Young Adult Quotes
So as near as I could tell the end of the world began roughly about the time that Billy Carver’s butt rang about halfway through the War of 1812.
Being shaken to death by a Hawaiian tourist look-alike was not how Arena imagined her death.
Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.
My heart, always so strong in the past, was like the fishnet stockings that clung to my legs—torn, shredded, and full of gaping holes.
Trace was just one of those guys who caught your attention no matter if you had a ring on your finger. He would be hot 'til the day he died. Seriously.
He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what I can do after all.
The path is here, " he said quietly. "But you are free to walk it or choose another way.
Evangeline, " he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it?
But eggshells were made to be broken, and slamming into a 100-story skyscraper at the speed of light would likely do the deed.
The ability for anyone in our generation to self-amuse has sadly been bred out of our species.
It wasn't premeditated. It was what needed to be done. So I did it.
Well, if they set you in the kissing booth, let me know, I am always willing to donate for a worthy cause.
When you knock off work tonight, go looking for Toby, because, trust me, he will be looking for you.
Just be careful, hon, ” Rosanna said.“Oh, are the plates hot?” I flinched back just before my hands made contact.Rosanna laughed. “No, but hot boys can burn you just as easily.
Do you want some words of advice, Tess?”I glanced at Adam’s profile as he sipped.“Don’t give your heart away too easily.” He turned to me. “Make him earn it.
When you think of somebody all the time it means one of two things - either you hate their guts or you like them a lot.
You've never been to another planet, have you Aimee?""No, but I've been to Disney World.
I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate was sealed at the sight of your stockinged feet.~Viktor von Strassenberg
JOH! Thank God I found you.”“I have 9022 gods listed in my database. Must I thank all of them?
A lot of the names in Talon reference other people or events. For example Amelia, the giant Eagle, was a “tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!
What would angel lips taste like? Sunshine? Marshmallows? Or something altogether different? Maybe buttered-popcorn jelly beans.
Tess, there isn't a drunken, screaming netballer in the world that would have made me not want to ... continue.
You realise that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you, ” he said.
Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.”“To be fair, you still look pretty bad.
He looked at me now."Remember I said, 'what if I didn't want to fix your bike?'"I remembered. "Yes...""I didn't want to fix it, because I liked driving you places.
So if I was to choose? Then I choose complicated, ” I said, with a nod of finality. I met his eyes again in a silent challenge.“I choose you.
I may have been buzzed last night, but I remember everything. I can't promise you that I won't want to drive you home, or kiss you like crazy again. Because I will. I do.
If there is one thing worse than self-pity, it was other people's pity.
His eyes were twin flakes of ember floating into the night from a roaring inferno. “I won’t let anything happen to you. No matter what I have to do, I will keep you safe.
I can live without a boy. So why does it feel like I'm going to die?
I don’t have enough gross words in my gross vocabulary to describe how gross that gross thought is. Gross.
Either you’re with me or you’re against me. I can’t afford to be looking over my shoulder all the time waiting for you to stick a knife in my back.
Why I let you talk me into these things, I’ll never understand. One day you’re going to get me into some serious trouble, " Rowan said, shaking his head.
I can not bear to see such woes of the heart in the eyes of my beloved.
My dear lady, you have no idea just how scandalous I can be. ~Peter Viktor von Strassenberg, 1905
I fear oblivion' he said. "I fear it like a proverbial blind man fears the dark
You ask me why I’m nice to you, ” he said. “Why, why, why. But you don’t ask me stuff that matters. Who I am or where I been. What I see when I look at you. What I want.
Elle, what happened to your prudish behavior?” Elle laughed. “It took a back seat when I was given a mate so hot that he could cook bacon on his abs.