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1 " I think we — well, I — messed up the story. "
― Sarah Mlynowski , Genie in a Bottle (Whatever After #9)
2 " Couldn’t he have checked his shoelaces BEFORE entering a dark, super-creepy cave? "
3 " Oh!” Karimah says. “It’s one minute to midnight. You and Jonah and Prince had better hurry to the room of mirrors. One, two — "
4 " Is it my imagination or is the flying carpet going a little faster today?” Jonah asks as we coast through the desert. I’m sitting up front with him. Aladdin and Prince are behind us. Prince’s ears flap in the breeze. There was no ear flapping yesterday. “It is!” I say. “And a little higher, too. You’re definitely getting the hang of magic-carpet flying.” We only bumped into two people on the way. “So since I mastered that, can I wear the ring now?” Jonah asks. "
5 " Behind the man’s back Jonah and I give each other a high five. "
6 " Wait,” Dracul says. “You must listen carefully to my instructions.” Now he’s giving instructions? He had the whole long walk to give us instructions! "
7 " Whaddaya know? I didn’t even win the read-a-thon and the two books I want most will still be ordered. And maybe, just maybe, I can find a way to uncurse Maryrose. "
8 " I hesitate. I feel like we forgot something. But what? "
9 " Good-bye,” he says. “Bring back the lamp.” Not going to happen, mister. "
10 " Am I actually smiling at Penny? I am. I am smiling at Penny. "
11 " Aladdin is in love! "
12 " going "
13 " filling every space of the room. The piles of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls, sapphires, "
14 " my own decisions. "