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“Imagine," she said, after registering, "a whole city of gorgeous Italian guys. They can say anything to me, and it'll be sexy." "You'll be so easy," Rashmi said. "Would you like-ah to order-ah the ...”
“Jennifer now understood the meaning of the cadence: the black and white drawing, the watercolor painting,and the notes. The cadence had at last developed into a concerto for violin, the instrument ...”
“I spent the period reading the first novel assigned for English. And wow. If I hadn't realized I was in France yet, I do now. Because Like Water for Chocolate has sex in it. LOTS of sex.”
“But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prims place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three...”
“My eyes open and close. I catch a quick glimpse of the people in the room and hear a fading echo from the heart monitor. As I think about my past, remorse bleed into the crevices of my torn heart. ...”
“But mostly I just think I'am not the best person to demonstrate all the goodness humanity has to offer. I don't want you to be too disappointed when you realize that.”
“Robin Hood or my Robyn Hood - a legendary character known throughout the world. Why? Essentially the character is on the side of the poor, the oppressed, those who live in a society with very limit...”
“District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”
“It was while bent over, trying to breathe through the pain of bruised ribs, with the sensation of spit running down his cheek that Jason decided he was going to die.”
“Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys.”
“I cant decide if Burt and Crazel are made for each other or if their joint mentalism could cause a tsunami.Tea Book 2 Having it”
“Teachers influence more by what they are, what they do, what they represent and what they believe than by what they teach and preach.”
“And the scary thing is, Im on a fast track to that same aviary. Unless I find my wings.”
“The embrace was long and tight, but more like a complex language then a simple prolonged act. She said nothing at all, but damn she said everything. And I finally got it.”
“No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again”
“There was no point in the gods trying to separate us. Whether we were on Earth or in hell, we'd spend the rest our days look for the other.”
“Be proud of who you are.”
“I was too proud to show him how hurt I was.”
“My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mothers body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prims face is as fre...”
“When our eyes made contact it was like being slapped, I just wanted to recoil”
