We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will do.

I like to think of birthdays as celebrating life." "Only losers acknowledge they survived a year and hope they cheat death again.

Nice dress Zoey. It looks just like mine. Oh, wait! It used to be mine. Aphrodite laughed a throaty, I'm-so-grown-and-you're-just-a-kid laugh. I really hate it when girls do that.I mean, yes, she's older, but I have boobs, too.

How can you expect me to believe that?""whether you believe it or not does not change the nature of truth

This time the fluttery feeling in my stomach was more intense. It made the inside of my thighs tingle and my breathing deepen.

And then something truly bizarre happened. I could feel his touch through our eyes. I couldn't look away from him. The girl in front of him seemed to disappear, and all there was in the hallway was him and the sweet, beautiful smell of his blood.

A big, studly football jock like me? I got plenty of blood to spare. For you, I have anything to spare.