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“I pointed to a low bowl filled with what purported to be stew, but then Noah said, Are you goingto point, or are you going to eat?I just like to know what Im putting in my mouth before I swallow.No...”
“He shrugged. I have a stomach thing. Dont get close.Well, now youve spoiled everything, I said casually, working hard to fake it. I was planning to seduce you in the broom closet. I pointed. Right ...”
“For some reason I think of the first time I saw her, kicking the shit out of the vending machine that refused to release her candy. Before that day, every hour of my life had been exactly like the ...”
“They lie, you know. It's not easier to ask for forgiveness. Not even a little.”
“Something inside of me began to tear.”
“Have you kissed many boys before?" he asked quietly. His question brought my mind back into focus. I raised an eyebrow. "Boys? That's an assumption." Noah laughed, the sound low and husky. "Girls, ...”
“I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to care.”
“I was warned about you, you know."And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway.”
“I laughed as I twisted to face him and raised my arm to hit in one move. He caught my wrist and my laugh caught in my throat. A mischievous grin curved my mouth as I raised my other hand to hit him...”
“Noah's eyes held my face. I swallowed hard. The juxtaposition of him sitting in a room full of people while staring at no one but me was overwhelming. Something shifted inside of me at the intimacy...”
“Does anyone know how to start a fire?"Blank stares. "So we can't start a fire," [Jamie] said. "We can't fly. We can't create a force field. We are the most bullshit superheroes.”
“Jamie said in that voice of his, "You never saw us.""I never saw you," the driver repeated, sounding dazed. "You drove this astonishingly hot underwear model from south Texas. You wanted to lick hi...”
“The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging,even when I wasn't conscious of it. Even when I wasn't thinking about it.”
“You want me as much as I want you. And all I want is you."My tongue warred with my mind. "Today," I whispered.Noah stood slowly, his body skimming mine as he rose. "Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. Forever.”
“If you fight yourself, you will lose, and fighting leaves scares.”
“I'd wasted so much time wishing I could be different, wishing I could change things, change myself...I thought it would be easier to be someone else than to be who I was becoming, but I didn't thin...”
“Youre so calm, I said out loud. Its like you dont need it. Need me, I didnt say. But I could tell by the way his delinquent smile softened that he knew what I meant.Noah moved forward, toward me, n...”
“I know what I can do to a girl with a word, a look, a touch. And I want to do them all to her.”
“My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something. A pseudonym. A nom de plume, for all of us studying for the SATs. I know that having a fake name is strange, but trust mei...”
“You cant hurt me the way you think you can. But even if you could? I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again. Im in love with you, Mara. I love you. ...”
