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The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark shadows, and heavily panelled walls, there might have been an eerie feeling. But this house was the essence of modernity. There were no dark corners - no possible sliding panels - it was flooded with electric light - everything was new and bright and shining. There was nothing hidden in this house, nothing concealed. It had no atmosphere about it. Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all. They exchanged good-nights on the upper landing. Each of them went into his or her own room, and each of them automatically, almost without conscious thought, locked the door....
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Agatha Christie (And Then There Were None)
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I'm not going to say I can at least collect DNA samples," he muttered, "because every time I open my mouth, the evidence disappears."
With a little sigh, he watched te droplets of blood absorb into the wood and the window reform. "I have to tell you, I've seen some freaky shit around you girls, but nothing like this. I have just one question. Have you told your fiancées about this? Because quiet frankly it scares the hell out of me."
"You never have to be afraid, Jonas," Hannah assured. "The house judges intent."
"Hannah. Honey. Half the time my intent is to strangle you. And I don't doubt whoever ends up with Joley or Elle will want to do worse than that.
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Christine Feehan (Safe Harbor (Drake Sisters, #5))
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I got out of the car and slammed its door. How matter-of-fact, how square that slam sounded in the void of the sunless day! Woof, commented the dog perfunctorily. I pressed the bell button, it vibrated through my whole system. Personne. Je resonne. Repersonne. From what depth this re-nonsense? Woof, said the dog. A rush and a shuffle, and woosh-woosh went the door.
Couple of inches taller. Pink-rimmed glasses. New, heaped-up hairdo, new ears. How simple! The moment, the death that I had kept conjuring up for three years was as simple as a bit of dry wood. She was frankly and hugely pregnant. Her head looked smaller (only two seconds had passed really, but let me give them as much wooden duration as life can stand), and her pale-freckled cheeks were hollowed, and her bare shins and arms had lost all their tan, so that the little hairs showed. She wore a brown, sleeveless felt dress and sloppy felt slippers.
'We-e-ell!' she exhaled after a pause with all the emphasis of wonder and welcome.
'Husband at home?' I croaked, fist in pocket.
I could not kill her, of course, as some have thought. You see I loved her. It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.
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Vladimir Nabokov
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This is better than watching Elle Woods take down Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde.
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L. Steele (Mafia Obsession (Arranged Marriage, #7))
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We need an engineering friend.” She points a finger at Carin. “Go back to Briar and hook up with an engineering student.”
“Okay, but I’ll need to actually have sex with him beforehand, so I won’t be back until,” she pretends to check the time, “ten or so.”
“We’re all college graduates,” I proclaim. “We can put this together ourselves.”
Clapping my hands, I motion for everyone to get on the floor with me. After three tries of trying to lower myself to the ground and making Hope and Carin nearly pee their pants laughing in the process, D’Andre takes pity on all of us and helps me onto my knees. Which is where Tucker finds us.
“Is this some new fertility ritual?” he drawls from the doorway, one shoulder propped against the frame. “Because she’s already pregnant, you know.”
“Get yo ass in here, white boy, and put this thing together,” D’Andre snaps. “This is ridiculous.”
“What’s ridiculous?” Tucker stops next to me, and I take the opportunity to lean against his legs. Even kneeling is hard when you’re toting around an extra thirty pounds. “We took it apart. How can you not know how to put it back together?”
D’Andre repeats his earlier excuse. “I’m an accounting major.”
Tucker rolls his eyes. “You got an Allen wrench?”
“Are you mocking us right now?” I grumble. “I don’t have any wrenches, let alone ones with names.”
He grins. “Leave this to me, darlin’. I’ll get it fixed up.”
“I want to help,” Hope volunteers. “This is like surgery, except with wood and not people.”
“Lord help us,” D’Andre mutters.
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Elle Kennedy (The Goal (Off-Campus, #4))
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La mort n'est pas le bout de ma vie, elle en fit partie.
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Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
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This book is my hate letter to standardized testing. It’s also my love letter to neuroscience, Star Wars, women in STEM, friendships that hit rough patches but then try their best to bounce back, research assistants, interdisciplinary scientific collaborations, Elle Woods, ShitAcademicsSay, mermaids, hummingbird feeders, people who struggle with working out, and cats.
