I dumped half a cup of green tea into the sink. To hell with my chakras. I needed coffee.
I had survived the plagues of Africa, bullets and near death on the killing field. I’d survived the blade at my neck, only to lose my life to a virus inside a clean German clinic. I
I have a brief memory of his aftershave and a kiss good-bye. I
I knew that she was a psychopath, just like Gary. No conscience. I believed that business, the government, Wall Street were filled with people like that. No regret for their actions. Not unless they g...
I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you’re sleeping. I love your hair streaming out behind you as we fly, with the sunlight making it shine, if it doesn’t have too muc...
I mean,he decided we'd be better apart,you know?it wasn't a joint decision.like, if your gonna make a decision about me and my life without consulting me,i'd better be dying and unconscious and you'd...
I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty m...
I opened up my copy of the Code of Conduct and turned to Section 11, Rule 3: Students shall not tamper with smoke or fire alarms under any circumstances. Then I took Leo’s pen and drew a line right th...
I really cared about him,
I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)
I slid the Glock nine millimeter out of my shoulder holster. Light. Efficient. Semiautomatic. Twelve deadly shots. My teeth were gritted so tight they hurt. I clicked off the safety. I
I think about what I didn't say then, which is this: the stars we see aren't even real stars. We see the light that they gave off millions of years ago but that is only now reaching our eyes. We don't...
I think if you did, you might not be shocked by it. Teachers are expected to do more and more, and much of the parenting authority has been ceded to us by the parents. In the media they call it teache...
I want my room to smell just like this. Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us. 'it would be an improvement.' I agreed.
I was going to use this as a way to beg you not to go to New York, his wife said, but that would be useless. In fact, selfish. Our country needs you to go. The world does. Putin is a wolf. It’s time h...
I watched the way our fingers intertwined, and I thought, What are hands made for but this? For holding. For holding on.
I whirled around and saw no one. No psychotic mad scientists, anyway.Jackpot, Max! Jackpot! It was was Fang, and he was giggling hysterically. For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle. Es...
I wouldn’t trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic.-max
I'd been told that he had been created-literally created-just for me,as my perfect other half. Let me tell you-if Dylan was my perfect other half, then i needed to give my first half a seriouis look-s...
I'm magnetic, she whispered, half awed and half horrified. I hope you don't start sticking to fridges and stuff, I said in disbelief. Fang dropped down next to me, and the Gasman joined us, squishing...
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