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161 " You liked it?" He said this with a boyish tilt to his lips, as if he wanted to be proud of himself for thinking of it but needed her confirmation to be sure. "
― Jenn Bennett , Grim Shadows (Roaring Twenties, #2)
162 " I'm not one of those cool, creative kids in my art class who make skirts out of trash bags and paint in crazy colours. "
― Jenn Bennett , The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
163 " Why is the vegetarian Buddhist dressed like a jewel thief? "
164 " Wow. Snubbed by a homeless guy. My night was getting better and better "
165 " My brother was right about one thing: I didn't really know how to be bad "
166 " I feel like I've accomplished something that's measurable. I can feed myself—"He figured out how to make coffee out here, which is pretty much the pinnacle of cooking in my eyes."—and find my way without a computerized voice telling me which way to turn. I know first aid basics. I know how to collect water if there's no river in sight. I know how to build a lean-to in the woods. And that's...""Not nothing.""Yeah," he says. It's being a capable human being, which is something I think a lot of people have forgotten how to do. "
― Jenn Bennett , Starry Eyes
167 " I was eighteen, baby! I could finally... vote and buy all those cartons of cigarettes I'd been pining for. Yippee "
168 " I will do my best to be true to myself, be kind to others, and never listen to any repressive poppycock. "
― Jenn Bennett , Serious Moonlight
169 " Tenacious. Wily as a fox. Schemer. Plotter. That's me. "
― Jenn Bennett , Chasing Lucky
170 " If Brett is Sirius,brighter than anything else in the night sky, Lennon is the moon: often dark andhidden, but closer than any star. Always there. "
171 " And I lay on the rug, turning the slick, glossy pages, re-memorizing the details of each photograph, reminding myself that there are other things out there in the world. Brighter, shinier things. And if I want them badly enough, I can have them. "
172 " Listen. You can hear it retreating. Those are pinecones making all the noise under his feet.” I barely hear anything. Which is good. I don’t want to hear bear feet making noise. "
173 " You were loud.” “Oh God.” She tried to hide her face, but he wouldn’t let her. “I knew you would be—when I imagined us together. I hoped you would be.” His hand smoothed over the skin down her back. “You were loud, too,” she pointed out. Almost alarmingly so. “Mmm-hmm. You made me feel wild. Are you proud? You should be.” “Not proud, no. Just happy. "
― Jenn Bennett , Grave Phantoms (Roaring Twenties, #3)
174 " A veces tienes que soportar cosas dolorosas para darte cuenta que eres mucho mas fuerte de lo que crees. "
― Jenn Bennett , Alex, Approximately
175 " These are tears of frustration "
176 " No one hurts me like you do." A knife-like pain stabs my heart. "I've never wanted to hurt anyone less. "
177 " Fight back, you coward! Fight back!” —Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) "
178 " Maybe Walt Whitman was right. We all really do contradict ourselves and contain multitudes. How do we even figure out who we really are? "
179 " We need art to remind us that the struggle is worth something. "
180 " Earth to Beatrix: This was the night bus, not a Journey song. Two strangers were not on a midnight train going anywhere. I was going home, and he was probably going to knock over a liquor store. When "