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“No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose.”
“Sorry, maybe this is the head injury talking, but what?”
“Sorry, maybe this is the head injury talking, but … what?”
“That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies.”
“Nice. I like a little desperation ina guy. It builds character.”
“And no, I think i'm better than you because I am better than you.”
“The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'.”
“What happened to you?" she asked."Ben was feeling artistic. Wanted to rearrange my face.”
“I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her.”
“Do you have any idea who Erin was kissing?""Yeah, so we'll brush out teeth really, really thoroughly afterwards," I said, bumping her nose with mine gently. I wasn't going to let anyone spoil this ...”
“What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process?”
“Have some pride, will ya? Begging someone to like you is so pathetic.”
“It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win.”
“She shrugged and flipped her glossy hair behind her shoulders. "What else do you have to do with your time besides think about stuff like this? It's not like you're real heavy into extracurriculars...”
“So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning.”
“Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form.”
“At least I graduated," he muttered, stabbing the key in and unlocking the door. I sucked in a breath. "I think dying was a little out of my control, thank you very much.""If you say so". He shrugge...”
“I leaned back to look at her, seeing only her, this girl who was Ally but also Alona, and who bore a resemblance to a friend i'd once had but was someone new. Someone i could live without, but didn...”
“Trust me, you see the dead walking around, you learn not to scream, laugh, or piss yourself pretty quickly.”
“So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane.”
“The trouble with rules, though, is that you'll always be tempted to break one- for the right reasons, due to unavoidable circumstances, because it feels as if there's no other choice. And once you ...”
