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1 " You can be right in principle and still wrong in approach. "
― Karen M. McManus , You'll Be the Death of Me
2 " Nobody should be that good at so many different things. It doesn’t build character. "
3 " Silence falls as we get lost in our own regrets. "
4 " We all make mistakes, right? And almost never see the fallout coming. "
5 " Here's the thing about powerhouse people: you have no idea how much they take on until they can't do it anymore. "
6 " But are people supposed to abandon potential soul mates just because of a few socially constructed complications? "
7 " Plus, my parents have great insurance, and savings, and all those other things Henry talks about when he’s trying to convince me that I should get a business degree alongside an art degree. You need a safety net, he always says. "
8 " ignore him, because once was more than enough to make a few things obvious. One, Dale Hawkins is every bit the hack my father always said he was. Two, Emily is a better friend than I deserve. And three, I should’ve texted her back way before now. "
9 " anyone at this company that their branding is a lot more serial killer than helpful kitchen service? "
10 " My wunderkind brother, who skipped a grade and is currently outshining me in every aspect of our senior year, would have been the logical choice. "
11 " Oh, I have big plans. Netflix, ice cream, cutting Gabe out of all my pictures and burning his head. It’s gonna be a whole thing. "
12 " I hope so,” I say, chewing the inside of my cheek. “Ceramics class, my ass. That anonymous tip has to be about her. I never got anywhere near Boney. "
13 " Are you guys even real? "
14 " That I preferred extreme failure to admitting I needed help. Which is a problem, isn’t it? "
15 " Well, one of my dads. I have two of them "
16 " You can be right in principle and still wrong in approach, "
17 " You saw him lying there with a syringe practically dangling from his arm and thought, Eh, probably not relevant, won’t mention it?” “I didn’t know Boney was involved,” Mateo insists. “Autumn wouldn’t tell me who she was selling with. She kept saying, The less you know, the better. "
18 " anticipation is often worse than reality. "
19 " What? No. That’s—listen, man, that’s just Stefan being Stefan, you know? He always says weird Breaking Bad shit like that. I mean, come on, the Weasel? It’s a joke. I don’t take it seriously. "
20 " My mother planned the first time she and Dad ever left me and my brother alone—for four days—with the same thoroughness and military precision she brings to everything. "