“Every time I think about that girl, my mind commits a sin.” — Jake Vander Ark Catholic Copy Share Image
“sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love.” — Jake Vander Ark Death Copy Share Image
“But in the end, black can never be white, one plus one must always equal two, and Mara Lynn was a normal… — Jake Vander Ark Beauty Copy Share Image
“…girls were like poems: weird, incomprehensible and boring, but those “in the know” assured me that they were beautiful.” — Jake Vander Ark Beauty Copy Share Image
“The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another… — Jake Vander Ark Coming of age Copy Share Image
“his stubble was cut smooth. he smelled of aftershave, dry deodorant and sex-tarnished bedsheets. those eyes--grey, strong, inlaid beneath a firm brow… — Jake Vander Ark Dark-romance Copy Share Image
“most suicidal teens are different; they’re tempted to kill themselves. with me, i know i need to die; i should be killed… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
“William looked up... through his tears... past the catwalk and lights... past the sky... through the dark and clouds and stars and… — Jake Vander Ark Obsession Copy Share Image
“Judge that boy if you must; for debauchery, for objectifying innocence... but before you finalize your verdict, oh innocent reader, I beg… — Jake Vander Ark Beauty Copy Share Image
“Any earthly production would have been cancelled at the slightest suggestion of rain, but this was William’s Stage—it was William’s call—and if… — Jake Vander Ark Children Copy Share Image
“What’s so beautiful about girls?” I would implore. And the secret society of adults would reply with a smirk and wink as… — Jake Vander Ark Beautiful girls Copy Share Image
“Someday they would discover that the stars were not sacred, but made from the same material as their bodies. They would learn… — Jake Vander Ark Astronomy Copy Share Image
“When he did think—when his brain began the slow chugging of rusty gears—the only thoughts that came were unspeakable things like, what’s… — Jake Vander Ark Children Copy Share Image
“94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
“She had a woman’s swagger at twelve-and-a-half. Hair: strawberry-blonde, and I vaguely recall a daisy in the crook of her ear. She… — Jake Vander Ark Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“it was unmatched life experience that bestowed in her eyes the sultry gleam that separates women from girls. although she viewed her… — Jake Vander Ark Crazy life Copy Share Image
“A multitude of harlequin lifeforms bobbed and twirled and played in the depths of the Atlantic. Pink cucumbers with thorny backs. Algae.… — Jake Vander Ark Animals Copy Share Image
