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?
BARRY LYGAUnreal. I’m feeling nostalgic for something that happened less than twenty-four hours ago. This has got to be a record.
More Barry Lyga Quotes
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Are you stalking me, Mr. Fulton?” The idea both amused and horrified Jazz.
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I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors.
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And what? Accidentally cuts off three fingers postmortem? ‘Oops, oh, no, my girlfriend just died! Clumsy me, in trying to perform CPR, I chopped off some fingers! Guess I’ll just take them with me…. Oh, darn, where did that middle finger go?
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Yes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
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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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You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.
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We humans have the capacity to wreak horrors on each other. But we also have the capacity to survive those horrors.
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You don’t swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.
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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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Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.
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Look, my dad has a saying – we’ll burn that bridge when get to it. OK? You get it? Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.
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…She’s not buying [the lie], but there’s nothing else on the shelves.
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Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.
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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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