#Fiction

"If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again."

"If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled."

"Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall."

"She’d felt it before, she felt it now: the pull to fall in with him, to fall into him, to lose her sense of self."

"I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence."

"Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

"That the stars guide us, but do not compel us. It is our free will that determines the outcome of all things. God does impose his will on us, rather he makes it known and allows us to choose if we will follow it."

"Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.”Chat. British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you."

"Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you thatyou don’t pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it.The same should apply to ballsy remarks."

"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said."

"If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats."

"Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you're the kind of guy who just sits around and—"He stood up. "Let's dance."

"Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?'Jenks reddened. 'Grab the fish and run like hell,' he muttered, and I almost giggled."

"Being a Dream Girl is never going to be about what you look like or how much you weigh. After all, our physical appearances are just reflections of our inner worlds. What makes you a Dream Girl is your emotional sensitivity, your self-awareness, and your ability to communicate who you are effectively and compassionately in the world."

"Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid."

"And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.From an empty sky."

"A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth."

"Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food."

"No. No, I don't believe you'd betray me with her. I don't believe you'd cheat on me. But I'm afraid, and I'm sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me. And regret."

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners."