Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as...

…Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; harken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night.

In my ten years of teaching I’ve noticed that teachers tend to have a bad habit of talking to themselves. I hypothesize that this is because we talk for a living, and we feel safe...

I watched you while you were sleeping and you looked completely at peace. I wish I could feel that. I wish I could close my eyes and feel at peace. But I can’t. I can’t...

The most important thing I came to tell you is that I want your oath that you will keep an open mind…about everything that may seem impossible.

Your as slow as a fat kid on crutches

Change can be weird or even queer. But change has to happen for things to grow–for us to grow. And change isn’t so bad when you’re not in it alone.

Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you.

Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.

Zo, I’m not a damn pussy!’Erik, looking very tall and full-grown, kick-your-butt vampyre-like, snorted sarcastically and then said, ‘No, you’re a damn human. Wait, that does make you a pussy!

Get thee behind me, Satan!

He’s waiting for yu, young queen.’Shocked, I stared at Seoras. ‘Heath?’The Warrior’s look was wise and understanding – his voice gentle. ‘Aye, yur Heath probably does await you somewhere in the future, but it is...

I waited for my thighs and butt to uncramp. Of course, they didn’t know the loosening rule. They were screaming things like *Are you crazy? Do you know we’re thirty-five years old? Sit down and...

But we’re going to smile and pretend we’re fine with the dorky birthmas gifts because people do not get that they can’t mush a birthday into christmas.

How can losing love make you want to destroy people?

I’m turning into a Ho

You are old beyond your years Zoeybird. Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember darkness does not always equate to evil just like light does not always bring good.

It was like staring into the face of a familiar stranger. You know, that person you see in a crowd and swear you know, but you really don’t? Now she was me – the familiar...

But she loves me. Me. Just the way I am.

Mercy is stronger than your sword.

Damien has died and gone straight to gay boy heaven,’ Shaunee said…

Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absolutely betray me.

Si (…), divina. Y no divina por un error, divina por elección, por derecho.

What more could you want? How about dominion over this ‘beautiful place’? Beauty doesn’t last. Friends and family decay. Power is the only thing that goes on forever.”Jack answered with his gut. “No, love goes...

The question of what we are can only be answered by ourselves. We each decide what we are by the life choices we make. How we were made, who are parents are, where we are...

Zoey~ ‘Listen to me, whinning about money and a scarf. Ah, hell! I’m starting to sound like Aphrodite.’Stark~ ‘If you turn into Aprodite I’m going to stab myself.’Zoey~ ‘If I turn into Aprodite, stab me...

At the last parent visitation night I’d sorta accidentally watched a majorly nightmarish scene between Aphrodite and her parents. Her dad’s the mayor of Tulsa. Her mom might be Satan.

Here’s a newsflash from the only High Preistess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn’t dead. And believe me, I know dead. I’ve been there, done that, and got the frickin’ T-shirt.” –...

What if all I’d ever known was how it had been for the past three years – me being an unwanted outsider in my own family?I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might...

No sabía qué pensar de aquel hombre caballo con quien debía permanecer casada durante un año. Era obvio que me interesaba. Después de todo, no había conocido nunca a nadie como él. Admitamos que no...

How can you expect me to believe that?””whether you believe it or not does not change the nature of truth

People who are filled with hate don’t know how to handle love.

…Neferet fell smack on her butt.

Und was passiert, wenn du nicht mehr da bist, um […] mich immer daran zu erinnern, wie ein Zuhause ist?

Easy. Peasy

Seeing it makes a magnificent abstract concept real, and reality tends to taint even the most wonderful ideas […] – Caradoc

No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I’m just laughing at life.””Why?” he asked, opening both his eyes.”Because sometimes it’s either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you?

Its more than a simple belief that there is good and that it should fight the evil in the world. It’s a personification of Light and Darkness at their most elemental level, as forces that...

A double-edged swordOne side destroysOne releasesI am your Gordian knotWill you release or destroy me?Follow truth and you shall:Find me on waterPurify me through fireTrapped by earth nevermoreAir will whisper to youWhat spirit already knows:That...

You make me sound like an arrogant ass,” he said.”Are you?””No! I’m just me.

Me-EHH-UF-ow

Becky Renee Apple – can you believe her mom named her that and then had all of her sweaters monogramed with ‘BRA’?

Eww,” Jack said, and then giggled. “Yeah, and a Paris Hilton doll that had an optional brain.”Aphrodite raised her brow at him. “Don’t go all crazy. There are some things even Paris Hilton can’t buy.

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.

The dividing line forms-fashioned from:Dragon’s tearsMissed yearsOvercome fearsThe fire and ice paradoxSeen with True SightDarkness does not always equate to evilLight does not always bring good

See with your soul and not your eyesbecause to dance with the beasts youmust penetrate their disguise.

My cat is not insane, she’s just a really good actress.

Oh for craps sake. You’re not dying again, are you? It’s seriously inconvenient when you do that.” -Aphrodite

He was chugging brown pop from a can Jack had handed him while he stuffed nacho cheese Doritos in his face. I was glad to see he looked lots better, almost completely like himself, which...