Phury nodded. "And if she lives with us, we get to keep the cat.
So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking. " "Yeah?" He nodded. "You really need to go out with me. " I blinked. "I'm sorry?" "You know. You, me. A restaurant or movie. Together. " He glanced over, shifting gears. "Maybe it's a new concept for you? If so, I'll be happy to walk you through it. " "You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I though saying that might scare you off.
The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty. (. . . ) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone.
I nodded. A man's world. But what did it mean? That men whistled and stared and yelled things at you, and you had to take it, or you get raped or beat up? A man's world meant places men could go but not women. It meant they had more money,and didn't have kids, not the way women did, to look after every second. And it meant that women loved them more than they loved the women, that they could want something with all their hearts, and then not.
How did you even know I wasn't in my room?" "I checked on you. " Finn gave me a look like I was an idiot. "I check on you every morning. " "You check on me when I'm sleeping?" I gaped at him. "Every morning?" He nodded. "I didn't know that. " "Why would you know that? You're sleeping," Finn pointed out.
Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded "I ate civilization.
Not. Your. Fault. " I nodded again, holding onto his words like they were redemption.
I suggested that someone grab Bill Gates and get him to install a new operating system, but apparently he's not a demon" At Reaver's eye roll she nodded. "Right? I was surprised too.
Vic pointed at him, two finger-guns of approval. “I like a man who knows the value of words, doesn’t spend ’em too cheap. ” Ranulf nodded. “That is the manner in which I roll.
Madness passed me by, she smiled hi. I nodded.
They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in the sun. What do you want to do? said the kid. Get a drink of water. Other than that. I dont know. You want to try and head back? To Texas? I don't know where else. We'd never make it. Well you say. I aint got no say. He was coughing again. He held his chest with his good hand and sat as if he'd get his breath. What have you got, a cold? I got consumption. Consumption? He nodded. I come out here for my health.
She dismounted, grabbed Enna's hand so tightly that she drew blood with her fingernails, walked straight into the nearest cottage, and plopped down on a bed. Enna nodded to the startled cottage dwellers. It's the queen, you see," said Enna. "She's going to have a baby in your house. You don't mind?
I nodded. "Yup. What I did was tantamount to treason in their eyes. " "I don't know what 'tantamount' means, but it sounds pretty serious.
He nodded. "And if I don't make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world every day of your life, then I don't deserve to be near you.
I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating.
Arya. ' He looked down the silvery river and then back at Arya, and he gripped the hilt of Brisingr. He was so full of emotion, he trembled. He did not want to leave, but he knew he must. 'Stay with me-' Her gaze darted up. 'I cannot. ' '. . . stay with me until the first curve in the river. ' She hesitated, then nodded.
Was it possible that a bustling display of energy might only be a camouflage for a spiritual vacuum? The thought so impressed me that I mentioned it next day to the French purser, at whose table I was sitting. He nodded his agreement. "Stevenson is right," he said. "Indeed, if you will pardon my saying so, the idea applies particularly to you Americans. A lot of your countrymen keep so busy getting things done that they reach the end of their lives without ever having lived at all. "
Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody. " "You're showing mercy. " Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
She asked if we were calm enough for her to take off the cuffs, and McMurphy nodded. He had slumped over with his head hung and his elbows between his knees and looked completely exhausted--it hadn't occurred to me that it was just as hard for him to stand straight as it was for me.
There's nothing I can do that's going to drive you away, is there?" I murmured. Owen flashed me a sly grin. "Finally figuring that out, are you? I nodded. His grin deepened. "Well, it sure took you long enough.