"Don't ever fall in love. It doesn't exist," Leila's mother always told her. She could see how this could be interpreted as harsh, coming from someone's own mother, but she could also see the broken, hurting part of her mother's heart where the words came from ( Read more... )

"Who are these boys, these self righteous boys? These wolves in love's clothing that take away everything magical about us and leave us with nothing?"
I fall silent and close my notebook as the coffee house gurgles with polite applause. I pull a small smile and nod before heading straight to the counter for a latte.
"That was way deep," the ( Read more... )

She'd heard enough about Fate and Fortune, and she didn't think they were worth their snuff. They didn't live down here, in the real world. They didn't know anything. They didn't hear the lovers laments, they didn't see the good intentions turned to dust. It was enough to make you give her up. Hope ( Read more... )