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.

Everything around her was in a fog; the intense light that always shone in his aqua blue eyes was the only thing in focus, but it was suddenly unknown… different… almost embarrassing.

Every Mind Breaker I met was a true person inside and out. My name is Hayden Laevary, and these are their stories… as well as mine.

I had always heard rumors of her, Nanook thought, she who can control the wind, the water, the earth, and fire … she who can talk to time. But those were old myths of a...

I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.

He had something in him, how he walked, how he carried himself with that carelessness, he wasn’t my type entirely, if I ever had a type of guy before him.

. ‘Because off-duty cops walk around the city wearing sweatshirts advertising they’re cops all the time, never mind it’s a hundred degrees outside. And never mind you look like the youngest cop ever recruited in...

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don’t have to hear the stupid things people say, but I’d look like a dork in them.” -Corinna

I don’t mean to take the bow off the end of your rain, but you gotta be smart about your first boyfriend.

He reflects on all the times he thought she wasn’t sure of her feelings for him, when perhaps she might’ve been taking a leisurely stroll across Elijah’s heart, leaving footprints behind that he’d never seen.

It had become their creation, and they all would know it.

But when you don’t follow them up with any action, they’re completely pointless. They’re just sounds and syllables. But they mean absolutely nothing.

My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. She’d set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way. I’d begun to notice her less and less often, like her colors were...

I found I could only glance at him for tiny moments and then I had to look away. He was perfect enough to hurt my feelings for a long time, and I wanted to let...

Do You Believe?

I wanted to remind you that you do not allow me to deliver boats, as I have been known to crash them.