Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.

I was losing sight of the wolf ahead of me; the one inside me seemed closer all of a sudden.

My good mood felt like an endangered species.

Sean takes my ponytail in his hand, his fingers touching my neck, and then he tucks my hair into my collar out of the reach of the wind. He avoids my gaze. Then he links his arm back around me and pushes his calf into Corr's side.

I saw myself as an outsider as a teen. I was home-schooled and got my G.E.D. when I was 16; I wasn't interested in high school at all and figured that college might be more entertaining.

I don't think I ever believed in love, not really. Just though it was something James Bond made up, a long time ago, to get laid.