"Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day."

-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Works in progress:

The Ever After- set after Quest for Camelot ends; Kayley and Garrett finally get married, but are about to find out that their adventures aren't quite over yet. Need Ideas for this one, so please review!

Grimm's- based on the fairytales of the grimm brothers and set in modern times. the novel focuses on Vera, a cursed girl who's lost her family, as she's used in the plot of a fairy for control of the kingdom. She's been sent to Grimm's, the finest boarding school around, where she finds new friends, enemies, and tries to save herself along with the kingdom.

NOTICE: I have deleted The Secret lies with Charlotte 2 to work on it some more before re-uploading it this coming winter. Also, I will be deleting the last chapter of Grimm's (I believe chapter 5) to re-write it some before updating it later this next week. Hang tight, finals nearly killed me, but I'm going to improve some of my writing hopefully!

All you ever wanted to know about Alison

Age: 19

School: Oklahoma Christian University

Church:Saturn Road Church of Christ, Garland, Texas

Favorite Movie(s): Princess Bride, National Treasure, almost anything Disney, clue, What's up Doc?

Favorite shows: Psych, Gilmore girls, monk

Music: pretty much anything.

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Quote Crazy!

Princess Bride quotes

The Grandson: A book?
Grandpa: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you.
The Grandson: Has it got any sports in it?
Grandpa: Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...
The Grandson: Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake.
Grandpa: Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.

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Fezzik: We face each other as God intended. Sportsmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone.
Man in Black: You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?

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Man in Black: All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.
Vizzini: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You've made your decision then?
Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?

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Clue quotes

Wadsworth: The key is gone!
Professor Plum: Never mind about the key, unlock the door!
Mr. Green: I CAN'T UNLOCK THE DOOR WITHOUT THE KEY!

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Mrs. White(Smashes glass on fireplace) PLEASE! Don't you think we should get that man out of the house before he finds out what's been going on here!
Miss Scarlet: Yeah!
Professor Plum: How can we throw him outside in this weather?
Miss Scarlet: If we let him stay in the house, he may get suspicious!
Professor Plum: If we throw him out, he may get even more suspicious!
Colonel Mustard: If I were him, I'd be suspicious already!
Mrs. Peacock: OH WHO CARES! That guy doesn't matter! Let him stay locked up for another half an hour. The police will be here by then... and there are Two Dead Bodies IN THE STUDY!
All: SHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Wadsworth: The game's up, Scarlet. There are no more bullets left in that gun.
Miss Scarlet: Oh, come on, you don't think I'm gonna fall for that old trick?
Wadsworth: It's not a trick. There was one shot at Mr. Boddy in the Study; two for the chandelier; two at the Lounge door and one for the singing telegram.
Miss Scarlet: That's not six.
Wadsworth: One plus two plus two plus one.
Miss Scarlet: Uh-uh, there was only one shot that got the chandelier. That's one plus two plus one plus one.
Wadsworth: Even if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus two plus one plus one.
Miss Scarlet: Okay, fine. One plus two plus one... Shut up! The point is, there is one bullet left in this gun and guess who's gonna get it!

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Professor Plum: There's no need to shout!
Wadsworth(shouting) I'M NOT SHOUTING!
(Guests stare at him pointedly)
Wadsworth: ALL RIGHT, I AM! I'M SHOUTING, I'M SHOUTING, I'M SHOUT...!
(Candlestick falls from above and hits him on the head)

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POTC 1,2,&3 quotes

Will Turner: Where's Elizabeth?
Jack Sparrow: She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really... except for, of course, Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.

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Jack Sparrow: Dirt. This is a jar of dirt.
Tia Dalma: Yes.
Jack Sparrow: Is the jar of dirt going to help?
Tia Dalma: If ya don't want it. Give it back.
Jack Sparrow(turns away, hugging jar to his chest) No.

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Mistress Ching: Who is this traitor?
Barbossa: Not likely one among us.
Elizabeth Swann: Where's Will?
Jack Sparrow: Not among us.

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Jack Sparrow: You look bloody awful. What are you doing here?
Norrington: You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lacked.
Jack Sparrow: You smell funny.

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Will Turner: What vexes all men?
Tia Dalma: What, indeed.
Gibbs: Well, the sea!
Pintel: Sums!
Ragetti: The dichotomy of good and evil.

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National Treasure quotes

Powell: (referring to the underground staircase) How do a bunch of people with hand tools build all this?
Ben Gates: The same way they built the pyramids, and the Great Wall of China.
Riley Poole: Yeah... the aliens helped them.

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Riley Poole: When are we gonna get there? I'm hungry. This car smells weird.

