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Carson McClain, you scare me like nothing has ever scared me before. You drive me crazy and make me laugh and push my buttons on purpose. You make me feel safe and smart and pretty. Sometimes I think I might actually melt when you wrap your arms around me, and right now I feel a little bit like I might die if you don't kiss me. By Cora Carmack Carson Mcclain Scare Scared Make

I want to say we're okay, Bliss. I need you, too. But I can't pretend I wasn't hoping this would go somewhere. I don't know if I can do it. The truth is ... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don't love me back ... it hurts. By Cora Carmack Bliss Love Pretend Hoping Purpose

It's a quiet thing when your heart breaks. I thought it would be loud, ... I thought it would drown everything else out. But it happened like a whisper. A small, clean split. It broke in a second, and the pain was little more than a pinprick. It's the echo that kills you ... that tiny little sound kept bouncing around the cavern of my ribs, getting louder and louder. It multiplied until I heard a hundred hearts breaking, a thousand, more. All of them mine. By Cora Carmack Breaks Thought Quiet Thing Louder

I love her, and I love Mom, and I would do just about anything for them. But when you think stuff like that ... you think of grand, heroic gestures. Pushing someone out of the way of a moving vehicle. Standing between them and danger. Sacrificing something important. But it's not like that. Not at all. It's not one big moment, it's a thousand. It's every day. And you don't sacrifice just one important thing, you sacrifice a little more and a little more until you start to feel hollowed out. It's not the sacrifice that hurts so much as the thought that it will never end. That you're stuck in your fate, and nothing and no one can change it. You'll just keep giving and giving until you don't even know who you are. By Cora Carmack Love Mom Sacrifice Important Giving

Her eyes were a bottomless ocean that I would give up air to explore. By Cora Carmack Explore Eyes Bottomless Ocean Give

WAIT, WAIT! JUST one more!""Bliss, there are children waiting."And they probably hated us, but I was just so glad to see her smiling that I didn't care."Yeah, well, they all just jumped on the bandwagon. Most of them weren't alive when I read Harry Potter for the first time."I turned to the Canadian family behind me and said, "I'm so sorry. This is the last one, I promise." Then I took one more picture of Bliss pretending to push the luggage cart through the wall at the Platform 9¾ monument at King's Cross Station.A little boy stuck his tongue out at Bliss as we left. I pulled her away before she could follow suit."That kid better watch it. I'm totally a Slytherin."I shook my head, smiling."Love, I'm going to need you to pull back on the crazy a bit.""You're right. Realistically, I'm a Ravenclaw. By Cora Carmack Wait Bliss Yeah Harry Potter

It's a funny thing to miss people before you've even left them, but that's what I was feeling now. By Cora Carmack Funny Thing Miss People Left

I fought back the tears that came with experiencing something as perfect and powerful as the performance I'd just had. That was what theatre was about - that kind of experience. We would never be able to recreate that again. Only the people here tonight would ever know what that show was like. Theater is once in a lifetime ... every time. By Cora Carmack Fought Back Tears Experiencing Perfect

As readers, as people, we might not have the capacity to change the justice system. But as Dylan says in the book, we can change one person's perspective at a time. We can notice. We can speak up. We can teach this generation, my generation, that the way sexual assault is viewed and treated in this country is not okay, so that when it is our turn to step into the shoes of political office and criminal justice, we can continue changing the narrative from a place of power.And more than anything, we can support. And we can empower. We can love.We can be better. By Cora Carmack Change Readers People System Capacity

What was the point in living if I was only going to travel the same roads again and again? By Cora Carmack Point Living Travel Roads

It would't be easy. Max was too hurt and her parents too upset for a cry session to fix everything, but it was the beginning, and that's all we can ask for in life - for a beginning to follow every end. By Cora Carmack Easy Beginning Max Life End

And I make that challenge to you now. Notice injustice. Speak out against it. Care more for those who suffer it. This world belongs to all of us, and it could be you or someone you know who goes unnoticed tomorrow. And if you've been the victim of a violation of your rights, your civil liberties, or your person, talk to someone. Ask for help. You are absolutely not alone. By Cora Carmack Make Challenge Notice Injustice Speak

You want to hear it? Fine. It's a simple story really, about a pretty girl who was pretty stupid. She let a man touch her because she was scared to say no, and then she told her parents because she was scared to say nothing. Then they were scared to do anything that might ruin their pretty little lives, so they told the girl that it was nothing. That just being touched wasn't enough to fight for. Too scared to prove them wrong, she kept going like it was nothing, and she let more people touch her, never knowing that she was handing out pieces of herself. Or, hell, maybe she knew deep down, and she just hated herself so much that she was glad to be rid of them. And life wasn't pretty, but it also wasn't scary until she met a man with two names who touched her without taking and made her miss the pieces she had lost. And now things aren't just scary, they're fucking terrifying, and I can't do it. I can't live like this, knowing all that I've ruined and that it can't be fixed. By Cora Carmack Scared Pretty Hear Girl Touch

I think everyone does. Even happy people. They may not admit it to anyone, but I think they feel it. I think they close their eyes, or go for a run, or take a long shower, so that hey can forget just for a second who they are and what they have to do day in and day out.Living is hard.And every day our feet get heavier and we pick up more baggage. So, we stop and take a breath, close our eyes, reset our minds. It's natural. As long as you open your eyes and keep going. (Cade) By Cora Carmack Day Eyes Close Long Cade

Because sometimes in life, you just have to stand there and do nothing. Overwhelmed by all the versions of ourselves that exist in our minds - who we want to be, who we should be, who we're not, and who we are - it's a jungle that can ensnare your feet and confuse your eyes. But sometimes if you stand still, all those things will snap back into place like a rubber band. And if you can get past the sting, you can keep moving, not quite whole, but held together for the moment. By Cora Carmack Life Stand Overwhelmed Minds Eyes

There comes a point when you're so far down in the pit that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, not a pinprick or a soft glow. There is black and more black pressing into you, choking out the world. And asking how you got there and why you can't get out is a pointless exercise because you're too deep to do anything about it By Cora Carmack Tunnel Glow Point Pit Light

Adventures don't happen when you're worried about the future or tied down by the past. They only exist in the now. And they always,always come at the most unexpected time,in the least likely of packages. An adventure is an open window; and an adventurer is the person willing to crawl out on the ledge and leap. By Cora Carmack Past Happen Worried Future Tied

So, what made you decide to get a cat?Oh, you know. I nearly had a one-night stand with our professor, but ran away using my imaginary cat as an excuse, and now he might want us to be together together even though it's the worst idea ever, but I kind of don't care either, because my body and probably my heart are telling me it's the best idea ever. So now I need a cat so he won't realize I was lying about the cat because I'm a virgin and chickened out of having sex with him. By Cora Carmack Cat Made Decide Idea Professor

