He’d read in a textbook once a quote by the famous Captain Reynolds: I am not a brave man. But bravery, like most things, can be faked. And sometimes, in rare instances, it will lead...

Susan had told him once that bravery was when you wanted to pee your pants, but you kept fighting

A hard soldier is a strong soldier is a living soldier.

Mason knew what it was like to say things you didn’t mean, to just have them vomit out, and then feel that crushing ache when you realized you could never pull them back.

He stops pacing. ‘I know, Miranda, I did it because I—’ ‘Stop! Don’t say it. I don’t want to hear you say it.’ ‘I have to say it,’ Noah says. ‘No, you don’t.’ If I...

Peter opens his eyes and they are tearless and fierce, revealing a glimpse of his true self. Pure animalistic strength. There was never any fear for him to hide.

His pulse races under my palms. “Was there ever. . .between us, was there ever something?” I say.He shakes his head. “Just for me. But you were always Noah’s.””I don’t want to be.”He doesn’t say...