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The absence of music affected her as if she were an addict going cold turkey, and there were moments when she physically ached from not playing.
“She could decide how she was going to be. She had a choice. Life could be an endless series of joyless chores, or she could get totally pumped and make it fun. There were bad things, and there were good things, but she got to choose which things to focus on. Her mom focused only on the bad things. Abby didn’t have to.”
― My Best Friend's Exorcism
― My Best Friend's Exorcism
“that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years. -”
― The Princess Saves Herself in this One
― The Princess Saves Herself in this One
“Onto his stomach. Then knees. Then hands. His elbows quivered, his wrists threatened to buckle under his own weight. Self-centered, stubborn, sentimental, childish, vain. I am humanity. Cynical, naive, kind, cruel, soft as down, hard as tungsten steel.
I am humanity
He crawled.
I am humanity.
He fell.
I am humanity.
He got up.”
― The Infinite Sea
I am humanity
He crawled.
I am humanity.
He fell.
I am humanity.
He got up.”
― The Infinite Sea
“Okay, here's the deal. You sign that piece of paper." She leans across the table and points to the line where my signature goes. "Then you take this name." She shakes the paper in front of my face. "And you collect the first person's soul. I send you two more. You collect them. And bam, you get to move on to paradise. Your dad will be there.”
― Reaper
― Reaper
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