Quotes by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

For a moment, there was silnece, and then at Brookes nod, the rest of the Squad, minus me, chimed in. Yes, sir.I said nothing. For one thing, I wasnt exactly keen on speaking in unison, and for another, I wasnt about to make any promises I couldnt keep. Toby.I jumped in my seat. The Voice actually knew my name. And somehow, he had the freaky ability to ascertain that of all of us, I was the one who hadnt responded. Do you understand?I contemplated telling him what I didnt understand was his familial relationshiops, but stayed momentarily silent, causing everyone within a three-foot radius to kick me under the table at

Nothing hurts you unless you let it.

Home isnt a place, Cassie. The memory crept up on me. Home is the people who love you most, the people who will always love you, forever and ever, no matter what.

Sometimes, there arent any good choices. Sometimes, making the right one is hard... Its funny, but when you think about it, were all broken. Thats what life does. It knocks you down and breaks you and you either get back up again, or you dont. You either do things on your terms, or you dont. You let the bad things win, or you dont.You either let it break you, or you dont.

After getting dressed at warp speed, I actually managed to drive all the way to high school before I realized Id forgotten my morning coffee. Mystery, intrigue, and naked dreams aside, that didnt bode well for my chances at making it through the morning without killing myself. Or someone else.

Nobody liked my plan.You want us to split up? Chase asked, his brow wrinkling in obvious bewilderment.Lake echoed the sentiment, her voice flat. Why would we split up? Theres four of us and one of him. After a brief moments pause, she amended her head count to better reflect the real odds. Three and a half of us, one of him.Three and a half, as in three werewolves, one human. I narrowed my eyes. For your sake, Lake, Im going to pretend that Devon is the half.Dev, unquestionably the strongest person in the room, just shrugged and let me keep my delusions. Its because of my petite stature, he said. All 64 of him.

What I really needed wasnt a dose of school spirit; it was a glass of water, an aspirin the size of my fist, and the answers to the history exam that I hadnt studied for the night before. As long as Im dreaming, I muttered, my words lost to the cacophony of the gym, Id also like a pony, a convertible, and a couple of fri

I am everything. I am nothing. I am powerful. I am forgotten.

You do what you can, he said, after seconds of silence had stretched to a minute, to make sure your kids are safe. From the second theyre born... He stared at the lines of Nightshades face, the ordinariness of it. You want to protect them. From every skinned knee, from hurt feelings and punk kids who push smaller ones into the dirt, form the worst parts of yourself and the worst parts of this world.

Dance it off.

Celine snorted. “Never have I ever had a thing for blondes,” she said. And then, her eyes on Sloane, she shot our statistician a dazzling smile and lowered her own finger —meaning that she did have a thing for blondes.

The fact that you dont hate him for this breaks my heart. And if we werent leaving because of what theyd done to you, wed be leaving because the pack has twisted you enough to make you think that its okay for someone to treat you that way.

Someone tried to kill me, and I’m going swimming. I’m going swimming, because it doesn’t matter. I’m going swimming, because I don’t matter. I’m going swimming, because that’s what Claires do. We swim and we daydream and we read and we wait for someone to care, and they never, ever, ever do.

Three questions,” I said, ticking them off on my fingers as I spoke. “One: do you have a car? Two: do you have plans tonight? And three: how fast can you drive?

Well, a female voice said. What have we here?Here, Bethany said, responding to the womans rhetorical question, we have a teenager. And shes pissed.