young-adult

Grandma's house had the atmosphere of a Tupperware box left out in the sun. Like a tropical flower, she had to be kept warm and moist at all times, or she would wilt and die.

I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.

You__e unstoppable as long as you keep taking the next step.

I am Damian, the king of Antion, and no one will ever take someone I love from me again and live.

That's the thing about distance: It either gives you time to move on from someone, or it makes you realize just how much you need them.

My body is like a Temple in Nepal. It is sacred, but has a lot of damage from the earthquake of my youth!

Talent guided by genius can achieve anything

Still, it__ really frustrating me that there doesn__ seem to be anything in my closet that__ appropriate to wear to an exorcism.

Media was a battle ground. So was the internet. People began walking openly with their weapons, whether it was a gun or a camera. Drones were always skimming overhead, filming the violence of the second civil war of the United States.

No matter how much (or how little) help someone provides, always say thanks. Thank yous are simple but important.

No. I meant stay with me today. And tomorrow. And every day after.

We__e been thinking about stage costumes for the __atellites_ section,_ Burt said brightly. __ think we should all dress as an element.__gg frowned. __ow do you dress up as water?_____e thought about that and it would be a blue leotard and white kilt,_ Burt replied earnestly.

While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.

No", she said, "I know that you don't like me.""You don't know anything.

You__e become a miserable bastard and I can__ deal with it anymore.__ex on Egg _ Book 2 __aving it

When you live in LA and work in the movies, you experience the collapse of some of that fantasy. You know that the eyes glow like that because of lights placed at a specific angle, and you see the actresses up close and, yes, they are beautiful, but they are human size and imperfect like the rest of us.

Death, it seems, has a mind of its own.

My old man tells me every chance he gets I__ __tyle over substance_ and that I__e never done anything of value in my life. I__ fifteen. What does he expect? Being __ool as_ is the only thing anyone cares about."Burt, Book 1 "Making it