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Disclaimer: An ARC copy has been sent to me by Scholastic in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my criticism of the book in any way. All opinions are mine and mine alone. First, I’d like to tell how cute it is that this book has so m ...more "
“Because you were right when you said that people can’t always give us what we want from them; that you can’t ask them to love you the way you want. No one can be blamed for that. And the odds had been stacked against us from the start: we had no manual, no one to show us the way. Not one example of a happy couple made up of boys. How were we supposed to know what to do? Did we even believe that we deserved to get away with happiness?”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught.”
― One of Us Is Lying
― One of Us Is Lying
“Wholeness, she had learned, was not the absence of pain but the ability to hold it.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“It's a popular myth that the most deadly animal in history is the human, because murder and war and genocide can be laid at the feet of our species. However, the deadliest animal is of course the mosquito. Fortunately, both species can now be significantly improved.”
― Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
― Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
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