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61 " The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish. "
― Robyn Schneider , The Beginning of Everything
62 " History is filled with fictional people. "
63 " We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary--made-up prisoners in a hypothetical panopticon. But the point isn't whether or not you believe in imaginary people; it's whether or not you want to."I think I'll stick with reality," I said, handing Cassidy back her phone.She stared at it, and then me, disappointed. "I'd think you of all people would want to escape.""Imaginary prisoners are still prisoners. "
64 " You see? You're just figuring it out now, but I discovered a long time ago that the smarter you are, the more tempting it is to just let people imagine you. We move through each other's lives like ghosts, leaving behind haunting memories of people who never existed. The popular jock. The mysterious new girl. But we're the ones who choose, in the end, how people see us. And I'd rather be misremembered. Please, Ezra, misremember me. "
65 " Still here, Faulkner?" Luke sneered."Still doing that terrible impression of Draco Malfoy?" I asked. "
66 " You're better off without me.And I don't want to be around when you realize it. "
67 " I do know that I spent a long time existing, and now, I intend to live. "
68 " Ezra, the girl you're chasing after doesn't exist. I'm not some bohemian adventurer who takes you on treasure hunts and sends you secret messages. I'm this sad, lonely mess who studies too much and pushes people away and hides in her haunted house. "
69 " No matter how screwed up your life is today, today is just a collection of moments that stop and start whenever you want them to. And nothing upsetting matters when you know that tomorrow is gonna be better than yesterday "
― Robyn Schneider
70 " It was about being able to dance like Cassidy did, as though no one was watching, as though the moment was infinite enough without needing to document its existence. "
71 " It was like the part of me that had enjoyed those friends had evaporated, leaving behind a huge, echoing emptiness, and I was scrabbling on the edge of it, trying not to fall into the hole within myself because I was terrified to find out how far down it went. "
72 " Start as you mean to go on. "
― Robyn Schneider , Extraordinary Means
73 " vapid "
74 " It’s like . . . I’m paranoid about people borrowing my laptop because I’m convinced they’ll find some secret document on there that would make the whole world think I’m a terrible person—something I don’t even remember writing. And it doesn’t matter that there’s no document like that. I’m still terrified, you know? "
75 " You can always tell when it's Friday. There's an excitement specific to Fridays, coupled with relief that another week has passed "
76 " Why do they even call it that, "saving yourself"? Like we need to be rescued from sex? It's not like virgins spend their whole lives engaged in the sacred ceremony of "being saved" from intercourse. "
77 " The world tends toward chaos, you know," Cassidy said. You could too. Just write down a made up name, or even a fictional character. And the next person who finds this geocache, it's as though things really hapened that way. You have to at least allow for the possibility of it. "
78 " I'm not permitted to explain the rules of the game. Nor to acknowledge whether or not we're playing one. "
79 " Outwardly mocking, but never quite to the point if not wanting to participate. "
80 " No one went looking for adventure; they chased it away. "