Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.
Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.
He hung his head. Am I punished? Yes. I’m too mad to punish you right now. We’ll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We’re going...
When you are doing all that you know to do yet all hell is breaking out around you, Hold onto your faithdon't you dare break! You're on the edge of your breakthroughNow is the time to praise your way...
Doing risk sport had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. You have t...
Grandpa? Declan raised his eyebrows.We keep him in the shed out back, Jack said helpfully. So he doesn't eat dog brains.
How are you?Perfectly fine, he said.Are your ribs broken?Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully.Did this settle anything?It made me feel better, he said, sitting up. Did you see me ki...
It became known that I had a rather fertile imagination, when it came to private activities.She stared. What sort of private activities?This time he did smile, and it turned his face wicked. Disrobe,...
One day, she’d find a way to live her life to the fullest. She was sure of it. She just had no idea how she would manage it.
Our standard rate. A doubloon a day.It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.Half a doubloon a day, she said.No, you see, the idea behind bargai...
Rose pictured him standing at the boundary of the Ogletree house in that enormous fur cape, with a giant sword sticking over his shoulder, roaring at the top of his lungs and then being upset that nob...
Rose put down her fork. Lord Submarine... Camarine. Whatever.
Rumors said that if he got drunk enough, he sometimes got his jollies by stripping naked and scaring hikers out in the Broken into thinking he was Bigfoot.
So, regarding that tidbit about your having a fertile imagination when it comes to private activities, she said, fighting off anxiety. Was it another lie?Depends on how you look at it. It's not exactl...