Will She Curse While She's in Labor?
As her husband stood by her side, patiently listening as she cried her mantra over and over, she realized he would be spared ever having to use that term too, (he probably wouldn't have been able to bring himself to use it if he tried; apparently, that wasn't
Dance of the Dying Feathers
An inner mantra, that serve to drive him onwards, far past the meager limits of his ordinary stamina reserves. "you know, it's silly, but i've always wanted to fly." step, step.
Deeper and Deeper
Joseph's voice was like a drone in my head; a mantra that repeated and drifted in and out of my consciousness. miguel's eyelids fluttered closed. his breathing was quite shallow and slow now. it was happening. just like it did before.
The Eye
Near half his strength deserted him as relief swept through his body, a soothing mantra echoing in his murderous thoughts to douse the burgeoning flames as he dropped to his knees. _she's alive. she's awake.
The Experiment
"i know, i know, i'm sorry, i'm sorry," cora repeated like a mantra, also clad in large, nondescript clothes that did not belong to her. "it will all come right, i promise, i'm sorry."
Radioactive Toy (or The Post-Apocalypse Pygmalion)
It was practically their very mantra that they make life bearable again. it was becoming obvious that although harsh, life out here was not as terrible as he thought. he'd seen farms when they'd tested out crops and of course, his own units.
A Spark - Midnight Secret
"oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck," he moaned, clutching his stomach and using the phrase as a mantra to calm himself. finally he regained enough sense to toss the black-stained pad into a corner of the stall. it was definitely ruined, now.
Eternyte, Ch 7: Rez Sickness
He kept telling himself that, practically turning into a mantra to repeat over and over in his head as minotaurus and matt returned with several huge sacks of coins.
Limerent Object (parts 31-35)
._ the thought had become a mantra. outside, i walked slowly to one of the concrete blocks that served as benches and sat, resting my face in my paws.
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Fourteen
"now, as always, before we eat we must say our mantra. these are the words we live by, and we must never forget them."
Deadlines: Hicktown Hearts Part 5
Swear i’m gonna tell him…_ i repeated it like a mantra as i walked in. suzy’s was busy, just finishing up the lunch rush, and the clink of dishes, the buzz of conversations, and the aroma of greasy fried foods soothed my jangling nerves.
Eternally Vernal, Chapter 9: Until Unspoken To
* * * “he's with us," “he's with us," “he's with us": a mantra it became as gates was authorized by harrison's voice to move about scoparin's pokemon biotechnology building.