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1 " Lots of things could kill you. Fire. Ice. Why not sadness? "
― Jessica Martinez , The Space Between Us
2 " He'd said all the right things today. He'd been exactly who I needed him to be, dug through all the layers to get to me. Why couldn't he really be that guy? "
3 " I could feel myself shrinking. I couldn't move, not even to blink or breathe. Soon I'd be nothing at all. "
4 " When does she leave again?' He'd taken my hand now and was drawing me into him.I pulled back but let him keep holding it. 'One week. Maybe we should go over appropriate topics of conversation.''Right, because otherwise I might bring up my career as a porn star or those years I spent in juvie. "
5 " He laughed. 'I thought you said you weren't scared of her.''I said I wasn't nervous, and I'm not nervous because I know not to do anything stupid, like make out, for example, in front of my grandma.''My fingers touching your fingers is making out? "
6 " For all her cute-as-a-button-ness, Bree had a laugh that reminded me of the noise Charly had made that time she shredded her fingertips on the cheese grater. "
7 " Richard would freak if I smoked in the apartment. He kind of thinks I quit last year. I did quit last year, I just still occasionally need a cigarette. Like a few times a day. "
8 " She had white-blond hair cut pixie-short, and a black rose tattoo on the nape of her neck. From behind I could see she had one of those dainty cartoon frames: curvy hips, tiny waist, and mysteriously, no shoulders. I could probably bench-press her. "
9 " He's kind of cute,' Charly said. She was still sideways on the couch, face-planted in throw pillows. 'You should go for him. He has that same serious, never-say-what-I'm-thinking thing as you. You guys would be perfect together. You could just sit around being broody together. "
10 " Not being heard was my goal for the night. Dr. Kinzer's constant advice was 'Blend, Amelia, blend!' but what she really meant was 'Lip-sync, Amelia, lip-sync! "