Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

Once upon a time I would’ve leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now it sort of felt like too little too late. I had someone else waiting for me.

I might never ride Corr again. I don't know who I am without him.

Kissing in front of the loveless is an act of cruelty.

It was the stop that happened when you made up your mind to confess, but your mouth betrayed you in the end.