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....
Do you feel the magic? Aye, he breathed into her salt-dusted hair. It’s all around me, but most especially, here in my arms.
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As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Annie’s other prized book lay nearby—a copy of Lord of the Flies, a vintage clothbound volume in a sturdy slipcase, one of three copies she possessed. She hoped the reporter wouldn’t ask about that.
Maybe crying helped, he reflected, counting the squares of the grid that imprisoned him. Not crying was actually painful, an ache of pressure in his chest. Maybe girls cried because it let off the pre...
Why did joy bring the same tears as sadness? Why did the throat and chest ache with fire, regardless? Was it because, deep down, everyone knew it was fragile and ephemeral? Did the tears come from the...
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...
Survival was a powerful driving force, stronger than hatred and love combined.
She’d always thought a broken heart would heal with time. Now she knew the hurt only went deeper with each passing day.
On his very worst day, each one of these men managed to summon his very best. Each one embodied the essence of courage. It is not the state of being unafraid, but the rare ability to confront fear.
No, my darling. I’ll love the woman you keep hidden inside you. You’ve led men to battle, but never into your heart. Men respect you, they obey you, but they see you as a warrior. You’ve never had the...
Never let anyone tell you that food isn’t a kind of love. Yet
More than a thousand veterans still remained unaccounted for, and his father, Richard Arthur Finnemore, was one of them.
Maybe, she thought, the secret to a happy life was learning to get through the unhappy periods intact.
Make me a part of this place. Make me a part of Caitlin. Please, God, I love her so.
If she hadn’t paid the price of her heart, perhaps this gift would never have been hers.
I would forfeit the very surety of my soul to be the man who brings that look upon your face.
I want you in every way a man can want a woman, and in ways we’ve yet to invent. Every single day and night. Now, come here.
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...