I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.
Tori said. She waved at Derek, who was brushing off his jeans. I said to Derek. Simon said. Derek glowered. I warned.Simon winced and murmured, I said. I looked up at Derek. He wavered for a second...
My nephew is a manipulative, scheming, unscrupulous son of a bitch. And those are his good qualities.
Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.
I opened the bag and pulled out a small box of chocolates. She flashed me a huge smile that would have looked totally real … if I didn’t know her better.Her face went bright red now as she stammered,...
After a few moments of silence, he said, He moved down to the end of the couch, though there'd already been plenty of room. He put his arm along the back. He tried for a smile and didn't really manage...
Ethics were in most cases a burden that could be reasonably ignored in pursuit of necessity.
Seeing me shivering, he stretched a front leg toward the sweatshirt, pawing the edge and snarling when he realized he couldn't grab it.
Derek caught my arm again as I started to move--at this rate, it was going to be as sore as my injured one.Dog, he said, jerking his chin toward the fenced yard. It was inside earlier.Expecting to see...
Her eyes widened in panic. I paused. She smiled. She blushed and lifted on her tiptoes to kiss me.
The door cracked open. Decent? Rafe asked.YepDamn. He pushed it open. If you're hoping to see something, the trick is to not knock first.That would be wrong, he said as he walked in. The trick is to h...
No life is easy. It's just a different kind of hard.
Just a guy. A college-aged guy. Talking to Chloe.I watched him bend over the table, hands planted on it, his gaze fixed on Chloe, his lips parting in a smile as he said something to her. A slow burn s...
God, I loved him. I could insist I was okay with just being friends, that I'd find someone else and get over him, but I was fooling myself. There was no getting past this. I loved him, and fifty years...
He held out an old eight millimeter video camera. A video camera? What would I use it for? Recording our great escape? I didn't say that, because I knew it wasn't the point. This was a gift, a way to...
Gabriel discourages emotional attachments the way most of us discourage door-to-door salesmen. They're inconvenient, intrusive, and liable to end up saddling you with something you never wanted in the...
Too bad Guy interrupted, I said as we snuck around the rear of the building. Otherwise, I could have just walked you down here before you changed back.His look said he wasn't dignifying that with a re...
Murder? You mean he's dead?No. He's resting comfortably, I said. People always sleep best with their heads at a ninety-degree angle. He looks comfortable, doesn't he?(Paige & Elena)
I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I don't really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.
I make the choice because it is one I can live with.