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1 " Music links us humans, heart to heart...Across time and space, and life and death. "
― Nancy Werlin , Impossible (Impossible, #1)
2 " Anyone in this world can have the power of life and death over someone else. It's horrible, but true. All you need to do is take it. And once you have -- there is no going back. (The Killer's Cousin) "
― Nancy Werlin
3 " It was any outcast's nightmare.If I looked carefully, I suspected I might find it beneath the black paint of the small acrylic by the window. "
― Nancy Werlin , Black Mirror
4 " It is absolutely okay with me if you need to keep some secrets. I've been thinking about this and I decided that a best friend is someone who, when they don't understand, they still understand. "
5 " Continued pain is a signal to the body that there's something wrong, not right.Lucy ScarboroughNancy Werlin "
6 " But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of course they had the roll of duct tape instead, which, when you came to think about it, was a far more practical item. Such a bad mistake it would be, to embark on marriage and adult life without a nice supply of duct tape. "
7 " I walked out. I left. Andy Jankowski had taught me how. "
8 " Zach found himself remembering something he'd heard Soledad and Leo saying the previous night, about healing. That it was mysterious. That it took time. And that Lucy was just at the beginning. That a terrible thing had happened - two terrible things, really - but they were now over.And that Lucy would be okay, in the end. "
9 " If you think you already know what you're looking at, you might not see what's really there. "
10 " People who're nuts never doubt their own sanity. (The Killer's Cousin) "
11 " When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying that you don't dream about some miracle that would change everything for the better. But you pretty much know it's only a fantasy, and that you have no real control over anything. "
12 " Lucy had to guard her reputation - her reputation for sanity - the way that a woman a hundred years before would have had to guard her reputation for virtue. "
13 " No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth. "
― Nancy Werlin , The Rules of Survival
14 " I think you have a right to whine. Honestly, Lucy. We all have the right to whine when life gets tough. "
15 " Jews put black over mirrors during times os mourning so they wouldn't think about themselves. But I never did look in mirrors anyway, because I disliked myself. No, wait. I disliked my appearance. "
16 " From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not? "
17 " I drew anything. Everything. Doodles at first. But I had a knack for reproducing what I saw, and soon my paper and pencil — and then later, my paints and charcoals — formed a strong, protective wall around me. They stood between me and everyone else in the world. I liked it that way. I liked being quiet, letting no one know what I thought, or how ferocious those thoughts were. "
18 " When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts. "
19 " MATTHEW'S RULES OF SURVIVAL1. Sometimes, the people who mean you harm are the ones who say they love you.2. Fear is your friend. When you feel it, act.3. Protect the little ones.4. If you coped before, you can cope now.5. Always remember: In the end, the survivor gets to tell the story. "
20 " Was true love when you wanted to slap someone and kiss him madly at the same time? "
