No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.”-Inside Out and Back Again

It’s not my fault I can’t be like you, okay? I don’t get up in the morning thinking the world is one big, shiny, happy place, okay? That’s just not how I work. I don’t...

The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.

I’d rather feel something for real than pretend it’s not what it is. Which Zen guy said “If you want to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water”?

What were we, but kids with apartments and jobs anyway?

Even though we don’t admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard’s lyrics, or on the pages in the Library

Every great day has a story and a song!

Pain is an old friend who left briefly and has now returned. Starvation without sustenance, I had grown acquaint. Satiety was a stranger who invaded my deepest being, and now I cannot live without.

I needed out. The Jeep wasn’t fast enough. I shut it down, grabbed the keys and started running like a bear was at my heels. I couldn’t even see Henry anymore through my tears so...

Hip-hop is a reflection of your surroundings and an instrument of change. – Esme from Sister Mischief

If she had looked into his eyes at that very moment she would have seen the inferno that she had thrown him into.

I wanted moments like this to last forever. If it couldn’t, I wanted to play it on repeat so I wouldn’t forget the details of every second.

The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me

Nobody’s watchin’ if you want to, you know, try it. Not to brag, but I’m somewhat of an expert.

And I have thepower to do the impossible.

I wonder where love really is. Good feelings. Happiness. They’re someplace, I know. I feel that. But without Father and Mother, how do I get there?

There’s something to say about inspiration – when it comes into your life…the feeling is insatiable.

One can learn from what is not said.

How would Elijah ever understand a life that is dark more than light? Or a shadow of someone who follows her around, and when she least expects it, taps her on the back and asks,...

We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace.

Because once you give your body to a guy, there’s no taking it back. And once you’ve done that it opens up feelings, emotions and vulnerabilities you never knew you were capable of having. I’m...

It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re deprived of something meaningful.

He comes in through people. People who love us anyway. They jump right into the chaos with us and try to help us make sense of it. That’s what mercy is…it’s choosing to help, or...

His question is pretty dangerous for me to try to answer, so I don’t—it continues to hang out there like the stained underwear at a slumber party that goes unclaimed.

I’m going to kiss you now. It’ll be a big one, so don’t hit me.

Writing is easy, its marketing that is truly hell!

Then why don’t I tell on him?If they don’t, why don’t I?Because.Because I am safe this way,silent unnoticed.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.

There was no gentle way around it – hearts would be broken, relationships would be crushed and I was the messenger.

Are you sure? I mean, I don’t understand how this could have happened. She’s only fifteen; I didn’t even know she was sexually active.” Mallory’s father, normally in control, was on the verge of tears....

He grinned, a very dark and evil grin… the kind of grin that the Grinch had before he stole Christmas.

Society gets by from the help of its citizens.

C, it was like my breath was stolen. My heart seemed to merge with yours. When you came into my life, all I wanted was you. All I thought about was you. Your smile, your...

Milcas raced out his door, anxious to find the answer to this riddle and discover the source of hope for a Roegan in Fargranther; the propellant of an unheard of, forgotten, impossible, and by all...

The stars twinkled above him brilliantly, representing all of the beautiful laws of the universe.

I get that. For you, it’s more than following a bunch of rules—no sex, no booze, no swear words, pray every night and twice on Sunday.

I’m here. Start at the beginning.

There is no good or evil here, it all depends on what side you’re standing. Nor is it about wrong or right, it’s about surviving.” Triven

Keegan felt nervous as Rourk walked toward her. What should she say? In an instant, he stood in front of her. She felt his fingers trace the side of her face. She looked up into...

But I knew he wouldn’t kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words and near misses. All the potential, the alternate futures that would stretch out...

I know. I’m on a mission to cure you of that.

Grandpa Sereno: “There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger and we must start to put all our efforts into fighting THAT instead...

Ya no hay nada que no tenga importancia.

I have this idea stuck in my head that you have to be born beautiful in order to dream beautiful things. God didn’t write beautiful on my heart. I’m stuck with all my bad dreams....

Light or Death!

it’s through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It’s also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and...

…the primary trait of young adult literature is that the author’s emphasis is on plot and character and not on his own brilliance. And because few people talk about whether a young adult work is...

Sometimes, reality is the illusion, and the truth only visible where our eyes can’t see.”- Lady Lalaigne

Just to be clear, if I, like, leaned over and whispered your name in your ear, still nothing?

I’m enjoying two beautiful visions tonight. Watching you stand there against a marvelous background has to be the most intriguing sunset I have ever experienced.