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There is not even a Scrabble word for how bad I feel. (E. Lockhart)
I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. View quote
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Can I hold your hand?" he asked. I put mine in his. "The universe is seeming really huge right now," he told me. "I need something to hold on to." "I'm here. View quote
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We looked at the sky. So many stars, it seemed like a celebration, a grand, illicit party the galaxy was holding after the humans had been put to bed. View quote
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We are Sinclairs. Beautiful. Privileged. Damaged. Liar. We live, least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Perhaps that is all you need to know. View quote
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It is not mysterious to be home on a Saturday night, reading a novel in a pile of smelly golden retrievers. View quote
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Divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle. View quote
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We burned not a home, but a symbol. We burned a symbol to the ground. View quote
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Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you. Also, here is a green toothbrush tied in a ribbon. It expresses my feelings inadequately. View quote
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Why is it a good idea for you and not a good idea for me? View quote
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I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools. I like a twist of meaning. I endure. (E. Lockhart)
In America, here is how we operate: We work for what we want, and we get ahead. We never take no for answer, and we deserve the rewards of our perseverance. View quote
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He had that hungry mind, constantly turning things over, looking not for answers but for understanding. View quote
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I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can't leave it alone. View quote
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For Gat with everything, everything. Cady. View quote
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It all seems so sad, so unbearably sad for a second, to think of the lovely old maple with the swing. We never told the tree how much we loved it. We never gave it a name, never did anything for it. View quote
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A part of me died,” he says. "And it was the best part. View quote
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You can't believe because she tells you to," I said "No. The question is: how to be a good person if I don't believe anymore. View quote
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I used to be strong, but now I am weak. I used to be pretty, but now I look sick. View quote
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I lie there and wait, and remind myself over and over that it doesn't last forever. That there will be another day and after that, yet another day. One of those days, I'll get up and eat breakfast and feel okay. View quote
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Be normal, now. Right now. Because you are. Because you can be. (E. Lockhart)
We all know that Beauty grows to love the Beast. She grows to love him, despite what her family might think ⎼ for his charm and education, his knowledge of art and his sensitive heart. View quote
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She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious. View quote
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After a minute, Gat leaned back and let me go first. "Not because you're a girl but because I'm a good person,” he told me. View quote
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I was talking about Cady's hair,” says Bonnie. "You don't have to tell her she looks dead.” "It's okay,” I tell Bonnie. "I don't actually care what you think, so it's perfectly okay. View quote
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