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21 " Brannagh Maloney had lived with disappearances all her life. They were as familiar to her as the changing of the Fundy tides. People who disappeared left cast-off shadows of themselves, murky tremblings that slunk out of corners on drizzly autumn afternoons. They lurked offstage, silent or sighing or reaching out to run a finger across her arm. They were the curtains fluttering in the window on a breezeless morning, the musty scent that arose when opening an abandoned cellar door. LET THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND YOU (Kunati Books) "
― Kathy-Diane Leveille , Let the Shadows Fall Behind You
22 " The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurked a dangerous invitation to play. He had a quality of masculine confidence that was a thousand times more potent than mere handsomeness. Perfect goodlooks could leave you cold, but this kind of sexy charisma went straight to your knees. -Haven Travis "
― Lisa Kleypas , Blue-Eyed Devil (Travises, #2)
23 " A memory, long buried, sprang up of her father warning her never to cross the stream and go into the forest." The Dragonwood," she mumbled.How could she have forgotten the Dragonwood?Her father had explained that it wasn't their land, and that dangerous animals lurked in the shadows. "
24 " Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about. "
― Markus Zusak , Getting the Girl (Wolfe Brothers, #3)
25 " Disappointment forever lurked just beyond the edges of her joy, ready to spring like a ravenous cougar. "
― Kathleen Rice Adams , Prodigal Gun
26 " he reminded himself as he turned another corner — glancing automatically into the shadows to see if anyone lurked there — the deed was the thing, not the praise. "
― Raymond E. Feist , Krondor: Tear of the Gods (The Riftwar Legacy, #3)
27 " And once again, only the Small Things were said. The Big Things lurked unsaid inside. "
― Arundhati Roy , The God of Small Things
