If only gossip weren't so titillating. Sweeney tried to control an avid desire to know more, to dig for all the dirty details.The temptation was great. Dirt was like fat; it made life more delicious.
His face was terrifying in its stillness, with only his eyes alive, glittering with rage. She could feel the force of his anger in the coiled strength of his body, hear it in the almost inaudible soft...
He snorted. They were probably scared.Scared! For some reason, that hurt, just a little. She felt her lower lip wobble. I'm not that bad, am I?Worse, he said cheerfully. You're hell on wheels. You're...
He didn't believe in miracles. If he'd had any philosophy in life in ran along the lines of the classic shit happens. Usually it was bad shit, sometimes it was good shit, but it was always random shit...
God save me from a woman’s way of thinking. What the hell kind of logic is that? One has nothing to do with the other. Maybe not to you, but let’s face it, you’re plankton, and I’m a higher life form....
FIRST YOU PILLAGE, THEN YOU BURN. THOSE WHO DO NOT COMPLY WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE RAIDING TEAM.
Don’t you want it?Want what?The engagement ring.Oh, is that what’s in the box? You threw my engagement ring at me? Boy, this was such a big transgression I would have to write it in block letters on i...
Do you like her?
Carlin closed her eyes, rolled onto her side, and took a long, deep breath. Maybe she should just stop fighting it and arguing with herself, and deal with reality. So, she had the hots for her boss. I...
Hurting was better than dying.
Heaven or hell...She couldn't tell one from the other.
We have seven people who knew the skewers were there: the wedding planner, the reception hall manager, the dressmaker, the florist, the veil-maker, the cake-maker, and the caterer. I haven't ruled out...
—¿Sabes por qué se llama síndrome premenstrual?—No te atreverás —amenazó ella—. Sólo las mujeres pueden hacer chistes de eso.—Porque la expresión «enfermedad de las vacas locas» ya estaba cogida.
You can't miss what you've never had.
Why is it so important that you know right now who he is? If he lives, you can ask him. If he dies— She halted abruptly.
The door creaked as it began to open.Gray moved like lightning, slapping his left palm against the door and slamming it shut before it hadopened more than a fraction of an inch. Hey! a woman squawked...
Jason is one of those people who is like a Slinky; you always smile when you think of watching him fall down the stairs.
How do you function when your entire body has been overtaken by searing emotional pain? How do you function when a huge hole had been ripped in your life? How do you ever smile again, laugh again, fee...
Death isn't peaceful; it is just nothing. Everything is gone. No more sunrises, no more hopes, no more fears. Nothing.
You see? he asked, his voice softening to a velvety punas he felt her tremble. His warm breath stirred her hair. All I have to do is touch you. It’s the same for me, Faith. I don’t like this worth a d...