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1 " People think they have to be lions or lambs, but I’ve always just wanted to be something in between.” I bit my lip and lifted a shoulder. “Something that still has sharp teeth, just in case. "
― Mariana Zapata , Luna and the Lie
2 " You gave me these pieces of you I know you haven’t given to anybody else, and they’re mine. You can’t take ’em back. I need them more than you do, you hear me? "
3 " I swear to God, you’re a fucking puzzle I thought was all in the box, but every damn day I find a piece or two hidden all over the place. "
4 " The best decisions of my life had been those I’d jumped into terrified even though some part of me knew they were necessary. "
5 " I want my goddamn Luna back,” he breathed, stealing the air from my lungs. “I don’t want you to leave me alone. I want you bugging my ass for random shit again. I wanna see your fucking face first thing in the morning, even if you don’t bring me my coffee anymore. I wanna make you something to eat so you don’t end up with Salmonella from that shit you try to cook, "
6 " You want to meet someone to be your best friend and your fucking partner? I’m right fucking here, baby girl. "
7 " I was loved, I had a home, I had money, and I had a job now. I was safe. I was happy. "
8 " Fear, I thought, was more like a hallucinogenic. It was all in your mind, and there was nothing to really be scared of as long as you knew and expected the worst and the best. "
9 " The funny thing about life is that there’s a lot you don’t get to choose. You don’t get to choose whom you’re related to. You don’t get to choose your hair color, your height, or what natural talents you are given. You don’t get to choose where you are born, or who or what the world will see when they look at you. But the best part of life is that in the end, none of that matters. You get to choose who you become. Who you love. You can change your hair color and, to an extent, you can even change your eye color and height. You can learn to be great at something. "
10 " You like having all those teeth in your mouth? Or you good with going home, missing a few of them? "
11 " life was a gift—sometimes one you wanted to return, and other times one you’d want to keep forever, but it was still a gift. The grass might look greener on the other side, but at least you still had grass. There were places in the world that didn’t have any to begin with. "
12 " You only miss all the shots you don’t take in life, "
13 " What a sweet, lovely man-child, said no one ever. "
14 " Life was too short to hang yourself up loving someone who would never love you back, "
15 " Everyone deserves love, but there are people that don’t want it, no matter how desperately and truly you might give it to them. "
16 " You haven’t listened to a single fucking thing I’ve said, have you? Seen a single thing I’ve done? You the only person who hasn’t put shit together?” I breathed in through my nose and heard it rattle right out of me. “I don’t know how to give you flowery words and shit like that, Luna. I don’t know how to tell you what you want or need to hear. It’s been a long fucking time since I’ve given a fuck about anybody. Do you understand that? "
17 " I’m sorry for making it seem like you broke my heart. Sometimes I forget it got broken a long time before I met you. "
18 " You came and you tried to hurt me, and I’ll live with that. But I told you at the funeral if you ever put your hands on me again, I was going to break your hand. "
19 " You want me to pretend we’re getting married or something? "
20 " It was Lily who chose to ignore I’d said anything. She slapped the flat of her hand against the table before yelling, “SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? I CAN SEND EVERYONE A LINK TO A GOOGLE FORM WHERE WE CAN SIGN UP LUNA FOR DATES ON CERTAIN DAYS OR WE CAN DO A GROUP MESSAGE. "