“
Paris is always a good idea.
”
”
Audrey Hepburn
“
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen," Puck said.
"How cool will it be when it kills us?" Sabrina asked.
"Considerably less cool," Puck replied.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
Maybe one of the monsters ate him," Daphne whimpered.
"That would be awesome," Puck said.
Sabrina flashed him an angry look.
"Awesome in a terrible, heartbreakingly tragic way," Puck continued.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
He turned into a rhinocerous," Ms. Smirt said.
"He does that," Sabrina said.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?"
Hiding, I guess."
Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you."
Ms. Smirt shrieked.
Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun."
He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her?
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
The man is always the last to know when
Cupid has struck him
-Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (One Night with a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, #3))
“
So Henry," Puck said as he kicked off his shoes and propped his smelly feet on the kitchen table. "I was wondering what you can tell me about puberty."
Henry turned pale and stammered.
Sabrina wanted to crawl under the table and die.
”
”
Michael Buckley
“
I didn't do it,' he insisted.
'Then why did you run?' Sabrina asked.
'And send rabbits to eat us! I'm a seven-year-old girl,' Daphne said. 'Do you know how important bunny rabbits are to me?
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, #2))
“
i held hands
with my sadness,
sang it songs in the shower,
fed it lunch,
got it drunk
& put it to bed early.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Freaky monsters were trying to kill us," Sabrina said. "Should I have just died out there so you could keep your clubhouse secret?"
"Absolutely!" the prince said.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
mom says where did anxiety come from?
anxiety is the cousin visiting from out of town
depression felt obliged to bring to the party.
mom, i am the party.
only, i am a party i don't want to be at.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Don't duh me!" Puck snapped. "Trying to figure out what you're thinking from one day to the next takes more brains than I have."
Well, maybe you should stop. I'd hate to burn out that little peanut in your head.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
Keep your paws off my fiancèe, you flea-ridden stray!
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Inside Story (The Sisters Grimm, #8))
“
insomnia has this romantic way of making the moon feel like perfect company.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
I dont know what could possibly distract three pigs enough so that you can get away." Sabrina thought for a moment then grinned. "I know exactly what to do.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1))
“
Girls, I need to tell you some things about our family," Sabrina said. "Have you ever heard of the Brothers Grimm?
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm, #9))
“
After the group vet appointment--during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor woman minding her own business in the waiting room--we went back to Sabrina's and re-released the cats to their natural habitat.
”
”
Sarah Dessen (Lock and Key)
“
This letter really touched my heart. Sabrina says when she lost all her hair during chemo, she wore the cap I gave her.
”
”
Justin Bieber (First Step 2 Forever)
“
Puck stopped his drumming [on his belly] for a brief moment and grinned at Sabrina.
I hear they have a lot of plastic surgeons in New York City. If I were you I'd make an appointment for that face as soon as you get there," he quipped.
Sabrina scowled and shook a fist at him. "Keep it up, stinkpot, and you're going to need a plastic surgeon yourself."
Puck winked. "No need to get all mushy on me, Grimm.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
Puck flapped up to the happy couple. "Wait a minute! You have to ask someone to marry you? No one told me that! I thought you just hit them with a club and dragged them back to your cave!"
Henry put his arm around Sabrina. "You're officially grounded from ever getting married."
"Thank you," Sabrina whispered sincerely.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm, #9))
“
my heart has developed a kind of amnesia, where it remembers everything but itself.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
You sick, twisted monster," Sabrina seethed at Pinocchio.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
What we don't let out traps us. We think, No one else feels this way, I must be crazy. So we don't say anything. And we become enveloped by a deep loneliness, not knowing where our feelings come from or what to do with them. Why do I feel this way?
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison
“
how do i teach my ears to hear songs without the ghosts of you inside of them?
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
mom still doesn't understand.
mom,
can't you see?
neither do i.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
i am sleepwalking on an ocean of happiness i cannot baptize myself in.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
You've never heard of the Trickster King?" Puck asked, shocked.
The girls shook their heads.
"The Prince of Fairies? Robin Goodfellow? The Imp?"
"Do you work for Santa?" Daphne asked.
