Andrea Cremer

The patter of tentative footfalls reached my ears. I flipped on my side to face the door and saw Ansel wander by. I rolled onto my back, rubbing sleep from my eyes. I'd crashed on my bed as soons as I'd gotten back from school, collapsing under the weight of the day. The floorboards squeaked as Ansel passed by my door again. I caught his nervous glance in my direction before he hurried down the hall. 'Ansel, I'm not the sun; stop orbiting and get in here,' I called.

I'm afraid my jealousy is a beast I find difficult to tame," he said with a sigh.

Not all weapons are guns or blades; the most dangerous are subtle, hidden.

Bravery is all well and good, but sometimes it's much better to be cautious.

What I'm trying to say is that I spent the last four months learning to be alone, avoiding the world, hating pretty much anyone who so much as blinked at me." But when I am with you, I don't want to be that person anymore.

Now you have to kiss me so my feelings aren't hurt.""I meant to hurt your feelings," Charlotte said."I guess that means I'll have to kiss you myself so I feel better.

Youth is like being carried through life by a strong current," Admiral Winter said. "All you feel is the speed of the river, the thrill of rapids, never comprehending your utter lack of control, your constant peril.

If it weren__ for the fact that he__ been flat on his back in a full body cast, then recovering, he probably would be glad he missed finishing the school year since it meant he__ now enrolled at his version of Hogwarts.

Don't ever be honest about who you are__nd I mean that as a life rule, not just in this instance.