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The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1) QUOTES

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1) QUOTES

1 " I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

2 " Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. it's a snake with no venom. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

3 " Hey! Jack the Wanker! Over here! I want your autograph! "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

4 " People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

5 " I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

6 " It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

7 " Did you ask people to crime scenes on dates? "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

8 " Sometimes people graduate but they don't leave. They hang around for years, for no reason. I would think of ghosts like that, I decided. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

9 " Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with...It can be confusing and weird and awkward, but sometimes it just makes you melt and forget everything that is going on. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

10 " With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue, and all would be well. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

11 " And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

12 " Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbors Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds like Wizard. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

13 " Walk really, really carefully. It's not complicated, but if you mess up, you'll die, so pay attention. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

14 " It was like the entire world was colluding to make me feel insane, and it was doing a really good job. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

15 " It was clearly one of those mornings when I was particularly American. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

16 " I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

17 " I'm the last of the mad ones. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

18 " It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

19 " I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

20 " We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)