I’m still figuring out who I am when I’m single. Fair
I’m fat, okay? Getting rid of my braces and glasses is not going to change that. Stop it, Camille said. God, why were teenagers so hard? Had she been that hard? I won’t let you talk about yourself tha...
It’s all to do with the way you carry yourself, the way you face the world.
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...
If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it’ll never happen.
I think I loved her from the first moment I saw her. Before that, I loved her, too. Before I even knew she existed outside the realm of my dreams.
His rough, cold hand grasped her chin. Her heart jolted as she gazed into his moss-gray eyes. You owe me a forfeit, he said. The breeze plucked at strands of his hair, curling them against his windbur...
Hearts would have to break and be mended, truths would be revealed, risks would be taken. Which, when he thought about it, was simply the way life worked—messy, unpredictable, joyous, mysterious, hurt...
He was the worst kind of liar, the kind who took hearts as hostages and broke them with impunity.
He was killed while serving in the military, during operation Desert Storm. She had only the vaguest recollection of the conflict. She had been in grade school when it was going on, and the conflict h...
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,...
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...
Having a father who worked at SHAPE was a wonderful opportunity for Sonnet, who would be serving at NATO as an intern.
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.
For the bee, honey is the ultimate reality. It represents the fulfillment of her life mission, the triumph over her enemies, the continuity of the hive, the justification for working herself to death....
Everyone had pain. But not everyone had to stay hidden behind it.
Dreams changed a person, and there was a little danger in that, because having a powerful dream made you vulnerable to failure and disappointment.
Did you know a child laughs an average of three hundred times a day, and an adult just three?
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Caitlin. Hawkins touched her cheek. That wasn’t quite what I had in mind. Oh, for heaven’s sake, she burst out, do you not see how silly you’re being? It’s only silly if you continue to shy from me li...