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This was how I was dealing with everyone and everything lately, taking the good when it came, and the bad the same way, knowing each would pass in its own time. (Sarah Dessen)
It's not always so simple, Haven. Sometimes there isn't a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes even the ones you want to believe turn out to be liars. View quote
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Welcome to adulthood," she said. "It sucks as much as high school. View quote
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There was no short answer to this; like so much else, it was a long story. But what really makes any story real is knowing someone will hear it. And understand. View quote
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If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it. View quote
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But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud. View quote
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She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you. View quote
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It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no matter. You hang on tight anyway. View quote
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Well," I said finally, knowing he was waiting, "you make me laugh." He nodded. "And?" "You're pretty good-looking." "Pretty good-looking? I called you beautiful." "You want to be beautiful?" I asked him. "Are you saying I'm not? View quote
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Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a family, its about the friendship behind it. View quote
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You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt. (Sarah Dessen)
Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did. View quote
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Just like that, with one phone call, she was a daughter again. View quote
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You want me to give her a key?" the guy asked. "I want you to give her a possibility," she told him, looking at my necklace again. "And that's what a key represents. An open door, a chance. You know? View quote
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Whether it was a song, a person, or a story, there was a lot you couldn't know from just an excerpt, a glance, or part of a chorus. View quote
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D. C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon. View quote
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You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther. View quote
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If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me. View quote
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How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes. View quote
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I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself for the next hit, and feel something. Something grainy and small, sticking to the tips of my fingers: the sand from Commons Park. View quote
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What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro? (Sarah Dessen)
Told you. Everything sounds better in the car wash. View quote
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its been a long night" "aren't they all? View quote
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and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another. View quote
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Just me and the future, finally together. Now there was a happy ending I could believe in. View quote
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