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“I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. Killing is wrong. We kill chickens, Mr. Wexler said. We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers.It was hard to argue wi...”
“She draws patterns on my face / These lines make shapes that cant replace / the version of me that I hold inside / when lying with you, lying with you, lying with you.”
“Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen.”
“He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.”
“Tally wondered if you could talk somebody out of their brain damage.”
“God also cheers when we come to him with our wobbling, unsteady prayers. Jesus does not say, Come to me, all you who have learned how to concentrate in prayer, whose minds no longer wander, and I w...”
“It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity.”
“Thats how you tell what a mans really made of. Its one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin after a woman when shes shopping for thongs and push-up ...”
“At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make p...”
“At least twice a week, I pause in the rush of work and have a meeting with myself. (If I were part of a team, Id call a team meeting.) I ask myself, again, of the project: What is this damn thing a...”
“believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.”
“It smelled pretty rank, but I was getting used to the smell of death, as much as anyone could get used to it.”
“We kissed all the way through the fireworks display. We didnt even notice that there was a fireworks display I guess because wed been making fireworks of our own.”
“with a touch of sarcasm. Glass is an amazing material. Versatile,”
“Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. I cant go back. Not yet. I cant leave. And she held my head tight to her chest and wrapped her arms around m...”
“I pictured the two of them alone. Perhaps showering together, as Rome and I liked to do. My stomach clenched painfully, amusement forgotten. Cody, will you take me to the nearest clinic? I need som...”
“When I think of how Jesus loved people, the word cherish comes to mind. When we cherish someone, we combine looking and compassionwe notice and care for that person. We dont shut him or her out.”
“Wouldnt that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say I never want to smoke again, then spend the rest of your life saying Id love a cigarette. Thats what smokers who use the Willpower Method do...”
“The good that may come out of the loss does not erase its badness or excuse the wrong done. Nothing can do that.”
“Because the human experience involves loss, we need to feel it, express it, and then release it. Only then do we achieve healing.”
