I’ll take her home. You guys finish … whatever … you were doing.” She glances to me, a slight blush on her face. I tug Cash’s borrowed shirt down, hiding my red ass cheek. The...

It was amazing the things you could bring yourself to do when you felt insecure, when you were out to protect your heart. You could deny it what it wants most, just for the sake...

There were many tomorrows to be lived through his children. He could only hope that they would face them more courageously than he had, that his mistakes would serve as warning signs rather than crutches...

You have a certain charm, believe it or not. That, and you feed me.

He knows exactly what I need even when I don’t. I’m not sure how he knows me so well, but he does. He knows that when I try to push him away, it means I...

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control?

Every day for a week, sitting in my idling car, saying goodbye without saying anything at all—the touch of his hand, his forehead pressed to mine, the way he brushed my hair out of my...

Mediation on the scriptures transforms our lives.

Does he make you see stars?’ he asks in a low voice. ‘Does he call you his north star? Because that’s what you are to me. You’re the reason I made it home.

He kissed me with a fire like no other, as if he were afraid breaking the kiss would break us.

If you burn away my bones, my love for him would remain, tattooed in the air.

I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world.

I turned to her, my whole body hard with tiredness and regret.

All I could think about was the heat of his soft lips, the way they fitted so wonderfully as I was coaxing him to open them some more, just enough to let my tongue slip...

It’s fine, but don’t ask me to strip again or I’m going to wonder what your intentions really are.

His smile is beautiful. It’s the kind of smile that can take away all nervousness and tension in a room, no matter how big. I have no choice but to smile back.

Finishing my thoughts aloud meant saying how my dad had passed, and I had failed. How I had smoked joints and lay in bed enabling my hopelessness. I’d been the ugly in my world.

That night I dreamt of the moment I found my mother’s body. My life was a series of befores and afters: before my mother’s death and after my mother’s death. Before I left the Monster...

All because I fell in love with a madman.

This world tainted everything it touched, and nothing good was left—could be left – beneath its menacing gaze.

See, the thing is, I had a little misunderstanding with Trent Gibson in Pre-Calculus earlier. I dropped my textbook on his face—accidentally, while we were discussing some…equations—and he thought I was trying to brain him....

Chemistry’s a tricky thing, and if I’m not feeling it, I’m not gonna pretend.

Our eyes met and locked as the song came to a halt, followed by a screaming conclusion from the crowd, girls around us pressing me into the stage, forcing all the air out of my...

We’ve peered into the deepest parts to see beyond what lies on the surface.

I know that whatever you decide, you’ll be happy, Summer, and that is the only thing I could ever wish. Whatever happens in the rest of this summer, whatever happens the rest of your life,...

Never heard you talk about a man this way. Usually you rattle off their attributes like you’re fixing to fricassee the poor sons of bitches. God help the poor bastard you ever fall in love...

I want to tell him I love him; I try to say the words I feel in my gut and my heart and every inch of me. But nothing comes out.

You shouldn’t have done that, Dave.

I’m not a bad person.

I listen closely to her breathing getting slower, deeper until her hand settles over my heart, only beating for her. — Duke

That girl was a goddess and once a guy got hooked on her it was damn hard weaning off. – Drake

I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I’d never slept better.

I love you, and it’s not the kind of love that wavers. It’s the scary kind that doesn’t fade. I look at you, and I see not just everything I want for my life, but...

I’ve come to realize that love is tragic, somewhere down the line it’s inevitable. Fight for it.

You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.

East Hollow is full of tormented souls.’ I remark, only to hear his chuckle, his eyes moving forward just in time to step out of the way of a wayward man with armfuls of carrier...

You are my heart now. Whatever happens to you happens to me.

The nerves, the anxiety, the pressure, it’s all gone. Being in his arms took it all away.

He thinks he’s comforting a friend after a bad breakup. Little does he know-he’s the one who’s breaking my heart.

Taking the safe road is good, but sometimes, you may miss what could be better. I’d rather love hard and get hurt then not really love at all.

She glared at me. I didn’t care. One word was playing a loop in my heaad: mine.

I belong with you and you belong with me.

The only reason guys wanna play pool with girls is to see you leaning over the table, looking sexy. Not that I wouldn’t enjoy that… immensely.” – Chris

Before I could respond, I looked out the window again and as if in response to my thoughts, I saw Cooper walking up my driveway. My jaw dropped. I peeked around the kitchen doorframe. Mom...

I thought if I loved you enough I could change you. I was so stupid.

Amica mia. Amore mio. Mio respiro.

No.” I pulled away just enough to lock my eyes with his. His crooked smile sent shivers down my spine. His eyes were a deep blue darkening more as the minutes passing between us were...

Yes, ma’am.

You fly all the time. Haven’t you noticed?