Honey, right now you look like someone's adorable little sister. No guy wants to screw his little sister. And if he does, you don't want to be near him. By Cora Carmack Honey Sister Adorable Guy Screw

No matter how close, you are always too far My eyes are drawn everywhere you are.I'm tired of the way we both pretend Tired of always wanting and never giving in I can feel it in my skin, see it in your grin We're more. We always have been.Think of everything we've missed. Every touch and every kiss. Because we both insist. Resist.Hold your breath and close your eyes Distract yourself with other guysIt's no surprise, your defeated sighs Aren't you tired of the lies?Think of everything we've missed. Every touch and every kiss. Because we both insist. Resist. No matter how close, you are always too far My eyes are drawn everywhere you are.I'm done. I won't ignore. I won't pretend or resist.I want more. By Cora Carmack Tired Eyes Close Skin Missed

Our oh-so-brief relationship had been like spending a day in the sunlight when you've lived your whole life underground (my former self being the mole man in this story). Maybe that was all we got when it came to relationships like that - flashes of sunlight. Maybe it was too bright to be sustained for any extended period of time. Maybe I should be thankful. By Cora Carmack Underground Story Sunlight Spending Day

Because Mateo Torres is loud, and I'm quiet. Because he's reckless, and I'm cautious. Because he belongs everywhere, and I don't.Because I think I'm in danger of falling in love with him. By Cora Carmack Mateo Torres Loud Quiet Reckless

And I am here with you. If you have questions, ask them. If you have fears, shed them. If you have doubts, give them to me and I will crush them beneath my heel. If you need help, I will provide it. Even if you only need someone to yell at, I can be that too. And when the time comes that you need someone to trust, I will be that person. I promise. By Cora Carmack Questions Fears Shed Doubts Give

Something that small shouldn't be so powerful, but I swear there's this pull between us, and every time I touch her, every time I even look at her, it gets stronger. Like she's an ocean tide, and I'm caught up in her current. And there's no point in fighting my way to the surface because I don't know which way is up or down. I don't know anything except that I want her. By Cora Carmack Time Powerful Stronger Small Swear

It wasn't until I'd walked halfway across the parking lot that I realized: 1. I wasn't wearing shoes. A. Or a shirt. 2. I didn't bring my keys A. Or anything really. 3. I'd just left a complete stranger in my apartment. A. Naked.Whoever said one-night stands were supposed to be simple with no strings attached had clearly never met the disaster that was me. By Cora Carmack Realized Walked Halfway Parking Lot

Each one you take is a commitment. If you break that commitment, the gods of alcohol will punish you with a hangover so bad you'll think Satan himself took a dump on you. -Milo By Cora Carmack Commitment Milo Satan Break Gods

We all just live in this giant cycle where we screw things up and hurt people we love, and then we turn around and try to atone for that by fixing other things. And maybe we're all just waiting on our turn for a broken heart and the person who will fix it. By Cora Carmack Things Love Turn Live Giant

After what could have been an eternity or a few seconds, Cade whispered, Pain changes us. Mine made me want to be perfect, so that no one would ever want to leave me again. By Cora Carmack Cade Pain Whispered Eternity Mine

When you love someone, really love someone, it's a lasting mark on your soul. There's a lock on your heart that you'll carry with you always. You may lose the key or give it away, but the lock stays with you all the same. By Cora Carmack Love Soul Lasting Mark Lock

Life wasn't pretty, but it also wasn't scary until she met a man who touched her without taking and made her miss the pieces she had lost. By Cora Carmack Life Pretty Lost Scary Met

Hold your breath and close your eyesDistract yourself with other guysIt's no surprise, your defeated sighsAren't you tired of the lies? By Cora Carmack Hold Surprise Lies Breath Close

I stared at them while my control unraveled. I wanted to throw them in the trash. I wanted to return them. I wanted to keep them. I was a mess of wants, none of which mattered, because she didn't want me. By Cora Carmack Wanted Unraveled Stared Control Trash

I'm figuring out what I want by trial and error, and maybe that's not the best way, but it's all I've got. All I know is that I need to be my own person, someone shaped by my desire, not fear of disappointing the people who are supposed to love me. By Cora Carmack Error Figuring Trial Person Desire

I was going to be so terrible at this ... the worst he'd ever had probably. And then he'd never want to see me again (and I really wanted to see him again). I'd probably be traumatized and never want to have sex again, which meant every relationship for the rest of my life would fail, and I would end up alone and miserable with nine cats and a ferret. By Cora Carmack Terrible Worst Fail Ferret Wanted

I'll remind you every day how amazing it feels when your body touches mine. I'll remind you of the good times, and help you forget the bad. I'll remind you who you are when life has beaten you down and made you doubt it. I'll bust down yourdoor in the middle of the night and kiss you until you remember that your fears are just that, and they can't control you. I'll take my chances against your fickle heart if it means it's mine. By Cora Carmack Remind Day Amazing Feels Body

Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what she wants, even if it brings about her downfall and his." "And have you learned anything from our literary parallel?" "Not really, I keep thinking that she would do it all over again if there were a chance ... a chance that it could go right. Even if 99 times out of a 100 the story ends badly, it's worth it if only once she gets a happy ending. By Cora Carmack Phaedra Selfish Chance Hates Parallel

I'm angry that you keep pushing me away when I know you don't want to. By Cora Carmack Angry Pushing

She was my everythingthe lungs that allowed me to breathethe heart that had to beatthe eyes that let me seeShe'd become a part of me, and all that was left was a piece of paper to tell the world we were as inseparable as I already felt we were By Cora Carmack Everythingthe Lungs Allowed Breathethe Heart

I didn't want to be a virgin. That much I knew. I didn't want to feel like the immature prude who knew nothing about sex. I hated not knowing things. The trouble was ... as much as I didn't want to be a virgin, I also didn't want to have sex. By Cora Carmack Virgin Sex Knew Things Feel

She said she wanted my best line tomorrow after the show, and now I knew what it was going to be. By Cora Carmack Show Wanted Line Tomorrow Knew

Then, slowly, like the sunrise peeking over the horizon, she smiled.She snapped the box closed.She didn't scream. She didn't run. She didn't faint.There might have been a little crying.But mostly ... she danced. By Cora Carmack Slowly Horizon Scream Sunrise Peeking

I don't know that dancing fixes anything. I don't feel magically happy because of it. My problems don't disappear when the music ends. But I understand life better when I dance, and understanding is half the fight of surviving. By Cora Carmack Dancing Fixes Feel Magically Happy

There was no room for unhappiness when squeezed between two sets of washboard abs.New life motto, right there. By Cora Carmack Motto Room Unhappiness Squeezed Sets

