Quotes from Jennifer Lynn Barnes

On your marks, boys," Tobias Hawthorne said on the recording. "Get set. Go.

There's only so much one can do with Mercury in retrograde, but…" She let out a long, theatrical breath.

An arrogant, duty-bound asshole who tries to be honorable and would die to protect the girl he loves.

Libby's hair was dyed again--not one color, but dozens. I thought about what she'd said about her ninth birthday. About the cupcakes my mom had baked for her, and the rainbow colors she'd clipped into her hair, and I wondered how much of her life Libby had spent trying to get that one perfect moment back.

Are you faxing kidding me?" Max was delighted. "Am I about to solve a Hawthorne riddle?" "Max!" "The book of Luke," she said, "chapter fifteen, verses eleven through thirty-two. It's a parable." "Which one?" I asked. "The parable of the prodigal son.

When I saw a problem, I solved it. I wouldn't stay powerless for long.

Eve reached out to stop me before I could. "Could I do this part alone?

I never got the chance to finish that sentence, because the next thing I knew, Mrs. Laughlin was hugging me, holding on to me for dear life.

He'll fight to grab the check, then tip like crap.

I was everyone's problem and nobody's.

By standing there, looking at Michael, the one thing I did know, the way I aways knew things about other people, was that sooner or later, as a part of this program-a part of this team- i was going to find out.