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1 " Parades ain't for the people on the floats, they're for the ones watching it go by. "
― Alex Bledsoe , The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa, #1)
2 " We also have noses that run and feet that smell. Sometimes the universe just doesn’t make sense. "
3 " I don't want revenge, Mandalay, I want Dwayne to be stopped. If he's not, somebody else will suffer like I am, like my parents and little brother are. And . . . ""And what?""I think I'm the one who's supposed to stop him. It has to be me because I've killed people before. It won't change my song like it would my daddy's, or Aiden's, or Terry Joe's.""So you remembered what happened to you, then?""No. I know what happened, and that's enough. If I remembered what happened, then the next time I tried to do it, it'd get all tangled up with those memories." She recalled the cliff-top conversation with Bliss. "The night wind's been preparing me for this, Mandalay. There's a need out there, and I can fill it. But it'll be on my terms.""And what're those?"Bronwyn smiled coldly. "Whatever I say they are.""And how's that different from how you used to be? The Bronwynator, doing whatever she wants?""Maybe the 'how' ain't any different. But the 'why' is. You and the First Daughters wanted me back, didn't you? Now you've got me. And if it means you got the hum you wanted but the shiver's different, well, that's tough. "
4 " Man like that must have a lot of pain inside.” “No, a man like that puts all his pain on the outside where people can see it. Like he’s singing a song for everyone to hear, even though he knows he can’t carry the tune, and dares someone to tell him to shut up. "
