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.
BARRY LYGAYes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
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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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[She] was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy, and hate and crazy don’t weigh anything.
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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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Medicine cabinets are dangerous. Those doors, man. They’ll just spring on you like a ninja.
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It’s a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.
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And I think of nothing. I think of nothing but Rachel. What happens next is pure magic, and is for us and us alone.
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What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?
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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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The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.
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I suddenly realize that I’m naked, which shouldn’t bother me since it’s the phone, but for some reason it does. “How’s it hanging?” Kyra asks and now I think I’m blushing. It’s just an expression, but jeez!
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Are you stalking me, Mr. Fulton?” The idea both amused and horrified Jazz.
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…She’s not buying [the lie], but there’s nothing else on the shelves.
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Sometimes hope could be the most frightening thing in the world.
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Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.
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Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look for the future.
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