This funny thing happens when you graduate college. You hear so much about being an adult that you start to feel like you have to become a different person overnight, that growing up means being not you. And you concentrate so hard on living up to the term "adult" that you forget growing up happens by living, not by sheer force of will. By Cora Carmack College Funny Thing Graduate Growing

It's such a stupid thing. I've had my arm around more girls that I could possibly remember, but in this moment with this girl, who is so far above me I might as well be trying to scoop up the stars, it feels a little bit like a hard-earned first down. By Cora Carmack Thing Stupid Remember Stars Arm

Living is hard. And every day our feet get heavier and we pick up more baggage. So, we stop and take a breath, close our eyes, reset our minds. It's natural. As lond as you open your eyes and keep going. By Cora Carmack Living Hard Eyes Baggage Day

Her heart is racing, blood pulsing fast beneath my finger, and she's taking these tiny sharp breaths. It turns me on in a way I don't even understand. Normally, the skittish, inexperienced types send me running. But the thought of teaching her anything makes my jeans feel too tight. I want her on her back in my bed, legs spread wide, eyes big and blue, lips parted, mouth babbling that nervous nonsense until I make her forget what she's saying, forget how to talk altogether. I want to forget myself in her, too, steal some of her sunshine, and give this pristine, perfect girl a taste of what it's like to get a little dirty. By Cora Carmack Racing Blood Finger Breaths Heart

There's this funny thing about empathy. It's not actually in limited supply. Just because other people have it worse doesn't mean you don't deserve to be understood. To feel comfort. By Cora Carmack Empathy Funny Thing Supply Understood

Bliss, I don't normally do things like that. But I was second-guessing everything about coming here, and you were everything I needed. I don't know how many times I've stopped myself from coming over here and knocking on your door. And yes, seeing you with Cade was definitely motivation, but more than that ... I just like you, Bliss. As a teacher. As a person. As a guy. By Cora Carmack Bliss Things Coming Cade Needed

The best parts of life are the things we can't plan. And it's a lot harder to find happiness if you're only searching in one place. Sometimes, you just have to throw away the map. Admit that you don't know where you're going and stop pressuring yourself to figure it out. Besides ... a map is a life someone else already lived. It's more fun to make your own. By Cora Carmack Plan Parts Things Life Map

Losing you is like losing me. By Cora Carmack Losing

Legs shaved?" I nodded"Other ... things ... shaved?""As much as they are ever going to be, yes, now move on." That was where I drew the line of this conversation. By Cora Carmack Legs Shaved Things Nodded Conversation

Fact is, knowing what you want and knowing who you are ... those are two separate things. One is complicated. The other isn't. You're trying to take something simple and make it hard, and there's enough hard things in life without you adding more for yourself. By Cora Carmack Knowing Fact Things Hard Separate

Sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until it's already knocked you flat on your back. -Cade By Cora Carmack Back Cade Knocked Flat

We should live like we smoke - inhale the present and exhale the past. By Cora Carmack Smoke Inhale Past Live Present

The best parts of our life are the things we can't plan. And it's a lot harder to find happiness if you're only searching in one place. Sometimes, you just have to throw away a map. Admit that you don't know where you're going and stop pressuring yourself to figure it out. Besides ... a map is a life someone else already lived. It's more fun to make your own map. By Cora Carmack Plan Map Parts Things Life

You don't know how much I've thought about this tattoo. I want to memorize it so that every time I close my eyes I can see the way it accentuates your body. By Cora Carmack Tattoo Thought Body Memorize Time

You are lightning made flesh. Colder than falling snow. Unstoppable as the desert sands riding the wind. You are Stormling, Aurora Pavan. Believe it. By Cora Carmack Flesh Lightning Made Stormling Aurora

Four. That's the number of people who saw me hiding around the corner from my own apartment in just a skirt and a bra. Eleven. That's the number of ant bites I got on my shoeless feet. Twenty-seven. That's the number of times I was tempted to do myself physical harm because I am an IDIOT. One. That's the number of times I tried not to cry, but failed. By Cora Carmack Number Times Idiot Bra Eleven

We spend so much time defending our choice to do this that it becomes hard to show any vulnerability at all. There's only so many times you can handle someone asking about your fall back for when things don't work before you start thinking that maybe the fall back should just be your plan. By Cora Carmack Spend Defending Choice Hard Show

The kind of tired that sleep doesn't fix. Just tired of ... being. By Cora Carmack Fix Tired Kind Sleep

Don't be the gap on this team. Be the person who fills it.I know Dad's talking about sports and training and all that stuff I don't care about, but I can't help but hear his words through the filter of our lives. There is a gap in our house. Maybe it's the mom I never knew. Maybe it's the words we never say. Or maybe it's both of us. Maybe there's a gap in each of us so big that we can't get past it to fill the one between us. Maybe we'll never fill it. By Cora Carmack Gap Team Dad Words Fill

How much of my fever-induced dream was real? I felt safe assuming that my time as a bee was fiction, as well as a few mythological animals that I swear I'd seen. Then I'd lived on the sun with aliens. By Cora Carmack Real Feverinduced Dream Fiction Felt

Because try as I might, perfect doesn't guarantee me anything. I can't control whether other people will want me or love me or even like me. I can only control how I feel about myself. By Cora Carmack Perfect Guarantee Control People Love

Oh, princess. Don't be. You never have to be sorry with me. By Cora Carmack Princess

I pulled, allowing her body to slide down mine. I kept my hands at her waist to slow her descent. The shifting of her body against mine was heavenly. She sucked in a breath, and when our faces were level, her eyes were not narrowed, but closed. Her lips weren't pursed, but her bottom lip was caught between her teeth in a way that made my mouth dry. Her cheeks were still flushed, but I had a feeling it wasn't about anger anymore."You did that on purpose," she said.I laughed, and it came out raspy. She wasn't the only one affected by our closeness. "I definitely did that on purpose. I think we should make this a post-show ritual actually. By Cora Carmack Pulled Allowing Body Slide Mine

Are you waiting for an invitation?" I asked, eyeing him standing carefully outside my door. "Is this the part where you tell me you're a vampire?" He chuckled. "No, I promise the paleness is only because I'm British. By Cora Carmack Invitation Waiting British Asked Eyeing

Close your eyes. Remember what we talked about that night after your concert? Living is hard. It was hard when you were thirteen, it's hard today, and it will be hard again in the future. So, you close your eyes and you breathe. Breathe with me. By Cora Carmack Hard Close Eyes Breathe Remember

I drop my head against the steering wheel and groan. "You are in so much trouble, Dylan Brenner." And trouble's name is Silas Moore. By Cora Carmack Groan Dylan Brenner Drop Head

Sex.I was going to have sex.With a boy.A hot boy.A hot BRITISH boy.Or maybe I was going to throw up.What if I threw up on the hot British boy?What if I threw up on the hot British boy DURING SEX? By Cora Carmack British Hot Sex Threw Boya

