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21 " that grief did not create anything that had not existed before. It only heightened what was already there. "
― Megan Miranda , The Last House Guest
22 " Their world was old money that said you didn’t have to show it to prove it. The clothes didn’t matter; it was the details, the way you carried it, and I could never get it just right. "
23 " Bianca could lull you into complacency with her praise, only to strike when your guard was down. "
24 " Ambition, I believed, was tinged with a sort of desperation, something closer to panic. Like a dormant switch deep inside that could be forced only by necessity. Something to push up against until, finally, you caught. "
25 " A car on a dark, winding road. A slick of ice on the sidewalk. The edge of the cliffs, the current, the rocks. "