Creativity is the catalyst to the future.

I haven’t finished revisiting Sleeping Beauty. As a faerie tale, that one is rife with inherent difficulties. After all, the world doesn’t stop just because one person is asleep.

She turned back to Jace. “Do you have to be so-,” she began, but stopped when she saw his face. It looked stripped down, oddly vulnerable.”Unpleasant?” he finishes for her. “Only at days when my...

Cold air clawed at my face, ripping tears from my eyes. I buried my face deep into Daniel’s back and breathed in a mixture of familiar scents – almonds, oil paint, earth, and a hint...

She had every right to be harsh, mean, and independent. Every damn right. And yet he had a feeling that she needed care more than anyone else in the world.

You are sexy, in your own goofball way, you’re sweet and beautiful and smart and funny and, although you kiss to the point where I feel like I want to go back for seconds, you’re...

I had evolved a year too soon, and it nearly broke me

Every thing’s for sale out here. Anything you want. About the only thing you can’t buy is my dignity and self-respect, cause those were the first to go. And I gave them away for free....

I never realised how powerful desire could be. It consumes every part of you, enhancing your senses by a million.

When we can’t understand the science behind something in this world, we make up mythological entities that we can relate to. We personify the forces of nature that mystify us, using our boundless imaginations to...

A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can...

She never looked nice.She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

I look away, but we’ve caught each other. And I know this wasn’t just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others.

Nobody does,” I assure him.

He pulled me back to him, stroking my hair as if to calm me. Tears sprang to my eyes and melted into the water around me. I didn’t want to die. But people died every...

You know there is a thin line between love and hate. Maybe you loved me and didn’t realise

I bet you Cinderella didn’t get along with Prince Charming’s friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all,...

Saat-saat istimewa dalam hidup kita selalu datang tanpa peringatan.

Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into kiss preparedness mode way too early, to the detriment of things...

Ugh! She cursed her lack of attention to the [mythology] reading. Who could have known that would be the important class?

Shut up, ya wanker.”They start in on each other again. They yell as if they both have megaphones to their mouths, standing inches apart. Each vulgar insult is more illogical than the last.

She didn’t need friends; she needed to be a bigger bitch.Chubby Chaser, 11/21/14. Available for preorder on Amazon.

Somewhere close bye, a man is moaning; he’s been trampled or thrown or bitten. He sounds resentful or surprised. Did no one tell him that pain lives in this sand, dug in and watered with...

It’s just…how do I put this? Maybe it’s just hard for me to imagine turning down something that’s so much harder for someone like me to find.

Recognize that you have been chosen to be alive, right now, at this exact moment in time and know that none of that is random. There is something about you, your past or your future...

He was protecting me with just the tips of his fingers, like five miniature copies of his heart touching my skin.

Haven’t you figured it out yet? I’m the wolf, Ryiah. I guess what I really should have told you was to never trust a prince, but that’s not quite as memorable.

Langley bred a certain type of person with great intention. The human resources department required nearly as sophisticated of analysts as the foreign intelligence department. Apply the massive computing technology of the CIA to hiring,...

I don’t lie to you,” Alan said. “I lie WITH you.”Sin stopped looking up at him from under her eyelashes and burst out laughing.Alan went red. “So I’ve just realized how that come out. Uh.

and others have weirdness thrust upon them.

Don’t bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It’s disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.

MacKenzie grinned at Mim. “They love the modern appliances.””Especially the electric floor sweeper,” Valor chuckled.”Defiance really has a thing for the vacuum cleaner,” MacKenzie agreed in a secretive whisper.”If he ever has kids, he’ll probably...

And you better believe that I’ll be protecting what’s mine.

My Characters Tell ME Where THEY Want to Go.

Do it, SENATOR! And it will be the end of your career! Everyone will love to know of a scandal involving a senator who loves abusing luxury prostitutes.” ~Larsson

He is the one pocket of warmth in a sea of ice.

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

When I make love to you,’ he said in a low whisper right by my ear, ‘I want to be able to give you one hundred percent of my attention. Right now, with the Unit...

Without thinking, he reached for her hand. Tucked it against her chest, feeling that was where it should be. Perry’s heart slammed against his ribs. She had to feel it.

(…) Las novias vienen y van, y quizás deberías tomar esto como su forma de mantenerte en su vida.

I can feel that I’m in a dream, but I can’t wake myself up.

Rachel opened her mouth to respond, but the head cut her off.

Out of the seven billion people sharing the planet with her, not one of them knew what was going through her head. Not one of them knew she was lost. Not one of them asked.

There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

I fear oblivion’ he said. “I fear it like a proverbial blind man fears the dark

I need a victim and no offense Yuki, but your carrot sticks are lacking in controversy.

I knew from Brianna that being beautiful wasn’t all great. Brianna had changed in middle school. One day we were both seventh graders and the next, she was a supermodel who had a seventh grader...

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...

Before I fix the world, I have to fix myself.

I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement … anywhere … ever.