I’m fine,” she said, the words automatic. They were the easiest lie, one that everyone told from time to time.
Is the statement that you’re a total badass?” asked Oscar.
Love grew out of shared memories, shared stories, shared laughter. Love was a result of knowing the many things a person did that annoyed you to the ends of the earth, and yet, somehow, still wanting to hold them at the end of every day, and be held by then at sunrise every morning. Love was the comfort of knowing someone would stand by you, accept you, despite all your eccentricities, all your faults. Maybe loving you, in part, because of them.
Where she could see only that friendly, unreserved grin. Where she could hear, not the chants and cheers of the crowd, but only his voice, his words. “Welcome to the Renegades.
Better to under-promise and over-deliver.
The superstitions of humans are so often the result of ignorance and ill-placed blame.
You dance your lobster quadrille, and I’ll juggle some clams, and we’ll both pretend to be hidden away in a secret sea cave, where we don’t have to think about courtships or royal missions or anything but ourselves.
She could be his reason to stay in Hearts. She wanted to be.
Nova gathered herself as one last tear crept down, tracing the path of those before it, and said – with so much conviction that she almost could have believed it herself – “Adrian, I’m innocent.
Some people were always meant to be heroes. Just like some people were always meant to be villains.
She took a step closer to Adrian. “Are you not allowed to have girls in your room?” He chuckled. Then he took a step back, though it was subtle. “Wouldn’t know. I’ve never had one.
Stories might be an escape, but in the end, that’s all they were. In the end, reality always crashed back in.
There was ruin. But amid all that, there was still hope. Hope that things could change. Hope that this wasn‘t the end.
Are you a doctor?’ she asked. He looked up at her and smiled that disarming smile again. ‘I’m a joker, my lady, which is even better.’ ‘How is that better than a doctor?’ ‘Haven’t you ever heard that laughter is the best medicine?
She gaped at him, not at all sure his description of her was accurate. Who was she? Who had she become?
She had other things to worry about. Like what was she going to do to save Ace, with his execution looming.
He found himself wishing that Danna was there.
It’s ironic, right? The economy is great, but it’s always a struggle for the little guy.
Sorry!” Max shouted. “Is everyone okay? It didn’t hit anyone, did it?
Stories are only half told until they’ve found a listener.