“Do you remember how your mom would wrap the presents so well itd take at least five minutes to find where you could rip the paper?I snorted. Yes, and they were wrapped so much it was like unwrappin...”

“Im not leaving him, Sam! And Im not waiting for the others to help.”

“Gee, you dont sugarcoat things, do you? At least if Im at a club, I wont have you pressuring me.No, youll have heaps of strangers instead.”

“Do you remember how your mom would wrap the presents so well it’d take at least five minutes to find where you could rip the paper?”I snorted. “Yes, and they were wrapped so much it was like unwrap...”

“I’m not leaving him, Sam! And I’m not waiting for the others to help.”

“You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.”

“Sometimes the gap between what you are and what you want to be is a little piece of paper called your college degree. So jump.”

“I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.”

“Soon enough, Miner stopped caring who was watching - for a brief time, he and Ennek were a universe of two.”

“We dont hide crazy, I said. We put it on the porch and let it entertain the neighbors.”

“Now wait a second..." Kenneth butted in."Yeah, we haven't asked you the questions yet," Brandon finished for Kenneth."Yeah, like what are your intentions toward our little Ryan," Patrick added, smi...”

“I want to eat you alive, he wanted to say. I want to sink into you and stay. God, how did this happen so fast? He was dizzy with it, with Jake's passion, his laugh, his growl, the deep brown eyes t...”