My father was a strange combination of drill instructor and Alice’s white rabbit: he always had someplace important to go and enjoyed bossing everyone else around.
My eyes met Tyler's and a smile tugged at his lips. Tyler remembered me. I waved at him and, to continue the miracle, he waved back.
Maybe this is what happens when you fall in love. On the outside a lighter is nothing amazing, but it holds all the ingredients that can create something wonderful. With a few pushes in the right dire...
Life shouldn’t revolve about being the best, and childhood definitely shouldn’t. You should have given me the room to explore who I was without the pressure of succeeding each and every single time.
Let him be, Beth. Sometimes you can’t help who you fall for. - Isiah
Less than a year and a half ago, the guy was crawling around in the muck in some foreign country as an Army Ranger. Even though he was recruited by the army for his mad computer skills, it was a bulle...
Last night meant as much to me as it did to her and she painted it, capturing it in a way unique to Echo. […] Up close all those colors would look like chaos, but when viewed as a whole it creates thi...
I’m sorry I’m slow. He brushes my hair over my shoulder. You’re not slow. I raise an eyebrow. I’m serious. When he sees I’m unconvinced, he rubs at his stubble and starts again. I don’t want you to gi...
I’m searching for magic – not the Christmas morning type, but the type of magic that can be found by being courageous, being the girl who takes chances, being the girl who will dance. I want to be the...
I’ll go wherever you want, baby.
Ignoring our problems won’t make them go away. We’re playing a dangerous game, and I’ll be honest, I don’t know how many more hits I can take.You want me to walk away?No, she says quietly. I never wan...
If you want out of the box you hide in, then you need to crack open the flaps and bask in some sunlight.
I want this gift to prove that I know her and that I see beyond black hair and nose rings and cut-up jeans. I see her as she really is – I see Beth.
I understand trying to please someone you thinks loves you. To keep that love, you keep twisting and bending yourself to become who they want you to be until you eventually break. There’s a hole in th...
I rested my forehead against hers. I want you to be happy. You, too, she whispered.
I need you to make a choice, Breanna. If you want things to stay as they are between us, then I need you to walk out that door. Otherwise, it’s going to change.She tilts her head as if she’s as lost i...
I love you. So much that sometimes it hurts. Noah tilts his head down, and his nose skims against mine. You’re my whole world, Echo.
I love you, Scarlett. We’ve been connected for as long as I can remember, and I want more than a connection, I want us to make it to forever.
I like my brain cells. I find they come in handy when I...oh, I don’t know...think.
I don’t know what love is very well either, but I hope it feels like this