little to...more

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It always rains on the unloved-wet dreams-a fishing expedition-she kisses wyverns (the disneyland analogy)-dinner etiquette and chocolate lovers-desir...more

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Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.

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In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another sha...more

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Everything he had ever done that had been better left undone. Every lie he had told — told to himself, or told to others. Every little hurt, and all t...more

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You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.

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Belinda stared into the fire for some time, thinking about what she had in her life, and what she had given up; and whether it would be worse to love ...more

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So what I want to know is why it is that I can no longer find you, in my mind. You are still there, just, but you are there like a ghost, a will o' th...more

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I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said... "You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most mi...more

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They kissed for the first time then in the cold spring rain, though neither one of them now knew that it was raining. Tristran's heart pounded in his ...more

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Liza Hempstock, who had been Bod's friend for the last six years, was different in another way; she was less likely to be there for him when Bod went ...more

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Sleep my little baby-ohSleep until you wakenWhen you wake you'll see the worldIf I'm not mistaken...Kiss a loverDance a measure,Find your nameAnd buri...more

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If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him,” Liza tells Bod.

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Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure. Face your life, It's pain, It's pleasure, Leave no path untaken.

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I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous...more