That earns him a smack with my book bag.
"Ow." He clutches his arm. "What do you have in there? Books?" A grin snakes across his face. "I like my women feisty."
He adds, "I like my broken.

Julie Anne Peters


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It was all about hate. There should be laws. We're there laws? Can you legislate against hatred?

Julie Anne Peters


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But hell would have to freeze over before I ever wore a dress.

Julie Anne Peters


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Black_Venus: Here it goes:
Curious mosaic
Continental drift
Parabolic metaphor
Elemental rift
Time and transposition
Conscious intermission
Assertion?
Desertion --

Black_Venus: That's all I have so far. You finish it.

Me: How about "Spanish Inquisition.

Julie Anne Peters


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Arlo: Show her the ropes.
Finn: Where do we keep the ropes again?

Julie Anne Peters


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Our eyes met across the crowded room, like in the movies, except we didn't share a knowing smile and race into each other's arms. Instead I fell into the trash can.

Julie Anne Peters


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I better get the hearse back before dark." Xanadu sighed. "Uncle Lee got into it with Aunt Faye about me even borrowing it." Grabbing Jamie by his cougar emblem, she added, "Let's go, girlfriend." She yanked him toward the parking lot. I heard Jamie say, "Could I ride in the trunk and pretend I'm a corpse?

Julie Anne Peters


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...When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God's a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink.

'What about sunrise and sunset?' I'd asked.

Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.'

It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.

Julie Anne Peters


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What was I afraid of, exactly? What other people would think? I guess, a little. But that wasn't what was stopping me from acting on my feelings. It was the intensity of them. The desire for her. I knew if I gave into it, I'd have to surrender myself completely. I'd lose all control. Everything I knew, everything I was, the walls I'd built up to protect myself all these years would come crashing down. I might get lost in the rubble. Yet, she made me feel alive in a way I'd only ever imagined I could feel. Bells, whistles, music.

Julie Anne Peters


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Me? I had no dreams. No longings. Dreams only set you up for disappointment. Plus, you had to have a life to have dreams of a better life.

Julie Anne Peters

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