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“Ive made her relive, over and over, the last few days, I say softly, watching Ms. Whites body. Ive had to fill in the blanks with my own feelings and experiences. Shes spiraling around those last m...”
“Kayleigh was right. Without the pills, you really do feel nothing.And nothing can be nice.”
“When you wake up, your face will be dry. But that doesnt mean you didnt cry.”
“The silence in our house now is born from the need for intense concentration, as we all carefully step around the truth we wish we didn't know, the person we can't help that Bo became, the future w...”
“I wish you were here, I say, shutting my eyes and remembering the way Dad looked in my hallucination.I hear his voice again, so real that Im worried Im about to fall into another hallucination. May...”
“Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water and then evaporating into silence.”
“There are countless reasons to be jealous. But that doesnt mean you have to succumb to them.”
“And then I realize: this isnt dirty water falling from the sky.It isliterallyblood.I look up, and a droplet of blood splashes directly into my eye. I curse, rubbing my face, trying to get the blood...”
“People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. Were all spiraling out of control.”
“He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.”
“She stops speaking, but I can hear her silent sobs. Theyre the loudest thing Ive ever heard.”
“My heart stuttersnot why? or how?those are not the important questions. The really important question is: by whom?”
“A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.”
“Everyone, this is the new girl. Elder knows her. New girl, this is everyone. A few people look up politely; some actually smile. Most, however, look wary at best, disgusted at worse. The nurse clos...”
“What matters right now is this: we're each of us standing here, together, alive, together.”
“Who are the real monsters?”
“My heart will never forget what it’s like to fade in and out of time, to never know if one year or a thousand have passed by, to torture yourself with the idea of your soul trapped behind ice for a...”
“Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength t...”
“It’s all in my mind.I’m in my right mind now, and my right mind is crazy."You need to wake up, Ella."The words are a command I cannot obey.”
“Or… maybe I’m not going crazy. “Maybe I’m some sort of android-cyborg-clone-thing, and I’m just breaking down.I’m not sure which way is worse.Dad laughs. “You’re not in your right mind, dear,” he s...”
