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1 " If you have a strong stomachread on. "
― Amanda Leigh , Holiday Hospital Stay Poetry Collection 2012: Original Poetry
2 " More than the attraction - like a magnetic pull - between us, more than the tiny nagging voice that said he wouldn't hesitate to drink my blood and what then? Did he give me any reason to trust him? As far as a reason not to trust him, this was a reason, right here. "
― Amanda Leigh , Scarred (Beauty of the Dark, #1)
3 " Are you going to sit or are you afraid I’ll suck your blood?”“No, I am not afraid.”“Then come sit next to me.” ~ Trent and Kiara: Scarred "
4 " The cloaked figure leaned over and I turned my head just as I heard the crack of bones. "
5 " I was so close to her that I could lean down just a bit...her lips were so close...I could lean down and kiss those full pink lips. I heard her heartbeat speeding up in her chest and it almost shattered any control that I had. "
6 " I bit the inside of my cheek. I wanted to hit him. Not just for his presumptuousness, but for the way my heart jumped to my throat at his words and how his eyes looked me over. "
7 " The flames that popped up wouldn't stop coming. Like they were coming straight from her soul. Straight from her anger. Her rage coming out of her to spread like wildfire over the forest. That was her darkness. Her power and the potential it had to consume her. "
8 " We held each other's gaze for a long moment and I willed my breath to come evenly instead of the uneven gasps that I felt. Trent's eyes drifted down to my lips and then back up to my eyes again before we wrenched our eyes away from one another. "
9 " If I'm supposed to be SO powerful then why can't I destroy that thing? "
10 " You can come if you want, but I'm going with or without you.Unless you're scared? "
11 " They say there is a fine line between love and hate. I once loved Kaleib like a brother, now I hated him with the same conviction. "
12 " Her voice.That's what drew me to her. It was gorgeous, perfect, angelic.Ironic, that a demon should be drawn to the voice of an angel. "
13 " Why can’t I quiet the thoughts running through my head?Put down the penand climbsnuglyinto bed? "
― Amanda Leigh , Thousands of Mornings: Original Poetry and Photography
14 " Time passes too fast.Like a hummingbird flying by,it’s just a blur to my eyes. "
15 " Well that's too bad.Because it's too late. She's gone.She slipped away. "
16 " You just noticedthe disguise that she wearsfrom day to day?Well that’s too bad.Because it’s too late,she’s gone.She slipped away. "
17 " Days, hours, minutes,seconds slip byunappreciated, unnoticed.Notice them.Appreciate them.And treat themlike they could beyour last. "
18 " You see another who looks thirsty.Walking over to them, you nudge them on the back.They look at you, and you gesture toward the lake with your head.You and the other walk over there, and you are content and you are happy.You are home. "
19 " I don’t understandhow everything moves so quickly.They say time flies when you’re having fun,but I wasn’t always having fun.Even when I was mad or sad,time was always on the run. "
20 " It still is on the run,time that is.Sometimes it seems like everything’s changing;my whole world is rearranging.Everything’s different,and yet everything’s the same.Time is just a crazy game. "
