I’d always defined jealousy as coveting what someone else has.
Is there any chance the tutor is, you know, gay? I held my breath, waiting for his answer.What, like I hand out a survey? He laughed when I blinked, worried I’d just offended him. I’m just messing wit...
I'm a coward. A willing coward, complicit in my own fall. I've never told him that I love him, as if refusing to say it aloud would somehow shield us both, but it hasn't. Like an untamed, sentient thi...
I was scared to death of who I really was and what I really wanted. And somehow he knew. He’d always known.
I was more scared than I let on, but that was nothing new.
I kept my eyes open on the ride home. Peeking over Lucas's shoulder, i watched the scenery fly by-and it was exhilarating, not frightening. I trusted him. I had since that first night, when i let him...
He swallowed, closing his eyes and inhaling slowly. I knew he would be all rational and do-the-right-thing and he would push me away again, and I was determined not to give him that chance. But then h...
He gathered me into his arms and kissed me, one hand tangled in my hair and the other caressing down my back, our hearts pulsing out a cadence that the musician in me translated into a concert of lust...
El amor no es la ausencia de la lógicaPero la lógica examinada y recalculadaCalentada y curvada para adaptarseDentro de los contornos del corazón.
Alarmed, I realized what my visceral reaction implied: jealousy. Over a guy I barely knew, with whom I’d exchanged more saliva than sentences.
After we broke up. You can say it. I won’t shatter, you know.’ We sit shoulder to shoulder on my bed, which seems as unbelievable as the subject we’re calmly discussing. ‘I know this might be difficul...
Whenever I appeared to have won an argument, Mom would say something like, 'Even broken clocks are right twice a day.
There's something I never told you about that decision I made four years ago...I've never felt a middle ground between acceptance and remorse. Every day for the last four years, it's been one or the o...
Take this. When you’re ready, I want to put it on your finger. I want you to meet my son. I want you to let me bring you into my world – because I need you there. The media crap is just PR. Piece of c...
Remember last fall, when you needed to be reckless, and I told you to use me? Well, now, it's time to be fearless. I can't promise that you won't be hurt again, because life can suck. And, sometimes i...
Look at me, Emma.Her eyes are full, the lids heavy. Graham, she breathes. I need you to hear me. Cradling her head in my hands, thumbs sweeping her tears away, I stare into her eyes. I belong to you....
Jacqueline,If you want to do, then do. What’s stopping you?So I’m kind, huh? Never heard that before. People usually think I’m a pretentious a-hole. I must admit, I tend to encourage that estimation....
I’m okay, honest. I sighed heavily. Well, as okay as I can be after that. I squinted up at him. Exactly how many jobs do you have, anyway? Barista, self-defense guru, fixit guy, parking enforcement of...
It looked like a love poem, and I was jealous of whoever inspired the sort of devotion he must have felt to make those words so permanent
I tilt her chin up and bend my face to hers, silently praising every woman who's had a hand in making her who she is.