People read vampire novels and say, Oh I want to read another vampire novel. People read fantasy, and theyre like, Oh I love fantasy. I dont know that people are necessarily finishing Hunger Games and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

Let’s make plans,” I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, “No, let’s leave it to chance.

Breathing, n You had asthma as a child, had to carry around an inhaler. But when you grew older, it went away. You could run for miles and it was fine. Sometimes I worry that this is happening to me in reverse. The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

Even if you were green and had a beard and a male appendage between your legs. Even if your eyebrows were orange and you had a mole covering your entire cheek and a nose that poked me in the eye every time I kissed you. Even if you weighed seven hundred pounds and had hair the size of a Doberman under your arms. Even then, I would love you.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other.

Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.