Quotes from Diana Peterfreund

Do you...want to grab a slice of pizza or something?" I blurted out. He hesitated. "You want to be seen in public with..." a microsecond pause, "...your face looking like that?" I cocked my head to the side. "The real question is, do you want to be seen in public with a face like this?" "I'd consider it." He stood, his expression still wary.

I have a question for you, but it's kind of...um, personal." "Yes, I'm gay." "You really are a fan of saying that, aren't you?" "Once you start, you just can't stop.

Why was he here? Why was he always, always, always around? Didn't he have a life? Didn't he have anything better to do?

Kai would leave. He'd see the stars. And Elliott would remain, and work the farm, and silence any voice in her heart that screamed for more.

Topher?" Dude, how many oaths did this kid plan to break in his first month as a Digger?Who did he think he was?Me?

She knew that the paint and the clothes and the hair were more than fashion for Persis Blake. They were armor.

Day by day, the superficial mask she'd donned chafed more and more; and no matter how many disguises Persis took on as the Poppy, she couldn't help but feel they fit her better than the one she wore at home.

But he couldn't do it with orchid. He had to know. 'But you think it was showing off.' 'Well...' she ducked her chin and her bangs fell into her eyes, but they didn't hide her smile. 'Wasn't it?' He smiled back. OK, she had him there. 'A little.' 'A little?' She repeated. Now he grinned wide. 'Oh, Orchid, when I really want to show off, you'll know it.

Hello?" Hello, Mom. No, of course you didn't wake me. Don't you know? I often engage in Monday morning orgies In fact, as you called, I was just enjoying an especially thorough rogering from two men named Paolo and Butch.

Her lips parted. Vaughn nearly died on the spot. He pulled her in. The guitar strummed its protest. Neither of them cared. She had her hand on his neck, the side of her thumb notched under his jaw, forefinger tips pressing into the nape of his neck as if saying, closer, more. He shoved the guitar to the floor, and it clattered against the wood. She broke away, panting. 'Oops.

There was Malcolm in the front row, his hand resting on the shoulder of the knight I knew as Poe. I looked at the list of names beneath the photo. -James Orcutt. What a ridiculously normal name. I'd half been expecting Darth Vader

True hunger was a weapon stronger than any of his abstract desires. It's what toppled countries and made men desperate.

When we have the ability to save someone's life, and we decide they aren't worthy of being saved—isn't that playing God as well?

But right then, one room away, there were people in love, and I'd never felt so alone in my life.

There are a few things that even sarcasm can't protect you from.

The tiniest of earthquakes seemed to rustle through him, the kind that shakes petals off flowers, as Justen became aware of the gulf between what he was supposed to feel for Persis Blake and what he actually did.

The secret to surviving heartbreak is finding more pressing drama.

She was nothing like me; she was everything like me. How was that even possible?

It was amazing, all the thoughts that oozed out as soon as a single crack appeared in the surface of your beliefs.

Remember the Russians!

Because I know from experience that sometimes it's only the young ones that are crazy enough to change the world

Because I know from experience that sometimes its only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world

When Vaughn set out, a wintry mix was falling from the sky, stinging his skin with every touch and crackling on the ground like breakfast cereal.

I can't tell my dad that there's no way I'm crashing some collegiate party covered in sweat and dirt. I look like a ditch digger, not a Rose & Grave Digger.