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You're cool Joe" she told him, her voice weighty, as if she was bestowing a grave honor on him even though a blind person could sense his utter coolness.
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Kristen Ashley (At Peace (The 'Burg, #2))
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But looking at a photograph of oneself is not proof of an affair. And asking a question about a type of flower is not proof of an affair. Thes are, though, the kinds of things that fester in a person's mind until she no longer feels loved; they are the happenings that took us from a place we could have survived, even in the grave face of death that nearly killed me, too, to the place we simply could not com eback from. These things became too heavy and too hurtful, habitual abuses in what once felt like the safest place in the world.
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Ashley Audrain (The Push)
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The vending machines hummed softly, as though mulling over some grave decision...
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Dean Koontz (Ashley Bell (Ashley Bell, #1))
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It was such a tangled web and he suddenly realized why they called the dope game “the trap” … because once you stepped in, there was only one true exit: the grave.
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Ashley Antoinette (The Cartel 6: The Demise (The Cartel, #6))
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Before we begin, I need you to know: We no longer exist for them, you and I. We are no longer a mirror reflecting their anxieties, their desires. We are not saviors, or seductresses, or symbols. We exist only for ourselves. Tragic and sublime, ordinary and animal, in the mold of all humans, long before and long after us. They will tell you you’ve done the right thing. They will tell you you’ve made a grave error. Pay them no mind. Talk to me instead… Tell me about the time you looked up at the moon when you were a child and imagined it was looking back. Tell me about the moment your body first fit against the curves of another’s, and you felt at home. Tell me how you’ve ached to be bigger than this mortal life could grant, bigger than they would allow, how you’ve carried that ache in the center of your chest every hour of your life, the pain like a festering wound, a shrine to the bittersweet agony of being alive. Tell me these things, and I will tell you I know you. Let’s show each other our pieces, and tell each other we understand. It’s the strongest power we possess, the transfiguration of the unfathomable into something we can recognize, something that bridges the gulfs between us.
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Ashley Winstead (The Last Housewife)
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Quick, when the Nox invaded District Eleven in episode thirty-four, what did Carmindor and Princess Amara do?"
My eyebrows furrow. "They... joined forces?"
He nods gravely. "Elle, would you join forces with me? Together we can defeat the Nox
-Geekerella
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Ashley Poston
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We ate all of this in front of Tack’s huge, flat-screen TV in the living room where I was treated to a marathon of Storage Wars. Seeing as I didn’t watch TV, I’d never heard of this program. But by the second episode I was hooked. I declared that I thought Brandi and Jarrod were “adorable” together, which for some reason he didn’t explain made Rush laugh so hard I thought he would bust a gut. Rush might find that funny but I decided I was going to start dressing like Brandi. She always looked the shit. I also shared that Dave was my favorite “character” to which Tabby told me with grave seriousness, “But, Tyra, he’s the bad guy.
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Kristen Ashley (Motorcycle Man (Dream Man, #4))
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If ye get into trouble, if one of the English soldiers grabs ye, jab this into him, hard as ye can, and run like the devil. Don’t be squeamish or hesitate, because he’ll do much worse to you.” Mary nodded, her eyes grave. “I understand.” She did, the little love. Mal pretended to shiver. “Now I know why Englishmen don’t let their ladies fight alongside them. The women would take over in a heartbeat.” Mary squeezed his arm in the darkness. “Don’t be silly.” “’Tis true, and the English bastards know it. That’s why they write laws t’ keep their women tamed. And why I keep having to rescue ye.” “You mean abducting me.” Mal heaved a mock sigh. “Well, we’re never going to see eye to eye on that.
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Jennifer Ashley (The Stolen Mackenzie Bride (MacKenzies & McBrides, #8))
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Have any of us ever seen one single ghost in all the times we’ve been there?”
“Not all those bodies at the Falls got buried in tombs,” Roo explained. “A lot of Union soldiers were dumped in shallow graves, or mass graves--and there’s no telling how many ended up in the bayou. There were probably hundreds never even found at all. I mean, they couldn’t have picked up every body part lying around.”
“So be careful, Miranda,” Parker warned. “You might hear a whole lot of little phantom feet marching around there.”
“Ewww!” Ashley jerked back in alarm.
“Ah, don’t worry,” Parker soothed her. “That’s why we always bring Roo along. To scare creepy things away.”
Roo shot him a glance. “Then how come you’re still here?”
Without warning the car swerved into the oncoming lane. As the girls screamed, Parker veered back on course and looked immensely pleased with himself.