Words streamed from my mouth, some familiar, some not.The last of the were, "I love you."He rose up off me with a grin. "If I'd known it was that easy to get you to admit how you feel, I would have done this a long time ago. By Cora Carmack Words Mouth Familiar You Grin

And all the restless energy floating through me keeps connecting to him and coming back twice as strong, like we're this closed circuit, and the longer we stay linked, the more powerful the pull between us becomes. By Cora Carmack Strong Circuit Linked Restless Energy

Maybe they didn't choose locks because love is permanent. Maybe they chose locks because emotions bind us into place. They weigh us down. By Cora Carmack Permanent Locks Choose Love Place

It was like my uterus was tapping out a happy dance on the rest of my organs. God, I was dying the longest, most tortuous, and arousing death in the history of the world. By Cora Carmack Organs Uterus Tapping Happy Dance

I'm frustrated. I just don't know what you want from me. By Cora Carmack Frustrated

Somebody pinch me."A man with a horrendously hairy chest and a Speedo so tight it was probably cutting off circulation passed by me at that moment, and did just that. I yelped and held a hand to my ass, gawking at his retreating back.Jenny laughed. "Maybe this place is magic, and whatever we say comes true. Ryan Gosling, please! By Cora Carmack Speedo Moment Pinch Man Horrendously

New Life Realization #1:Being an adult is hard work. I know people tell you this growing up, but it doesn't really sink in until you're living it, waist deep in the swamps of no-free-time and not-enough-money.New Life Realization #2:It's worth it. By Cora Carmack Realization Life Work Adult Hard

I'm not one for speeches."A few feet behind me Torres calls out, "Riiiiight."The crowd laughs and Coach whirls around like he's searching for the culprit. Torres is the picture of innocence, and I sigh and shake my head when he grins at me."Fine. I'm not one for speeches that don't involve yelling. By Cora Carmack Riiiiight Coach Torres Speeches Culprit

So he doesn't tick any of my usual boxes, but there's something in the way he looks at me. In his eyes, there's this strange kind of appreciation that is part attraction, part something else that makes me feel rare and precious and . . . seen. By Cora Carmack Boxes Tick Usual Part Eyes

SERIOUSLY? Is it because of Jesus? Are you, like, saving yourself for him?" Sex seemed simpler for Kelsey. She had the body of a Barbie and the sexually-charged brain of a teenage boy. "No, Kelsey," I said. "It would be a little difficult to save myself for someone who died over two thousand years ago. By Cora Carmack Kelsey Jesus Barbie Saving Sex

And Rusty is a douche! And the wind in my hair smells like whoosh!" Cade laughed, "Don't you mean sounds?" "What sounds?""Nevermind," he chuckled By Cora Carmack Rusty Douche Nevermind Sounds Whoosh

She pulled her blonde hair back into a high ponytail, which somehow drew even more attention to her chest. "I don't mean the right guy to marry, honey. I mean the right guy to get your blood pumping. To make you turn off your analytical, judgmental, hyperactive brain and think with your body instead.""Bodies can't think.""SEE!" She said. "Analytical. Judgmental. By Cora Carmack Judgmental Ponytail Chest Guy Analytical

Oh how I had underestimated tender kisses. By Cora Carmack Kisses Underestimated Tender

I get what it's like to want something, but to try and force yourself to really believe that you don't. By Cora Carmack Force

It's not that I don't like cats. And really, I think I would enjoy having ... a cat. But what if I get a cat before I'm ready? What if I choose the wrong cat? Or what if I'm bad at it ... being a cat owner, I mean? By Cora Carmack Cat Cats Enjoy Ready Owner

My odds were looking about as good as a main character in Game of Thrones. By Cora Carmack Thrones Game Odds Good Main

It takes talent to be a gawking hot mess, and I am a gawking hot mess to the third power. By Cora Carmack Gawking Hot Mess Power Talent

I never dated a girl like her, and she's probably never dated a guy like me. But sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until it's already knocked you flat on your back. By Cora Carmack Dated Girl Guy Back Knocked

You're not trying to pick up a girl?""I wasn't. By Cora Carmack Girl Pick

Garrick was panting when he replied, "You're not forcing me to do anything. I just want you to be sure. You can say stop at anytime." His lips pulled wide. "You don't need to make up a new pet. By Cora Carmack Garrick Replied Panting Forcing Anytime

Perfect doesn't guarantee me anything. I can't control whether other people will want me or love me or even like me. I can only control how I feel about myself. And that's something I'm still discovering day by day. By Cora Carmack Perfect Guarantee Control Day People

Then she's gone, and it feels like everything I've built here is seconds away from crumbling around me. Like a house of cards destroyed by a simple breath. And all I can think is if things are going to fall apart, I'm not going to stand here trying to catch the pieces. By Cora Carmack Feels Built Crumbling Breath Pieces

Cade Winston, by drinking this shot, you hereby swear to do something out of character tonight. Should you fail, you'll be cused to a lifetime filled with premature ejaculation.''Seriously, man?'He held up his hands and laughed, 'Hey, the alcohol gods giveth and they taketh away. By Cora Carmack Winston Cade Shot Tonight Hey

It's the simple things in life that comprise the difference between existing and living. (from blog post on October 26, 2013, original content) By Cora Carmack Living October Simple Things Life

Someone's an easy grader.""Someone just has a soft spot where you are concerned." He was leaning down towards me and even though his face was a good foot away from me, I swear I felt those words like he'd whispered them into my ear. By Cora Carmack Grader Concerned Easy Soft Spot

I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.I wanted to crawl into a hole at the bottom of a ravine, then be buried under an avalanche, and then die.I wanted ... to cry. By Cora Carmack Wanted Crawl Hole Diei Ravine

You don't realize how small you really are until you're faced with something like that. We live our lives as if we're at the center of our own universe, but we're just tiny pieces of a shattered whole. By Cora Carmack Realize Small Faced Universe Center

There's a truth you learn early on in the activism scene . . . most protests are lost before they even start. We hope for change. Beg for it. But even when we know it won't come, still we stand with our signs and say our chants. Still we show up. Because to lie down and say nothing means the cause dies with us, and a little piece of us with it. So we chant. And we chant. And we say the same words again and again and again. Louder and louder. We do it to put words to the ache we feel in our hearts. And there's this small, innocent hope somewhere in the back of our minds that even if there's no point, even if it's a done deal . . . we hope that if we say something enough times, people will listen. Or that if we say it enough, it will finally make sense. By Cora Carmack Scene Truth Learn Early Activism

