My only experience with dances was what I had seen on TV, but it really wasnโt that far off. The theme appeared to be โCrepe Paper in the Gymnasium,โ and they had mastered it perfectly.
Amanda HockingI don't know why you're making the poor girl play with you," Peter said. "You're going to completely slaughter her." "Well, I am the greatest Guitar Hero player of all time," Jack said.
Amanda HockingA foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.
Amanda HockingIf im lucky, i will never have to see you again. Because if i do, that means we are at war, and id have to hurt you
Amanda HockingHow did you even know I wasn't in my room?" "I checked on you." Finn gave me a look like I was an idiot. "I check on you every morning." "You check on me when I'm sleeping?" I gaped at him. "Every morning?" He nodded. "I didn't know that." "Why would you know that? You're sleeping," Finn pointed out.
Amanda HockingI wanted to show you that it's not all cold and intimidating," Finn explained. "I wanted you to see something warm and beautiful.
Amanda HockingThis is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.
Amanda HockingYou know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!
Amanda HockingI havenโt prepared my speech yet,โ I sighed and Tove stood up. โWhat should I say about him?โ โWell, if you plan to say anything nice, youโre going to have to lie,โ Tove muttered as he walked over to his closet.
Amanda HockingAt that moment I didn't particularly care if a band of raging marauders tried to do her in,but if there were frequent attacks on her "castle," I thought I should know.
Amanda HockingI don't care where I come from or who you are. I can make you happy, and you make me happy. We could have a happily ever after.
Amanda HockingI heard you're campaigning on my behalf." He walked over to me. "That wouldn't be because you'd miss me too much if I were gone,would it?" "Don't be absurd," I scoffed. "I don't condone murder, even for people like you." "People like me,huh?" He cocked an eyebrow. "You mean devilishly handsome, debonair young men who come to sweep rebellious princesses of their feet?" "You came to kidnap me, not sweep me off my feet," I said,but he waved his hand at the idea. "Semantics.
Amanda HockingWriting has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.
Amanda HockingBecause you're here with me, Jack said. Any night that ends with that can't be that bad
Amanda HockingWendy!โ Finn shouted pulling me from my moment with Loki. โWhat are you doing? Youโre married. And not to him.โ โNothing slips by you does it.โ Loki asked.
Amanda HockingHis lips brushed against mine. Delicately at first, almost testing to see if this was real.
Amanda HockingI don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
Amanda HockingSo we know she's safe and taken care of?" Daniel asked, and she nodded. "Good. Then why don't we do something that you want to do?" "Like what?" "I don't know. What do you like to do?" "Um...." Her stomach rumbled, since crying always made her hungry. "I like eating breakfast." "That's so weird." Daniel grinned. "Because I like making French toast." "That works out, doesn't it?
Amanda HockingI don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.
Amanda HockingHow did I look at you? I asked thickly. Like you had to, like I was a magnet you were pulled to. There was no choice, he said. And when you look at Jack, it's because when he's around, why would you want to look at anything else? You love him the way you could never love me.
Amanda HockingI will make this world a better place, whether they like it or not. Thatโs the fun of being Queen.
Amanda HockingFine. Whatever. I donโt. Nobody understands your pain, Mae. Because it is so unique! Nobodyโs ever loved something so much they would do anything to save it, except for you, Mae. You cornered that market!
Amanda HockingRight then, it didn't matter what his reasons were. All I knew that I was sick of him breaking my heart.
Amanda HockingA vampire is branding girls, okay?" I ignored his refusal. "Something about that just feels wrong to me." "I would hope so.
Amanda HockingYou know something?" He lifted his head, and when he turned to me, he had this strange look in his eyes. Almost as if he was really seeing me for the first time. "I don't think I ever really lived until this. I've never done anything that mattered before, but now I'm fighting to save my life, and yours. And I know it sounds really cheesy and lame, but I don't think I ever really felt alive. Not until I met you.
Amanda HockingEvery man would fall in love with their voice, their lovely appearance, but no man would ever get past that. They'd never really know the girls for who they actually were, never really love them. It would be impossible for any of the four girls to ever really fall in love and be genuinely loved in return.
Amanda HockingFinn: I look at you because I can't look away Wendy. Wendy: That's kinda creepy. Finn: I will work on being less creepy then.
Amanda HockingYou could kill me, Alice, he looked at me seriously. That's how much you mean to me. As foolish and masochistic as that makes me, you are so much to me that even if it destroys me to be with you, I'll be with you!
Amanda HockingThere was something almost painful about that, the intensity of being so vulnerable and so intimate with him.
Amanda HockingLoki," I said. "Hey, Princess." He smiled dazedly as he looked up at me. "What's wrong?" "Nothing." I smiled and shook my head. "Not anymore." "What's this?" He took my hair and held it out so i could see. A curl near the front had gone completely silver. "I take a nap, and you go gray?" "You didn't take a nap." I laughed. "Don't you remember what happened?" He furrowed his brow, trying to remember, and understanding flashed in his eyes. "I remember..." Loki touched my face. "I remember that I love you." I bent down, kissing him full on the mouth, and he held me to him.
Amanda HockingAnd I'm stuck in it with no way out. I love you, and I can't stop, and you don't even care!
Amanda HockingThe only consent hinge in life is that everyhin is changing. And that's a little scary, but it means that hints can't be bad or hard forever.
Amanda HockingSometimes it seems to me that thatโs all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.
Amanda HockingWhen you told me you loved me," Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, "You saved the world.
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