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1 " Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? "
― , Things Not Seen (Things, #1)
2 " But fear doesn't need doors and windows. It works from the inside. "
3 " I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can't tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don't have edges. No boundaries. "
― , Things Hoped For (Things, #2)
4 " I glance into the faces of all these people out for a Sunday stroll, but I'm not seeing eyes and noses and mouths. I'm seeing stories. Every person has a story. All the hopes and dreams. And fears. And secrets.In every face. "
5 " And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so that these clever, complex statements form slowly and then bloom in my mind. Beethoven does the same thing with his cadence and phrasing and structure. It's a fact: Jane Austen is musical. And so's Yeats. And Wordsworth. All the great writers are musical. "
6 " He spotted Jill sitting about thirty feet away, face tipped toward the sun, her straight brown hair tucked behind one ear and slanted across her neck. And Ben decided that when her mouth wasn't full of tuna salad, she was sort of pretty. "
― , We the Children (Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School, #1)
7 " I almost tell him that I'd never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street corner. But it feels to personal. Yes, I'm shy, but why bring it to his attention? I'm too shy to talk about how shy I am. "
8 " Watch TV or something." That's what the note says.So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part. "
9 " Okay heres the deal a whole day of NO TALKING IN SCJHOOL.Not in class,not in the halls, not on the plaground nowhere.No talking at all. And its a contest- BOYS AGAINST GIRLS. Whichever side talks less, wins. "
― , No Talking
10 " Robert said, "This is great, huh? Sorry to butt in and everything, but I really need the extra points. For my grade."Ben nodded and tried to smile. Right, for his grade. He probably wanted to get an A++ in social studies instead of just an A+ "
11 " It's about 65 degrees, so it feels like when the air conditioner is up on high. I can bear it, so I'm going for a walk. Today. Right now. In the sunshine. Because I can.Because I want to. Because I'm not going to just sit around and wait for stuff to happen anymore. I'm still me, and I have a life. It's a weird life, but it's still mine.It's still mine. "
12 " And then I see what she means. Because I did have to tell her, just like she had to tell me all of this. I had to trust her. Sometimes you have to tell someone else what it's like. Because if you don't, you'll go nuts. "
13 " We both hang up, but it's like there's still a connection. I can feel it.And it feels good. "
14 " Only once. She called, asked could we send her two thousand dollars—two thousand more than the four she already stole when she left. "
15 " THINGS NOT SEEN chapter "
16 " shower. "
17 " Aha. The mom doesn’t know. She’s fishing. This next part has to be just right, or I’m blacklisted by the mother and hated by the daughter. The first would be an inconvenience; the second would be a tragedy. "
18 " There's a strength in the way she carries herself, but she never seems to relax, never lets down her guard. "
19 " and he sees me seeing him see me. Anyway, "
20 " So another thing I learn is that Sherlock Holmes always finds the right clue, and I don’t. "