You can be afraid and still strong, still fearless and indomitable. You can be afraid, and you can trust, and then when you're ready, you can let go of the fear. Fear muffles you. Let it go, and then you can live out loud again like you're meant to.

Whatever words get said in the heat of anger, or cold fear, or even calm conversation, it's your choice to believe them, and your choice to give them meaning. Because you know what? They are just words, and the only power words have over us is the power we give them.

I taste you in my dreams," he murmured against my mouth. "I think about kissing you ten, fifty, a hundred times a day.

Feeling empty just means you're ready for filling.-Miri Eze

I told my brain I wasn't presenting myself as an open target for the arms that encircled my waist as he stepped up behind me, but I was a lying liar who lied, especially when I tried to pretend indifference.

I don't want to sound like a badass, but I eject my USB without removing it safely.

Flying kisses are ones that make your insides feel like you're accelerating to reach altitude, and the moment you begin to soar, your chest can fill with air again, and your body floats free. I never had a flying kiss and always thought Mum was talking romantic nonsense." He took a deep breath, looked back at his hands, and smiled. "Apparently, it wasn't nonsense.

Payback and Karma are the bitchy little sisters of Revenge, and I promise you, it's not a family you want to mess with.-Shane, P.I.

My entryway had just become mortification central, and my face flamed horrendously. So I did the only thing one can do when one makes a complete ass of oneself. I kissed him.