“ All of their faces are cluttered with the shrapnel of rebellion, as if a grenade of alienation has exploded in their midst, piercing every possible soft point of flesh-from earlobes and nostrils to ey… Jonathan Tropper
“ Thank you so much for the rude know-it-all attitude while also having to look at your ridiculously colored hair and obnoxious facial and chest piercings. I am very fortunate to have just been schooled… Heather Chapple
“ I'm also getting a piece of chocolate cake... "Can I have a bite?" he asked, his voice smooth and sexy. A bite of what? she wanted to ask, but didn't. She wasn't ready for that level of flirting. "Get… Carrie Ann Ryan
“ When the pieces fell around him, he'd pick them up. It was what he was good at, after all. Restoring what was once lost, what could never be perfectly whole again. Carrie Ann Ryan
“ He wrapped her hair around his fist, tilted her head back, and kissed her. Hard. She moaned into him, and he pulled away. "Possessive much?" she asked on a laugh. "Just making sure these hooligans kno… Carrie Ann Ryan
“ He grinned at her intently before leaning over the counter and running his thumb along her jaw. It took everything inside of her not to lean into that touch. When he lowered his head and brushed his l… Carrie Ann Ryan
“ He might kiss like a damn sex god and rev her engine like no other, but he clearly wasn't for her. Carrie Ann Ryan
“ He's lost everything once, and now, he wasn't sure if he had anything left to lose. Carrie Ann Ryan
“ It's how we work," his brother said simply. "I plan. Jake refines. Owen organizes. And you growl and grunt. Carrie Ann Ryan
“ There were reasons she stayed behind her barriers, reasons she was the way she was. And she'd be damned if she risked it all for a scowling man behind a beard. She'd learned the hard way once before.… Carrie Ann Ryan
“ Even Dad likes it," said Caddy, and her father agreed that he did. In a way. Being a broad-minded, tolerant, artistic sort of person. Or so people told him..."Oh, yes?" said Saffron, rolling her eyes.… Hilary McKay
“ Believe it or not, some of us have piercings and tattoos and dye our hair because we think it looks pretty, not for any deep sociological reason. This isn't an act of protest against cultural or socia… Alex Bell