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Ali Hazelwood (Love on the Brain)
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She brought forth a piece of wood into which she had burned a French saying which our friend Franz had used to cheer us, in Osterburg: La vie est belle, et elle commence demain. “Life is beautiful, and it begins tomorrow.
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Edith Hahn Beer (The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust)
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Elle’s chin lifted. “I just told you how you could put your hands on me. One night. None of this dating bullshit.”
A harsh noise came out of my throat, because the woman could be infuriating. I’d never thrown out an offer like this and having it pitched back in my face sucked ass. “Tell me why. What’s your hang up, woman? I get that I’m fucked up in a helluva lot of ways, but I’m not a bad guy. I don’t even deserve a shot?”
The ice in her expression melted a degree. “It’s not you—”
My laugh was gravelly. “Let me guess, it’s you?”
That ice? It was back, in spades. She pivoted for the door, but I moved faster. I trapped her against it, a hand pressed to the wood on either side of her fiery red hair.
“You’re going to tell me why before you leave this room.”
“You’re not a bad guy? Just the kind that traps women against their will in a room they want to leave?”
I smiled. “Not women—just you.”
This time it was Elle who growled. She shoved against my chest, but I was an immovable rock where she was concerned. I didn’t budge. “You’re a caveman too, just like your brother, aren’t you? I’ve heard the stories. Is this a genetic issue?
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Meghan March (Beneath These Chains (Beneath, #3))
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La vie n'est pas toujours (ou même jamais) rose, Il est beaucoup plus probable qu'elle soit ombragée par les problèmes, les inquiétudes et les difficultés. C'est tout à fait normal, et personne ne devrait s'en alarmer
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Maryrose Wood (The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #1))
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Reese Witherspoon reflects both of those qualities effortlessly in this new film by Mira Nair, and no wonder, for isn’t there a little of Elle Woods, her character in Legally Blonde, at work here?
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Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews, 1967-2007)
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We climbed up the stairs to the jet. As I entered, the first thing that came to my mind was, 'Holy shit, I'm on an episode of Criminal Minds.' The jet was super posh. Cream-colored leather seats in groups of four, with real wood tables in between, filled the spacious interior. The plush carpeting underfoot make our steps soundless, muffling the noises of our boarding. I was willing to bet that those chairs could recline all the way. This is about as far from coach class as I was ever going to get.
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Elle Casey (The Changelings (War of the Fae, #1))
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My getup would make Elle Woods proud. Fuck Lawrence. I looked ‘illegally’ hot.
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Holly Roberds (Chasing Goldie (The Lost Girls, #2))
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The myth of a golden age of public schooling is the creation of Ell-wood P. Cubberley, Dean of Teacher Education at Stanford University. There never was such a thing.
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John Taylor Gatto (Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling)
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I never thought I’d see her again. She was just meant to be like all the rest, nothing more than a good time, but the connection I feel with Elle is something I’ve never experienced before. It’s like her scent puts me under a spell and I have to resist everything within me to not reach out and feel her.
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K. Woods (Beautiful Desire (Beautiful Men Series Book 2))
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Never. Again. And this time, I mean it. I will not bend or break my rules for any man from here on out. I am Elle Rachel Parker, independent badass, who doesn’t need a man to make her feel validated or loved. I know I’m amazing. Any guy would be lucky to have me. I was just too much for him to handle, that’s all. One night. No names, no numbers, no sleepovers. Those are the rules I’ve lived by for the last six years, and ones I’ll live by for the next six. I never break my rules. So why did I with Dom?
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K. Woods (Beautiful Desire (Beautiful Men Series Book 2))
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Elle Woods is a liar—exercise does not make you happy.
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Isla Olsen (Crazy Little Fling (Love & Luck, #3))
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Les ténèbres étaient vastes et coulantes. Elles ondulaient au bord de moi. Tout n’était qu’écho, pulsation, flottement, étirement, sommeil, éveil et faim. Dans mon cœur qui vibrait comme un colibri, quelque chose attendait : un potentiel. Une rage lointaine qui crépitait. Puis il y a eut un souffle, un déchirement en moi et les ténèbres de velours se fendirent. Froid, terreur et lumière blanche glaciale.
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Melissa Albert (The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1))