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61 " I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep. "
― Lauren DeStefano , Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)
62 " It's best to let her go," he says.No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone. "
― Lauren DeStefano , Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)
63 " Tell freedom I said hello. "
― Lauren DeStefano , Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
64 " He kissed back, all the pages spread out around us like riddles waiting to be solved. Let them wait. Let my genes unravel, my hinges come loose. If my fate rests in the hands of a madman, let death come and bring its worse. I'll take the ruined craters of laboratories, the dead trees, this city with ashes in the oxygen, if it means freedom. I'd sooner die here than live a hundred years with wires in my veins. "
65 " The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me. "
― Lauren DeStefano
66 " Don't forget how you got here. Don't Forget. "
67 " It's quiet for a while, and then Rowan says; "We could talk now. We're alone out here. No walls.""There are always walls." I say. "
68 " It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive. "
69 " I rip my handout of hers, and I want to back away. I want to get as far from her as I can, but for some reason I can't move from this spot."What else did you tell him? "
70 " There are lots of love stories here," she says. "They either end happily, or everyone dies." She laughs, but it sound more like a sob. "What else is there, right? "
71 " I hold on because you never know in this place when something good will be taken away. "
72 " I am intrigued. I am fearless. "
73 " This is my story. These things are my past, and I will not allow them to be washed away. I will find a way to have them back. "
74 " I am charming. I am fearless. "
75 " I miss something I never even had. "
76 " Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. "
77 " There are lots of love stories here.....They either end happily or everyone dies. "
78 " Cure" is one of the most precious words in the English language. It's a short word. A clean and simple word. But it isn't so easy a thing as it sounds. There are questions like: How will this affect us in ten years? In twenty? What will it do to our children? Our children's children? "
79 " I figured it out eventually," she says. She's sitting on the edge of the gurney again; her features slowly materialize as my vision clears. "It's momentum.""What?" I whisper. The feeling returning to my lips, spreading out to my fingertips and toes."Momentum," she repeats. "You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run. "
80 " Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew. "