“Finney asked everyone to carve pumpkins and light them to mark the path from the crossroad to the town. The tradition caught on, and soon crossroads all over the world opened on that one night and the mortal realm was haunted by ghosts, goblins, witches, werewolves, and vampires.”
Source: The Lantern's Ember
“Yeah,” I said. “And that thing you just did...”
“This?” he inquired, puckering his lips again at me.
“Yes, that. The blowfish beat you to that, jackass. How do you like jackass?”
“Heeeeeeee-HAW!” he cried, punching both fists into the air. “Stick to something more loving though. Then I won’t have the urge to bray every time you call me.”
Source: The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 15
“I need to read that,” said the busker, his grin widening. “Looks like something I might enjoy.”
“It’s a romance for women,” I said, curtly.
“That makes it not safe for men or something, that’s what you’re telling me? What’s that fellow doing there with her in that case?”
Source: The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 14
“Sanne intervened to ask the title of my book, and Isolde said, scathingly, “'Love on the Infinity Express'. That sounds like the next big brainy best-seller, doesn't it?”
“Sounds like total hand-holding all the way from Samanbar to Alsalem,” said Arriana. “Dear Lea, no, that title won't do. Couldn't you come up with something more jazzy? Like 'The Dashing Soldier Boy's Ravishing Desire'? And, yes, come up with a titillating cover too, alright? Bare breasts, male and female, with a fuchsia color scheme is the way to go.”
Source: The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 10
“Being separated from him forever: this was the thing she had feared. The last thing Ripper shouted to him was, "Remember what you are worth, stupendous friend!" The Brink of Darkness #2”
Source: The Edge of Everything
“Still, X recognized himself in Slyvie's face. It made him feel less alone. It made him feel answered. It made something inside himself-something that'd always felt slightly askew-click into place. The Brink of Darkness, #2”
Source: The Edge of Everything
“I pull the blanket around my shoulders, and the customer looking at the classics section gives me a sympathetic look. I give him one back because, as much as I love books, if you are in the classic's section first thing in the morning, then there's something not entirely right with your life either.”
Source: Words in Deep Blue
“Je moet juist wel trots zijn Tyler,' zei ik, en ik kijk hem strak aan met mijn vochtige ogen. Daarna maak ik mijn hand los uit de zijne. 'Therapie is geen teken van zwakte, weet je. Het wil juist zeggen dat je sterk bent en dat je trots moet zijn dat je het hebt gedaan. Moet je nou eens zien hoeveel blijer je bent.”
Source: Love You
“Are we together now?" is what I'm wondering, but I don't ask, because he puts his arm around me and tilts my head up to his, and I'm nervous again.
"Don't be nervous," he says.”
Source: P.S. I Still Love You
“You know I can't stand you, right?" Jovian told her with a sag of her shoulders in defeat.
Terra snapped her fingers. "Well, you can't sit me either.”
Source: Moody: A Collection of Short Stories