Kevin looks at me and I know he isn’t seeing the little girl I use to be, all pigtails and gangly limbs. He isn’t seeing my mother’s daughter or even my mother anymore. As his...

In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there’s not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering...

He’s hurting and it’s not just the Quinn thing. It’s being away from you and wondering if you’re hurting, too. Or if you’re having too much fun to hurt. What he really needed was to...

Remember Whose You Are.

You have naked angels running around your house,” Jenna continued through her laughter. Gabby laughed louder.

Ascente cha ores ri ve breazza.””Turn your ear to the wind,” she interpreted. “Stand strong.

I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I’m touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

I barely brushed towards her cheek as I moved towards her mouth, her nails tickled my chest, driving me insane. Kissing her became my single reason for breathing.

My father used to say that when hunting a shark, we should either kill it or let it go. To cage a shark is sheer cruelty, and I cannot live like a shark in a...

He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating

He’s a lovely guy, but there’s no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government can’t legislate for chemistry.

Sophie: “For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub.”Agatha: “I thought it was a better ending.

Whoever is messing with my daughter, messing with my home, will be sorry they chose to play this game. I’ll be screaming checkmate before they even realise I moved my pawns…

But maybe that isn’t possible. Maybe the mind of the majority is always the healthy mind, simply by virtue of its numbers. Maybe it’s the definition of madness to believe I’m right and everyone else...

I’m sorry,” I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement as he slid out of his seat, left some bills for the breakfast...

‘Sara, we have to go,’ she whispers, even though my dad isn’t there to hear her. She’s not crying. She’s calm. Matter-of-fact. As if she’s asking me whether I want mayo or mustard on my...

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.” Sir William Wallace

The road ahead holds many tests challenging everything she ever believed. I whispered a prayer for her inner strength to guide her on her path. She was going to need it.

Reluctantly, he put his hand up to the cold glass. That odd tingling sensation raced through his body again. His ears began to hum and his head felt strange and heavy. Beneath his touch, the...

Garrett. My name is Garrett and please make my name a sin to speak. Maybe that way I won’t have people like you screaming out for people like me; for people like you are so...

O, het was makkelijk om dingen op te geven en te beweren dat je vrij van de wereld was, gemakkelijk om kleine irritaties te vergeven en jezelf op de borst te kloppen, omdat je je...

To make a difference in the world, it only takes one optimistic person, who can gather millions of people to make the change.

The first thing anybody tells you about this business is to say what makes you unique and different, but I couldn’t and the very idea of it never sat well with me and after much...

Everything…affects everything

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

I focus all my energy into become a faster, stronger, and better version of myself.

You go, girl!” smirk right back. I think of CK, how he and I often sat like that. Not because we were seconds from making out or wanted to look like a couple, but just...

Now would you get me a soda?

All this bunch of so-called ‘adults’ was doing was making enemies of one another when what they really needed to be concentrating on was how to get out alive.

Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings.

You risked an awful lot for someone you hardly know.’ I narrow my eyes. ‘THAT doesn’t say much about your character. Perhaps you should wait until someone’s about to be executed for a mistake YOU...

Dreams deny her the freedom she truly seeks. Darkness consumes. Leg muscles burn. She runs away, even while lost in the paradise of sleep. Gravity is a crushing force bearing down on her chest, shattering...

Out of misery, comes unexpected joy.

Twists, turns, virgins and bad boys. I love a good YA read. Do you?

Either you’re with me or you’re against me. I can’t afford to be looking over my shoulder all the time waiting for you to stick a knife in my back.

With the warmth of an alien sun on his back, Jacob took a deep breath at the door and knocked.

You smell good,” he whispered into my neck. He was warm against me. Instinctively, I arched back into him and smiled. “Really?” “Mmm-hmm. Delicious. Like bacon.

I trail my fingers across his cheek. He stays perfectly still for me. “Please stop apologizing, Etienne.””Say my name again,” he whispers.I close my eyes and lean forward. “Etienne.”He takes my hands into his. Those...

The salty, slightly stagnant smell of the marsh filled my nose. On the other side of the bed, a French door opened to what looked like the balcony. The curtain was drawn but a silhouette...

Tequila! Would you not think fallen angels would be immune to it.” “Fallen, hate that word! I prefer..misplaced

Even if I did feel bad for Darian, I wouldn’t admit it. Siding with anyone who violates The Protectorate would make me Noncompliant. That would make me almost as corrupt as him. To side with...

People need hope Michael, as much as they need a leader. You and Gabe are the answer to both of those things. You’ll lead the people of earth to victory and Gabe will give them...

I guess I’ll wake up tomorrow and find I’m not in Kansas anymore.””You’re from Kansas?” Most of Kansas was not a lion fae territory. She’d heard the cobra fae loved to go there, however.

Okay, listen, I don’t know what dumb lines you are used to giving girls so they fall all over you but I just want you to know that I wasn’t born yesterday so I am...

That’s when I realized it. I liked this girl. A lot. I liked her super-moist double chocolate chip cupcakes. I liked how kind and patient she was with the guests, the way her forehead crinkled...

They sat and he drew her into him. Their lips met, sparking an internal firework display. His soft exquisite lips pressed gently against hers. His kiss held the exact right balance between tenderness and a...

It was a single line amid a wall of hate. It barely made a difference.But it was a start—and that was all that mattered.

If we don’t fight, we’ve already lost. Without hope, without trying, there’s no point.

She’s familiar. My only familiar thing in a world of inconsistency and confusion.

Are you sure?” Aidan asked, “Gavriel’s still a vampire.” “He warned me about you and about them. He didn’t have to. I’m not going to repay that by-” she hesitated, then frowned. “What did you...