Wait.” I began to pull off his jacket. “You forgot this.””Keep it,” he said without looking back. “I’ll get it from you on Monday. When we discuss tutoring.”And Noah Hutchins – girl-using stoner boy and...

Why can’t you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It’s very charming. It’s very sweet. It’s what the whole world should do.

I wrote about the person I love most, my older brother, Noah. We don’t live together so I wrote what I imagine he does when we’re not together.””And what is that?” prodded the stout man....

I’d rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.

Come here, baby.” And with my words, Echo leaned into me soft, pliant, broken. “You’re not alone,” I whispered into her hair as I cradled her in my arms. “You’re not alone, because you have...

Take it all in. Sit back and watch and listen and hear all the hate that’s being thrown at us and remember every person that’s kicking you when you’re down, because next year it ain’t...

You know a lot about math,” I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along the lines of “Hey, you have hair and it’s red and curly.” Real...

Then, yes, Shea, I would love to be your girlfriend.

Not sure how I felt about Antonio and Echo, I linked my fingers with hers. Antonio cocked a surprised eyebrow. Damn straight, bro. I just marked my territory.

Noah drew me closer to him. “It’s okay. I’ve got you.

Please, Noah, I don’t want to do this wrong. Tell me how to make you feel good.”He shifted so that his body rested beside mine, his leg and arm still draped over me. I felt...

Noah held my hand and my bag as he escorted me to the third floor – the Women’s Pavilion. The elevator bell rang and the doors opened. “Jesus, Echo, circulation in my hand would be...

Noah?”A welcome voice – not my mother’s, but welcome all the same: Echo. A smile spread across my face. This was too good. Me in a towel, alone in the house with my nymph. I...

You scared the shit out of me last night, so forgive me if I don’t want to hear fine as an answer.”I rubbed my eyes, hoping it would keep the burning tears away. The warm...

I’ve got you. I swear to God, I’ve got you,” said Noah. “Stay with me, Echo.”I wanted to. I wanted to stay with him, but the shouting and screams and glass breaking in my mind...

Whoever thought up the phrase ‘Absence makes the heart grow founder’ was an idiot.Absence makes a bitch go crazy. -Elli, While Shea is Away

To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible fortune is so sweet, so thrilling!

Oh God, this is my fantasy! Where those just-friend boys suddenly realize they love me.”I don’t know if this was like that.”What happened?’He thought for a moment. ‘Well. I realized I loved her.’Hannah gasped. ‘Oh...

Trouble. Sweetheart. Sang. Don’t. Don’t slip away.” He sniffed. I felt a droplet meeting my forehead.Gabriel was crying.”I need you,” he whispered. “Comeback to me. I need you.

So what now?” he said. “What do you mean?””What do we do now? We can’t just be roommates.””You said you didn’t like me.””I don’t like you. I don’t like how your hair smells, and how...

Hmmm, good isn’t fun, but I’ll try,” he whispers to me. ~ The Light Tamer

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.

A wrong was just righted. Take care of my best friend.

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....

Grace stopped in the door, dimly silhouetted by the dull gray morning light, and looked back at me, at my eyes, my mouth, my hands, in a way that made something inside me knot and...

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

She doesn’t beg to speak, or do anything else. You can lock her up, down, and sideways and it’s never going to happen.”I beam at him. I had no idea he thought so highly of...

How can something as simple as a look make me feel so much?

You’re not untrustworthy, you’re not cold and you’re not a bitch. You have… issues. I get that. We all have issues. But once I realized you were lying to me, I began to understand why....

The only way to see everything, my dear, is to see it absolutely.

I knew in that moment, I would never love anyone in my life the way I loved Evan Mathews.

He cupped my face in his hands and wiped my tears with his thumbs.”Better?””Yes.”He looked into my eyes and said, “I’ll never leave you alone, Anna. Not if I can help it.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Because when you find something you love, you can’t quit. Every failure pushes you harder. It’s in your soul and in your fucking heart

A rumble gurgled through the space between them.”Was that you?”She looked down. “Was that me?””That noise. It sounded like a growl.”Well according to you, I am a ferocious car burglar.

She looked at him, his soft brown eyes and tall form, and contemplated raising herself on her toes and kissing his ear, or his cheek…Instead, impulsively before leaving, she reached up and smoothed his mussed...

I’d be anything you need me to be. That’s just who I am,” he said, he tilted his head up.

If you seek someone to love, you wait until that special someone comes along to stay with you,be there for you ,and most importantly to love you as you. Cause if you try to hard...

Søte bløte stikkelsbær. Hvorfor vokser du på så sinte trær? Hvorfor kan du ikke neste vår, vokse på en eplegren? Sånn at jeg kan få plukket deg, uten å få stukket meg!

They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side of the sea.

She stood in his kitchen, watching him toy with the ring in his lip. It wasn’t quite that he was biting it, but sucking it into his mouth. He did that when he was concentrating....

His dear face, dear to her, dearer still. how could she love his face more for its damage? What kind of person saw someone’s suffering and felt her heart crack open even wider, even more...

If my heart grows any fonder, it’s going to hop out of my chest and into yours.

Flipping to the front, I caught Aiden’s gaze and offered a sympathetic smile.”Skittles?””Please.”I dumped some into his open palm, then picked out the green ones. Aiden grinned at me.”You know I don’t like the green...

wen thectaste of my own medicine is given to me results into silent treatment,its not bitter therefore i enjoy the medicine i gave you too.

Acceptance. We want someone to look at us, and really see us—our physical flaws, our personality quirks, our insecurities. And we want them to be okay with every square inch of who we are. We’re...

Her chest began to quake softly. “Why?””Why what, sweetheart?” I said gently. “Why do you want me?”I didn’t even have to think. “Because anyone who’s been through what you have and can still come out...

Great. So basically you’re saying your entire family is trained to kick my ass if I step out of line.”Sherry tapped his chest with a smirk she didn’t quite feel. “AND don’t you forget it.””Well,...

Here, illuminated at last,Nestles the ruddy glint of spiritual certainty;Sweet moments of passion and healing,Of sensual release.