I wiggle my eyebrows. ‘Sorry, Evan, I can’t make out with you while the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field.

What is your secret? What could you possibly know, more than 80 years after you death, that someone doesn’t want us to find out?

Who the hell are you?

So I’m figuring this is death. The little air left in the cockpit is toxic with marthenine, and I can only wonder how much of it I have breathed in. Is my throat becoming raw...

Loyal,” he tells me. St. Louis is a loyal town.

Now you’re an adult, Katya!” he’d said, picking her up under the armpits like he’d been doing since she’d been born.

Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth.

It’s funny how life moves in a complete circle sometimes. There might be lots of bumps in the road and maybe even a few cliffs, but it’s a journey, and sometimes it can bring you...

She feels him scoot closer, the heat of him radiating off his chest and absorbing into her skin. His legs straddle her from behind, and he places delicate kisses along her shoulder, her back, the...

The waiter repeated, “The cocktails are from Mr Seadon. He asked me to tell you that he thought you’d enjoy them. They are called Secrets.

Violet: “You’re an asshole.” Onyx: “Thank you, it’s something that took an eternity to perfect.

It’s my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood...

Elijah blinked in dazzling sunlight and took a deep breath. The sweet-pepper scent of meadow grass told him immediately where he was. Winded, he skidded to a halt as the portal spat him out. Above...

I hate you,” I muttered.Noah smiled wider. “I know.

‎”I froze. Like an idiot I froze. He was staring right at me. (…) He wore an innocent and mesmerizing smile directed right at me. I did my best to ignore it but having a...

I was not being mean. Mean was her mother giving her the name Bernice Woodward.Ryals, R.K.. Cursed (The Thorne Trilogy Book 1) (Kindle Locations 66-67). . Kindle Edition.

Wishing that I could stay right here in this moment of not doing, but simply being, forever.

Darian murdered them in cold blood. That’s a crime punishable with life in the Terrorscape, where you experience the worst nightmares imaginable.

Rachel!” Gabe shouted, rushing forward. Before Gabe could reach her Haim, being closer to where she had fallen through, leapt into the gaping hole after her. The group now only heard Haim’s cries echoing in...

Alicia’s sweet friend, Cassie, who never thought of anyone as being a stranger, rushed up to Halloran and kneed him in the groin. The big bad dragon shifter cried out, clutched his crotch, and fell...

Shhhhh, I am trying to read.

Your boyfriend smells bad, says Sarah as she sniffs the armpit of the giant sweatshirt.All boys smell bad I say and she nods her head like we have just figured out something very important.

Because what is more like love than the ocean? You can play in it, drown in it. It can be clear and bright enough to hurt your eyes, or covered in fog; hidden behind a...

Having something to fight for will make us stronger than anything they can throw at us.

I’ve never had any summer lovin’. And I’ve never had any school year lovin’, either. I’ve never had a boyfriend. I’ve never hooked up with a guy. And this morning, on my Internet browser, an...

I’m sorry,’ she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, ‘I’m sorry Courtney.I’m sorry Marcus. I’m sorry Rachel.I’m sorry Jon. I’m sorry I’m alive and you’re dead. I’m sorry...

They are going to see it anyway.” If we don’t show them that integrity is something you should always have in the back of your mind, then we’ve given up on them.

There are thousands of other women to choose from. You understand me? And this court runs on ambition alone.

Tangled onto the shuttle, we were being woven back and forth to create the same tapestry of despair and heartbreak and loss. It was so muchbigger than I could see before, and all I had...

I’m not certain what I notice first, the bright flickering light that illuminates the darkness underneath my eyelids, or the shrill screams that pull me form the dredges of sleep. Either way, I’m awake. And...

normal” what the majority of people do? So what if suddenly ninety-nine people out of a hundred decide to walk their iguanas down the street while wearing a tutu? Wouldn’t the one guy who didn’t...

Your best disguise is the strong impression your enemy has of you. Strong…and dead wrong.

Dillan didn’t just kiss. He slow danced. We moved in sync. I wanted to lose myself in him. In his touch. Right then the world seemed like such a perfect place.

Okay, news flash. Jealousy is not something I enjoy. I hadn’t felt it much before. But I’d also never been in love. And I’d never been 3,300 miles away from the girl I loved while...

You’ve left me alone to deal with this situation, and now we’re being dealt the consequences.”I swore I heard Tom growl. I actually pulled the phone from my ear to stare at it to make...

A glacial chill rushes through Gage. He whips around just in time to see arms clutch Summer around the middle and drag her into the dark. Panic seizes him, and he takes off after her,...

My brain was about two eggs past fried.

Seriously, this old woman had no idea how close she came to being squashed like a roach. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency

You know the kind of smile I’m talkin’ about. That flirty, cute, bite-your-bottom lip ‘cause his smile is so stinkin’ perfect—that kind of smile.

The dead should not linger.

Jamie said in that voice of his, “You never saw us.””I never saw you,” the driver repeated, sounding dazed. “You drove this astonishingly hot underwear model from south Texas. You wanted to lick his abs.”...

He would lay here holding her as long as it took and he didn’t really care how long that might be. She was his world now, his priority, the rest of his life could wait...

Truth means facing denial and saying I know who I am, I know who I need to be and I’m not afraid to become that person no matter what…Never be without fear; but Letti, never...

Oh my God, cheese burn!

Maybe they want us to feel uneasy. Maybe they think we’ll make a mistake if they’re constantly breathing down our necks.’ I shivered violently, as if I really could feel the hot, hungry breath of...

Uri was turned, looking at him, shouting something, but at that point, Gabe couldn’t hear him. A moment later, Gabe felt like the car was spinning uncontrollably. The nausea overcame him and he seriously thought...

I think of this girl, this bright light coming from such a dark place. I know that the things she believes about God and the Bible and hope and all that are very real to...

Young girls think they know what their hearts desire, what they want the most. When really, we know nothing of love, devotion and utter loyalty. Not until we break our own hearts when we learn...

Stars are the souls of old sailors. They plot the skies and guide the wayward home.

There, in the corner under the window—the window through which he thought he saw movement before—was a slender white foot! Quinn’s heart froze in his chest and frightened bile began working its way up his...