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“I was scared to death of who I really was and what I really wanted. And somehow he knew. He’d always known.”

— Tammara Webber

“Because if he knew, then it had been real, not a nightmare I could just write off as my imagination. Like how talking to…

— Lisa Ko

“I remembered he terrified me. And there was reason. He was terrifying.”

— Kristen Ashley

“him. Instead, I lapsed into a quick retelling of where I’d been and what had happened. As I did, my eyes crept over to…

— Rick Gualtieri

“Suddenly, I couldn't turn away from his piecing, infectious gaze. He was wrong and tragic and gorgeous all at the same time. At that…

— Melody Lee

“I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I wasn't sure who I was most scared of at the moment. The stranger I was learning about too quickly, or the woman I'd…

— Megan Miranda

“I met his gaze. Even then, he’d known me. I hadn’t been ready for any monumental life changes and still wasn’t sure if I…

— Melissa Haag

“I really do think it all boiled down to fear. She was so worried about what the people around us would think, she forgot…

— Julie Kibler

“Because the more I discover about him, the fewer excuses I have to push him away. He's unraveling before me, becoming something entirely different;…

— Tahereh Mafi

“I guess that's what makes life special. It's unexpected. Scary as hell. But in the end, totally worth it.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“I lie down and think about how this whole long, strange summer ought to end in a substantial event. But, probably, won't. For the…

— Sara Baume