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- Just say up on the hill is the meaning of life and someone knew it and they wanted everyone else to enjoy it. So they…
- I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there. "It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through…
- This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying. "Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We don't have a…
- What's with what you're wearing?" Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others. "It's pretty hideous, isn't it?" I say. "Don't force me…
- ...women are elephants and watch the way you say that in front of them because they'll think you're calling them fat and there's no coming…
- Taylor Markham," said Raffaela, "I'm going to say a prayer for you." And although I wanted to mock her and explain I didn't believe in…
- This is what I know. I look like my father. My father disappeared when he was seventeen years old. Hannah once told me that there…
- Do you want to hang out? At your place or something?" Hanging out with Jimmy Hailler will mean that I have to say hello to…
- No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his…
- But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that…
- I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have…
- But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone else 'but you're…
- What is it? A prize or something? No. It's not a prize and I'm not a prize. But it's mine. It belongs to me and…
- What do you think would happen if we kissed right here, right now?" he asks, digging his hands into the pockets of his khaki pants,…
- I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you." He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight tone.
- This is war," he say quietly. "Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs.
- For a moment I can't help thinking how decent he is - that there's some hope for him beyond the obnoxious image he displays. Maybe…
- The head nerd of the Cadets is my partner and when it's over he asks me for my number. I'm very flattered and he looks…
- Just ask how I'm feeling, I want to say. Just ask and I may tell you. But no one does.
- I´d read fantasy if they had simple names like Jane and Bob from Wagga," I say. "Why does it have to be Tehrana and Bihaad…
- You can know someone all your life, like your parents or family, but I’ll tell you this, Ned. There’s an expression on their face, or…
- But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel useless when all…
- Everything's going to be fine. She'll be back at work soon. Let's just keep the house clean." Oh yeah, I want to say, because a…
- No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes…
- Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his lips against her…
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