“It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.”
― Vanishing Acts
― Vanishing Acts
“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”
― Nineteen Minutes
― Nineteen Minutes
“Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong. ”
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“I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.”
― The Pact
― The Pact
“Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.”
― Second Glance
― Second Glance
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