We ask our brain to stop worrying, stop obsessing, stop dreaming the same scary dreams again and again. But our brain rarely takes requests.

Shy, all those things you listed don’t make a person. They don’t. I mean it. You’re beautiful, both inside and outside, but please don’t look at me to validate that. You have to know it...

Did you mean what you said before? About the dead hanging around? You really believe it?

It was like this blackness that crept into the corners of my life until everything was grey and dirty. My insides felt burnt out, like if you cut me open, all you would find would...

There were fat cats and skinny cats. The long-tailed and the bobbed. The daring young leapers, and the old windowsill sleepers. Balls of waddling fluff, smooth-coated prowlers, and hairless ones that looked fragile and wise....

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

(Out of the Shadow is) Exceptional….Meticulously plotted, beautifully paced, its an intelligent, fascinating story that draws you in.I couldn’t put it down, a great read..Winn, masterfully weaves together the lives of characters into a rich...

I was reaching for one of the handles when I heard Heidler’s voice from behind me. ‘It would not be wise to enter. It is a bad time to disturb the dead.

The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she and her family were murdered.

Trust me. You’re a constant riddle with an ever-changing solution.” ~ FBI Special Agent Clive Poole to Maggie Mae Castro

If I weren’t so screwed up, I would’ve sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire’s Martini....

Believe in yourself, Follow your dreams, and all things are possible!

It was once said that to hide something from prying eyes you must place it where people can see it.

And when whatever happened in that barn happened, it was a moment I’ll never forget. Like a missing key slid into a dusty old lock. Click. My world opened.

You’ve got to admit that you live at the center of a vortex that seems to funnel nothing but trouble your way.” ~FBI Special Agent Clive Poole to Maggie Mae Castro

Silence hung around the corners, draped like spider webs across all surfaces and hanging like smog in the air.

And to think I could be at home cleaning the cat box,” Esther Charlemagne said. “Watching for a Peeping Tom is so much better.”~ Chapter 2 The Night Shadow by Cheri Vause

Focus. She’s Maddie. Your friend. Would you eyeball Keith or Dane’s butt like that? ~ Zach

Don’t wanna ever take your shoes off in coconut land. Never know when you’re gonna have to run.

What exactly does the I in FBI stand for?” ~Maggie Mae Castro

The love of money can do wicked things to one’s soul.

I’ll get even with you. I’ll show your naked baby pictures to your girlfriend.” ~ Chapter 9 The Truth and Nothing but Lies

This book is a very enjoyable read – I read it in a weekend. Eveline Maedel

One wrong move, one bad rumor, one mistake, and it’s social death row. I’m the latest to be sentenced. Move out of the way, everyone. Dead girl walking. -Riley

Great. This girl was going to seriously mess with my ability to stay on parole. ~Maggie Mae Castro

Don’t waste your breath/trying to escape/if a pure love you don’t have/no one will be saved.

She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I...

Vicki M. Taylor’s “Not Without Anna,” is a gripping, hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at the escalating crisis of teen alcohol and drug abuse. Charlene Austin

Call me crotchety, but I didn’t like being bossed around, especially before I’d injected caffeine into my system. Violet Parker

You don’t look like much, but they say you murdered that other chick.” Treating Murder

You have a very attractive revenge streak in you. I like it. A lot.” ~Maggie Mae Castro to FBI Special Agent Clive Poole

You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski

It never was about the musician or the instrument – it was about the laser notes in a hall of mirrors, the music itself. It was going to change the world for the better and...

In Paris, everything was fixable for the right price.

All the real secrets are buried, and only ghosts speak the truth.

I don’t believe in writer’s block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It’s the same with writing. Take a break and let the words come to you. It rarely comes...

She smells like spring and flowers and rain, even though it’s winter. Sometimes, he thinks he loves her so much that his mind is unable to distinguish between love and obsession. Which is worse?

The wind blowing through the cracks in the walls was fitting for this isolated and lonely place.

Well, you should have a chat with your boyfriend, clarify your desires. Hate to break the news, but, uh, he’s cheatin’ on you. Tell him I said my dog kisses better than him and he...

Lending my voice to a dedicated readership is a match made in heaven.

Because no other girl has ever made me want to forget all my own rules for them.

Six nervous wives at the sink, each quiet as a queen on a chessboard.

The butterflies swirl again in Sera’s stomach. Perhaps they have brought along fireflies too, to light up her soul.

I don’t know where we are, but we’ll soon find our way home!” Le avventure di Pinocchio

My eyes meet his and I understand exactly what he’s saying. He’s my person. He’s my home.

King Yorandt to Kristina in book three of Fracture the Secret Enemy Saga~Secretsrelease date: Summer 2014 Even the master does not play perfectly. He can only hope to make fewer mistakes than his opponent, and...

Is why you are so bad for me.

I heard her scream one night while she was sleeping.Heard but didn’t see.When I turned, there was nothing.No one.Only darkness.But I know what I heard.

How would Elijah ever understand a life that is dark more than light? Or a shadow of someone who follows her around, and when she least expects it, taps her on the back and asks,...

For with all that is grand, grander is the expansion of the mind.