"I'm a fairy, not an elf!" Puck roared. "You really don't know who I am! Doesn't anyone read the classics anymore? Dozens of writers have warned about me. I'm in the most famous of all of William Shakespeare's plays."
"I don't remember any Puck in Romeo and Juliet," Sabrina muttered, feeling a little amused at how the boy was reacting to his non-celebrity.
"Besides Romeo and Juliet!" Puck shouted. "I'm the star of a Midsummer Night's Dream!"
"Congratulation," Sabrina said flatly. "Never read it.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1))
“
Princess,” he whispered against her ear. “My beautiful, beautiful princess. I want to spoil you. Pamper you. Indulge you.
”
”
Teresa Medeiros (A Whisper of Roses)
“
Barefoot travel allows you to get the true feel of a place.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison
“
My heart is a messy bedroom I always distract myself from cleaning.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Of course, the Big Bad Wolf does yoga, Sabrina thought. Why did I even bother to ask?
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm #2))
“
Just out of curiosity, what were the boy names?” Grace hedges, clearly fighting a smile. He cheers up again. “Well, the top contender was Garrett.” I snicker loud enough to rattle Sabrina’s water glass. “Uh-huh,” I say, playing along. “And what was the runner-up?” “Graham.
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Goal (Off-Campus, #4))
“
What are you doing here?" she asked.
"You forgot something when you left Halstead Hall," he said hoarsely.
"What?"
Her heart lept into her throat as he strode purposefully toward her. "Me.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (The Truth About Lord Stoneville (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #1))
“
Sabrina leaned in and pressed her lips to Puck’s. There was a little static shock that startled her and she stepped back with her hands on her mouth.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Inside Story)
“
Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (A Lady Never Surrenders (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #5))
“
No one in life can ever match fiction
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (The Truth About Lord Stoneville (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #1))
“
it's weird how a jacket can be more reliable than a father.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Sabrina turned back to the house and saw the horrible truth- a pair of legs was sticking out from beneath it and they were wearing a pari of shiny silver shoes with a remarkable red tint to them. She suddenly realized they hadn't just entered a story. They had entered one of the most famous stories ever told.
"Daphne, I don't think we're in Ferryport Landing anymore.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
Puck swung the cannon around in anger. The nozzle spun and hit Sabrina in the chest. The force was so pawerful she was knocked right off the platform and fell backward off the tower. She saw sky above her and felt the wind in her hair. How ironic, she thought, as she fell to her certain death, that at that moment she would have given anything to be a giant goose again.
Air rushed past Sabrina's ears and suddenly she felt her back tingling again. A moment later she was hanging upside down, inches from the ground. She looked up to find her savior, only to find that her her wasn't a person but a long, furry tail sticking out of the back of her pants. It was wrapped around a beam in the tower a kept her swinging there like a monkey.
Puck floated down to her, his wings flapping softly enough to allow him to hover.
"I bet you think this is hilarious. Look what you did to me with your stupid pranks. I have a tail!" she raged.
Puck's face was trembling. "I'm sorry."
"What?" Sabrina said blankly.
"I almost killed you. I'm sorry, Sabrina," he said, rubbing his eyes on his filthy hoodie. He lifted her off the tower and set her on the ground.
"Since when do you care?" Sabrina said, still stunned by the boy's apology.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
mom, i am lonely.
i think i learnt it when dad left;
how to turn the anger into lonely,
the lonely into busy.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good.
I have learned that silence hurts.
I have learned about starting over
and releasing pride.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
Don't be afraid. Change is such a beautiful thing", said the Butterfly.
”
”
Sabrina Newby
“
i wouldn't say I'm sensitive, I would say I'm highly susceptible to feeling a lot
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Don't what, Princess?" I ask. "You're the one who's rubbing up against my cock like it's a magic lamp.
”
”
Sabrina Paige (Prick (Step Brother Romance, #1))
“
You’re so beautiful baby, so perfect inside and out, and believe me I’d know. You’re just as deep in me as I am in you. I feel you everywhere Sabrina.
”
”
Ella Fox (Broken Hart (The Hart Family, #1))
“
From the moment I saw you it has only been you Sabrina, and it will only ever be you.
