Never underestimate the power of telling a teenage boy he's risking his chances of getting laid. Works almost every time.

Just then they were both vulnerable, and the only thing standing between them and our enemies, was me.It seemed nobody wanted to take those odds because no one approached. I was mildly flattered.

She hadn't been scared for herself, she'd been frightened for me.Good. Her A-class horror movie scream earlier had nearly put me in an early grave. When this was over, I could call us even.

I wasn't the kind of girl who liked to wait around to be rescued.

Ugh. I do not miss being your age." Sarah muttered, retracting her hand and wrinkling her nose. "It's like all teenagers have hormones coming out of their ears.

The view wasn't exactly breath-taking. Kind of boring actually. Unless, of course, you had a rare, strong appreciation for deserts, in which case it was downright mind blowing.

Lacey?" He bowed his head until his face was inches from mine. His smile was still in place, and as his eyes swept over my face, it widened. "Uh-oh. Did you break?

He was slowly starting to recover. I could tell by the eye roll and sigh. Oh, so only he could be a comedian?

They were smart enough to know that handing out superpowers like sweets to the general public was never going to be a good idea.Not that that stopped it from happening anyway.

Same. I don't like to think I might have ended up in Plumber's gang, but given the alternative..."I raised both eyebrows. "Yeah. Drug-dealers or super-powered psychopaths? Choices, choices.

Kate! Get some ice on that ankle or it's going to swell to the size of Luke's head. Then neither of you will be able to get through the front door.

Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing

Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.

The mother is the child's supreme parent.

Coming to life as classics, they come to life as other than themselves; they are deprived of their antagonistic force, of the estrangement which was the very dimension of their truth.

What I hear from people out there is they always say that [Donald Trump] doesn't like us. And so they're energized.

Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?

Once I started getting multiple days off in a row, it was a long year for me. That had never happened, and everybody knew I didn't like it.

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.