Robin Benway

...I turned the music back on and reached to turn off my lamp, trying not to think about anything for a few minutes. That's always impossible, though. It's easier to stop breathing than it is to stop thinking.

Because there_s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.

Put some muscle into it! Channel your inner Trent Reznor!

You have to turn it up so that your chest shakes and the drums get in between your ribs like a heartbeat and the bass goes up your spine and fizzles your brain and all you can do is dance or spin in a circle or just scream along because you know that however this music makes you feel, it__ exactly right.

My hair was probably a disaster and my shirt was still damp, but I didn__ care. It was funny, I never cared about those things with Oliver. I didn__ worry about how I looked. All that mattered was how I felt.

Sometimes, the things people don't say are louder than the words that come out of their mouths.

Henry narrowed his eyes at me. "You going somewhere?""Lacrosse field trip," I said. "I enjoy whacking the hell out of people with mallets.

Shut. Up," June squealed. "You have a date with that guy?" She giggled and covered her mouth. "Shut up, shut up, shut up! Tell me everything.""I can't do both," I pointed out.

But that was last year,_ I protested as we walked through school on Tuesday, three days beforeHalloween. ____ serious, you know how people are. They forget about things.___h, really?_ Roux said, then turned and smiled at a brunette passing us. __ey, Julia, what__ up?How are things?___lut,_ Julia responded, and kept walking.Roux just looked back at me knowingly. __ou were saying?

The only way I could describe what kissing him felt like was, like the last day of school, knowing that months of freedom and sunshine lay before you, the feeling that you could do anything you wanted and time stretched out in endless possibilities.

You deserve more than just being our safety net

This just means so much to me!I'd like to thank all the little people I crushed on my way to the top

You have no idea how crazy I am, I should be wearing yellow Caution tape, I'm that bonkers.

I liked James and James liked me and we both knew it and if you think about it, that's like a miracle. A real miracle. Everyone says that babies are miracles, and don't get me wrong, I love cute little pudgy babies, but if you think about it, me having a baby right now would not be a miracle. At all. But finding someone that gets me? That's the real work. That's where the miracles are.

How would you like to star in your very own commercial?""I'd rather swim in battery acid.

Tonight sucked" my dad said and I started to laugh hearing him say that. "What?" He smiled at me. "Isn't that the slang you kids are using? The lingo? Do I sound hip?"I just shook my head. "The only hip I hear is the sound of yours breaking.

Could you please stop dripping your sarcasm all over my car__ interior?

This isn't television! This isn't a movie! Giles and Buffy aren't gonna appear and show us how to deal with our wonderful new powers! Some fricking owl isn't gonna come sailing in through your window from Hogwarts! There's no Dumbledore! The Cullens aren't gonna show up and invite you to live with them in Forks! There's nothing! This isn't make believe! This is it! It's us and only us.