“I never thought I would see you armed." I was trying for levity. It worked like a lead balloon.” — Melissa Jensen Levity Copy Share Image
“ Truth (according to Edward Willing): People who rely on first sight are either lazy or deluded.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Promise me this: ... you will stand for yourself, especially in the times when no one seems interested in standing for you.” — Melissa Jensen Promise Copy Share Image
“An hour later, proven absolutely right, I slid the last drawer closed, sat on the dusty floor, and had a good, sorry=for-myself… — Melissa Jensen Time Copy Share Image
“I'd always made a point of talking to Edward only when I could look him in the face. Otherwise,it seemed a little… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“You wanna know something," was Dad's refrain while we were growing up, "get a book." Of course,he predates Google, but it stuck… — Melissa Jensen Book Copy Share Image
“You are an enigma wrapped in a mystery," he teased me once. "And you're failing French.” — Melissa Jensen Enigma Copy Share Image
“We only tell the secrets we secretly want not to be secret, right? And learn as much from what isn't told.” — Melissa Jensen Secret Copy Share Image
“Frankie stayed off the stage for once, even when Daniel abandoned it for food. "I know when to sit it out," Frankie… — Melissa Jensen Brother Copy Share Image
“Jareed tended to rush in and out of the dining room; he had Willing worlds to conquer every day. But he made… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Mom had spent the day alternating between beaming and sobbing. Aunt Gina kept whisking her into the bathroom for concealer touch-ups. Dad… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Dealing with my French teacher is one thing; she wears pants with little whales on them. But I was convinced Dr. Rothaus… — Melissa Jensen Feeling sorry Copy Share Image
“There,of course,was Alex. He wasn't watching Amanda.He was looking over her head, his bored gaze skimming over the room. Before I could… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“The book was sandwiched firmly between Analytic Keys to the Genera and Species of North American Mosses , and the Complete English-Russian… — Melissa Jensen Book Copy Share Image
“The Top Ten Things Every Girl Should Have the First Time 5. A guy who realizes it's a big deal for you,… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“It's decorated with fig leaves and, for some reason, fish. I never look too closely when raiding it; the fish that makes… — Melissa Jensen Fish Copy Share Image
“By the time it was over, I'd learned all the right words for all the dinosaurs (pretty much the same as they… — Melissa Jensen Love Copy Share Image
“I went into the hall and looked out the front window for the twentienth time and told myself to relax for the… — Melissa Jensen Heart pounding Copy Share Image
“It's pierogis . From Svichkar's. Probably cold. It seemed...Oh,crap. It was a really stupid thing to bring, wasn't it? My mother just… — Melissa Jensen Italian Copy Share Image
“You don't scare me." "Really?" She stared at me over the sharp frame of her glasses. "Well maybe a little," I admitted.… — Melissa Jensen Dinner Copy Share Image
“I'd given the bare minimum of info-especially after-hypocrite that he is-Frankie made such dramatic gagging motions at my description of the Mustang… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“It had seemed too whimsival on the occasions when she'd worn it, a quirky and impractical gift from a husband who hadn't… — Melissa Jensen Marriage Copy Share Image
“After history, which I occasionally enjoy, and French, which I tres don't, I have double art. The art studio hasn't been changed… — Melissa Jensen Artist Copy Share Image
“I watched the silent battle in awe. Daniel waited patiently, giving Chloe a half smile that was less a friendly expression than… — Melissa Jensen War Copy Share Image
“Pretty,eh?" I jumped a foot. "Nonna!" She was standing in my doorway, beaming like a demented gnome. "For your underwater dance." "It… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“The floor was full of crepe streamer seaweed and decomposing pirates. Or at least so it seemed. Half of the male population… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I am going to end up alone," he moaned. "Not in any conceivable universe!" One of Sadie's best qualities is the ability… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“It is time,my darling." "Oh,Frankie,no-" "You chose dare," he reminded her. "I did," she agreed sadly, stepping up. "You're right." It hadn't… — Melissa Jensen Dressing room Copy Share Image
“Would you like to dance?" I knew I had frosting on my nose. Alex leaned over and wuped it off with his… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“My bisnonno is such a man...Fine, you laugh again. Not so handsome,I think,but just as proud. He struts through the square with… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Frankie,I noticed as I flipped the mic up to its normal position, was staring at me through narrowed eyes, clapping so slowly… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Mystery is good." He drummed his fingertips on my thigh. "Maybe.Maybe not. But I'll let it go. How about this: If I… — Melissa Jensen Comic book Copy Share Image
“I bent and twistend and distorted everything ... to fit my pretty picture. God, I belibed my own hype. How stupid, how… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I thought maybe she would have been an okay teacher. If she hadn't been guaranteed to scare the opinions right out of… — Melissa Jensen Heart Copy Share Image
“Ella. If you don’t learn to carpe the diem, you will be, while most certainly not Nobody, something less than a Somebody.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Subject: Hey. Just thought I would check and make sure you weren't felled by a rogue turkey bacteria. Subject: A, I really… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“when he kissed me i couldn't have cared less about being a good person. i felt amazing. p304 the fine art of… — Melissa Jensen Art Copy Share Image
“Make poverty, sickness, and death central issues in the contract," he says, "it's no wonder the divorce rate is fifty percent.” — Melissa Jensen Death Copy Share Image
“sometimes no matter how many eyelashes or dandelion seeds you blow, no matter how much of your heart you tear out and… — Melissa Jensen Dandelion seeds Copy Share Image
“I figured anything Maxine Rothaus called rough was, in fact, vicious and lawless and inclined to eat its own young.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
