Didn’t anyone ever teach you why it’s a bad idea to make assumptions? He raises his eyebrows, waiting for an answer. It makes an ass out of you and me.I see you’re both smart pretty. He laughs and s...
If you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest.
You’re saying you have spidey sense? Can you also shoot webs out of your wrist to swing from building to building? He raises an eyebrow. No, Anna. I cannot. And I really can’t believe I’m taking crap...
The manager is busy, and our policy is absolute. No respectable establishment— The man breaks off in midsentence about the time I feel a hand on my elbow. Kiernan leans in and plants a quick kiss on m...
The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA has created a truly incredible online simulation of the 1893 Columbian Exposition that made me feel as though I’d actually strolled the sidewalks of the Wooded Island...
The Kiernan kid was there when it happened, near the back of the barn. He’d been hanging out earlier with a younger version of Simon and this electrical engineer we recruited. Kiernan helped them set...
She doesn’t say anything for a few seconds. Are you sure, Kate? A year is a long time, especially at your age. True. It would be a shame for you to miss my first step. She rolls her eyes. You know wha...
Maybe Eve should never have plucked the damn apple from the tree…or maybe Adam should have had the balls to pluck it first. Maybe we should never have split the atom…or maybe we should have wiped out...
I darted across the hallway and took a left at the next intersection, hoping that the doctor would assume that I’d taken the quicker, easier turn to the right.
He shrugged. Yeah, but me dad said th’ only way to learn is t’ ask questions. An’ it’s hard to do that with buttoned-up lips. Anyway, I c’n tell that one you’re followin’ is a bad bloke. He has those...
Humans have failed to protect the Planet, the Planet shall protect itself.
You cannot hide from your heart, Kate. It always finds you. And, sadly, I cannot hide from mine.
Watching people you love walk into danger is a hundred times harder than walking into it yourself.
Trey grabs my hand across the table, lacing our fingers together. Okay, what I said back there in the garage? I meant it. We have to find some way to make this work. And I think doing that is going to...
There’s a valid point somewhere beneath the layers of insanity. But most of the things you described are… incremental evils, if that makes sense. The mistakes of one generation build upon the mistakes...
Pru shrugs. I wasn’t sure how long they’d hold our reservation. A sly grin spreads over her face. I thought maybe you and Kiernan were just catching up on old times. Although I guess that might have b...
Mom says I should erase it. That this present is our reality and everything on this little drive is fiction. She may be right. But there’s plenty of truth in fiction.
Kiernan leans forward. I’m guessing that’s because you make it work, Mr. Houdini. Maybe that’s how you manage . . . He pauses when my kick lands on his shin, but finishes the sentence anyway. . . . s...
I toss the formal dress from 1905 onto the chair next to him. He glances up, removing the headphones. Did you decide to do a bit of shopping in London? I give him a wry smile. Does this look like some...
He said he doesn' have it. Pick on someone your own size. You could really hear the Irish in Kiernan's voice back then. I mean, you can still hear it, but it’s more of a lilt when he’s older. Back the...