What Strider thinks of himself "He was too intense, too jaded, too warped and too...everything for most women to take for long. But so what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.

You can include me, too." William blew Olivia a kiss, and her cheeks heated with a blush. "No need to say anything. I already know what words are perched on your tongue. Stop me if I'm wrong, but my getting to know you will be your pleasure.

Blood spurted from his nose. Okay, I couldn't help myself. I burst out laughing.

That means life itself is a fairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after.

We must fight for what we want or it will be taken from us.

If your mom was here, she would flip her top over your grades." "Flip her lid," I muttered.

What we want is not always what we need.