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“Turner twisted in his seat to give her a long stare. "You don't always have to come out swinging. What are you so angry at?"
Alex felt an irritating jolt of embarrassment. "Everything." she muttered, gazing at the fogged-up windshield.”
― Ninth House
Alex felt an irritating jolt of embarrassment. "Everything." she muttered, gazing at the fogged-up windshield.”
― Ninth House
“Only two things kept you safe: money and power.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
“What do you want?" Belbalm had asked her. Safety, comfort, to feel unafraid. I want to live to grow old, Alex thought as she pulled the curtains closed. I want to sit on my porch and drink foul-smelling tea and yell at passersby. I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
“You shouldn’t be ashamed to be different,” her mother had said when Alex had summoned the courage to ask for the name change. “I called you Galaxy for a reason.” Alex didn’t disagree. Most of the books she read and the TV shows she watched told her different was okay. Different was great! Except no one was different quite like her.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
“If Alex could have told Darlington anything, it would have been, Come back. She would have said it in English and Spanish. She would have used the imperative.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
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