No one on the street thought anything of the downtown girl dressed in black who had paused in the middle of midtown foot traffic. In her art student camouflage she could walk the entire length of Manhattan and, if not blend in, be classified and therefore ignored.
The handkerchief dabbed at my forehead. 'Ouch! You'll have a fine-looking bruise tomorrow. ' 'Then you'll be able to distinguish me from Rose. ' The handkerchief paused. 'I could tell you apart from the beginning. You're quite different to each other, you know. ' Perhaps he could tell, in the obvious ways. The odd one was Rose; the other odd one was Briony.
It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred years, which transpired in a dozen heart beats.
The guy I've got my eye on happens to be hot. Off-the-charts hot. Hotter-than-Patch hot. ' She paused. 'Well maybe not that hot. Nobody's that hot.
What have I done thins time?" he paused to ask before continuing with his oral expedition about her body: her husband, the intrepid explorer.
She paused. That's just my way of saying I would've killed you if you'd died.
Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this. " "Shut up,Billy. " "Think of the people in San Francisco. " "I don't know any of the people in San Francisco," Virginia answered, then paused. "Well,actually I do,and I don't like them. But I do like you,Billy, and I'm not going to allow you to end up as lunch for some raggedy lion-monster-thingy. " "A sphinx," Machiavelli corrected her. He was standing at the bars again. "Mistress Dare," the Italian said carefully. "I absolutely applaud you for what you want to do for your friend. But I urge you to think of the bigger picture.
Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east.
Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me. ' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be talking to myself, and I don't do that any more. I certainly don't RING myself. That's one of the first signs of madness, and if it's not, it should be. ' She sighed. 'Are you finished talking nonsense?' 'I haven't talked nonsense all morning. I miss it.
Oscove?" Valek paused. "He didn't have the stomach for it.
The good news is" he paused, carefully choosing his words, "I kissed you, and you're still here.
Yes, but knee pants are so much more flattering. You can see my legs. " You want people to see your legs?" I have very nice legs!" We both paused to admire them for a moment.
Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection. " He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try. " (Adrian)
I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?" Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness.
So, what did you get for me?" Angeline paused for a beat. "Jeans. " "What?" croaked Artemis. "And a T-shirt.
You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.
One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs. Coolidge passed the chicken pens she paused to ask the man in charge if the rooster copulates more than once each day. "Dozens of times, was the reply. " "Please tell that to the President," Mrs. Coolidge requested. When the President passed the pens and was told about the roosters, he asked "Same hen every time?" "Oh no, Mr. President, a different one each time. " The President nodded slowly, then said, "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge. "
Valerie was crying, too. She was laughing and sniffling back sobs. “I’m going to marry my snuggy wuggums,” she said. Morelli paused, his fork halfway to the roast chicken platter. He slid his eyes to me and leaned close. “If you ever call me snuggy wuggums in public I’ll lock you in the cellar and chain you to the furnace.
Time for Wine Tasting 101. “So here’s how this works. When tasting a wine, as opposed to casual drinking, there are four basic steps you need to remember: sight, smell, taste, then spit or swallow. ” Nick paused at that last part and cocked his head. “And your personal preference on the latter would be…?” “Only lightweights spit. ” His right eye twitched.
