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121 " Looking into the gaping chasm in the ground and knowing there was no coming back from this. No excuses, no get out clause, no note your mum could write to the teacher. Death was final and absolute and there was nothing anyone could do to change it. "
― C.J. Tudor , The Chalk Man
122 " There are some things in life you can alter - your weight, your appearance, even your name - but there are others that wishing and trying and working hard can never make any difference to. Those things are the ones that shape us. Not the things we can change, but the ones we can't. "
123 " For the second time that day, I learned there are some things you can never put right. "
124 " I don't think you can judge the worth of a person by how many people turn up when they're dead. Most people have too many friends -- and I use the term "friends" loosely -- online friends are not real friends. Real friends are something different. Real friend are there no matter what. Real friends are people you love and hate in equal measure, but who are as much a part of you as yourself. "
125 " That might seem a bit weird, bearing in mind what happened. But just because we got stuckin some horrible situation didn't mean we were suddenly bound by an incredible bond. At least, I didn't think we were, not then. "
126 " People can hurt you without even realizing they're doing it. Chloe hurts me a little every day just by existing. And that's okay. "
127 " We just carried on as normal. That's how it is when you're kids. You can let things go. It gets harder as you get older. "
128 " Often what comes from age is not wisdom, but intolerance. "
129 " These moments are always more dramatic in books. Reality is disappointing in its banality. "
130 " I've tried not to think about what happened. I've been avoiding it. Shutting it away. Well, I've decided it's time to look all that fear and guilt in the eye and deal with it. "
131 " Personally, I have found that it is much better to take your fears, lock them up in a nice, tightly shut up box and shove them into the deepest, darkest corner of your mind. But each to their own. "
132 " People think kids' lives are worry free. But that's not the case. Kids' worries are bigger because we're smaller. "
133 " However, even as a kid, I could sense the anger - the venom - of those protesters. (...) They were chanting a lot of stuff about love but they seemed full of hate. "
134 " I suppose he was right. Love isn't a choice. It's a compulsion. I know that now. But perhaps, sometimes, you should choose. Or, at least, choose not to fall in love. Fight it, take yourself away from it. "
135 " Everything felt cold and bleak and hopelessly changed. Our gang had been torn apart. "
136 " That waiting feeling seemed to hang over the whole of Anderbury. Everything seemed somehow on hold. "
137 " The leaves curled and crinkled and eventually lost their fragile grips on the trees. A feeling of withering and dying seemed to pervade everything. Nothing felt fresh or colourful or innocent anymore. Like the whole town had been temporarily suspended in its own dusty time capsules. "
138 " Being an adult is only an illusion. When it comes down to it I'm most sure any of us ever really grow up. We simple grow taller and hairier. "
139 " Beneath the veneer of adulthood, beneath the layers of experience we accrue as the years march stoicly onwards, we are still children, with scraped knees and snotty noses, who need our parents ... and our friends. "
140 " Ser buena perosna depende de cómo tratas a los demás. Las buenas personas no necesitan una religión, porque saben en su fuero interno que hacen lo correcto. "