Why was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader ….

Mrs Bawden yanked me away from the table and dragged me across the food hall. I tried to twist away from her, but she had a grip like a python on ste….

But the Good Book said a lot of things. Like 'love thy neighbor' and ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. If nothing else, wasn't th….

Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill..

Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you hav….

The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear..

Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same r….

I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But h….

That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them..

He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her... One last time..

I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could just love long enough ….

D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were in charge inste….

A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail..

So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your ….

She stays lost in the middle of her own world somewhere. We can’t get in and she doesn’t come out. Not often anyway, and certainly not for any length….

And just like that, I'd been assessed and judged. Nurse Fashoda didn't know the first thing about me but she'd taken one look at my face and now she ….