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1 " He loved her.Jay Heaton, her best friend since childhood was in love with her. He didn't say it but she knew that it was true.And the part that really freaked her out, the part that caught her completely off guard, is that he wasn't alone. Because even though she'd been denying it for a long, long time, it had always been there... waiting beneath the surface of their friendship. And now that it was out there was no going back. And it was so weird to even be thinking it but...... she was in love with him too. "
― Kimberly Derting , The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1)
2 " Hey, A-D-D,” she called out to Claire, “come over and try these on. "
― Kimberly Derting
3 " The citizens of Ludania would finally be free, no longer forced into a class system that determined what language they could speak, what jobs they could do, or who they could be "
― Kimberly Derting , The Pledge (The Pledge, #1)
4 " In the privacy of my dreams, I'm a warrior. "
― Kimberly Derting , The Essence (The Pledge, #2)
5 " Trust had become a commodity that few could afford. "
6 " Now it was just the two of us, Max and me. And about a thousand other people around us. "
7 " She once again thought about how badly she wanted to crawl back beneath the mound of already cooling blankets that covered her bed like an inviting nest. "
8 " Jules stood up and stretched gracelessly. “Let’s hurry up and pay before she”-she indicated Claire with a flick of her thumb-“sees something shiny and we lose her again. "
9 " I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him. "
― Kimberly Derting , Dead Silence (The Body Finder, #4)
10 " But I knew something that Elena hadn't. That the measure of a true queen didn't lie in her magic. It had more to do with who she was, and what she was willing to give of herself, than it did with the powers she possessed- Charlaina di Heyse "
― Kimberly Derting , The Offering (The Pledge, #3)
11 " The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat. "
12 " I pledge to keep you safe. "
13 " He stood straight then, moving to stand directly in front of me as he dropped low and bowed dramatically. "Your Majesty. "
14 " What are you doing here?" she asked as she slowed from a jog to a walk and placed her hands on her hips. It would take her a few minutes to get her breathing back to normal. Longer if he kept smiling at her like that. He shrugged. "I couldn't sleep. What about you?" She opted for the obvious and filled her voice with as much sarcasm as she could. "I live here, actually "
15 " What was that all about?" Jay asked in loud whisper.She still felt like her head was reeling. She had no idea what she was going to tell to Grady when school was out. "I think Grady just asked me to Homecoming," she announced to Jay.He looked at her suspiciously. "The game?"Violet cocked her head to the side and gave him a look that told him to be serious."No, I'm pretty sure he meant the dance," Violet clarified, exasperated by the obtuse question. "
16 " They lay there like that, in a different kind of silence now, watching the lake and the stars, listening to the night, each basking in the warmth of the other. "
― Kimberly Derting , Desires of the Dead (The Body Finder, #2)
17 " Jay sat down across from Chelsea and took both of her hands in his. The oversized lunchroom was buzzing with activity, and he practically had to yell to be heard."Chelsea, for the love of everything good and holy, please ... please stop ruining my friend."Violet bit her lip to stop from laughing at the two of them. She knew what he was talking about before he even explained. It was the new facial hair.Chelsea jerked her hands out of his. "Oh, relax, drama queen. He's not broken. Besides, I'm gonna fix him this weekend."Jay seemed relieved. "
18 " She would be trouble, this one; the fact that he was lying awake now was proof of that. "
19 " She didn't want to smile -- this was no time for smiling -- but she couldn't stop herself. Charlie, it seemed, was something of a bad ass.- Brooklyn "
20 " I loved voices, I always had. Words held meaning, but voices held emotion. "