”
”
Ella Fox (Broken Hart (The Hart Family, #1))
“
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries
“
We are all carrying so many things in our life and inside ourselves. Often it feels there is no place to put them down. Where do you place the questions you carry
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (Snowy Night with a Stranger (School for Heiresses, #4.5))
“
sure, i make plans. i make plans but i don't want to go. i make plans because i know i should want to go, i know at some point i would have wanted to go, it's just not that much fun having fun when you don't want to have fun.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
He stared past her to the place at the other end of the dining table where Regina would sit as his wife. If she were here. If he hadn’t driven her away. “I’m not sure I know how to love, Louisa.”
She took his hand. “Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, #2))
“
Belong to yourself.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
No one is born to courage, Juliet. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (A Dangerous Love (Swanlea Spinsters, #1))
“
it hurts but you don't care , it is you therapy , with no talking
”
”
Sabrina Salas
“
That woman is hiding something!" she said.
"You think everyone's hiding something."
"And you would hug the devil if he gave you cookies.
”
”
Michael Buckley
“
He did something so un-Pucklike, Sabrina couldn’t believe it. He got up sat behind her, and let his enormous fairy wings sprout from his back. Then he wrapped them around her to keep the bitter cold away. It was the first truly nice thing the so-called Trickster King had ever done for her.
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, #3))
“
my happy is a high fever that will break, my happy is as hollow as a pin-pricked egg
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
When I put my mouth on hers for the first time, it's fucking magic. I can't describe what she tastes like except that it's everything that's right with the world.
”
”
Sabrina Paige (Prick (Step Brother Romance, #1))
“
TRYING TO FILL THE empty SPACE
i don't know
if I will
ever understand
this Ache.
Perhaps it is
simpley and completely
Love and
what
HAPPENS.
at the end.
Loss
November 17, early morning
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (Never Seduce a Scoundrel (School for Heiresses, #1))
“
If you never put your life in someone else's hands, then you can't really expect them to put theirs in yours. In the long run, never trusting anyone is a hard way to live.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?”
“I’ve always been a stick-in-the-mud.” Her brother cast her a thin smile. “I just hid it beneath all the debauchery.”
She sniffed. “I wish you’d hide it again. It’s quite annoying.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
Sabrina fair
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassie, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of Lillies knitting
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair,
Listen for dear honour's sake,
Goddess of the silver lake,
Listen and save.
”
”
John Milton (Comus and Some Shorter Poems of Milton: Harrap's English Classics)
“
i miss you, but i don't wish you were here.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
we cannot control what we remember, but we can control how we remember.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
Mother nature is a fickle and forgetful bitch," she snapped. "She needs a helping hand and I am trying to hurry her along for their sake.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (To Wed a Wild Lord (Hellions of Halstead Hall #4))
“
Julian, I need you. Not in ways you can see. But in ways that I feel. If I’m your life raft, we’re in trouble—because you’re mine.
”
”
Sabrina Elkins (Stir Me Up)
“
You don’t see yourself clearly, but I do. You’re the man that I want, and I’m fighting for you, fighting for us.
”
”
Ella Fox (Broken Hart (The Hart Family, #1))
“
i am best prepared for the worst case scenario. the best case scenario scares me. flight response. my mother tells me i am a bird. when she says i am a bird, she means the whole world is my cage.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
I can hear banging and rustling before I even open the door, and part of me is worried I’m about to walk in on Sabrina and Robbie doing something weird on the couch, but instead I open the door and Russ is standing in my living room, looking like a deer in headlights, holding a box labeled SMUT in huge letters.
”
”
Hannah Grace (Icebreaker (Maple Hills, #1))
“
I always say that love is like the meat in a pie,” Freddy put in. “The crust is what people see—the practical things that hold a couple together. But love is the important part—without it you’ve got a meatless pie, and what’s the point of that?”
“Why, Freddy,” Minerva said, “that was almost profound.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'.
David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich.
Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (Wed Him Before You Bed Him (School For Heiresses #6))
“
everybody loves me because i'm good at making people feel good. i'm good at making people feel good because i have had a lot of practice on myself
”
”
Sabrina Benaim
“
I have learned that frustration is allowed and talking it through
is necessary.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (What the Duke Desires (The Duke's Men, #1))
“
Sometimes a person's unhappiness can make them forget they are a part of something bigger, something like a family, a people, even a tribe.
