“But in the depth of Zachary's weary, determined eyes, I saw more than a desperate longing. I saw a future.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“You know what would be cool, next time?" said a voice behind me. "Black roses.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“But it was time to stop forgetting the world–and time to start changing it.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“The future is as far from perfect and as full of errors as this baseball game, but at this moment, it's all… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“He smiled at me. “Have a good time.” “Thank you.” The music was definitely working, I thought as I started to shut… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“I think we get the world we deserve. People who love get love back, and people who hate, or fear, they get… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“He leaned in. “Kiss me, one last time.” I called up a distant memory of his lips against mine. But this time,… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“Even the second time around, the lyrics and melody reached through my ears, bypassed my brain, and went straight to my heart,… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“For a short time, we’d become each other, a little. Maybe that’s what people do when they fall in love, mind, body,… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“I had to decide in the next few seconds: Would I let my past keep screwing up my present and my future?” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“This time of year," she said, "people’s consciences gnaw at them. They give away truckloads of canned goods and quote Dickens and… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“Hey, it’s not like I was saving myself for the day you had a body again, so don’t get excited.” “Too late.” He curved… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
It's not our ability to get forgiveness that saves us. It's out ability to grant forgiveness. — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“I suppressed another shiver - I did not want Zachary taking off any more clothes on my account.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“You obviously haven’t lived in D.C. very long if you think two and a half minutes is too soon to talk politics.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“This one's for Aura. You all know who that is by now. The only girl I've ever loved. I wrote her a song, but… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“Forever” by Logan Keeley October 18, 20xx Lying beside me in the failure of flesh, You wait for the words that will let your… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“You can give your life meaning.' She stroked my forehead from the center to the temples, with just her fingertips. 'We all can.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“Aw, he’s shy. How loveable, huggable, stuff-in-a-bag-and-take-home-able.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“I open my eyes. Yech, boyfriend thoughts, the kind I haven’t had since I was a teenager. It’s one thing to imagine Shane naked… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
