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“Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It's easy to understand why people do bad things. It's like "Yeah, okay, you're selfish and scared and cruel, I get it." Being good is complex and beautiful and hard.”
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“Yeah, there’s a lot about this place that sucks, but it’s where I’m from. And honestly, sometimes I’m sick of you acting like you’re so much better than it, like your family’s not from here too.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
“Shara doesn’t throw things away because they mean nothing to her. She throws things away because they mean too much.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
“Elliot looked down at Luke, gold and pearl and flesh and blood, storybook strange and known by heart...
'Hey loser,' Elliot murmured. 'I want you.”
― In Other Lands
'Hey loser,' Elliot murmured. 'I want you.”
― In Other Lands
“You really think you can be happy here? Do you want to ask my mom how that's going for her?'
'I know she left. A lot of people do. And that's okay! I get it! Everybody has to do what they have to do. But if everyone like us leaves False Beach, it's never going to change. Someone has to stay.'
'But why does it have to be you?'
Georgie finally lifts her eyes. 'Because I can take it.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
'I know she left. A lot of people do. And that's okay! I get it! Everybody has to do what they have to do. But if everyone like us leaves False Beach, it's never going to change. Someone has to stay.'
'But why does it have to be you?'
Georgie finally lifts her eyes. 'Because I can take it.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
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