Jesus. That low, teasing tone is like a punch straight to the chest. Or the babymaker. Both, really. "I'm just not a big fan of blood." His lips are still at my ear, and he lowers his volume so that Matt won't hear. "I promise not to get you dirty. Unless you ask real nice." I don't even . . . I can't . . . Oh my God. I plant my elbow in his side and use it to pry myself a little space. "You're incorrigible." "You're gonna have to use smaller words with me, Pickle. Or better yet, no words at all. By Cora Carmack Jesus Words Low Teasing Chest

But fear lets us know we're alive. It tells me that you care about what happens between us because the mind doesn't waste time being scared about things that don't matter. By Cora Carmack Alive Fear Matter Care Mind

I know that you make me laugh, and that I love hearing your voice, especially when you sing. I know that I haven't stopped thinking about you since the day you sat down beside me at that coffee shop. By Cora Carmack Laugh Voice Sing Make Love

Call it an issue. Call it baggage. But I really hated lies. They're ugly things, festering like wounds, spreading like disease. They're winner-less crimes that hurt everybody in the end. By Cora Carmack Call Issue Baggage Lies Things

I know now why caring about another person is so damn scary. It's not that they won't care about you back, because that either happens or it doesn't. You live with it or you do everything you can to change it. The really scary thing is the moment you realize that for the rest of your life, you'll feel twice the pain, twice the joy, twice the fear.Twice as helpless to control it all, too. By Cora Carmack Caring Person Damn Scary Back

Because you've got balls of steel.'I hated when people said that, like it assumed strength and being a male were synonymous. There was strength in being a woman. 'Spence, I don't have balls. Good thing, too, because they'd look terrible in the lingerie I'm wearing. By Cora Carmack Steel Synonymous Spence Strength Hated

I think I break more than I fix." Her By Cora Carmack Fix Break

Just looking for a piece of adventure, my ass. You already have an adventure. Who is he?"An enigma."Just a guy I met the other night," I answered."And why the hell would you not want to see him? Did he have herpes or something? Because that's a damn shame. Like paint splattered all over a Van Gogh. Or a naked Ryan Gosling. By Cora Carmack Adventure Ass Piece Gogh Gosling

What? Just because I can't have you right now, doesn't mean I'm okay with him having you. By Cora Carmack

Everything in the world might be connected, but that doesn't mean the way we feel about them has to be. By Cora Carmack Connected World Feel

What cat? Oh! MY CAT. The cat ... that is mine. Oh, she's ... " I had said it was a she, right? "She's fine. All meowing and purring and other cat things. By Cora Carmack Cat Mine Fine Things Meowing

He stepped away from me to talk, and I leaned heavily against the wall beside his door. Clearly, I was not meant to have sex. This was God telling me that I was meant to be a nun. Get thee to a nunnery, and all that crap. I was so delirious I was confusing God and Shakespeare. By Cora Carmack Talk Door God Stepped Leaned

I give up. In the war for my parents' approval, I'd lost to a complete stranger. By Cora Carmack Give Approval Stranger War Parents

There is a better world Well, there must be . . . By Cora Carmack World

Why isn't there a reality TV show filled with hot guys doing sweaty, mouthwatering tasks?Oh, right. That's called sports By Cora Carmack Sweaty Mouthwatering Tasks Reality Show

Tell me I'm not crazy, He said. I couldn't do that. I was nowhere near sane enough at the moment to advise anyone else on rational behavior. By Cora Carmack Crazy Behavior Sane Moment Advise

Life was easier when you stopped caring, when you stopped expecting things to get better. By Cora Carmack Stopped Life Caring Easier Expecting

He might not have a good head on his shoulders, but he has good shoulders, so that's close, right? By Cora Carmack Shoulders Close Good Head

"I knew I was lucky. Blessed, even. But it was a lot of pressure ... trying not to waste what you've been given. I wanted to accomplish something. To love something. To be something. But I didn't know how. I didn't know what.""Finding it By Cora Carmack Lucky Knew Blessed Finding Pressure

The timbre of his voice went into that low register that made my insides curl in on themselvesit was like my uterus was tapping out a happy dance on the rest of my organs. By Cora Carmack Organs Timbre Voice Low Register

There's a fine line between broody and potential sociopath. Right now you're walking the line. By Cora Carmack Sociopath Line Fine Broody Potential

Trust me. This was much better than the alternative. I'm exactly where I want to be. He glanced down at me and gave me a half-smile. By Cora Carmack Trust Alternative Halfsmile Glanced Gave

He blocks out the sun, and maybe it's the pain or maybe it's just him, but it feels like one of those rare total eclipses where you know you're not supposed to look because it can destroy your eyes or something, but it's so incredible that you can't help it. By Cora Carmack Sun Blocks Pain Feels Rare

I will call bullshit on that so many times that the word bullshit will lose all meaning. -Milo By Cora Carmack Milo Meaning Bullshit Call Times

There are some things that are worth fighting for, no matter the outcome, and you are one of them. By Cora Carmack Outcome Things Worth Fighting Matter

My mother had told me once when I was little and had a friendship fall apart that some relationships just end. Like a star, they burn bright and brilliant, and then nothing in particular goes wrong, they just reach their end. By Cora Carmack End Mother Told Friendship Fall

There are only stupid decisions waiting for me here. But I've never cared all that much for being smart. By Cora Carmack Stupid Decisions Waiting Smart Cared

He was still a mystery to me. And God, did I want to play Nancy Drew. By Cora Carmack God Drew Mystery Nancy Play

We want what we can't have. It's human nature. By Cora Carmack Nature Human

What was he doing in there? Was he just getting dressed reeeaaally slowly? Was he looking through my things? Was he trashing my place because I'd run out and left him there like the biggest jerk this side of Kanye West at the 2009 VMA's? By Cora Carmack Vma Slowly Kanye West Dressed

When you live a hard life, you spend years wishing for the easy stuff, but then when you get it, it never feels right. You get used to having to fight and claw for the things you want, and when you don't have to do that anymore, everything feels a little bit muted. By Cora Carmack Life Stuff Feels Live Hard

Silas doesn't know how to be friends with girls. Either he'll break your heart or you'll break his. By Cora Carmack Silas Girls Friends Break Heart

I can deny myself all I want, but one thing I cannot deny is just how fucking gorgeous this girl is. And exactly the kind of distraction I'm supposed to be staying away from. By Cora Carmack Deny Thing Fucking Gorgeous Girl

Oh, I burned it with my straightener.""You burned your leg with your straightener? How long is your leg hair? By Cora Carmack Burned Straightener Leg Hair Long

Do me a favor? Be a gentleman tomorrow? By Cora Carmack Favor Tomorrow Gentleman

It's Complicated" I said. "I don't know what home is anymore""I think home is wherever you are happiest By Cora Carmack Complicated Home Anymore Happiest

We are team. We win and loose together. So, we'll screw up and get better together, too. By Cora Carmack Team Win Loose Screw

