She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and grabbed his arm. Jack.Yes?I. . . she faltered. She knew what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn'...
She looked not like a mother in her thirties, but like the girl he had fallen in love with, and he loved her still. She would always be that girl to him, no matter what happened. That was love, after...
School was more than academics; an education prepared you for the humdrum of real life: working with others, tempering one's personality to assimilate with the group but without losing your individual...
Pretty clothes are like the colors of a flower’s petals. They tell the bee where to land. After that, it’s what’s inside that holds his interest, said Peggy, still quoting their mother.
One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.
Marriage was like the surface of an ocean, seemingly placid and serene above; yet if you weren’t careful, seething and raging with underground earthquakes below.
Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable.
Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. I feel the same way about you.
It’s a birthday party, sniffed Mal. And I wasn’t invited.
It wasn't a lie, not at all like one of those lies she told herself all the time, like This is the last drink of the evening, or I'm not going to set the bitch's house on fire.
It was a story they could tell their children, something out of a fairy tale. How their mother had not known who he was when she accepted him, and the frog turned out to be a prince. But the princess...
I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a wonderful dream.
He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.
He squeezed her hand one last time. Then Jack was gone and she was alone.
Hay que tener un gran valor para enfrentarse a nuestros enemigos, pero se necesita aún más valor para enfrentarse a nuestros amigos. —J. K. ROWLING, HARRY POTTER Y LA PIEDRA FILOSOFAL
For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright.
Excuse me? she sent. What’s this all about? She looked around suspiciously, but the library was full of Auradon students diligently working on their Virtues and Values term papers on computer terminal...
Daughters. They could cut you with a look.
But there's always a first time for everything
Before Evie could protest, Mal sighed. Of course there is. The party of the year. A real rager, didn’t you hear? Mal looked her up and down and shook her head sadly. Oh, I guess you didn’t hear. She m...