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Abigail Chase: (sighs) We missed it.
Riley Poole: No, we didn't. We didn't miss it because... you don't know this? I know something about history that you don't know.
Ben Gates: I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley.
Riley Poole: Hold on one second, let me just take in this moment. This is cool. Is this how you feel all the time? Well, except now.
Abigail Chase: Riley!
Riley Poole: All right! What I know is that daylight savings wasn't established until World War I. If it's 3 p.m. now that means that in 1776 it would be 2 p.m.
Ben Gates: Riley, you're a genius.

Riley Poole: Do you actually know who the first person to come up with the idea of daylight savings time was?
Abigail Chase, Ben Gates: Benjamin Franklin.
(Riley stomps down his foot in disappointment)

Buckingham Palace Security Gaurd: The fire alarm is going off!

Riley Poole: Uh oh! God save the Queen!

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Psych quotes (these got messed up somehow)

Gus: You named your fake detective agency Psych? Why didn't you just call it 'hey we're fooling you and the police department; hope we don't make a mistake and somebody dies because of it.

Shawn: First of all, Gus, that name is entirely too long; it would never fit on the window. And secondly the best way you convince people you're not lying to them is to tell them you are!

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Gus: How do you just eat when there's a dead guy laying there?

Shawn: What, is that rude? Am I supposed to share?

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(Shawn's dad asked where Shawn's license is, not specifying what kind of license.) Shawn: Oh, you mean my pilot's license? That's out back in the Cessna. Or perhaps you're refering to my license to kill. Revoked. Trouble at the Kazakhstan border. I could give you the details but then I'd have to kill you, which I can't do because my license to kill has been revoked.

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Gilmore Girls quote (yes, only one)

Dave Rygalski: A few weeks ago you told me that Lane had a crush on me. Well, I have a crush on her, too. Now, I know you have very strict rules about dating and boys, but I just want you to know that I'm a good person. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I've never gotten a ticket, I'm healthy, I take care of myself, I floss. I never watch more than 30 minutes of television a night partly because I think it's a waste of time and partly because there's nothing on. I respect my parents, I do well in school, I never play video games in case they do someday prove that playing them can turn you into a serial killer. I don't drink coffee. I hate soda because the carbonation freaks me out. I'm happy to give up meat if you feel strongly about it. I don't mind wearing a tie. I enjoy playing those hymns on my guitar, and I really, really want to take your daughter to the prom.
Dave RygalskiMrs. Kim doesnt say anything Mrs. Kim? Please don't make me repeat that list again.

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What's up Doc quotes

Eunice: Now, tell me how you are going to introduce yourself.
Howard: What? Oh, well, I'll probably say something like "Hello there, Mr Larrabee. I'm Howard."
Eunice: You are not.
Howard: I am not Howard.
Eunice: You are not going to say "Hi, my name's Howard." Anyone could say that! Anyone.
Howard: Anyone named Howard.

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Judy: Well, this last time was not my fault.
Howard: What happened?
Judy: Nothing, nothing, really. It was just a little classroom, it sort of burned down.
Howard: Burned down?
Judy: Well, blew up actually.
Howard: Political activism?
Judy: Chemistry major.
Howard: I see.

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Judge Maxwell: Who's Eunice?
Howard: Eunice is my fiancée.
Judge Maxwell: You have a wife AND a fiancée?
Howard: No, sir. But, she kept calling me "Steve."
Judge Maxwell: Your own fiancée calls you "Steve?"
Howard: No, sir, my wife. Or rather, the one who ISN'T my wife.
Judge Maxwell: What does the one who isn't your FIANCEE call you? Howard?
Howard: No, sir, the one who isn't my fiancée doesn't call me Howard and the one who isn't my wife doesn't call me Howard because the one who isn't my fiancée is also the one who isn't my wife. The other one who ISN'T my wife, the one who IS my fiancée... she doesn't call me "Steve." She calls me Howard. Do you see?
Judge Maxwell: Let's just skip over this part, and move on.

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What to Read When...

(a how-to guide to some of my stories)

You want some action:

Telling Max- you know there's lots of good action when superheroes are involved.

You LOVE fluff:

The way you Laugh- A sickly sweet one-shot sequel to my Actions Speak Louder Than Words fanfic that is nothing but fluff

You're into comedy:

Cafeteria Craziness- a spoof on the Status Quo scene in High School Musical where a new girl gets swept up into the dancing and singing of East High

You want all of the above:

The Secret Lies with Charlotte- although one of my new stories, this one is quickly shaping up to be one of my most sucessful. Action, adventure, mystery, romance, and (of course) Riley Poole; what more could you want?

ByeBye!