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1 " My parents were high school sweethearts, which is a term that means “too stupid to use a condom. "
― John Goode , Tales From Foster High (Tales from Foster High, #1)
2 " I didn’t want to be a victim, some princess locked away in a tower, waiting to be saved. I wanted to be the hero of my story; I didn’t need to be saved. At least I didn’t want to be. "
3 " Like my own personal sun, he was not only too radiant to look at directly, I also found myself more and more drawn into his orbit with each minute. "
4 " I didn’t have a life before you. All of that was… was just a waste of time.” I put my hand over his heart. “This, this is the first real thing I have ever felt. "
5 " SO it’s possible I might be dating Batman. "
6 " See, this is the problem with cries for help. Even if people hear them, they can’t do a damn thing about them. "
7 " So I sat there and thought about faking a heart attack so I could skip school for a few months. I mean, they wouldn’t let a kid with a weak heart deal with something as harsh as high school, would they? "
8 " For Kyle, thinking can just end up being destructive. It’s like he was always playing chess in his mind against himself for stakes that were so high they were damned frightening. "
9 " As I stood in line behind the other losers who couldn’t get to class on time, I wondered why we couldn’t get late slips for life. “Please excuse Kyle from heartbreak, as he has lived a sheltered life and has no idea how to handle something as simple as a crush. "
10 " I don’t remember the moment I knew I was broken… but I do recall when I started to understand that it might be okay. It was the moment I fell in love with the boy with the green eyes. "
11 " I’m not bothering them; we’re about to kill a dragon. "
12 " Your dad said you guys got into a fight.” Which was like saying that Voldemort and Harry Potter had strong words with each other. "
13 " WHEN I arrived at school, I prayed I wouldn’t see him while looking everywhere trying to see him. "
14 " Motherfucking fairy tales. "