But then I’d miss that look on your face.” “What look?” “Like you want to kick me and kiss me at the same time,” he answered.
Are you okay?” Aiden asked Deacon. He nodded slowly. “Yeah, I’m great. Nothing like witnessing a death match between gods when I’m trying to get some Cheetos.” My.
You’re stuck,′ I whispered.
My mom’s voice filtered through my thoughts as I stopped in front of the Robert Byrd Science Building, out of the breath from racing up the steepest, most inconvenient hill in history.
And why was I sitting on the curb? I honestly didn’t know, but it was better than being inside my apartment, all alone. And yeah, I was alone out here, but it didn’t feel that way. I was pretty sure there was a squirrel over by the tree, so that counted for something, right?
Why would you want to be with someone who does not fully accept who you are?” he asked.
For the sun child and the new god will give birth to a new era and the great creators will fall one by one, reshaping our homes and hearths.
So about this Leon god thing? I don’t know of any gods named Leon. Is he like the red-headed stepchild god that no one claims?
And those tears came from the dark, cold place inside me that his words, those three beautiful words, had begun to thaw and shine light upon.
Marcus was Chuck Norris in an off-pink polo shirt.
I’m going to give him back-alley plastic surgery.
Heaven... heaven smelled like whatever you wanted it to, whatever you truly desired most in the world, and it was different for everyone.
Sometimes loving someone isn’t enough. I don’t mean to sound bitter, but love can’t fix everything about a person. It can’t just be enough at the end of the day. Not when it no longer feels like the person is walking the same road as you.
She’s worth whatever I have to go through.
You think the only thing you can do is leave, but that won’t help you. You’re forgetting something very important. Actually, you’re forgetting two very important things.” He paused. “Come to think of it, you’re probably forgetting a lot, because you got your head knocked –.
If I had a dollar for every time some random person told me to smile, I would have more money than the Queen of England.
You silly little girl. You speak as if you’re a special snowflake, unique and one of a kind.
We’re wearing the same shirt,” he pointed out with a smirk. “Except I’m wearing it better,” I remarked. Josie made a soft choking sound as the demigod tilted his head to the side, expression perplexed. “That’s not possible. You do not have the body that I do. I’m a ten.” I stared at him, brow rising. “Are you for real?” “Am I not standing here?
What does waiting do? None of us are promised a tomorrow. We learned that, didn’t we? We don’t always get a later.
His eyes were wide with disbelief. “A stranger approaches you for help in a dark parking lot and you go and help him? That has to be one of the most careless things I’ve heard in a long time.” He crossed his arms and stared down at me. “I bet you think things through, right? Accept candy from strangers and get into vans with a sign that reads free Kittens?” I gasped.