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101 " Even the second time around, the lyrics and melody reached through my ears, bypassed my brain, and went straight to my heart, where they wriggled around, causing a hundred different pains. "
― Jeri Smith-Ready
102 " But in the depth of Zachary's weary, determined eyes, I saw more than a desperate longing. I saw a future. "
103 " You want me to flash you" I saidHe nodded vigorously, like I'd asked if he wanted fries with that."And then you'll pass on?""That's all I want. So, yeah."I could almost believe that a fourteen-year-old boy could find deep spiritual peace from a pair of boobs. "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , Shade (Shade, #1)
104 " This time of year," she said, "people’s consciences gnaw at them. They give away truckloads of canned goods and quote Dickens and wring their hands over the ‘less fortunate.’" We boarded the Metro and took seats perpendicular to each other. "But God forbid anyone should address why they’re poor in the first place, or try to change the structures that keep them poor. Then the ‘less fortunate’ turn into ‘welfare queens’ and ‘derelicts.’ But if I were a lobbyist whoring on behalf of some transnational corporation, I’d never hear the word ‘derelict.’""So when it comes to taking care of poor people," I said, "if Mother Teresa is the Hallmark card, then you’re the electric bill. "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , Requiem for the Devil
105 " You can give your life meaning.' She stroked my forehead from the center to the temples, with just her fingertips. 'We all can. "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , This Side of Salvation
106 " The future is as far from perfect and as full of errors as this baseball game, but at this moment, it's all mine.And I guess that's something "
107 " It would suck if the world ended then. Sweeps week starts on the twelfth. I'd hate to miss the Amazing Race season finale because of an apocalypse "
108 " I sat forward and picked up a piece of the jet engine. “I think we get the world we deserve. People who love get love back, and people who hate, or fear, they get those back too. "
109 " One thing I've found that eases the pain," Cody said, 'is to remember that we are all connected, to those we know and those we don't know. "
110 " Classy.' Mara shines the flashlight on my chest as she climbs into the beached boat and sits across from me.'It was either this ["Bass Man" sweatshirt] or "Master Baiter". Or freezing to death. "
111 " I had to decide in the next few seconds: Would I let my past keep screwing up my present and my future? "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , Shift (Shade, #2)
112 " How many kittens did she have?” “Four, including Tod. We fed the kittens this special formula from the vet, since Juno didn’t have enough milk.” I sat beside Bailey on the rug, wishing I could trade places with my cat. “Tod almost died, so my sister named him after a grim reaper from one of her favorite books. I think she thought it would protect him. "
113 " It's not wise to rely on a man's ability to remember anything. "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , Eyes of Crow (Aspect of Crow, #1)
114 " I thought I was long done with the Firsts. First Easter since his death, First Birthday, First Trip to IHOP, First Phillies Game. But everything we ever did together, that we'd never share again--like Longwood Gardens at Christmas--still waited before me. In that moment, I dreaded the rest of my life. "
115 " Dad handed me his empty glass and patted my shoulder. "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." Then he picked up his work gloves, shook off the dirt, and headed for the garage."Wait!" I started to follow him but stopped when he didn't answer or even turn. "I guess that's a no."From that day on, Dad spoke in nothing but Bible verses. It was like living inside a sermon. "
116 " Okay, stud, just one more question." She formed an L with her thumb and index finger. 'Why are some people in the audience holding the sign for "loser"?'It was my turn to laugh at her. 'That's not for loser.' I set down my soda, mirrored her gesture with my hand, then straightened our pinkies to form the sign-language letter. 'The L stands for "love". "
117 " They said this would be the last year for corn. It needed too many fertilizers, and the oil to make them—the oil to make anything—was long gone, or at least so expensive it might as well not exist. She wanted "
― Jeri Smith-Ready , The Wild's Call (Aspect of Crow, #0.5)
118 " black belt, and she’d earned the mother of all vendettas by leaving his bed without so much as a note. They’d been friends for almost ten years, since college, a world that lay just a few "
119 " Run" was a song about grasping for happiness just out of reach, about endless, temporary good-byes. A song only a ghost should sing. "
120 " But it was time to stop forgetting the world–and time to start changing it. "