“Will you quit doing that!” Ashley was furious. “I hate when you do that! Don’t you realize how dangerous it is?”
“Oh, no, Parker. Please. Do it again.” Roo stared grimly at the back of his head. “I just love the sensation of flying through the air and splattering into a tree.”
Parker didn’t seem the least bit contrite. “As I was saying--”
“You’ve said enough. Now quit being a jerk, and keep your eyes on the road.
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Richie Tankersley Cusick (Walk of the Spirits (Walk, #1))
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The building used to be a club. Like a private gentlemen’s club. Except upstairs, that’s where they’d meet their mistresses.”
Parker smacked a hand to his forehead. “Hookers! Damn! And I took the courthouse!”
“Not prostitutes.” Another offended look from Ashley. “Mistresses. It’s not just about sex, you know. There’s a very big difference.”
“Is that the sad part?” Parker asked.
Ashley continued, undaunted. “I found out there was a murder in one of those upstairs rooms. That when a very rich plantation owner wanted to end the relationship with his mistress, she stabbed him to death. In bed.”
Calmly munching her popcorn, Roo gave a supportive thumbs-up.
“And the drugstore next door to the museum? People who work there say they’ve heard moaning at night in one of those storage rooms on the second floor.”
The boys traded glances.
“And this moaning,” Parker said, straight-faced, “did it come before or after the guy was stabbed?”
“Anyway,” Ashley continued, “that’s what I’ve got so far.”
Noting her sister’s outstretched hand, Roo obligingly relinquished the popcorn. “Did y’all know that furniture makers ran some of the first funeral homes? Because they were the ones who built the coffins?”
“Fascinating.” Parker was all dignified solemnity. “And such a grave undertaking.” He ducked as Ashley’s popcorn sailed at his head.
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Richie Tankersley Cusick (Walk of the Spirits (Walk, #1))
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Did y’all know that furniture makers ran some of the first funeral homes? Because they were the ones who built the coffins?”
“Fascinating.” Parker was all dignified solemnity. “And such a grave undertaking.” He ducked as Ashley’s popcorn sailed at his head.
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Richie Tankersley Cusick (Walk of the Spirits (Walk, #1))
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The grave was covered as per traditions. Teary-eyed parents bid their daughter an emotional departure. The beautiful bright day contrasted with their sorrow-laden hearts. Even though they did not exchange words, there was a silent understanding between Ashley’s parents and Brian. Brian nodded his head in consensus. Natalie watched the interaction in stupefaction. The dead rested in peace while the living continued the dance of life.
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Neetha Joseph (The Aeon of Improbable Scams)
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There are, though, the kinds of things that fester in a person’s mind until she no longer feels loved; they are the happenings that took us from a place we could have survived, even in the grave face of death that nearly killed me, too, to the place we simply could not come back from. These things became too heavy and too hurtful, habitual abuses in what once felt like the safest place in the world.
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Ashley Audrain
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Did my knives give it away?"
"A little. You know, context clues. Also, please say yes. The alternative is that you're actually Hannibal and I am in grave danger."
He pointed to himself. "Do I seem like the kind of person who would ruin this perfectly acceptable palate with a cut of human tenderloin?"
"I don't know, I barely know you.
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Ashley Poston (The Seven Year Slip)
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But looking at a photograph of oneself is not proof of an affair. And asking a question about a type of flower is not proof of an affair. These are, though, the kinds of things that fester in a person’s mind until she no longer feels loved; they are the happenings that took us from a place we could have survived, even in the grave face of a death that nearly killed me, too, to the place we simply could not come back from. These things became too heavy and too hurtful, habitual abuses in what once felt like the safest place in the world.
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Ashley Audrain (The Push)
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Flesh of her own flesh, blood of her own blood. It was like walking around with half of you in a grave. She was the living dead, as well as every mother who had ever lost a child.
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Ashley Antoinette (Ethic)
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If ye get into trouble, if one of the English soldiers grabs ye, jab this into him, hard as ye can, and run like the devil. Don’t be squeamish or hesitate, because he’ll do much worse to you.” Mary nodded, her eyes grave. “I understand.” She did, the little love. Mal pretended to shiver. “Now I know why Englishmen don’t let their ladies fight alongside them. The women would take over in a heartbeat.
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Jennifer Ashley (The Stolen Mackenzie Bride (MacKenzies & McBrides, #8))
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After decades of concentrated effort, we are finally learning how to harness natural processes honed over millions of years of evolution to translate our unparalleled ability to read the genome into a new opportunity to write it and to correct the grave mistakes that turn it against us.
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Euan Angus Ashley (The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them)