What was the opposite of linkage blindness? What described being certain of something without any kind of evidence?…The term was faith.
BARRY LYGA[She] was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy, and hate and crazy don’t weigh anything.
More Barry Lyga Quotes
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Yes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
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One time you told me that the opposite of love isn’t hate. And I didn’t understand that, but I think I do know. Because if you hate someone, you most still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live. Or lived.
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And it’s true. It’s so true. All those years of loving Zik because he never asked about Eve… I never realized, I never understood. It was his job as my best friend not to ask. But it was my job as his best friend to tell him without being asked.
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Homecoming’s stupid.” And it is. Buch of kids looking for excuses to grope eachother all night.
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We can know what love is. It´s adults who have forgotten, so they cling to their poor substitute and yell at kids who dare to live with real love. Pure Love. Love without compromise or distraction.
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At the end of the day, it’s a series of individual challenges played out against a team defense. It’s a psersonal test every time I step into the batter’s box: Can I do better than the last time? And that’s why I love it.
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Jazz hadn’t given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he’d told her enough that she knew it wasn’t hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.
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. . . but there’s a restraining order in place.’ She speaks slowly, choosing her words carefully. ‘I’m not supposed to be this close to you.’ You were never supposed to be this close to me,’ I say, and I have no idea why.
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I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors.
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If I think she’ hot and it turns out she’s a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I’m totally not ready for that kind of therapy.
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It’s not an easy choice, but that’s OK. Easy doesn’t equal good. Difficulty doesn’t equal bad. It’s just life, is all.
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…She’s not buying [the lie], but there’s nothing else on the shelves.
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You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.
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This is why I forgive, but I don’t forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn’t mean anything anymore.
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Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.
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