“Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you’d done as well as the good, and knowing all your mistakes had consequences? Peter made mistakes all the time— he was thoughtless; he hurt people. But… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing worse than having a fit and no one giving you the proper attention for it.” — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I didn’t believe him at first, about the island, though.” “I didn’t either,”I said. “I don’t know that anyone does. It sounds like a fantastic lie.” “It is a fantastic lie,” Sal said, and her face was very earnest. “This isn’t a wonderful place for boys to play and have adventures and stay young for always. It’s a killing place,… — Christina Henry Copy Share
“Well, that was a beautiful wedding," Beezle said. "The bride has spider goo in her hair and the groom smells like sulfur. the parking-lot-in-front-of-the-burning… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and make certain she was never trapped in that cage again. From another man this might be terrifying, that he would so blithely consider murdering his companion. But she understood that from Hatcher this was tantamount to… — Christina Henry Copy Share
“It’s not such a wonderful thing, to be young,” I said. “It’s heartless, and selfish.” “But, oh, so free,” Nod said sadly. “So free… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I was suddenly sorry I'd grown, even if it was only a little, and wished I could be similar again and that it was… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you’d done as well as the good, and knowing all your… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Yes, because it’s obviously better if you beat each other to death with rocks instead of stabbing each other like civilized human beings,” Sal… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“ Come on, Jamie, follow me. Follow me and you’ll never grow up! ” I took one step, and then another, and then I… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“She heard a little popping noise then like something had broken in the space between them. Cheshire frowned. "That was not very fun of… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Gabriel is my bodyguard, " I said stiffly. J.B. snorted. "He wants something to do with your body, but it ain't guarding that he's… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
