poison his brother to possess a face like this.

First fuckin’ time you smiled at me in my bed, that’s when it happened,” he murmured.

Woman. Buckle

It’s my experience that a weakness understood is no weakness. If you know you have it, even if you can’t control it, you can make allowances for it. It is those who ignore or don’t...

And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical.

I’d once had a long-term relationship with a Five Point Five that got nowhere near living together. This was because I was a Two Point Five, he was a Five Point Five and he wanted...

Waiting for a long time, but I guess I know what you mean. My life began when I met him.

However, at fourteen years old, she didn’t understand that all those terrible troubles the heroines in her books went through in real life hurt.That the words were just words on a page, but in real...

Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile.

Coffee,’ Walker said over me. ‘Now.

He flipped it open, gently tugged out the oft-touched photo and looked into a pair of familiar golden eyes. “She’s happy, Andie,” he whispered to his wife. Andromeda Quinn did what she always did. She...

My eyes went to him. “Your rule, honey. I can go put panties on.” His eyes came to me. “You do, I get the strap.

There are very few, very fuckin’ few people, Kia, who get what’s precious in this world. They work their asses off for pure shit and think they’d fight and die to keep it. You don’t...

You too, Captain,” I whispered…’Lauren and Tate, in Sweet Dreams

Took you to work, brought you to my house, you cooked, we ate, we watched TV, all good. No fights. No backtalk. All day. But all good things come to an end.

I’l erase your day

You know, take one letter out of his name and it spells ‘ damn’ as in ‘damn, that kid’s a worthless sonovabitch’.

Tex’s head snapped in my direction.Fuckin’ A, woman, you’ve never had a s’more? he boomedI shook my head.Christ, everyone’s gotta have a s’more before they die. Fuck that shit, I’ll build a fire in my...

Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren’t many of those in this tribe.

Rule Number One in the India Savage Life Code: When in doubt or possible trouble, lie.

You’re my gold, nahna xaxsah is my hahnee rah. Kay jahnan nahna lisa, na uvan tee luh kay. Ana kay jahnan nahna pahnsahna, Circe. Kay nayeesan tee. Fahzah.You’re my gold, your cunt is my liquid...

You fight with Niles?” Max asked suddenly.”No.””Never?””No! And stop asking about Niles,” I demanded.He ignored my demand and kept questioning. “Didn’t care enough to fight, didn’t match you in fire, or was so lazy he...

Yes, I read. And yes, I do it a lot. And yes, I did it before you because life can suck and living in a fantasy world is a lot more fun than living in...

You taste injustice, even if it’s fictional, really taste it,it has a way of doing that. Sometimes, you can never put the shoe on the other foot. We can’t go back in time and know...

How you feel about marrying me?” he asked in my ear.

I got a dick and I was single so, yeah, it’s possible.

Because, no matter how old we get, we always need to believe in fairytales.

May feel like you’re fallin’, Tabby, but remember, I’m at the bottom ready to catch you.”At these beautiful words, I burst into tears again.Without hesitation, Shy yanked me back into his arms and held me.There...

You should feel free to feel how you want and don’t think of what people think.

How lonely I was, even when I was with him. How it felt, him not making love to me, being affectionate, making me feel desired or desirable. How much it bothered me that, even though...

That top,” he said when he dipped his face close, and I realized his voice sounded funny. It was intense but it was also hoarse like when we were fooling around and I understood why...

I used to sleep the sleep of someone who knew she was loved. Now, I didn’t.

Toasted almond pancakes. Sweet soft ‘okays’. Makin’ me laugh more in a few weeks than I have in decades. ‘Yes, Daddys’ I feel in my dick. The first voicemail you left me, babe. I saved...

The best way to guard your heart was to trust a good man to take care of it for you.

These boys talk more than a pack ofwomen.

May feel like you’re falling’, Tabby, but remember, I’m at the bottom ready to catch you.

He immediately went down with a thud and I was pretty certain most of the furniture in the room jumped when he landed.

Outside my bike, never has anything important in my life been just mine.” My body stilled, so did my heart, and my eyes locked with his. He started moving again, slowly, deeply and he kept...

It was nostalgic in that painful way nostalgia could be

Because he tells me. All the fucking time. I’m precious to him and I know it because he shows me and he tells me. It’s beautiful. It’s real. It’s right.

You love me?”Baby, you were made for me.

When we faced Mom, we saw she was addressing Max. “We get to know each other I’ll get to hug you.” “Mom!” I snapped and Mom turned to me. “I get to do it when...

Meow, meow, meow. Meow meow. Meoow,” Boo told me, obviously having a full day and feeling I needed to be kept apprised of every second of it.

Bring her to her feet!”They jumped toward Viola who I avoidedlooking at as they helped her up and movedher to her noose. Instead, I looked back tothe crowd and, yep, you guessed it, kept right...

You don’t have to have had something to want it or need it but when you have something you liked… very much… and it is taken away, and you want it back, it can become...

So be yourself, just don’t give yourself unless you’re certain he deserves that gift.

The heart sometimes doesn’t care about limits.

Home isn’t a place.Home is anywhere, just as long as the people you love are there.

Belonging to me doesn’t mean I’ll make you do anything, it just means I consider you mine for as long as this lasts. It means I protect you, it means I take care of you....

Proof there is a God,” I answered.