An accent. HE HAS A BRITISH ACCENT. Dear God, I'm dying. By Cora Carmack Accent God British Dear Dying

... I charged most of our fun on Daddy's credit card. Not like he would notice or care. And if he did, he'd always said that if money didn't buy happiness, then people were spending it wrong. By Cora Carmack Daddy Card Care Charged Fun

And now suddenly there was this intensity to everything we did and everything we said. Like my life had been italicized. By Cora Carmack Suddenly Intensity Italicized Life

Thank you? Was that like a thanks, but no thanks? Thanks, but I'm watching a movie, leave me alone? By Cora Carmack Movie Leave Watching

Garrick: "The only thing I care about is fucking you so hard you can't see straight."Bliss: Annnd ... aneurysm. By Cora Carmack Bliss Annnd Garrick Straight Aneurysm

I hoped she would love me as much as I loved her. By Cora Carmack Hoped Love Loved

But sex ... that was the opposite of control. There were emotions, and attraction, and that pesky other person that just had to be involved. Not my idea of fun. By Cora Carmack Sex Control Opposite Emotions Attraction

I was making the decision ... every time, every single time, I would choose our future over my future. By Cora Carmack Decision Time Making Future Single

There was Bartender Boy, but he wouldn't get off until well after 2 A.M. I was a nervous wreck already, so if this dragged on till the wee hours of the morning, I'd be completely psychotic. I could just imagine it ... straight-jacketed due to sex. By Cora Carmack Boy Bartender Morning Psychotic Nervous

Except I'm starting to think that the idea of "belonging" anywhere is false. We go through our whole lives thinking that we belong in one place and not in another. We think certain ideas and actions have to be relegated to the tiny little boxes we place them in. What if we just react instead? What if we take whatever the world gives us and instead of focusing on what it isn't, we enjoy what it is? By Cora Carmack Belonging False Starting Place Idea

I don't know why, but most of my life has felt . . . conditional, like my parents and Henry and everyone else accepted me because I filled these holes in their lives. And I made sure I filled them perfectly because that was how I belonged, how I guaranteed my spot, by never failing to live up to their expectations. As long as I was perfect, they would have no need to cut me loose. By Cora Carmack Felt Life Filled Henry Conditional

He looked at me, finally. I wanted to believe I saw softness in his eyes, but I could have imagined it. I did that all the time. All I had to do was close my eyes and I could see him reaching toward me, his lips millimeters from my own. But always ... always I opened my eyes and it wasn't real. By Cora Carmack Finally Eyes Looked Wanted Softness

I wanted a way back to swings and slides and simplicity. A way back to when a butterfly could cheer me up, and a series of puddles could make my day. A way back to a time when happiness wasn't something I had to search for ... it just was By Cora Carmack Back Simplicity Wanted Swings Slides

He's right you know. I will pull you down with me."I lift my chin and reply, "If I go down, it will be because I jumped, not because you made me fall. By Cora Carmack Reply Jumped Fall Pull Lift

I've spent too much time pretending, too much time on the outside, too much time feeling spineless. This time... I'm going after what I want. By Cora Carmack Time Pretending Spineless Spent Feeling

Take notes, boys! The ladies always love a man who can play an instrument!" Lindsay snorted, "Your instrument doesn't even like girls, Rusty!" "Doesn't mean they don't like it! By Cora Carmack Boys Notes Rusty Instrument Lindsay

The way she talks about dance is a little like how I feel when I look at her. Overwhelmed and fulfilled and falling apart all at the same time. By Cora Carmack Talks Dance Feel Overwhelmed Time

Everyone deserves one grand adventure, that one time in life that we always get to point back to and say, Then ... then I was really living. By Cora Carmack Adventure Deserves Grand Time Life

Go Red. Fight Red. Bleed Red. By Cora Carmack Red Fight Bleed

I am in love with this burrito. I would marry it if I didn't want to eat it so badly." "The tragedy of true love," Cade whispered. By Cora Carmack Burrito Love Cade Badly Whispered

And when that day comes, it won't matter so much whether every step was in the right direction because life is not a straight line. It will only matter that you took them. That you never let yourself stand still. By Cora Carmack Line Matter Day Step Direction

Oh God. I'm so sorry, princess. I'm sorry. By Cora Carmack God Princess

I don't know how I feel yet. I'm so used to pretending, to shoving it all away and pasting a smile that sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it. I'm trying, but I don't know. By Cora Carmack Feel Pretending Shoving Pasting Smile

I want to dive into him headfirst, submerge myself in the way he makes me feel, and not come up for air until I have no other choice. By Cora Carmack Headfirst Submerge Feel Choice Dive

I've been thinking about kissing you again since the moment our last kiss stopped. By Cora Carmack Stopped Thinking Kissing Moment Kiss

You are unbelievably sexy. By Cora Carmack Sexy Unbelievably

I swallow and stare and swallow again, because dear, sweet Jesus riding a unicorn, he's perfect. By Cora Carmack Jesus Dear Sweet Unicorn Perfect

I'm tired of the way we both pretend.Tired of always wanting and never giving in.I can feel it in my skin, see it in your grin.We're more. We always have been. Think of everything we've missed.Every touch and every kiss.Because we both insist.Resist. By Cora Carmack Skin Tired Pretendtired Wanting Giving

That guy is trying to be a gentleman, because as much as he wanted you to come back to his place and as much as he wants to kiss you-you're hurt, I'm afraid you don't actually want me here By Cora Carmack Gentleman Hurt Guy Wanted Back

Apparently having emotions equated to having a vagina. By Cora Carmack Apparently Vagina Emotions Equated

You told me to be myself, so I am. By Cora Carmack Told

You don't want to finish our drinks?"He took my hand, and pressed his lips against the inside of my wrist. "I'm alreadyintoxicated. By Cora Carmack Drinks Hand Wrist Finish Pressed

Dudes who look dangerous should just be dangerous. Period. The end. They should not be dangerous and beautiful all at the same time. It leaves the universe out of balance, and it makes me do stupid things like stare. By Cora Carmack Dudes Dangerous Period End Time

Any kind of love where you have to prove yourself to be worthy is the wrong kind. By Cora Carmack Kind Love Prove Worthy Wrong

Why does the world hate me? They both laughed, but it wasn't funny. SERIOUSLY. Why does the world hate me? By Cora Carmack World Hate Laughed Funny

I want to memorize the way your eyes clench shut and you bite down on your lip, so that I can sketch your expression from memory. I want to know the exact angle of the way your neck curves, and how many times your heart beats a minute. I want to know everything. By Cora Carmack Lip Memory Memorize Eyes Clench

But for the moment, I just need to focus on me. My boyfriend (or lack thereof) can't be the most important thing about me. So screw plans and futures and heartache and all of that. By Cora Carmack Moment Focus Boyfriend Thereof Lack

