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21 " class b tooecause "
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel , Faceless
22 " And all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. "
23 " Even the dearest of relationships fall apart sometimes "
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel , The Castle School (for Troubled Girls)
24 " She, just barely, smiles. I can see her teeth peeking out from under her plump upper lip. She looks so fresh that I think her mouth would taste like apples. "
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel , The Lucky Kind
25 " Sarah Booker," he says finally."Good name.""Yes. A great name.” “Like a woman in a novel.” “Yeah. A 1920s novel with good honest words and good clear names. "
26 " My mouth still tastes sour, like I'm a rotten apple and they're both still fresh and crisp. "
27 " This—us—what we have—this is the lucky kind. "
28 " I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing, but the only hope I have of doing well on these tests is that somehow the knowledge on the page will seep into my body through osmosis, since I'm definitely not reading it. "
29 " Taking the pill implies that it’s your choice. Willingness to swallow what they hand you suggests that you agree with them: there’s something wrong with you; you need to take your medicine. "
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel
30 " Because he never did ask - not the first time he put his hands up my shirt or down my pants, not the first time he unhooked my bra or moved his mouth from one spot to the next. It was as though I'd given him all the permission he needed as soon as I said yes the day he asked me out. I don't know if I would've stopped him, had he asked along the way - I wanted to be with him too. But maybe he should've asked. At least once. "
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel , What Kind of Girl
31 " We're more than the the worst things that happen to us. "