Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.
βI don't want to lose you βThen why are you the one that keeps letting go?
I donβt care,β I said, leaning my head back against the seat. βCan we just get lost and see where that lands us?
Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.
You wanna go build some shelves with me?
When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else. No reason to give them an excuse to hurt you.
Fire is calling my name. It is whispering words of encouragement, sweet things. It wants out, for me to fan the heat until itβs a vortex that canβt and wonβt be stopped.
Hope, as it turned out, dwindled like sand through an hourglass.
Do I look as pretty as I feel?
I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that - basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.
Being a very tall person, I have always felt a kinship with giraffes.
For those of you looking for your action-packed read, check out 'Red Queen' by Victoria Aveyard and 'Vengeance Road' by Erin Bowman. One's a fantasy and one's a Western, but they both feature strong leading ladies and some harrowing twists!
When I was trying to figure out how the government might go about creating the camps in 'The Darkest Minds,' I researched the Japanese internment camps here in the United States, specifically propaganda the government used, and how they capitalized on people's fears.
There's so much standing around and waiting with moviemaking!
When I first read 'Outlander' a few years ago, I was shocked to find that Jamie was the complete package: incredibly smart, incredibly witty, strong but emotionally vulnerable, passionate to a fault - and, well, the Scottish accent doesn't hurt! I actually stopped reading at several points to swoon over something he said... he's really that good.
I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool part of its life and had yet to become cool again for everybody else.
In 'The Darkest Minds,' Zu's trauma manifests in her choosing to remain silent. It's her one small way she can feel in control of her otherwise uncontrollable situation.
