Keep your small mind open, said Nana, wagging a crooked pinkie finger at Jannie. That’s if you ever want it to grow bigger and don’t want to remain a small person all your life.
Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it wind tossed.If only she knew.
Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing...
Jeb: I wish I could explain what I'd give just to see you smile again.Max (thinking):
It’s all right to put the weight of the world on your shoulders sometimes, if you know how to take it off.
It was at night, I say. What was? What happened. The car wreck. We were driving along the Storm King Highway. Where’s that? Oh, it’s one of the most scenic drives in the whole state, I say, somewhat s...
Irony sort of reaches up and slaps you in the face sometimes, doesn’t it?
Iggy nodded. I’m bummed we couldn’t use Big Boy, he said. But I don’t want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do.Maybe tomorrow, the Gasman said encouragingly. We’ll go see w...
If you’re ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate—jeez. Yes, let’s hav...
If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even worst, you'll be missing out on one of the best experiences you can possibly have. Nowhere will yo...
I've been looking for you a long time, I just didn't know it. But now I do.
I'm Dr. Ethan Kane, director of the Hauer Institute. My senior medical staff joins me in welcoming all of you to Maryland and to Liberty General Hospital. Think of it! You've been chosen to make an ex...
I won’t lie to you—it was hilarious. Yes, we were in trouble, yes, this was a disaster, and so one and so forth, but I have to say, seeing those upturned faces, the looks, was bout the best thing that...
I want to know about my mom. And other stuff. I want to know the whole story, good or bad.Me, too, said Gazzy. I want to find my parents so I can tell’m what total scuzzes they are. Like, ‘Hi, mom and...
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 stood there watching Phoebe arrange the pillows and the sheets. She isn't thinking that I... I mean, she doesn't think that she and I would... WHAT?
I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair.
I stared at her in amazement. How do you even live with yourself?...You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so they can be used as weapons, possibly against other Americans. I don't ge...
I need wings, said Total, still sniffling. I need my wings. Then things like that wouldn't happen.Yeah, that was all I needed. A talking mutant dog.
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...