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1 " I never knew what to say.""Really? You seem comfortable enough with words.""I have a formal and aesthetic relationship to words. "
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz , Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club
2 " Some people are so beautiful that they belong everywhere they go. "
3 " I watched her from the doorway. I wondered how it was that she came to be the owner of that rage. I wanted it for myself but there was nothing in me. "
4 " You don't deserve this, Brian." I wanted to shove that phrase into his heart. But I knew he'd always believe that he did deserve what he got. "
5 " I guess you're wondering why you're here.' 'I'm always wondering why I'm here - no matter where I am. "
6 " He said I was too sad a nd that some day I wouldn't be sad anymore - and maybe then I would let someone love me. "
7 " It could happen anytime. The finger tightens, pulls, and a bullet goes flying through the air. That's how remembering is. "
8 " So," I said, "the only way for me to arrive at angel status is to appear in your screwed-up dreams." "Take it any way you can get it, babe. "
9 " I never cared much for people with money. They were a little too proud of themselves, too entitled. They never entertained the possibility that they might just be overpaid. "