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1 " Now that I am grown, I think don’t take no for an answer is a lesson we teach boys who would be better off learning that no means no. "
― E. Lockhart , Family of Liars
2 " we need you' means my sisters love me, they rely on me, the admire me. "
3 " Not all pain is worth it,’ said Tipper. ‘Some pain is just pain. "
4 " It’s joy,’ said Tipper. ‘I aim to live a joyful life, Carrie. And I think you should, too. I think maybe you’ve lost track of that, a little. "
5 " No one in this family can see what's right in front of them. "
6 " I don't even have my real face anymore, I don't even know who I see in the mirror. "
7 " We can argue about it in hell. "
8 " She is a ghost climbing out of the sea, returning to the spot where no one loved her quite enough to keep her safe. "
9 " But he talked like the kisses were sort of a joke, merely something fun to do so as not to waste the beauty of the evening and the drama of the landscape.pg. 91 "
10 " He might have left Amherst and traveled far away, to Italy or Mexico in search of beautiful food and adventure...Made small things exciting and beautiful, the way he knew how.pg. 246 "
11 " Don’t pretend you would never hurt anybody. "
12 " Telling this story will be painful. In fact, I do not know if I can tell it truthfully, though I'll try. I have been a liar all my life, you see. It's not uncommon in our family. "
13 " I'd think of these images -people dying, a city drowning -instead of thinking about Rosemary, dying, drowning. "
14 " They're doing just as I asked them to. As we Sinclairs always do. Pretending. Lying. Trying to have a good time. "
15 " This is the only time I will ever tell, I say to myself. "