”
”
Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Sabrina & Corina)
“
Lucy: I don't understand men.
Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (Don't Bargain with the Devil (School for Heiresses, #5))
“
I feel quite lost INSIDE myself, like I'm looking for my train tracks for my life, as if they would just appear and solve the growing questions I seem to face (my reflection in the morning).
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
It was a harsh reminder that one never knew the true depths of another soul. A caution against passing judgment over another.
”
”
Sabrina York (Hannah and the Highlander (Untamed Highlanders #1))
“
There's good sex, and then there's sex where the memory takes up permanent residence in your brain, changes the fucking chemical balance or something so that you crave it like a damn fix. It makes you jones for it, gets under your skin like an itch. That's the kind of sex this is.
”
”
Sabrina Paige (Prick (Step Brother Romance, #1))
“
Watch it, minx," he warned with a lift of his brow. "If you intend to taunt me for every foolish statement I've made in my life, you'll force me to play Rockton and lock you up in my dark, forbidding manor while I have my wicked way with you."
That sounds perfectly awful,"she said gazing at the man she loved. "How soon can we start?
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (The Truth About Lord Stoneville (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #1))
“
love made me feel like I knew the answer, but when I raised my hand, I was the only one in the room. What I mean is, have you ever felt the ache of swallowing starlight? that cinnamon burn?
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
when i see a candle, i see the flesh of a church.
the flicker of life sparks a memory younger than noon;
i am standing beside her open casket,
it is the moment i realize every person i ever come to know will someday die,
besides, mom, i'm not afraid of the dark,
perhaps that is part of the problem.
”
”
Sabrina Benaim (Depression & Other Magic Tricks)
“
What's the big idea?" Sabrina demanded.
"I declared war on you, remember?" Puck said.
Sabrina rolled her eyes. "Is this another one of your stupid pranks?"
Puck sniffed. "You have contaminated me with your puberty virus and you called my villainy into question."
"First of all, puberty isn't a virus," Sabrina said as she fought a tug of was with the Pegasus for her now rather damp pillow."Secondly, I'm sorry if I gave you the itty-bitty baby and boo-boo face. Do you wasnt me to give you a hug?"
Puck curled his lip in anger.
"Oh, now is the baby cranky. Perhaps we should put him down for a nap?"
"We'll see who's laughing soon enough," Puck said. "You see these flying horses?"
"Duh!"
"These horses have a very special diet," Puck said. "For the last two days they have eaten nothing but chili dogs and prune juice."
Sabrina heard a rumble coming from Puck's horse. It was so loud it drowned out the sound of its beating wings. Sabrina couldn't tell if the churn of the sound was worse for the Pegasus but it whined a bit and its eyes bulged nervously.
Puck continued. "Now, chili dogs and prune juice are a hard combination on a person's belly. It can keep a human being on the toilet for a week. Imagine what would happen if I fed chili dogs and prune juice to an eight-hundred-and-fifty-pound flying horse. Oh, wait a minute! You don't have to imagine it. I did feed chili dogs and prune juice to an eight-hundred-and-fifty-pound flying horse. In fact, I fed them all the same thing!
”
”
Michael Buckley (The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7))
“
Almost every system we exist in is cruel, and it is our job to hold ourselves accountable to a moral center separate from the arbitrary ganglion of laws that, so often, get things wrong.
”
”
Sabrina Imbler (How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures)
“
The truth is WE ALL ACHE.
WE ALL HAVE GROWING PAINS
and wonder if WE ARE
OKAY adn enough + loved.
THE THING IS - WE ARE.
REALLY.
WITHOUT the silver shoes
and lepord print sheet.
WE ARE ENOUGH WITHOUT
all the things we buy
to make us much more
than we are or need to be
we are simple
and complex
and rare
as is.
”
”
Sabrina Ward Harrison (Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself)
“
You don't need the makeup."
Sabrina felt like her face is on fire. He knew about her late-night beauty sessions. And, if she had heard him correctly, he was also admitting that he thought she was pretty. She looks over at him and found he was looking at her.
"I kind of wish I hadn't said that," he said.
"Me, too," she replied.
"Would it help if I said you were stinky, muck-covered toad-face?"
