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This is the part in the movie where that guy says, "Zombies? What zombies?" just before they eat his brains. I don't want to be that guy. (Holly Black)
You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I have felt as if you carried it long before that. View quote
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Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself. View quote
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We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder. View quote
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night," he said. "Midnight is for regrets. View quote
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Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours. View quote
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Carney is like a graveyard where everyone already owns their plots and has built houses on top of them. View quote
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin. View quote
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Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad. View quote
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The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke. View quote
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Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way. (Holly Black)
He's the kind of liar who totally forgets what he told you the last time, but he believes every single lie with such conviction that sometimes he can convince you of it. View quote
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No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court." "Well, I'm not, he dumped me." "You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court." "Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can. View quote
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I would remain nearer you for what time there is." "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath. View quote
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Life's full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier. View quote
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Can't get away from your own self. View quote
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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty. View quote
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I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts. View quote
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I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying. View quote
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She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own. View quote
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So I'm scared, because you're not just not human, you're not like anyone.... there's nobody like you in all the world and it's you I want. I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them. (Holly Black)
You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you. View quote
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She wants me to take out Patton.” Barron's brows draw together. "Take out? As in transform him?” "No,” I say. "As in take out to dinner. She thinks we'd make a good couple. View quote
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It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me. View quote
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I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain. View quote
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