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121 " New skin is a miracle. It's proof that we can heal. "
― A.S. King , Everybody Sees the Ants
122 " Are there baby steps toward complete loserdom, and if so, how many are there to go? "
― A.S. King , Please Ignore Vera Dietz
123 " There is nothing more disappointing than the coolest kid in the whole world turning drama queen on you. "
124 " It's like I'm a little me inside the big me and I'm holding an umbrella and the rain is bullshit and I am the rain and I am the bullshit. "
― A.S. King , Still Life with Tornado
125 " I only hope that for right now, you remember that there is no place for hate in a happy life. I don’t care who you are, where you come from or what God you believe in. I can guarantee you that if you hate, you will never achieve true happiness. "
― A.S. King , Ask the Passengers
126 " I realized too late that gossip can’t kill you unless you let it. "
127 " Somewhere in every mind is an opening to crawl through. "
― A.S. King , I Crawl Through It
128 " We're all just making it up as we go along. No one really knows what they're doing. "
129 " People believe it because people are stupid. Apparently, that’s adequate now. "
130 " Humans want to conquer everyone they can, and buy everything they see. I think this is because humans have forgotten how to be happy. It's not their fault - it's not easy figuring out how to be happy in these days of anything-but-moderation. "
― A.S. King , The Dust of 100 Dogs
131 " Lara Jones never fails to tell me that my reading about war makes me weird, but I can't get her fascination with reading abour fairies and wizards, so I guess that makes us even. "
132 " Maybe the adults around me were too cynical and old to do anything to help innocent people like Mrs. Kahn or Charlie, or the black kids who were called nigger at school, or the girls Tim Miller groped on the bus. Maybe they were numb enough to blame the system for things they were too lazy to change. "
133 " When they torture me, they show they’re weak. When I survive, I show them I’m stronger. "
134 " I have gone from invisible Vera Dietz to invincible Vera Dietz. "
135 " Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie. Maybe I would have been his girlfriend. Maybe we could have gotten married and been happy, regardless of who our parents were and what they did to each other. "
136 " But I’m not just my genes, Dad. "
137 " I reminded myself that the one thing Jenny Flick couldn't buy, no matter what she used as currency, was a ticket to drive on the high road next to people like me. "
138 " On one hand, it's nice on the other side. Secrets don't exist. There's nothing to ignore, and no destiny. On the other hand, the same thing is possible in life, if only we'd start paying attention to the right stuff. "
― A.S. King
139 " That Sindy. She was so damn smart. But I never told her that. I also never told her that I loved her, or that I loved the two little stretch marks she got from carrying Vera. Or that I loved that freckle on her forehead. I never told her that I loved her lasagna or that I thought her views on politics were clever. I just kept my mouth shut because I thought that made me safe. "
140 " ...there's something about telling other people what to ignore that just doesn't work for me. Especially things we shouldn't be ignoring. Kid bullying you at school? Ignore him. Girl passing rumors? Ignore her. Eighth-grade teacher pinch your friend's ass? Ignore it. Sexist geometry teacher says girls shouldn't go to college because they will only ever pop out babies and get fat? Ignore him. Hear that a girl in your class is being abused by her stepfather and had to go to the clinic? Hear she's bringing her mother's pills to school and selling them to pay for it? Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Mind your own business. Don't make waves. Fly under the radar. It's just one of those things, Vera. I'm sorry, but I don't get it. If we're supposed to ignore everything that's wrong with our lives, then I can't see how we'll ever make things right. "