young-adult

There are simply some laws we must transgress, no matter the penalty.

There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can__ trust anyone, they can__ tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

True, but Little Sister is patient and she's always watching.

I can see how your mother would have a point. Having a debate with a politically minded woman can be intriguing and even entertaining but to share a house with her and have her always campaigning and protesting at the dinner table,_ he slanted his gaze down toward me. __hat could be very tiring indeed.

Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don't.

I feel like a crumpled up piece of paper that has something really important written on it. But no one will ever know what that is because all they see is something that's been discarded.

Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe's defense, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home

He knew what the thing was going to do next. It was going to climb the hood slowly, toying with them before crushing in the windshield and eating them all alive.

I didn__ want to see it. I didn__ think he__ ever really notice me, and in the end, he didn__.

What__ your name?_ I ask again. __hris,_ he says. __hris Young._ I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes. __ can take you,_ I reply. __ut if you try anything, I__l shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously._ He almost smiles. __es, ma__m.

Reputations seldom deliver on promises of happiness.

Everything changes except human behavior and its consequences.

Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams

How was it possible to miss someone when they were standing right next to you?

Secretly," he mumbled in a quieter tone, "I've always wanted to know what it would feel like to lust, to hunger for something different. But I've never been able to imagine ever experiencing that kind of desire.

Quick, somebody call the caretaker!_ Gemma__ stage voice rang out loud and clear. __here__ some trash here that needs to be taken out._ She earned a chorus of laughs as she walked towards us, then came to a standstill right beside me. __hrist, it reeks, too,_ she said, pinching her nose. __hat did you do, Malice? Douse yourself in the whole bottle? Oh, never mind. I don__ expect you to have heard of the adage __ess is more_.

He saw the rules of life clearly for the first time and they were simple: it was a game where Death was the only winner.

As I stand at the edge of the pit, searching for his body amongst all the others, I am slightly frightened by the violent clashes. It seems almost savagery, the way they throw themselves into each other. As I continue to watch, unable to look away, drawn in by their angry and troubled release I see him. His body is sweating, his muscles are flexed and his face holds an expression of pain mixed with pleasure. In that moment I realize their is so much I don't know about the man I am falling in love with and my fear of him excites me.