“I sit up, edge over close to my window, and push it open, slipping one leg in, then the next, turning back to Jase. “Come on.” His smile flashes in the gathering dark as his eyebrows lift, but he climbs carefully in as I lock my bedroom door. “Be still,” I tell him. “Now I’m going to learn all about you.” SmileBedroom Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“No words for a long time. Which is fine, because even the most important ones-- I love you. I'm sorry. Forgive me? I'm here-- are only stand-ins for what you can say better without talking at all.” Truth Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“I guess I like things that take time and attention. More worthwhile that way.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“This is Sailor Supergirl,” George says. “She knows all about black holes.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Right. Because if you have trouble putting ketchup and mustard on a hot dog, you should totally move on to saving lives.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“When I turn back to Jase, he’s again beaming at me. “You’re nice.” He sounds pleased, as if he hadn’t expected this aspect of my personality.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Jase props himself up on an elbow, looking at me for a minute without saying anything. His face gets an unreadable expression, and I wish I could take back walking over. Then he observes, “I’m guessing that’s a uniform.” Crap. I’d forgotten I was still wearing it.” FunnyRomanceHumourYoung AdultYoung Adult Romance Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“The right thing to do is so easy to see when you're seventeen years old and don't have to make any big decisions. When you know that no matter what you do, someone will take care of you and fix everything. But when you're grown up, the world is not that black and white, and the right thing doesn't a tidy little arrow pointing to it.” Life LessonsGrowing UpGrace Reed Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“I scoop a clattering cascade of green apple Jelly Bellys into the white paper bag and remember when we were seven. I got stung by a jellyfish. Tim cried because his mother, and mine, wouldn’t let him pee on my leg, which he’d heard was an antidote to the sting.” KidsFunnyYa Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“I cannot help but wonder if any parents ever actually schedule in adolescent drama on their day planners. Looks like a slow week, Sarah. I guess I can pencil in your eating disorder.” DramaParentsTeenage Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Is Jase already gonna marry you?” I start coughing again. “Uh, No. No, George. I’m only seventeen.” As if that’s the only reason we’re not engaged. “I’m this many.” George holds up four, slightly grubby fingers. “But Jase is seventeen and a half. You could. Then you could live in here with him. And have a big family.” Jase strides back into the room, of course, midway through this proposition. “George. Beat it. Discovery Channel is on.” George backs out of the room but not before saying, “His bed’s really comfortable. And he never pees in it.” HumourGeorgeSamanthaJase Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Ah." Then, her voice low: "I'm keeping an eye on you Samantha, You've always been a good girl. Just ... act like it, okay?" I always have and this is where I've wound up.” Good GirlHuntley FitzpatrickJase GarrettMy Life Next DoorSam ReedSamantha Reed Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out of a shuttle without his suit he'd die right away?" I'm a fast learner. "But that would never happen. Because astronauts are really, really careful." George gives me a smile, the same dazzling sweet smile as his big brother, although at this point, with green teeth. "I might marry you," he allows. "Do you want a big family?” AstronautMarryShuttleBig Family Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“I'll just sit back here and perform a few of the more acrobatic positions in the Kama Sutra. By myself, sadly.” Tim Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Her lips touch just against my mouth, then the cleft of my chin, back to my lips. 'Good night, Tim.' My lips on her forehead. 'Good night, Alice.' I can't remember ever having something and not reaching for more. But I back away from her, hands in my pockets. Enough.” Tim Book:The Boy Most Likely To Source: The Boy Most Likely To
“Put down the Technicolor ones. No freaking way." "But blue's my favorite color," I say, batting my eyelashes at him. "Put them down.” SamanthaJase Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“Well, Samantha... you were introduced to this guy. It went downhill from there. That might make it justifiable homicide. From time to time, I've wanted to kill people I knew even less well... strangers in supermarkets." Am I on my roof with a psychopath?” SamanthaJase Book:My Life Next Door Source: My Life Next Door
“The combined odors of Cass's subtle aftershave and the disgusting reek of Nic are overpowering. I wonder if Cass will keel over and I'll have to perform CPR. This speculation should not feel so much like a fantasy.” FunnyFantasyCprAftershaveCass Book:What I Thought Was True Source: What I Thought Was True