I’m not allowed to be who I really am.

She knows all about black holes.

I want to kiss you,” I say, “but I seem to be holding this cat.”Skunk lifts his hand and touches it to the side of my face. His fingers are warm from carrying the hot...

Heralds don’t sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin.

LAST YEAR, Honesty and I still talked, Laughed, Planned weekend activities together. Last year, I used to have friends, Speak, Live. Last year, Honesty lived, Loved, Laughed. But now— Now I live with the knowledge...

If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming back to life. Forever Easter.

Well, I see you won. The fruit won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. Maybe the apples. Those look like they need some more killing.

You still have a family,” she whispers.

I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him.

Wherever you travel to, there is your home.

Secretly,” he mumbled in a quieter tone, “I’ve always wanted to know what it would feel like to lust, to hunger for something different. But I’ve never been able to imagine ever experiencing that kind...

Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.

He holds her for an eternity. Time cascades into the void of the past. She inhales his scent. Full of man and strength and yearning. And she wonders why she ever doubted their relationship. Why...

The human body is the best work of art.

What kind of life is that? Do you know? Do you? Because I know. I lived that life. For years I lived it. Without you. And I’ve never been more miserable. I’d rather fight everyday...

Of course the fall semester didn’t start for another eight weeks or so. There was always a chance we were both being overly optimistic in thinking I’d be alive when it rolled around.

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.

Keegan had never realized how absolute silence could be in the minutes before dawn. Maybe because the expectation of battle filled the air, not even birds sang.

The room was two-tiered,its marble balconies filled with rams and water nymphs in fancydress; a kaleidoscope of colours swayed in time to the beat ofhypnotic music. A concerto of absent musicians, it played only inher...

Something I don’t regret.

Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

Want to try it out?

I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.

For the first time, with complete clarity and absolute conviction, I know I love him entirely with all that I have, everything I am, and who I’m going to be. Of course, I’ve told him...

Nobody makes you, you. You make yourself.

That was in the old days. Why shouldn’t they change with the times and be modern, too?

Fix me,” I commanded him. “This thing, what I’ve done- there’s something wrong with me, Noah. Fix it.”Noah’s expression broke my heart as he brushed my hair from my face and skimmed the line of...

It kills me. The way he trusted. LIke the way we trusted before they came and blue the whole goddamned world apart. Trusted that when it got dark there would be light. Trusted that when...

I never thought I would die at the age of seventeen, so when I received the death message, I was a little freaked out.

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming....

Norman picked up a sketch, glanced at it, then put it back down on the table. “I saw Bea Williamson this morning,” he said in a low voice. “Lurking about looking for cut glass.” “Oh,...

It is hard to imagine the things you have never seen.

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...