We knew we would get blacklash, coming out like we did. It's been over a year now since Roland announced to the world that he has not one, but two love in his life : Ben, his best friend and loyam then-bodyguard, and me, the American tourist who stumbled into a love story as beautiful as it is bizarre.

Lo maledissi dentro di me : di sicuro era stato troppo pigro per venire a prendermi alla stazione, altro che "Ci vogliono dieci minuti". Nemmeno lui, proprio come i miei genitori, aveva ideo di che cosa fosse successo a Los Angeles, ma solo che mi serviva una pausa e che non sapevo dove altro andare.

Venus rose from the undulating green waves, naked save for her long red-gold hair and a serene smile.
Ethereal harp music rippled through the air.
The small audience of titled gentlemen burst into applause.

Dieu me parle tous les matins entre 8h et 10h. Au lever du soleil, quand les températures sont tellement basses au-dessous de zéro que le plus petit mouvement me briserait, je reçois Son message.

Un œil très attentif aurait remarqué que les revers de veste de la victime étaient un peu trop élimés pour un habitué des lieux, et quelqu'un d'un peu snob aurait affirmé d'un ton choqué que la coupe de son costume était passée de mode.

Mes émotions devinrent ingérables, me submergeant. Sans le vouloir, je déclenchai un tremblement de terre circonscrit à l'appartement. Les policiers s'interrompirent et se précipitèrent à l'extérieur. Il était grand temps que je parte. Je me téléportai en un battement de cils.

This could not be happening.
I sat up straight and tried to control my breathing. It was a technique I'd learned in therapy after my dad died. There weren't many things I could control in life, so I focused on box breathing.

Au moyen Age, en partie du fait de l'expansion du christianisme, les hommes pensèrent que la divination et la prophétie étaient des réponses et des messages maléfiques venant du diable et de sa cour infernale. Toute pratique de divination et toute consultation furent condamnées pour hérésie.

"I quit."
I'd waited two long-ass years to say those words, and today was the day I finally got to do it.
Twice.

She must be cazy. Or desperate. Truth be told she'd jumped into this with both feet and it was too late to back out. But hey, if she got caught, they wouldn't have to take her far... which wasn't very funny when she thought about it.

There's only one person crazy enough to bother me this early in the morning.
One person, and that jerk is lucky he happens to be my brother. If I didn't love him so much I'd kill him. Especially since he knows how much my sleep means to me.

Us ? Okay, Tavares, don't panic. There had to be a logical explanation for why he'd bring that ugly, two-lettered word up now after six months. An abject taste filled my mouth, a burst of soured notes on my tongue that turned my stomach.

Les légendes mystiques racontent qu'au plus profond de chaque nébuleuse se trouve un coeur qui donne vie à des âmes exceptionnelles et remplies d'un amour pur...

- Je veux rentrer chez moi
- C'est où chez toi ? J'ai vu ton père, vous n'avez pas l'air de venir d'ici, tous les deux. C'est ta maman qui vous a envoyés ici ?

When it rains, it pours.
Except this time, the waater hit my mascara, so when I faced my dance coach, I rivaled a drowned raccoon. It didn't suit me. Not one bit. The walk to my coach's office in a downpour was a clear sign of bad omen.

- Caffès ?
Una cameriera mi scruta da sopra la montatura de gli occhiali.
In mano ha un thermos argentato.
Le porgo la tazza - Grazie

Hawk couldn't decide which would ddrive him crazy first - the shadows or the light.
The hadows, thatwas the easy answer. Thes sectors had been dark for a month now, driven back to the earliest days after the Flares.

My world is endng. The horror of this realization made my mind reel. Smoke hovered over Evren like a living thing, twisting past Wanderer's Rest, past the stops along the streets, and into the hills and fiels beyond, pressing toward the villager's homes.

Trix changed her name and her life when she got clean four years ago. Now,she has a new family and a job she loves-tending bar and dancing at the Broken Circle. As an O'Kane, she's happy, untouchable.

You hold in your hands a compendium of information about self-delusion and the wonderful ways we all succumb to it.
You think you know how the world works, but you really don't.

I really hate surprises.

A twisting sensation knots in my stomach as the elevator begins to rise. My throat works as I swallow nervously, my eyes squinting in a effort to see through blindfold even if technically that would be cheating.

Le vieux n’aimait pas les violeurs, et encore moins ceux qui s’en prenaient à des enfants. Je ne les aimais pas non plus, alors j’avais fait le boulot à l’œil. Encore un geste d’utilité publique. Le maire devrait me donner une médaille.

En réalité, il y a deux Paris, celui du temps du communisme et l'autre, intemporel, chacun occupant une tranche d'une vingtaine d'années.

"I have eaten your adult ice creams as well" Nuri said to Lee. "They'r excellent. Especially the Ice Bergman."

Nova had a big heart, and if he was a betting man, he'd bet she was helping someone.

My parents are patriotic to the extreme, my father having served for twenty years. So, when he heard Scott would spend the holiday alone, he invited- or ordered- Scott to attend our annual Christmas party. It must have been an oversight to allow his Secret Santa to be Aunt Marie - a bad one.