“For several moments, Mary couldn't hear anything over the violent pounding of her pulse.” — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
“He was drop-dead gorgeous and I, well I was just ... dead." (Tera Hightower, Dead Chick Walking)” — Ace Antonio Hall Copy Share Image
“I didn't care, because I loved him, and that was the end of every argument and the beginning of every promise.” — Summer Lane Copy Share Image
“It feels like I was made to fit here, in the space beneath his heart.” — Caroline Greyling Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, reality is the illusion, and the truth only visible where our eyes can’t see.” - Lady Lalaigne” — Jeanine Henning Copy Share Image
“Who’s driving the boat?” Over the motor, I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.” — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“I want to tell you that I love you,” he said. “But I’m afraid you won’t remember it tomorrow.” “There’s no way… — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“I smiled at him. Not even Wyatt would have known how to be this honorable when talking about a girl that had… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“Cath exhaled. Then inhaled. Her chest was so tight, it hurt both ways. Levi shouldn't get to make her feel this way… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I’m not going anywhere until you hear me out.” Oh, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“The stars of morning twinkled brightly overhead, the moon having already surrendered its light. The backyard was a crystal palace bejeweled with… — Laura Hesse Copy Share Image
“Grandpa Sereno: "There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
“It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“We as humans are the patterns of life. We are the roads we travel. Our lives make up the insignificance of a… — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“Ocean gusts slunk between the trees, who whispered to one another about The Great White Father being home; how everything was back… — Holly Ducarte Copy Share Image
“I was so tired of this ceaseless, day-to-day tug-of-war between my hormones and my head, my vanity and my virtue. I felt… — Emily Tomko Copy Share Image
“All the carriages filed out in single file but in a fashion that seemed to mean that they were competing against each… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“This angered me. “Nothing has changed!?!?” I screamed at him. I was furious with him. He had duped me. “Your a mermaid!… — Keira D. Skye Copy Share Image
“But I knew he wouldn't kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I’ve known her long enough to know that this was purely intentional.” He peered sideways at me, judging my reaction. “I like… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“Keegan felt nervous as Rourk walked toward her. What should she say? In an instant, he stood in front of her. She… — Julia Crane Copy Share Image
“I took care of the next guy in line while I checked out the girl who was boxing up a pecan pie… — Chris Cannon Copy Share Image
“Oh.” My dad actually looked sheepish. “It’s one o’clock in the morning and I was going to tell you to shut the… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“Quinn spoke their language—all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him—in his element… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“I had shaved my beard for her-a huge disappointment, because I’d enjoyed my three weeks looking like a bank robber.” — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“Whoa, who was that?” “Madison Stone,” Kiara mutters. “Introduce me to her.” “Why?” Because I know it’ll annoy the shit out of… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“He is only fifteen! Does she really think he is prepared for marriage, especially with his intellectual range of a teacup?” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and… — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
“It's said that we can all choose our own destiny. But sometimes, for a special few, destiny has no choice but to… — Steve M. Robinson Jr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the rues don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.” — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people.” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
“I nodded. I was ready. In fact I was so ready that if he didn’t do something soon, if he didn’t touch… — Sarah Alderson Copy Share Image
“I knew that she couldn’t hear me if she was there. But the sound was enough to grab me, to hold me… — Shawn Kirsten Maravel Copy Share Image
“Just a taste. That was the Cambion policy, our credo. 'Just take enough to appease the spirit, then move on.' It sounded… — Jaime Reed Copy Share Image
“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“But what if Oscar—” “Breathes fire and threatens to cook you over a grill?” “I was thinking what if he gets mad,… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“He reflects on all the times he thought she wasn’t sure of her feelings for him, when perhaps she might’ve been taking… — Christy A. Campbell Copy Share Image
“Time is a funny thing. You can go through it and meddle with it, but nothing can stay permanent. So even if… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and,… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she… — Jennifer Walkup Copy Share Image