“Oh no. Maybe I'd gotten too cocky. I was still relatively new to this friend business. Had I screwed up even asking? Should I have waited for her to offer up details?” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“For the most part, I did trust my own judgement. But I was more than capable of screwing up. Just, sometimes, I forgot about that in my quest to move forward.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“The thrill of working in this building, with its iconic globe on top, would never fade.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“You're eyes," she said, waving her hand next to her own. "I can tell when you aren't alone in there.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“I didn't mind walking into danger on my own. Not the concept of it, anyway.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“Please, I'm your friend -- inside that tough-girl shell is a really tough girl. But you're motivated by how much you care. Being part… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“I imagined it was far better to be optimistic, to proceed assuming wherever you could that you had cared enough, that you'd made a… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“and right after the last one, they were filing out of the tight space and along another hallway. James stood and leaned in close… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“Magic was well-crafted lies woven into stories no one believed were true, even though they delighted in seeing the convincing falsehood with their own… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“Maybe this was what being an adult was like. Not the in-control knows-everything feeling everyone pretended it was, but the constant sensation that everything… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“His body trembled against hers. She held on, afraid that if she let go he'd be gone forever.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“This was the first time I had not just rushed in and followed my instincts, and it wasn't working out. I was beginning to… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
