The Civil War always moves me.

It’ll be okay.” She didn’t know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Mrs. Reed grabbed Kayla’s wrist. “Good. You haven’t gotten that damned tattoo. Whatever you do, don’t let them make you get it.

Even though she saw tattoos everywhere, they continued to fascinate her. How bizarre to be branded like a box of cereal. Didn’t people mind being counted as just one more product on a shelf? There had to be more to a person than that.

Toy Empressario Wonder Afficianado Avid Shoewearer.

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won’t overtake you.

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin...

Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?

And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.