Jeri Smith-Ready

“He cut himself off and looked away, dragging a hand through his hair. "I just met her," he muttered to himself. "I'll no' say that.""Cut the crap," Megan said. "Zachary Moore, this is Aura Salvatore, and yes, she's into science even though she's pretty. Shocker. Get over it." She turned to me. "Show him how you can walk and chew gum at the same time.”

“He sang the last two lines strong and smooth, promising that he'd always be with me, even when I could no longer hear his voice. I whispered the lines with him, sending the promise right back”

“This one's for Aura.You all know who that is by now. The only girl I've ever loved. I wrote her a song, but she's the only one who's ever heard it, or ever will.”

“What do you want as your password?""How about iloveaura”

“Logan followed my gaze. "I wonder if there'll be stars where I'm going.""If there aren't now, there will be once you show up.”

“Aura," he whispered, "I wish I could wipe away just one of your tears. Then I'dfeel like a person again. Like I'm something more than a bunch of light.”

“I'm more of a dog person. But I admire cats and their ability to take so much while giving so little.”

“Go ahead, God, you fat, filthy motherfucker, lightning-bolt my ass into oblivion if you're so tough!”

“Beautiful doesn't begin to describe it. A flower is beautiful. But this is beautiful the way that a person is beautiful- terrifying with its jagged edges, yet seductive with its crevices that hide so many secrets.”

“ Eve of Darkness is a sizzling, heart-pounding urban fantasy that thrilled and fascinated me from beginning to end. It's got smokin' hot angels, blood-chilling demons, and questions that go deeper than who’s kicking whose butt. Eve is a smart, spirited heroine I won’t soon forget!”

“I can't forget you, any more than I can forget my own name." He kissed me then, and the world which no longer mattered, completely fell away.”

“Fun fact: The planet Venus- aka, the 'morning star' when it appears before sunrise, outshining all the stars in the heavens-was once known as Luciferin.Funner fact: The chemical that makes fireflies' butts light up is called "luciferin”

“I had a dog. Ex-wife took him, and the house.”Is that why you like country music?”He eased himself our of the closet. “Huh?””Just a joke. Sorry about your dog.”

“My jaw drops to form a capital O, as in, O Holy Shit.”

“Give me a second to put on something a little less Almost Got Killed In.”

“I open my eyes. Yech, boyfriend thoughts, the kind I haven’t had since I was a teenager. It’s one thing to imagine Shane naked and slathered in olive oil, but another animal entirely to picture us cuddling.”

“I’m a morning person and a night person. So I have to be a nap person, or else I’m a tired person.”

“They examine me like I’m a cow at a 4-H auction. I try not to moo.”

“Aw, he’s shy. How loveable, huggable, stuff-in-a-bag-and-take-home-able.”

“Okay.” The boy placed his hands on the table. “The thing is … I died before I got to see real live tits. Not just on the Internet.” He hurried to add, “I wouldn’t touch you or nothing. Obviously. But even if I could, I wouldn’t do that to you.” He looked at his hands as he dropped them into his lap. “I just want to see.”

“I guess you gotta try the rest before you settle down with the best.”

“Shane closes his eyes and groans deep in his throat, a noise that embodies sex and death. His back arches, and his fingers rake the carpet as if to pull it up like grass.”

“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.”

“As he presses me against the car and his fingers tangle in my hair, I find myself hoping-and fearing-that I'll never be the object of such a love, one that could bring a man to his knees and never let him stand again.”

“Exactly," He tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. "Sometimes we help ourselves, and sometimes we get help from ghosts in the woods and bampots in BMWs.”

“So if he'd been a plumber, ___ _____ would've been about toilets?"Left blank to avoid spoilers but this is just too funny :)”

“What the fuck do you want?" After a pause, he said in a firm voice, "This is Dylan Keeley, the guy who would've killed to trade places with you until five minutes ago." He met my eyes. "She doesn't want to talk to you. Now why don't you go back to screwing your prom queen and let me do the same.”

“Ignorance is the world's most curable affliction.”

“When you look at fainted stars, you'll notice that they often appear brighter from the corner of your eye. Averted vision, we call it.Same with the answers you seek, you won't find them by staring until your eyes fall out.They'll come when you're look somewhere else.”

“Where's your kilt?""How about this," he said in a low voice. "You don't ask me about haggis and bagpipes, and I won't ask you about garlic and Goodfellas.”

“I shook my head. She kissed my cheek, then on her way out patted Zachary's shoulder in a way that said, If you upset Aura in her weakened state, I will end you.”

“Daytimers. Sunnysides. What do you call us behind our backs?""Dinner."This shuts me up until we reach my door.”

“It's beautiful." Not a lie. But tornados were beautiful too.”

“How about, 'I just kissed a guy at Black Weeds because you've been ignoring me. P.S. I love you.”

“I have a boyfriend who's a ghost, I thought. Of course I'm living in a dreamworld.”

“I suppressed another shiver - I did not want Zachary taking off any more clothes on my account.”

“I know you're worried," Logan said. "You think the second I sign a deal, I'll turn into some kind of man-slut." He put his hands over mine, pressing my palms against his chest. "You've always been the only one, and you always will be.”

“The phone in my hand buzzed. Logan had just texted I Love You - so cute how he never abbreviated it.”

“And then you two go and call attention to yourselves like this," Ian continued. "Holding hands in a pedalo, for Christ's sake. They must have been frothing at the mouth at the thought of you two reproducing, wondering if you'd give birth to some kind of metaphysically enhanced creature or a bottomless black hole.”

“Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie.”

“If you follow love, you can't go wrong, even if it leads to disaster. Trust it." Raphael to Lucifer”

“For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

“I love eating chicken with my bare hands. It makes me want to snarl at people, even more than usual.”

“Sorry," she said. "I have a psychological disorder that prevents me from keeping thoughts inside my head where they belong. ”

“This time of year," she said, "people’s consciences gnaw at them. They give away truckloads of canned goods and quote Dickens and wring their hands over the ‘less fortunate.’" We boarded the Metro and took seats perpendicular to each other. "But God forbid anyone should address why they’re poor in the first place, or try to change the structures that keep them poor. Then the ‘less fortunate’ turn into ‘welfare queens’ and ‘derelicts.’ But if I were a lobbyist whoring on behalf of some transnational corporation, I’d never hear the word ‘derelict.’""So when it comes to taking care of poor people," I said, "if Mother Teresa is the Hallmark card, then you’re the electric bill.”

“No wonder these people don’t believe in evolution. It obviously hasn’t worked in their favor.”

“Jesus loves you.”“Then how come he never calls?”

“A spontaneous proposition deserves a spontaneous response.""You gave me a spontaneous response when you said no.”

“You obviously haven’t lived in D.C. very long if you think two and a half minutes is too soon to talk politics.”

“Do you always introduce yourself by insulting people?”