Because I am a doll, and a servant. Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same.

I love him, and he loves me. And being together makes even the little things better.

It doesn’t matter who you were or what you’ve done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.

The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.

I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of...

Hell had frozen over and I was lost in its endless labyrinth.

Hugo attacked me.” Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds.Hugo?” Luke blinked.Hodge’s bird. I think it was his bird, anyway. Maybe it was Valentine’s.”Hugin,” Luke said softly. “Hugin and Munin...

All of the things that were shown in early studies to be good for longevity—happy marriages, healthy bodies—are ours to have. We live long,good lives. We die on our eightieth birthdays, surrounded by our families,...

Is there a club for bitchiness management, like Alcoholics Anonymous? Because, seriously, I think you should visit it.

When you knock off work tonight, go looking for Toby, because, trust me, he will be looking for you.

You’re not alone. You’re never alone. Use creativity to change what world you’re in at this moment.

Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace — grace you can reach...

Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, “This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your...

Love indulged the masochist.

The festive music died down and the granite pillars were replaced with rotted wooden beams as he continued down the alleyways. The scent of fresh flowers turned to mold, and the colorful mosiacs of honor...

One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that...

You wouldn’t believe how boring of a job it is, tasting food to make sure it isn’t poisoned.

We’re close. I can smell their faint scent,” Blake whispered.Kieran snorted. “That makes one of us. All I smell is dog shit.

That girl is just plain crazy,” Chey said as she looped her arm through Arkadia’s. ‘I swear when they were handing out social skills she was still in the line for shoes.

Painfully, the tips of his fingers grazed over her neck, torturing her soul. She didn’t move as his hand stroked the length of her nape, feeling the slight warmth of her aura make him lightly...

And Mother, I love her dearly, but she flies into a panic whenever I mention women’s rights. As she sees it, it will be so much more difficult to marry me off if I am...

Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.

At Tara in this fateful hour,I place all Heaven with its power,And the sun with its brightness,And the snow with its whiteness,And the fire with all the strength it hath,And the lightning with its rapid...

You’ve never been to another planet, have you Aimee?””No, but I’ve been to Disney World.

You say that as if it’s a bad thing,” Rob says, smirking.

In despair, he left that farm and came to Bone Gap when it was a huge expanse of empty fields, drawn here by the grass and the bees and the strange sensation that this was...

I stare at him. “You can’t risk not winning. Not because of me.” Sean doesn’t lift his eyes from the counter. “We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on...

As our kissing progresses, I don’t care that our tryst seems raunchy and wrong. I don’t care that I’m at school, in the boy’s bathroom. I don’t care that to most people this would seem...

I’m beginning to feel as though we’re in some kind of cocoon, I’m just afraid as to what we are going to emerge as. Will I fly away or will he destroy me.

Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don’t.

Why do adults think every girl who isn’t some overachieving nitwit needs to be reassured about her intelligence? Folks, my self-esteem is just fine, thanks. I may not be school smart, and I may do...

In one blow, that dream died as they dragged me—him—away. A tear slid down my cheek. I wasn’t the only one mourning the loss of a dream. “I’m sorry.” ‘You’re not alone, I just wanted...

Jake’s in trouble.’Luca rolled his eyes. ‘What now?”He’s gone off somewhere, I think I know where, and I don’t think it’s good.”Cant that boy ever stay in and watch telly like the rest of us?

Well– I don’t know– the cops might not respond too well to you looking through their windows with a telescope.

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.

Jai, she pleaded quietly, if you hadn’t noticed, I’m a guts and glory kind of girl. I think I’d die trying to protect anyone I care about. It’s just the way I’m wired, I guess....

A man of peace is guided by peace, but when that peace is threatened, he has a choice to either kneel down and die silently as it falls into chaos, or fight for it and...

His smile is beautiful. It’s the kind of smile that can take away all nervousness and tension in a room, no matter how big. I have no choice but to smile back.

…their voices are quieter than the other groups around them, but their body language speaks volumes.

My heart battered against my ribs, my breath stalled and I gazed up into his laughing, smiling eyes…eyes that suddently glowed crimson and cruel.

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)

Do I look that bad?’ I said, my voice quavering with the rejection that I was ashamed for even caring about. ‘Is that what this is all about? How ugly I look?’Patrick kept his eyes...

Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait ’cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been & the youngest you’ll be ever again

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

Love,JamieP.S. I can’t believe you’re dying. Please don’t die.

Ce este, de fapt, normal pentru mine? Ce poate fi normal într-o lume în care nimic nu e ceea ce pare? Doar moartea mai pare să fie un lucru adevărat, pentru că viața s-a transformat...

You naked in my bed is even more unbelievably beautiful than I thought it would be… and trust me I’ve thought about it. A lot.

tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!

I can’t just take it.’‘You can. I’m giving it to you.’ She affirms, glimpsing quickly up at me and then down to the floor, moving her foot once and then back again. Still her hand...

My heart, always so strong in the past, was like the fishnet stockings that clung to my legs—torn, shredded, and full of gaping holes.