Hormones are very powerful things. We are helpless in their wake.

However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies.

The first thing we did was change all the clocks so that her siblings thought it was bedtime, then put them to bed ignoring their plaintive protests that they were not tired. They wept themselves to sleep soon enough.

I wonder what it's like to live in Tinaville. I get the feeling it's very shiny there.

Susannah." My dance partner's breath was soft against my cheek. "Susannah...." Yeah. In my dreams. In real life, the voice calling my name wasn't a bit masculine. That's because it belonged to a twelve-year-old boy.

In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

You didn't," John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, "even hit your head this time.