As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disass….

Ronan kept staring at Whelk. He was good at staring. There was something about his stare that took something from the other person..

Do you feel better?” I asked Sam as he opened the door to the Volkswagen for me. “Yes,” he said. He was still a terrible liar. “Good,” I said. I was ….

Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils..

If you never saw the stars, candles were enough..

You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappoi….

If the waitress comes, order me a coffee and something that involves bacon..

He smiled tolerantly at her. Rubbing his smooth chin its recently assassinated chin hairs, he studied her. She barely came up to Ronan's shoulder, bu….

Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He says, "Other people have never been import….

Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something..

I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that wa….

I felt a tickle on my skin; it took me a moment to realize that Cole was driving his die-cast Mustang up my arm. He was laughing to himself, hushed a….

Sam?" Rachel asked. "Do you know you have the saddest sad face ever?.

Blue was a fanciful, but sensible thing. Like a platypus, or one of those sandwiches that had been cut into circles for a fancy tea party..

I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twis….

No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format..

Inside the house, I turned on the kitchen light, revealing the photographs stuck every which way all over the cabinets, and then switched on the hall….

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life..

Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also beca….

I open the door wide to reveal the answer. They all look at Sean standing there with his hands in his pocket and the other hand around loaf of bread ….

As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and i….