If I believed the stories I learned growing up, God made the world in six days and on the seventh day he rested. I wonder if, like me, the eighth day was when he watched it all begin to unravel. By Cora Carmack God Rested Believed Stories Learned

Life's too short to waste time living it any other way. By Cora Carmack Life Short Waste Time Living

Present, I flee you: absent, I find you again.(Shakespeare)Present, I fled him. But no matter the distance between us, I kept coming back to him. It all kept coming back to him. By Cora Carmack Present Shakespeare Absent Again Coming

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip. By Cora Carmack Texas Football Gossip Things Cherished

Don't worry about whether you might be wrong someday. Worry about whether you're right now. Tomorrow can wait. By Cora Carmack Someday Worry Wrong Tomorrow Wait

He wore his hope like a winter coat, layered over the top of all of him. By Cora Carmack Coat Layered Wore Hope Winter

He caught my hands as they pulled through my hair, and pulled my body against his, and I felt all the holes in me. My sobs echoed through them like caverns, and I never would have thought empty could be made of such weight.I couldn't breathe around it. By Cora Carmack Pulled Hair Caught Hands Body

You're bruised and battered from dealing with things you should not have had to face, but you are not less because of that. You're more. By Cora Carmack Face Bruised Battered Dealing Things

Shakespeare. No one reads Shakespeare in a bar unless it's a ploy to pick up girls. All I'm saying is you might have better luck up front. By Cora Carmack Shakespeare Girls Front Reads Bar

Getting angry at him won't change the fact that you're angry at yourself. By Cora Carmack Angry Change Fact

I will never be able to turn this girl down. Whatever she wants from me, it's hers. No matter what she asks for, I'll find a way to give it to her. She may not be mine, but somewhere along the way, I ended up hers. By Cora Carmack Turn Girl Mine Matter Find

Every day. I will prove every day how much you mean to me. How real this is. By Cora Carmack Day Prove Real

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence. By Cora Carmack Major Thought Extrovert Theatre Silence

Haven't you ever wanted to do something that everyone tells you is impossible and pointless? Haven't you ever cared about something enough to sacrifice for it? Regardless of how stupid or unlikely it seems. Haven't you ever wanted things to be different? By Cora Carmack Pointless Impossible Wanted Cared Sacrifice

How long can I live with just safe and easy before my life becomes completely devoid of meaning? By Cora Carmack Meaning Long Live Safe Easy

Me? Are you telling me what to do? By Cora Carmack Telling

The truth was ... none of that kept people from leaving. Nothing could, if the person was determined to go. The only question was how long you were willing to chase them. By Cora Carmack Truth Leaving People Person Determined

How can people decide who they want to spend the rest of their life with at this age? I can't even decide what to have for dinner! I can't decide if I want to be an actor, even though I've already got 35,000 dollars in student loans telling me I sure as hell better want to be anactor. By Cora Carmack Decide Age People Spend Rest

You would think that I'd be a bit more comfortable talking about sex, now that I'd had it and all. You would also think that at my age I would be able to successfully insert the straw into a Capri sun juice pouch. I was 0-2 there. By Cora Carmack Sex Bit Comfortable Talking Capri

He was flabbergasted. That was the best word. His flabber had been thoroughly gasted. By Cora Carmack Flabbergasted Word Gasted Flabber

Like they were part of two different solar systems, neither revolving with or around the other, and both were just with each other for a passing moment. By Cora Carmack Systems Moment Part Solar Revolving

What's your name, love?"Love? LOVE! Still dying, here."Bliss.""Is that a line?"I blushed crimson. "No, it's my name.""Lovely name for a lovely girl. By Cora Carmack Love Bliss Lovely Here Dying

Heaven help me, but I wanted my professor to be my boyfriend. By Cora Carmack Heaven Boyfriend Wanted Professor

And that feeling, that attachment I'd felt to him was no longer a hook, but an anchor buried deep in my rib cage. By Cora Carmack Feeling Hook Cage Attachment Felt

The devil made me do it.And by devil, I mean my uterus. By Cora Carmack Uterus Devil Made Itand

Bliss, wait one second."I took my time packing up my stuff, waiting for everyone else to leave the computer lab.When we were alone I asked, "What's up?"He smiled, "Nothing."Then he pressed me into the computer table behind me and kissed me. By Cora Carmack Nothing Bliss Computer Wait Second

The past is frozen. Written in stone. But the future isn't. By Cora Carmack Frozen Past Written Stone Future

Sorry about that.""You didn't hear me complaining."I raised an eyebrow and said, "Forget about it. You will never see me in that skirt.""Never? Is that a challenge, love?""It's a promise. By Cora Carmack Forget That Complaining Hear Raised

You are allowed to make mistakes, Nell. And even though it might seem right now like one mistake is enough to derail your entire future, it's not. By Cora Carmack Nell Allowed Make Future Mistakes

I read your letters. By Cora Carmack Letters Read

God, do they make WD-40 for flirting? Because I am rusty. By Cora Carmack God Make Flirting Rusty

You don't realize how many bridges there are until the sight of one collapses something inside of you. By Cora Carmack Realize Bridges Sight Collapses Inside

Your pain made you strong. It made youpassionate and alive. It made us both who we are. -Cade By Cora Carmack Made Strong Cade Pain Alive

Music wasn't complicated. It was math. By Cora Carmack Music Complicated Math

I'm not dealing with it at all. I'm fucking disintergrating, but I'm not dealing. By Cora Carmack Dealing Disintergrating Fucking

I'll make you a deal. A question for a kiss. By Cora Carmack Deal Make Kiss Question

Some people just aren't as fond of freedom of speech as I am. By Cora Carmack People Fond Freedom Speech

Sometimes it's hard to see past our own broken pieces. By Cora Carmack Pieces Hard Past Broken

I'm already there. By Cora Carmack

You're lucky this is a big night for you, Bliss. Normally, nobody gets between me and my tequila. By Cora Carmack Bliss Lucky Big Night Tequila

His face makes a satisfying crack when my fist connects. By Cora Carmack Connects Face Makes Satisfying Crack

Suddenly there was this intensity to everything we did and everything we said. Like my life had been itelicized. By Cora Carmack Suddenly Intensity Itelicized Life

Yours made you Golden. Mine just made me angry." One By Cora Carmack Golden Made Mine Angry

Was the world dropping shit on everyone else or just me? By Cora Carmack World Dropping Shit

This was a catastrofuck of colossal proportions. By Cora Carmack Proportions Catastrofuck Colossal

I don't care what you think you need. By Cora Carmack Care

Mortification was becoming my default emotion. By Cora Carmack Mortification Emotion Default

I'm afraid I might suffocate in my own cleavage. By Cora Carmack Cleavage Afraid Suffocate