Sabrina nodded and edged as far away as she could on the trampoline. Puck did the same.
”
”
Michael Buckley (Tales From the Hood (The Sisters Grimm, #6))
“
Perhaps the wolf wasn't quite so dangerous as he pretended. Unfortunately, there was only one way to find out for sure——give him a little rope and see if he hung himself.
And pray that he didn't tie her up with it instead.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (Dance of Seduction (Swanlea Spinsters, #4))
“
Footsteps approach the kitchen. Garrett wanders in, wiping sweat off his brow. When he notices Sabrina, he brightens. “Oh good. You’re here. Hold on—gotta grab something.”
She turns to me as if to say, Is he talking to me?
He’s already gone, though, his footsteps thumping up the stairs.
At the table, Hannah runs a hand through her hair and gives me a pleading look. “Just remember he’s your best friend, okay?”
That doesn’t sound ominous.
When Garrett returns, he’s holding a notepad and a ballpoint pen, which he sets on the table as he sits across from Sabrina. “Tuck,” he says. “Sit. This is important.”
I’m so baffled right now. Hannah’s resigned expression doesn’t help in lessening the confusion.
Once I’m seated next to Sabrina, Garrett flips open the notepad, all business. “Okay. So let’s go over the names.”
Sabrina raises an eyebrow at me.
I shrug, because I legitimately don’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
“I’ve put together a solid list. I really think you’re going to like these.” But when he glances down at the page, his face falls. “Ah crap. We can’t use any of the boy names.”
“Wait.” Sabrina holds up a hand, her brow furrowed. “You’re picking names for our baby?”
He nods, busy flipping the page.
My baby mama gapes at me.
I shrug again.
“Just out of curiosity, what were the boy names?” Grace hedges, clearly fighting a smile.
He cheers up again. “Well, the top contender was Garrett.”
I snicker loud enough to rattle Sabrina’s water glass. “Uh-huh,” I say, playing along. “And what was the runner-up?”
“Graham.”
Hannah sighs.
“But it’s okay. I have some kickass girl names too.” He taps his pen on the pad, meets our eyes, and utters two syllables. “Gigi.”
My jaw drops. “Are you kidding me? I’m not naming my daughter Gigi.”
Sabrina is mystified. “Why Gigi?” she asks slowly.
Hannah sighs again.
The name suddenly clicks in my head. Oh for fuck’s sake.
“G.G.,” I mutter to Sabrina. “As in Garrett Graham.”
She’s silent for a beat. Then she bursts out laughing, triggering giggles from Grace and eventually Hannah, who keeps shaking her head at her boyfriend.
“What?” Garrett says defensively. “The godfather should have a say in the name. It’s in the rule book.”
“What rule book?” Hannah bursts out. “You make up the rules as you go along!”
“So?
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Goal (Off-Campus, #4))
“
I love you, Minerva. I love that you believe in me no matter what. I love how you take whatever you see and distill it into your books. I love your clever mind and your generous heart and every inch of your beautiful body. I love you even when you give me heart failure, by risking your life before my very eyes." He smiled tenderly. "I only hope in time I can prove worthy of your love.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
As I brush my teeth, I scroll through my phone to see if Sabrina texted when my phone was on silent last night.
She didn’t. Damn. I was hoping my speech—and that amazing fucking kiss—might’ve changed her mind about going out with me, but I guess it didn’t.
I do, however, find the most mind-boggling conversation in the group chat I have with my roommates. All the messages are from last night, and they’re bizarre as fuck.
Garrett: The hells, D?!
Dean: It’s not what you think!!
Logan: It’s hard to mistake ur romantic bath with that giant pink thing! In ur ass!
Dean: It wasn’t in my ass!
Garrett: I’m not even going to ask where it was
Dean: I had a girl over!
Garrett: Suuuuuuuuure
Logan: Suuuuuuuuure
Dean: I hate you guys
Garrett: <3
Logan: <3
I rinse my mouth out, spit, and drop the toothbrush into the little cup on the sink. Then I quickly type out a text.
Me: Wait… what did I miss?
Since we have practice in twenty minutes, the guys are already awake and clearly on their phones. Two photos pop up simultaneously. Garrett and Logan have both sent me pics of pink dildos. I’m even more confused now.
