No one feared Emelina Flores, the useless daughter of the most powerful queen Ruina had ever known. But they would.
“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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“You know, I can sort of control it now," I tell him, beaming. "I can moderate my strength levels."
"Good for you. I'll buy you a balloon the minute the world stops shitting on itself.”
― Ignite Me
"Good for you. I'll buy you a balloon the minute the world stops shitting on itself.”
― Ignite Me
“You have to fall in love to be in love, but falling in love isn't the same as being in love”
― Just One Day
― Just One Day
“Three forty-five-pound plates on each side of what Kenji told me is an Olympic bar, which weighs an additional forty-five pounds. I can't stop staring. I don't think that I've ever been more attracted to him in all the time I've known him."
"So this gets you going, huh?"
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"I've never seen him in sweatpants before..."
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"I bet you've seen him in a lot less.”
― Ignite Me
"So this gets you going, huh?"
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"I've never seen him in sweatpants before..."
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"I bet you've seen him in a lot less.”
― Ignite Me
“Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,” he says. Then adds, “I mean, you know—like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people.”
― Ignite Me
― Ignite Me
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