A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.
Kelley ArmstrongI might be half Derek's size, but I was the one who sounded like a two-hundred-pound beast plowing through the woods.
Kelley ArmstrongI told him what my dad had said. That got him laughing and as we pulled into the school parking lot, even the sight of Rafe waiting for me only made him roll his eyes. We got out. I glanced at Daniel. He sighed. "Go on." "You sound like you're giving a five-year-old permission to play with an unsuitable friend." "If the shoe fits..." I flipped him off. "Watch it or I won't marry you," he said. "Truck of no truck." I laughed and jogged over to Rafe. "Did he just say...?" Rafe began.
Kelley ArmstrongA name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?
Kelley ArmstrongSimon had drawn three pictures. In the top left corner, like a salutation, was a ghost. The middle had a big sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. The third in place of a signature, was a lightning bolt surrounded by fog. Beside the drawing, someone had scrawled in inch-high letters 10 A.M. Tori snatched it from me and turned it over. "So where's the message?" "Right there." I pointed from picture to picture. "It says: Chloe, I'll be back, Simon.
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