Lucy: I don’t feel like talking about college. It increases my stress level.James: And increased stress levels lead to hair loss.Lucy: My head-hair volume is fine.James: You say that like I should be concerned about...

The only way, I thought to myself, that this could get any weirder would be if it turns out he has that dead body’s head on ice where in the basement, some ready for transplantation...

Milagra led Riona further into the room and away from me, directing the Queen’s attention elsewhere. I let her. Slicing the fae queen open probably wasn’t in our best interests at the moment. I could...

It only wakes up the burning desire I always feel whenever I’m close to this man and the shadows of my fears back away. — Skye

The Element of Surprise is their in every day,It’s when you wake up.

I cannot believe I have been duped, not once but twice. My three years gaining a degree in psychology was clearly a waste of time. I might as well have studied Klingon.

Honest dishonesty. That’s quite the oxymoron – but I like the originality that you’ve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer,” he added jokingly.

Just give me more, better memories to replace the bad ones. I’ll be back to normal before we know it.

A black-haired bitch with man’s hands, widow Liza Van der Bruggenziltch-Finch makes all the important decisions. She is a power-hungry dominatrix. Orwell is her slave. (No one ever sees him.)

You don’t need a crown to be a Princess. You don’t even need a Prince. You just have to believe that you deserve to be treated like one. You have to believe in yourself and...

You may not mean to, but you do seem to look down your nose at many of us mere mortals muddling along down here. I feel as though you think everyone should be better than...

All I knew was that I couldn’t have him right now. It was impossible. Could I have him in a year? Two years? Five years? Ten years? I didn’t know. All I knew was that...

She had a hand on his belt, ready to show him exactly what she had in mind for the night, when he lowered to his knees between her legs, his hands spanning her ribs. Nervousness...

How I’d managed to sit still for the majority of the conversation and be controlled, without ripping my knickers off, throwing them over my head and swinging my bra around my fingers in a come...

It wasn’t playing both sides of the fence – it was betting against yourself but still playing to win – and it encapsulated everything absurd and paradoxical that I loved about the French.

Most of my dates had consisted of some guy trying to sweet-talk me while I silently prayed for an asteroid to crash into whatever diner we were at.

I had never had a big opinion for myself. I had always thought I’d be a fuck up, that I’d be disappointed like always by life and people. But at this very moment, I knew...

With you and me, I don’t know what anything means. We’re pushing each other away and yet I don’t seem to be able to let you go.

Apparently, I’m a sucker for a man with belt buckles the size of Texas.

Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose wiser, with a stronger measure of compassion.

She sounded like she really meant it, and I wondered if I actually was standing here on the sidewalk with her, and not still asleep in my room.

Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.

Sometimes,you don’t wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same.

It’s funny how one life-changing event could make you forget what happiness felt like.

it’s not about what to think,it’s about how to think.

Turns out I’m not so easily broken.

Alexa’s heart jumped and skittered. She was at her favorite star’s concert. And he was holding her hand!

Shadows ran all around her and someone was talking to her but it was all just white noise. Goodbye solo she would never perform. Goodbye perfect night that never got the chance to end in...

The smoke burns slightly down my throat and to my lungs. I focus on this, and empty my head, empty the images of Skye’s beautiful face all bruised up. In the end, I can’t even...

All I see is my father’s tax money being wasted on shooting satellite pictures of South America like you guys work for the Travel Channel.– Todd Dooley (BLACK MARIAH – A Calling)

Is your name even David?’ I asked as I yanked my panties back on.’Is yours Melanie?’ he inquired, buttoning his jeans.’I asked first,’ I countered, wondering for the umpteenth time why being an idiot came...

But I wasn’t creeping.

While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.

The beagles are partying under Geiger’s desk.

I plastered on my best poker face, attempting to appear cool and casual even thought I had never been so eager to deliver two Chicken Parmagianas in my life.”Just be careful, hon,” Rosanna said.”Oh, are...

I’m looking to make a miracle

Fact: Cells are constantly dying and new ones are taking their placeFact: After seven years have gone by, every cell in my body has died and a new one has taken its place.Do the math....

The paradox is that some of the most artistically valuable contemporary photographs are content with being photographs, are not under the same compulsion to pass themselves off – or pimp themselves out – as art....

Acknowledging that my biological imperative may not include the drive to procreate, that I just might be attracted to XX chromosomes instead of XY? That’s so stupid-minor in comparison to the fact that I might...

No, this was Philly. Drunks here boo Santa and get in more trouble than a dog with an Easter basket, and like the dog, they usually end up either sick or dead. Ah yes, another...

I could read between the lines just as well as anyone, especially Riona. Telling the Queen of Faerie to shut the fuck up probably came with consequences.

You know she needs you. Think for a minute instead of playing the wounded ego card.’’ — Derek

As we travel in time and on Equator, we will find our souls and then move in time towards time.

You could choose anywhere instead of this house. I know I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have to be.” The spider said nothing. Come to think of it, Callum was sure the spider hadn’t...

Don’t invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up,” she used to warn me.

I felt a pull toward her even before I actually spotted her in her car and I’m glad I didn’t resist.

Do I need to fire the little prat yet?” Liza Van der Bruggenziltch-Finch.

He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.

He felt torn. He wanted her to feel safe with him, but he also wanted her to feel the sort of heady excitement that any young girl should feel when they fall in love. He...

I’m so stupid,” I tell her, tears streaming down my face now, blocking my vision. “You’re not stupid. You’re just an emotional vampire.