Hasnโt anyone ever told you,โ Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, โ that a gentleman never lays a hand on a lady?โ Which I thought was kind of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time Iโd seen him. But I thought it better to let that slide.
Meg CabotI think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.
Meg CabotThis was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing." "Oh, right," I said. I wanted to throw something at him. I really did. "And if I hadn't?" Now Jason brandished something he'd been holding behind his back. It was a golf club. "I figured Big Bertha here would drive them away," he said.
Meg Cabot