Oh, aye. A bit of mist in the air might bring the selkies out to play. The selkies are seal people, you know.
My mother used to always tell me to embrace my dreams. If I can give you a chance to do so, then it’s a gift to me, as well.
Memories are like a series of locked doors, and once you manage to get one open, it leads to another, and then another and so on. The hard part is finding the key to that first lock and getting throug...
Maybe you're not meant to remember the details. Just the feelings. Just the lessons. Just the love.pp274
Maybe the lesson to be learned here was that the price of letting someone into her heart was the pain of letting go. Or maybe the even harder work of holding on, no matter what the risk.
Maybe that was why the term old flame had been invented. Somebody always got burned.
Just being a good person doesn’t necessarily entitle you to a good life.
JULEKAKE Julekake means Yule Cake or Christmas Cake. Every Scandinavian family has their favorite version, usually baked by Mor Mor (Grandmother), who is always present, even if she’s passed on. This...
I’m open to suggestions, if you happen to have any. You could sing, Ruby said without missing a beat. Or if you don’t like singing— How did you guess? You could listen to music. Or audiobooks—I used t...
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 was a wonder, after so many years of trying to press herself into society’s mold, to suddenly suspect that the problem was with the mold, not with her.
It seemed most of the town rallied around her, and the attention and caring seemed to boost Nina’s spirits. It gave Sonnet hope, too. There was something powerful in the energy that came from friends...
It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked
Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.
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 want you to look at me and see no other than the man you love. I want you to feel a start of pure joy when you awaken in the morning and find me beside you. I want you to wish you could rush the sun...
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.
I came here to conquer you. And here I stay, a willing prisoner of your heart.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, America’s greatest contribution to the world is the summer camp. Anyone
Forgiveness was such a simple thing, she thought, once you surrendered to it.