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> [“Why didn’t you tell me?” He clenches his hands into fists around the blankets, face set, then says, “Fine, you want to know why? Because at the end of this year, I’m not going to law school, I’m going into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/why-didn-t-you-tell-me-he-clenches-his-hands-into-fists-around-the/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/mackenzi-lee-8100_asylum_why-didn-t-you-tell-me-he-clenches-his-h_2401550.jpg)

> [“You can’t, I am thinking. You can’t be ill because I need you and you can’t go away to die in some asylum because what am I supposed to do without you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/you-can-t-i-am-thinking-you-can-t-be-ill-because-i-need-you-and-you/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/mackenzi-lee-8100_asylum_you-can-t-i-am-thinking-you-can-t-be-ill_3062733.jpg)

## More by Mackenzi Lee

> [“Because I want you to know,” she says, “that there is life after survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/because-i-want-you-to-know-she-says-that-there-is-life-after-survival/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“So long as you don’t go falling in love with me.” I don’t know why I say it. Call it battlements around my helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/so-long-as-you-don-t-go-falling-in-love-with-me-i-don-t-know-why-i/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“have a history of reacting poorly when shouted at,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/have-a-history-of-reacting-poorly-when-shouted-at/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“brushes his mouth against the corner of mine, and Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, it takes every ounce of the not-inconsiderable restraint I’ve spent years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/brushes-his-mouth-against-the-corner-of-mine-and-jesus-mary-and/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Which is how I come to be running through the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, dressed only as Nature intended.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/which-is-how-i-come-to-be-running-through-the-gardens-of-the-palace/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Don’t drink too much.” “Could I get an absolute value on too much?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/don-t-drink-too-much-could-i-get-an-absolute-value-on-too-much/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Love may be a grand thing, but goddamn if it doesn't take up more than its fair share of space inside a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/love-may-be-a-grand-thing-but-goddamn-if-it-doesn-t-take-up-more-than/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“I wish I could be better for you." She looks over at me, and I duck my head, shame sinking its teeth in. "I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/i-wish-i-could-be-better-for-you-she-looks-over-at-me-and-i-duck-my/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“It is impossible to explain how you can love someone so much that it’s difficult to be around him. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/it-is-impossible-to-explain-how-you-can-love-someone-so-much-that-it/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“I do not want to know things, I want to understand things. I want to answer every question ever posed me. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/i-do-not-want-to-know-things-i-want-to-understand-things-i-want-to/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Perhaps fashion is just a reinforcement of a lady’s chastity, in hopes that the interested party may lose interest and abandon any deflowering attempts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/perhaps-fashion-is-just-a-reinforcement-of-a-lady-s-chastity-in-hopes/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“I let out a shy laugh, flit my eyes down to the floor, then back to him through my lashes. His neck goes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/i-let-out-a-shy-laugh-flit-my-eyes-down-to-the-floor-then-back-to-him/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Yes, for education. An actual education, not finishing school—they’re going to squeeze me into corsets and bully me into silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/yes-for-education-an-actual-education-not-finishing-school-they-re/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“Can’t seal up a conversation with a casual Oh, by the way, could you perhaps not touch me the way you always have because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/can-t-seal-up-a-conversation-with-a-casual-oh-by-the-way-could-you/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

> [“What do you want me to say? Yes, I’m ill. I’m an epileptic—that’s my lot. It isn’t easy and it isn’t very enjoyable but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mackenzi-lee/what-do-you-want-me-to-say-yes-i-m-ill-i-m-an-epileptic-that-s-my-lot/)

[Mackenzi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mackenzi-lee/)

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