Gillian's Short Story 'When Hearts Align'

The book thief had suddenly woke and looked towards me or rather – looked towards her brother. Her eyes widen for a second before she climbed over and shook him. The mother then awakes and I hear her scream, the high-pitched kind. The broken kind. I felt a pane somewhere in me as I try to relate to their emotions I can feel as soul pulsing and in this moment, as all other moments, I felt horrible. Human lives – such beautiful things – are really so fragile and can go so fast, especially when we least expect it.

A person that brutally killed four people, and unaware of the very fact that he is the one that murdered all of them. “Strawberry Spring” by Stephen King is a story that takes place at New Sharon college, at the start of strawberry spring, and the narrator tells the story about how there is a killer on the college campus, and in the end we find out he is the killer. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story from the perspective of a mentally ill woman, who is on a summer stay at a colonial mansion, and her husband makes her stay in a bedroom to treat her mental illness, however the result is compromised due to the wallpaper in the room making her feel more ill than ever before. Lastly “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar

Alice could feel her pulse pounding in her temples. Her hands were clasped tightly in front of her stomach as she constantly fiddled with her knuckles. She walked down the street yelling as her eyes were narrowed to rigid, cold fire. Alice felt surrounded as they threw rocks and spit on her. She lead a protest for women’s rights that caught the attention of many reporters. “ Women need rights, just like men!” They yelled over and over. A police officer ran over to them and told them to stop and threatened them if they did not stop. As they shackled her, the sadness flowed through her veins and deadened her mind. It was a poison to her spirit, as if a black mist had settled upon her and refused to shift. She felt defeated.

As in contrast to “A Match to the heart” by Gretel Ehrlich, she also thinks about the good

Most people do not know that LeBron James was cut from his high school basketball team. Tons people thought that he would give up and try something else. What they did not know was he was going to be an NBA star. He knew that when he picked number twenty three at age eleven. He also knew that when he only missed one practice when he finally made the team. He was an athletic kid but was not good at basketball at all. He has a passion for basketball that no one can take away. Thus, he trains, sweats, and works. As a result of this, loads of people would have given up, but not LeBron James. He understood that the most rewarding goals are only accomplished with endless work and dedication. Where the Heart Is, by Billie Letts is a realistic novel that takes place in Oklahoma. Billie Letts chronicles Novalee's attempt to succeed just like LeBron James. A person who is determined to succeed will get to his or her ambitions.

The Tell Tale Heart' is a story about a man who killed an old man just

“You hope not? Ms. Mars are you meeting a stranger here? That’s awfully unsafe and irresponsible of you.” Shaking his head and tsk-tsk-tsking his tongue at her, Logan waved the waiter over for two coffees, to stay.

Azairah easily melted into him. It was the first time another human being had ever made her feel this way and it startled her, excited her and the selfish desires in her heart only wanted more. Her eyes closed as his lips embraced hers. Azairah kept her eyes closed, not that she could open them. The exulting, overpowering ecstasy of their first kiss that filled her core allowed her not to open her eyes but instead to stay there in his arms and let the moment soak into her. It was a rush and as he spoke against her lips, kissing between each word, he still managed a way to make her smile. "You're doing quite well for someone who hasn't kissed a woman in while so he claims," she said, not helping but to tease him as he'd teased her. "Hmm? What's this?" she spoke again through his words and affections. Azairah's dreamy eyes opened slowly. "And exactly how long have you wanted to kiss me, Kyle?" The sudden obnoxious applause pulled her back into their reality but swiftly Kyle moved with her, returning to their table. "Trust me... I know you won't betray me, love. You know what I could do if you did," she said cupping his cheek with one of her warm hands. Though before she could say anymore Kyle was on her

So engrossed was he in the music and whispered conversation that, unusually, for Kyle he missed the way her eyes scanned his lips, and the subsequent kissed surprised him. The first he knew was when he felt her soft, warm lips pressed against his, and his eyes widened in surprise. For a moment, he just allowed it, without responding, then, he returned in kind. A soft, unurgent melding of their lips against each others, before she pulled away, and he laughed. Not a mocking laugh, but one of encouragement, and understanding. "See, I told you, you

Readers will be glued to their seats when they step into Lauren Oliver’s Delirium. Lena Haloway and her best friend Hana were intended to spend 1 last summer together. 1 last magnificent summer before they both would get the “cure” and forget everything. When Lena falls in love 95 days before her cure what will happen to the life she thought she was supposed to live? I loved the way that Lauren Oliver made the reader feel like they were truly part of the story by added fake excerpts of stories mentioned in the book before new chapters. She also included songs mentioned in the story to keep the reader’s interest. It made me feel like a citizen in the book itself. I enjoyed how Lauren Oliver tied romance with adventure. This was great

In this passage, Jane breaks free from the bonds that hold her down and repress her, and for the first time the reader realizes Jane’s true personality and individuality (Anderson).

There was not a single moment in which I became bored with it. She grabbed my attention instantaneously, a picture of what was occurring painted in my mind from the very first sentence when, “Jillian Grey anxiously searched the crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of the man that she would begin her new life with.” While reading the novel, I found myself experiencing numerous emotions. At times, I was thoroughly happy. At others, I was angry or upset.

Brown shared the details of the big proposal. Of course she kissed him and said yes right away.

I remember the day just like it was yesterday, the pale color and coldness of her skin. The sky was clear blue, soft, with a touch of red, and the trees seemed stiff in their bright green shade. The wind was blowing with its humid dry air. And All I could do was stand silently in disbelief, caught up in my own thoughts and calm as I ever been. Wondering what I could have done differently to change the course of time, life had taken us upon. Since that very day a chunk of my heart was ripped away, and broken into pieces… “Oh how I miss her so much.”

When the old miniature grandfather clock, sitting atop the office shelf, struck nine, Dahlia Mason closed out her work for the evening and saved it to the flash drive she always conveniently stored in the base organizing compartment of the lamp positioned next to her laptop. Although she had been tapping away at her keyboard for over four hours straight, time seemed to fly by for the aspiring romance author so much so that she could have continued working on her latest story, A Kindred Heart, for at least two hours more.