I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.

His lips brushed against mine. Delicately at first, almost testing to see if this was real.

When something is important to you, you make sure its safe.

And I'm stuck in it with no way out. I love you, and I can't stop, and you don't even care!

Everything I went through," he said. "For you. It was worth it.

I hate that you do this to me. I hate how crazy you make me. I hate you! - Wendy

How could you do nothing to him, if you fought so hard?” she asked. “I’m lust and he’s wrath!” he yelled. “I’m a lover, he’s a fighter!” Virtue - A Fairy Tale