She crawled into her bed and curled into a tiny ball. She was suddenly aware of how small the space was that she was occupying compared to the largeness of the world. With a heavy...

Sorry, kid. You don’t get to exist in story; you’re too different.” You don’t want to be part of our present dystopia that tells kids that if they just stopped being who they are they...

Who wants to drink blood for eternity? What we have discovered is far more seductive and a great deal more dangerous…

Paige, you will have two tasks tonight,’ he said, turning to face me. ‘Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?”Not likely,’...

Cassiopeia? She was a queen long ago, in a different part of the world. The stories say she was very beautiful, but very proud. Too proud. She smack-talked some goddesses and got herself stuck up...

…I bet I’ll haunt your dreams tonight. I just wan’ed to paint a picture in your head. I wan’ed you to see me as the monster I can often be. You see, you are what...

I’m oxygen and he’s dying to breathe.

If he came back in and ventured just a step too close to me, I would do it. I had been tempered in a furnace of Stickings’ making, and I had come out stronger.

Fire and earth are the most sacred of the natural elements. One must cross their path with caution and respect.

They are here to help pack the gold, mistress. The women wouldn’t be able to do it quickly enough , but I reverently ask that you don’t tell them I said so. The last time...

If they ever turn, let them chase me for a while. It’s always been afantasy of mine to be chased by zombie cheerleaders.

As he carefully made his way back to the stairs and awkwardly turned off the light, he did not notice that the dark shadow he had assumed was his reflection remained in the mirror. He...

Reaching out, I grab his hand and intertwine my fingers with his. And I move into his space until we’re not even an inch from each other. Laying my forehead on his chest, I take...

I’m not Bonnie™ or Chloe. I’m the essence of her, the nontrademarked person the camera can never capture and my parents have no right to sign over. There is a sovereign nation encased in this...

Something that’s bothered me for a while now is the current profligacy in YA culture of Team Boy 1 vs Team Boy 2 fangirling. […] Despite the fact that I have no objection to shipping,...

Why the hell didn’t faerie food come with a warning written in bold letters: MADE IN LA LA LAND. EATING WILL OPEN YOU UP TO FAERIE ATTACKS.

I couldn’t compete with Honesty, With her dark blonde hair streaked with auburn, With her captivating blue eyes, With her legs that stretched into forever. She had the brains, The body, The perfect resume for...

They say that right before you die your whole life flashes before you – a medley of your own personal greatest hits. Well then, I must be about to live, because events that haven’t happened...

I could hear the chaotic laughter trailing behind me. It turned the ageless trees into a menace. They loomed around me, while hiding him. The branches tore at my skin in an effort to bind...

Because I traded it all, my heart, my memories, everything. For her.

this book is our special treasure, and it contains many secrets within its pages. I am going to teach you how to read them.” She opened the book as Rhiannon snuggled closer to her, her...

Remember what I said when I led to Omar and the queen?” I bobbed my head, unable to look away from his jewel-like eyed, shining in the darkness…so much like Chorda’s. “That was the lie....

I’d stumbled upon the inner sanctuary of a woman who loved the world. Loved the faces of people she saw. Loved the way a hand looked when it was relaxed. Loved the way a woman...

[She] had heard it said that there was only one emotion which, in recollection, was capable of resurrecting the full immediacy and power of the original—one emotion that time could never fade, and that would...

To save you,” he says.But there’s nothing left to save.

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children’s books suddenly turn up very high on the list.

I’m so sorry. I think I’m just tired.” The socially accepted excuse for being mental.

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

His gaze settles on my lips for a few seconds, then slides up to meet mine. Oh Gods, how my hearts pound. The heat of a blush sneaks up my neck and makes itself at...

What would you do if I kissed you right now?”I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. “I would kiss you back.

I’m just as big a fool as the rest of them.

Sorry, dear. This isn´t fairy tale. There´s no happily ever after. Just… ever after.

So did you bring me down here to show me how artistic you are?” “No, I just wanted to talk to you alone. You know… get to know each other better.” “In case you didn’t...

Congratulations, everyone,” I announce as I open the door to Noam’s study. “You’ve finally broken Meira, the crazy, orphaned soldier-girl. She’s snapped, all thanks to the mention of floral arrangements.

We could do it, you know. What? Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

‘You have a mother? ‘His mouth quirked with humor. ‘Yep, and a father too! Every kid normally has one of each to begin with.’ He was teasing me in an affectionate way…

It’s easy to remember, because dating rhymes with mating, and they’re almost the same […] So your mom thinks we’re ma– Uh, dating?

Love when you can, and fight when you must, but stand together and never give up, not to the enemy, and not on each other.

Why was it that boys said girls were so hard to understand when she hadn’t known a single guy who hadn’t confused her to the point of screaming?

We combine our three packs of pasta for dinner – pesto. We tip the dried stuff into a pan, add water and simmer. We try it, looking at each other with disbelief as it hits...

Getting up from the bed, Dominick approaches me at a slow predatory pace. Once again, I cannot move my feet.

Little mouse,” a voice said through the keyhole. “Don’t you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat’s delight?

I think you’ve got to get out whatever’s hurting you through your art, so it doesn’t twist you up inside.

I’m just going to say her name,” he said.

I walked forward simply because there was no going back.

You can’t conquer everything in a day. Or even a week. Maybe not even a year. There’s no way to work hard at grieving. You just have to let it happen. And you are, so...

As he read, I feel in love the way you fall asleep: slow, and then all at once.

Love is rare and hard to find and takes years upon years to develop. Teenagers don’t fall in love.

I’ve never liked urban myths. I’ve never liked pretending to believe in them; never understood why everyone else doesn’t see straight through them. Why is it they’ve always happened to a friend of a friend...

It could be why you’re still single.