Dean messages immediately with, Why do you guys have dildo pics handy?
Logan: ALINIMB
Dean: ??
Me: ??
Garrett: At Least It’s Not In My Butt.
I snort to myself, because I’m starting to piece it together.
Logan: Nice, G! U got that on the first try!
Garrett: We spend too much time 2gether.
Me: PLEASE tell me u caught D playing w/ dildos.
Logan: Sure did.
Dean is quick to object again.
I HAD A GIRL OVER!
The guys and I rag on him for a couple more minutes, but I have to stop when Fitzy stumbles into the bathroom and shoves me aside. He’s got crazy bedhead and he’s buck-naked.
“Gotta piss,” he mumbles.
“Mornin’, sunshine,” I say cheerfully. “Want me to make you some coffee?”
“God. Yes. Please.”
Chuckling, I duck out of the bathroom and walk the four or so steps into his kitchenette. When he finally emerges, I shove a cup of coffee in his hand, sip my own, and say, “Dean shoved a dildo up his ass last night.”
Fitzy nods. “Makes sense.”
I snicker mid-sip. Coffee spills over the rim of my cup. “It really does, huh?
”
”
Elle Kennedy (The Goal (Off-Campus, #4))
“
Her eyes began to shimmer with tears. “You . . . you love me?”
His heart seemed permanently lodged in his throat. “More than life. God only knows why you love me, because I sure as hell don’t, but I know why I love you. You’re my beacon in the darkness, and my compass on a night sea. When I’m with you, I don’t want to dance with Death. I want to dance with Life. I want to dance with you. And whatever it takes, I mean to spend the rest of my life trying to deserve you.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (To Wed a Wild Lord (Hellions of Halstead Hall #4))
“
I suppose if you were inclined to misbehave, you wouldn't exactly tell me the truth anyway."
"Darling, you have a brother fond of holding a gun on me, a sister who can shoot anything that moves, two other brothers who've repeatedly threatened to thrash me, and a grandmother who buys off constables. Do you really think I'm fool enough to antagonize them by committing adultery?"
It was hard not to smile at that. "An excellent point."
"I think so.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
Ah yes," Gabe said, "Pinter is ever the gallant when it comes to the ladies. He wouldn't risk leaving us alone with poor Miss Lake, for the fear one of us might spirit her off to our lair."
"Why?" Miss Lake asked, with a lift of her brow. "Do you three make a habit of spiriting women off?"
"Only on Tuesdays and Fridays," Masters said. "Seeing as how it's Wednesday, your safe."
"Unless you're wearing a blue garter, madam," Gabe quipped. "On Wednesdays, Masters and I have a great fondness for blue garters. Are your gaters blue, Miss Lake?"
"Only on Mondays and Thursdays." She dealt thirteen cards apiece to the two of them, then put the rest aside as the stock, turning the top card faceup. "Sorry gentlemen. I guess you'll have to spirit off some other woman.
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (A Hellion in Her Bed (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #2))
“
He smiled his dimpled smile. "Well, I've found something in my heart, my love, and it's you. You fill it up so completely that I don't need anything else." His gaze turned solemn. "I don't want to be the river anymore. I want to be the earth that the tree roots in. And I believe that I can, if you'll be my tree. Will you?"
It was too much. She began to cry, though she smiled so he'd know that they were happy tears. "That proposal...is vastly superior...to your last one," she choked out between sobs. "I would very much love to be your tree."
-Jarret and Annabel
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (A Hellion in Her Bed (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #2))
“
So what's your doll's name?" Boo asked me.
"Barbie," I said. "All their names are Barbie."
"I see," she said. "Well, I'd think that would get boring, everyone having the same
name."
I thought about this, then said, "Okay, then her name is Sabrina."
"Well, that's a very nice name," Boo said. I remember she was baking bread,
kneading the dough
between her thick fingers. "What does she do?"
"Do?" I said.
"Yes." She flipped the dough over and started in on it from the other side. "What
does she do?"
"She goes out with Ken," I said.
"And what else?"
"She goes to parties," I said slowly. "And shopping."
"Oh," Boo said, nodding.
"She can't work?"
"She doesn't have to work," I said.
"Why not?"
"Because she's Barbie."
