Falling for him was too easy. Falling in general was easy. It was the landing you had to watch out for.
For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them. —John Banville
Gran was gone. She had passed quietly one night in springtime, and Annie’s world shifted on its axis. The pain of this grief was like nothing she had ever felt before.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. —Mark Twain
Having a father who worked at SHAPE was a wonderful opportunity for Sonnet, who would be serving at NATO as an intern.
He couldn't stop himself from checking her out from behind. He kind of wished she wasn't wearing all that flowy stuff because he suspected there was something much more interesting underneath.Pretty w...
He had practically made a career out of reading parenting books, even though they all seemed to give conflicting advice. One thing they agreed on was that rebellion stemmed from a need to escape paren...
He stopped working and smiled at her. What are you thinking that makes you look at me so? I’m thinking I’d best do something about you soon. Are you open to suggestions? Setting aside an iron chisel,...
How simple life was when she stopped trying to do what was expected of her and followed her will.
I believe that for a lucky few, love can grow from what is truly important in life—honor, respect and recognition. Now, those are matters worth pursuing, wouldn’t you say?
I read sixty books last year. Geez, he said. Why? ’Cause there wasn’t time to read more,
If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. The statement was attributed to Theodore Seuss Geisel—better known as Dr. Seuss.
In time, the grief turned into a dull ache with occasional flares of agony. It was like a fading bruise Annie forgot about until she bumped into a memory. Gran. It was the little moments that pierced...
It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked
We can move past our history, but we can never truly erase it.
You cannot make a man love me any more than you can keep a flower from turning its face to the sun. Nature has endowed us with certain urges. That’s why we speak of the magic of love.
They’d take Nina’s hair tonight, leaving only enough to cover her scalp—the k.d. lang look, Jezebel explained. Paige would weave the hair, strand by strand, into a wig modeled after Nina’s natural loo...
The dispatcher said they’re ten minutes out. That was almost ten minutes ago, so— Okay, I need to concentrate here. Faith knew it was better to perform a few unnecessary chest compressions for someone...
The empty prairie, crisscrossed by a grid of startlingly straight roads, rolled out like a vast wasteland in front of the hood ornament of the GTO. It was remarkable, Sarah thought, how quickly the su...
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. —Buddha
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