Cant we own each other?If brains could have orgasms, I'm pretty sure this is what it would feel like. By Cora Carmack Orgasms Brains Pretty Feel

How the hell do I go from walking away to this? By Cora Carmack Hell Walking

Anything that felt this good and consumed me so completely couldn't be hopeless. By Cora Carmack Hopeless Felt Good Consumed Completely

I let people go. By Cora Carmack People

That I want to keep you. By Cora Carmack

What are you thinking, Bliss?I should have said, you. Naked. That would have shocked him. Not that I was actually thinking of him naked ... well, now that I mentioned it I was ... damn. By Cora Carmack Bliss Naked Thinking Damn Shocked

Was cool and lovely and I melted into the sensation. By Cora Carmack Sensation Cool Lovely Melted

The only thing we can do is try to find people whose scars compliment our own. By Cora Carmack Thing Find People Scars Compliment

Sometimes, it's the scary things in life that are the most worthwhile. By Cora Carmack Worthwhile Scary Things Life

God, I've missed you. By Cora Carmack God Missed

They're both looking at me like they, too, are waiting for my sky to start falling. Like they're the only ones who really understand what they just saw. By Cora Carmack Falling Waiting Sky Start Understand

You told me once that history matters, but it's frozen, set in stone. This is part of our history. I can't change it or undo it. But it doesn't have to dictate our future. By Cora Carmack Matters Frozen Set Stone History

You're mad at me. By Cora Carmack Mad

Good. I dare you to kiss- By Cora Carmack Good Kiss Dare

Women love a mystery. But only if we think we can figure it out. By Cora Carmack Women Mystery Love Figure

Some relationships just end. Like a star, they burn bright and brilliant, and then nothing in particular goes wrong, they just reach their end. They burn out. By Cora Carmack End Relationships Burn Star Brilliant

What if he'd just . . . I don't know . . . stuck it in, no warning or whatever. Like . . . SURPRISE! Here's a penis. By Cora Carmack Surprise Stuck Penis Warning

The brilliance of art lives in its flaws. By Cora Carmack Flaws Brilliance Art Lives

On a scale of one to bitchy, how hung-over are you? By Cora Carmack Bitchy Scale Hungover

I fell asleep cradled in the sky in the arms of a star. By Cora Carmack Star Fell Asleep Cradled Sky

And as much as I was dying to know, I also knew that there was bliss in oblivion. By Cora Carmack Oblivion Dying Knew Bliss

You're really hitting on me? After we just met in jail?""Is it working? By Cora Carmack Hitting Jail Working Met

If there's anything I learned with you, it's that one more day was never enough By Cora Carmack Learned Day

If we're not trying to get to any particular place, we can't ever really be lost. We're just exploring. By Cora Carmack Place Lost Exploring

This is what it is to be a muse. I walk the line between want and need, between power and submission. And I make the hard choices. By Cora Carmack Muse Submission Choices Walk Line

You're the most confusing person I've ever met, and sometimes I hate you. By Cora Carmack Met Confusing Person Hate

I nodded. Nodding was all I knew how to do, all I understood. Nodding, at least, still made sense. By Cora Carmack Nodded Nodding Understood Sense Knew

Don't. Don't do that. By Cora Carmack

I'm glad you fought for me," she said."I'm glad you let me. By Cora Carmack Glad Said Fought

Maybe it was because we were both actors. Maybe it was just because of who we were. But I could see in her eyes that she knew, too. This was the end of a chapter. Cade By Cora Carmack Actors Cade Knew Chapter Eyes

You're not horrible, Kelsey. You are vibrant and beautiful, and you burn. Burn so vividly. Fires can damage, but they're also beautiful and vital and they can purify and give the chance for a fresh start. You're not horrible. Not at all. By Cora Carmack Kelsey Horrible Burn Beautiful Vibrant

What nourishes me also destroys me By Cora Carmack Nourishes Destroys

Say that this is real. That it counts. By Cora Carmack Real Counts

Perhaps death is all that waits for me across the great waters, but better to know death than to choose fear of the unknown. By Cora Carmack Waters Unknown Death Waits Great

I don't show much of anything. By Cora Carmack Show

And it wasn't that I didn't love them ... I did. I just didn't love the person they wanted me to be. By Cora Carmack Love Person Wanted

You make it hard to think straight. By Cora Carmack Straight Make Hard

I had no one, but Hamlet. Who hated me with the fire of a thousand suns. By Cora Carmack Hamlet Suns Hated Fire Thousand

Making a stupid decision doesn't make you stupid. Just as making a smart decision doesn't necessarily make someone smart. By Cora Carmack Stupid Making Decision Make Smart

I told you I would never let anything bad happen to you. By Cora Carmack Told Bad Happen

Oh shit. Shit taking a shit on a shit. By Cora Carmack Shit Taking

Even the good things from our pasts still only belonged in the past By Cora Carmack Good Things Belonged Pasts Past

We've had too much death and disappointment, so we don't know how to accept the good things when they happen to us. By Cora Carmack Disappointment Death Accept Good Things

He took my hand, and pulled me into his living room where a book was open on his sofa. It was poetry, of course, because he was perfect. By Cora Carmack Hand Sofa Pulled Living Room

That's a big giant fuck if there ever was one. By Cora Carmack Big Giant Fuck

Shiiiit. Cade weighs a lot. Way more than I thought! I moaned/sang. By Cora Carmack Shiiiit Sang Cade Lot Thought

Don't tell me your speechless, princess. By Cora Carmack Princess Speechless

Just stay with me. We'll beat it together, okay? Say you'll stay with me. By Cora Carmack Stay Beat

If brains could have orgasms, I'm pretty sure this was what it would feel like. By Cora Carmack Orgasms Brains Pretty Feel

You could have just thought of me. I would have known and come running. I'm practically a superhero in that regard. By Cora Carmack Thought Running Regard Practically Superhero

Only you would pick up a girl in jail.""Only I could. By Cora Carmack Jail Pick Girl

I'm glad you fought for me. By Cora Carmack Glad Fought

I'm going to shatter into a thousand pieces from the intensity of this kiss alone. By Cora Carmack Shatter Thousand Pieces Intensity Kiss

I can't say no to you. By Cora Carmack

I just ... this wasn't my life. Things like this didn't happen to me, and if they did, it never lasted. Girls like me didn't get guys like Cade. By Cora Carmack Cade Life Things Lasted Girls

Of course I want you. Have you seen you?""I see you."She swallows, and her eyes bore into mine when she replies. "Yeah, I think you do. By Cora Carmack Yeah You Swallows Replies Eyes

Sometimes, saying the first thing that came to mind went well. Sometimes simple and honest worked the best. By Cora Carmack Thing Mind Simple Honest Worked