The Van Alen Legacy
Quotes from the Book
Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death
I don't need anything to get high. I'm high on life.
But there's always a first time for everything
He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
Oliver liked to play the part of disaffected youth, but he liked shopping in SoHo even more.
She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and grabbed his arm. "Jack." "Yes?" "I. . ." she faltered. She knew what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words. It turned out she didn't have to. Jack put a hand to his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you.
He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.
When their lips met, and their tongues touched, it was like they were kissing in a hundred different places, and her senses were flooded with new sensations and old memoires. He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.
It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.
One minute you could be getting a smoke in the alley on the Lower East Side with your friends, having drinks and dancing on tables in a popular nightclub. And the next minute, you could be dead.
If you think we'll get in, we'll get in. It's all about confidence, trust me.
It didn't help that she was painfully shy and kept to herself, because then they just thought she was stuck-up, which she wasn't. She was just quiet.
As Jack slung an arm around his sister's shoulders in an intimate and affectionate way, something in her heart broke.
Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine.
Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you.
They were embarking on a journey into the darkness inside themselves.
They might all be drinking laced Kool-Aid in there, but she had a good head on her shoulders. Things like vampires and past lives and immortality just didn’t exist in the real world. And Schuyler was a card-carrying member of the real world. She didn’t want to check into CrazyTown any time soon.
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Frost Like Night
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Night Star
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