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21 " Let's not live like we're scared. It's such a waste to be scared. "
― Leanne Hall , This Is Shyness (This Is Shyness, #1)
22 " We're all here to take care of ourselves, and ourselves only. This is how I look at it: if a gunman rampaged through the flats, I'd barricade Mum and me in our place and forget about anyone else on our floor. If the gunman broke into our flat then I'm not entirely sure I'd take a bullet for Mum, or vice versa. When it comes down to it, we're all on our own. Once you realise that, life becomes simpler. "
23 " Sometimes you have to let the world end, so you can build a new one. "
― Leanne Hall , Queen of the Night (This is Shyness, #2)
24 " I imagine crossing Grey Street in the daytime. Would night fall over me gently like a velvety curtain? Or would the day turn dark in the blink of my eye? I don't really need the sunrise to know that Shyness is different. It's like there is a thin layer of static over everything that stops me from seeing what's really going on. People here scuttle around like they're scared of their own shadows. "
25 " I howl at the roof like a hotted-up bomb doing donuts, full of screeches. I howl like an air-raid siren, my arms stretched out wide. Howls are like songs. They can't be summoned; they just happen. They come from a place that I barely understand. And then something else climbs to the surface, something black and jagged, something from the deep. Imagine all your worse feelings surfacing. Imagine coughing up razor blades. Imagine not being able to stop the pain from coming out, and not knowing when it's going to end. "
26 " Sometimes stupid is all we've got. "
― Leanne Hall
27 " Hey,’ Wildgirl says, ‘let me into your backpack. I’ve got a light on my keys that I totally forgot about.’I turn my back to her and feel her fumbling with the zip of my pack. It’s a lot lighter now.‘I’m glad you hung on to your bag. I would have had to kick your ass if you lost all my stuff.’I probably wouldn’t mind that, although if I were given a choice, I’d opt for another kiss. It’s the first time I’ve been so close to someone since I’ve changed. Kissing felt better than I remembered, but it also felt like it was something I had to be careful about. It never felt that way before. "
28 " We were just two stars in the endless night sky, as dazzling and dwarfed and stupendous and insignificant as that made us. "
29 " Why is it so easy to override what girls and women want, what they might decide if they were given any control. "
― Leanne Hall , The Gaps
30 " You can try to distract me with your kisses, sir, but I will come through with the goods in the end. "
31 " If women hold up half the sky, then why are we so disposable? "
32 " Time is up for my little caravan kingdom. It's time for a window that does not look into concrete. "
33 " She's bucktoothed to an unfortunate degree. "
34 " It's never nice to admit we don't know our friends as well as we thought we did. "
35 " The colour is terrible on her. She could have been dead for ten days. In the water. "
36 " I should change my job title to Retail Psychologist and get some impressive letter after my name. "
37 " You're not an animal any more than I'm a fairy. "
38 " You don't know what it's like to be an outsider or a target, you don't know how easy it is to bring someone like me down. I tried, and I failed, and I just want to go away and be quiet now. "
39 " Dreams are the sneaky messengers of your mind. Dreams are the squirming pit of worms you refuse to look at when you're awake. Dreams show you everything you're hiding from. "
― Leanne Hall , Iris and the Tiger
40 " Death is the worst kind of silence, and I don't want to be silent. "