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...

People who are different are considered ineffective. People who can’t hide their shortcomings are not considered a threat. A lot of spies rely on being unobtrusive, but we flat out flaunt the fact that we’re...

I don’t have deal breakers,” Alan said. “I look on tempests, and am never shaken.

You have to figure that there is something seriously wrong with somebody who wants to enter a profession that deals with whether people are screwing enough. Dealing with spirits, spooks, and demons almost seemed normal.

I wrapped up my food to take home. ‘Let’s go. We need to discuss your favorite method of dying, because I’m going to kill you. Just so you know.’Claire grinned. ‘You’re welcome.’ ~Gray

Angel Band” by Johnny Cash and sat down at the bar,ordered a soda, you wanted a whiskey on the rocks.We saw the coal miner who moved here from West Virginiaknocking back liquor like I drink...

Fall, sweetheart. I’ll catch you.

Do I make you nervous?” he said teasingly.

When I write to please everybody, it falls flat. When I write what I know, fearlessly, It won’t please everybody, but it doesn’t fall flat.

I gotta say, I was really feeling the robe, but there’s something about a girl in cartoon pajamas that does it for me.

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt.” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

Too bad guys aren’t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards.- Maggie

How long has it been since I entered this blackness? Has it been days, months, or years? I’m stuck here with my mind, my thoughts, my memories, and my nightmares.

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.

You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever

Too young to care; Too old to change.

He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. “Sorry. I-I didn’t mean to. I just- I’ve been lying here...

All it takes, is one leap of faith.

Tonight she was just plain Liz, nobody extraordinary, paranormal, or otherwise.Tomorrow, that would change.

If we keep punishing people for what their parents or their ancestors have done, the world as a whole can never move forward. Society will never grow.

Curiouser and curiouser,” he says. I smile at the reference. Carroll was totally a witch. The secrets of our world are written into that book.

Shad ignored my sudden lack of interest. “Stop overanalyzing and be happy. You should try the Shad lifestyle, Miss Winters. It’s more panda bear and less porcupine.””Huh?””More black and white and cuddly, and less, well…...

He’s close enough now that I can hear his footfall on the pavement, and I knowmy chances of outrunning him are slim. I’m practically in a full sprint, and my pounding heart is begging me...

She looked over the colored boxes of smiling women holding plastic sticks. Why isn’t there a box showing a terrified teen?

I figured out pretty quick that this is a forever thing for me. I think it has been from the very beginning.

Lucy: I don’t feel like talking about college. It increases my stress level.James: And increased stress levels lead to hair loss.Lucy: My head-hair volume is fine.James: You say that like I should be concerned about...

So are my eyes. How do I always get roped into these things?” Avery coughs and pats Rob’s back in sympathy. A poof of dust billows from the contact.

And it can hurt. Whatever the intensions, it brings two people together. It makes a certain . . . connection.

When life hands you lemons sometimes you just have to say screw the lemons, and bail.

Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian.”Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl’s Guide to...

You know what the secret to a happy life is?””No regrets. Just live in the moment.

As girls, we will do anything for the person whom we love. We will scale buildings in the rain or run through fire if it means saving our love’s life. There is absolutely nothing more...

Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.

I’m looking at it.

If you jotted down all of my ill-thought out comments, you could write a book entitled, Guide to Getting Punched in the Throat for Boneheads-Mad Hatter in “Death of the Mad Hatter” (Coming Soon!)

Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to be a new ‘gateʹ opening up soon over on the south side of the wall.”The truth dawned on...

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.And buried.

I plant a gentle parting kiss on his lips, our strategy is well and truly screwed at this stage anyway. We barely lasted a day.