"I hate to tell you, Caitlin, but somebody has to make payments on that town house
and the Corvette,"
Boo said cheerfully. "Unless Barbie has a lot of family money."
I considered this while I put on Ken's pants.
Boo started pushing the dough into a pan, smoothing it with her hand over the top.
"You know what I
think, Caitlin?" Her voice was soft and nice, the way she always spoke to me.
"What?"
"I think your Barbie can go shopping, and go out with Ken, and also have a
productive and satisfying
career of her own." She opened the oven and slid in the bread pan, adjusting its
position on the rack.
"But what can she do?" My mother didn't work and spent her time cleaning the
house and going to PTA.
I couldn't imagine Barbie, whose most casual outfit had sequins and go-go boots,
doing s.uch things.
Boo came over and plopped right down beside me. I always remember
her being on my level; she'd sit
on the edge of the sandbox, or lie across her bed with me and Cass as we listened to
the radio.
"Well," she said thoughtfully, picking up Ken and examining his perfect physique.
"What do you want to
do when you grow up?"
I remember this moment so well; I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-
legged, holding my
Ken and watching my face as she tried to make me see that between my mother's
PTA and Boo's
strange ways there was a middle ground that began here with my Barbie, Sab-rina,
and led right to me.
"Well," I said abruptly, "I want to be in advertising." I have no idea where this came
from.
"Advertising," Boo repeated, nodding. "Okay. Advertising it is. So Sabrina has to go
to work every day,
coming up with ideas for commercials
and things like that."
"She works in an office," I went on. "Sometimes she has to work late."
"Sure she does," Boo said. "It's hard to get ahead. Even if you're Barbie."
"Because she wants to get promoted," I added. "So she can pay off the town house.
And the Corvette."
"Very responsible of her," Boo said.
"Can she be divorced?" I asked. "And famous for her commercials
and ideas?"
"She can be anything," Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled
face so solemn, as if
she knew she was the first to tell me. "And so can you.
”
”
Sarah Dessen (Dreamland)
“
Must you say things like that in public, for God's sake?"
"What do you mean?"
He lowered his voice to a hiss. "Remember yesterday at the inn? My 'pistol' is making an appearance, thanks to you."
She glanced down at his trousers, which only made them bulge more obviously. Then she lifted a mischievous gaze to his face. "Whatever will you do, now that you're in this...state?"
"Conjugate Latin," he said tersely. "Think of England. Think of anything but you and me doing--Bloody hell, there it goes again, and we're nearly to Rotten Row." He stopped short and stepped behind a bench with a high back that sat near the river.
She stood next to him, pretty as the proverbial picture, her eyes dropping to his trousers with virginal curiosity.
"Would you stop looking at me there? he growled. "You're not helping."
She laughed. "You're the one who started it by trying to seduce me with words. Serves you right if you have to suffer for it."
-Giles and Minerva
”
”
Sabrina Jeffries (How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3))
“
The hard part is that I lost myself. In the midst of life happening all around me, I lost the ability to be okay, I lost the ability to trust. I lost the ability to love myself, and when that happens, you lose everything. And when the one person in the entire world who loves you unconditionally is gone, then you start wondering who will love you? And then when you start wondering, you get scared that you have to even ask that question. But since you have already asked yourself that, you can’t ignore it. Who will love you now? Who could possibly love everything about you, now that the only person in the world who could, is gone? Hell, you don’t even love yourself. Why would someone else? And then when you realize that, the relationship you’re in seems pointless. Because you start believing that they won’t ever be able to withstand your problems and craziness. And then that snowballs to even more insecurities and fear, and you feel trapped in this broken body that can’t ever be healed. And then you feel lost, torn, broken, unfixable, damaged, and like nothing in the entire world could ever possibly be okay again. Because you know from the past, that even when everything seems okay, another devastating blow comes around again and knocks you back down. So you feel even smaller, even weaker. By that point you’re at the bottom, you’re looking up in tears, ready to scream for help. But you’re not sure who’s going to be there, and if the person who does show up, is going to be the person you need, the person who’s going to pick you up, and help you heal. And then you realize again, that you lost yourself. That in the midst of life happening all around you, you lost ability to be okay.
”
”
Sabrina K