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"Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know.
Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light."

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"'For the first time in her life, Patsy is seeing her husband for what he is. It's twenty years and two children late, but that's what she's doing.'"

"'No, Bryce,' he said softly. 'She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed.' He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, 'And, son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again.'"

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"'I heard you laugh. He made a joke about me being a retard, and you laughed.'
'Juli, you don't understand. I wanted to punch him! Really, I did! But we were in the library….'
'So instead you laughed.'
He shrugged and looked miserable and sheepish. 'Yeah.'"

Nem eu, que sei que ele está falando a verdade (segundo a narração parcial dele mesmo), acredito mais nele 🤨

"There was a split second of silence, and then he slapped her, smack, right across the cheek."

"He'd crossed the line, man. He'd crossed it big-time.
And what made the whole thing so stinking hard to ignore was the fact that standing right next to him, on the other side of the line, was my father."

"One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life."

"I pulled off the towel, and there was my tree. My beautiful, majestic sycamore tree. Through the branches he'd painted the fire of sunrise, and it seemed to me I could feel the wind. And way up in the tree was a tiny girl looking off into the distance, her cheeks flushed with wind. With joy. With magic."

"She says she married a dreamer, and because of that, one of the two of them will always be unhappy."

"My mother was there, but she had better things to do than kick a soccer ball around. So she said, anyway. At the time I didn't think there was anything better than kicking a soccer ball around, especially not the likes of laundry or dishes or vacuuming."