1.
So you are a vampire." "I most certainly am not." He looked annoyed. "That's such a common phrase, such a cliche, and so unflattering. I suppose you believe in werewolves and aliens too. I blame television.
Margaret Stohl
2.
Jump or stay in the boat.
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3.
Sports section and a sticky bun. Know what that means.
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4.
Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence." "I'm itchin' ta have some a that white cake." "That's not how you spell it." At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. "There's no T in itchin'." Or not.
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5.
Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.
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6.
I haven't left a mark on the world, but is that so bad? Considering how deeply the world has marked me?
Margaret Stohl
7.
These things are difficulties, not impossibilities. -- Macon
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8.
When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.
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9.
I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.
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10.
She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.
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11.
There are more reasons for people's actions than the number of actions that are actually set in motion.
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12.
Feelings are memories. Memories are also feelings.
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13.
Ant Prune was holding one of the squirrels in her hand. ‘And once a day, we have ta clean their little private parts with a Q-tip, so they'll learn ta clean themselves.' That was a visual I didn't need
Margaret Stohl
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The things that are the most valuable are often the ones you don't even know exist. -- Xavier, The Gatekeeper
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He saved the world, but he shattered mine.
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I guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.
Margaret Stohl
17.
Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.
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18.
All that destiny garbage. Nobody can decide what happens to you. Nobody but you.
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19.
In the end, the Wheel crushes us all.
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20.
It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone. -Macon Ravenwood
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21.
Darkness does not leave us easily as we would hope.
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22.
For me a book has always been a chance to reach out and connect to someone and not be alone.
Margaret Stohl