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21 " That's stupid. I said no because you don't love me.- John "
― Jennifer Echols , Going Too Far
22 " He looked over at me. “Indigo,” he said. “Cyan”. He glanced at the road in front of him, glanced at me. He reached over and ran his fingers down one of the darkest strands in the back, where I’d used a little purple. “Violet. "
23 " No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I want to prevent it from happening. "
24 " That is the way convince people. Or change them and prevent them from hurting whether themselves and others. Art is the most effective form of communication.You can use it to lift the human spirit and make them understand that there is more to life than their next drug use. "
25 " I gave my dad a thumbs-up.He stared at me. My mom turned to him in the car, asking him, What? What is it? He kept staring at me. My brown hair was an even bigger shock for him than I'd expected.I smiled and waved at him and mouthed, "Welcome home."He put his hand to his eyes. He knew I was finally cured. "
26 " Boys are two years behind girls in maturity level. "
27 " Art is the most effective form of communication. "
28 " What do you write in those forms?” I asked.“Nothing. I just do this to look threatening. "
29 " No matter how careful you are"..."there's always going to be a mess, and you're going to have to clean it up afterward. "
30 " Tiffany, this is Officer After, who arrested you. Officer After, this is Tiffany Hart, who doesn't remember you. "
31 " No tea for you. How could you do that to John? I got home from the beach at four this morning, and he shows up at eight, distraught, fully armed, waving his nightstick! "
32 " I brushed some imaginary lint from my shirt, or touched my cleavage to catch his eye, depending on your perspective. "
33 " Feel the chain saw. Be the chain saw. "
34 " Disapproval flashed across John's face. I wondered whether no one was supposed to touch me while he was in uniform, either. "
35 " Why can't he be the prostitute, and I the john? "
36 " John turned to me. "Frozen daiquiri?""Pina colada, please.""Virgin?" He wasn't asking my permission. He was just making sure I knew he wasn't going to try to swipe me any alcohol."That's optimistic," I said. "
37 " You've got me so whipped, I can't think of a single sarcastic thing to say.""That makes me feel powerful and manly. "
38 " Uh, no. But between cars, he keeps looking over here at you.”I turned my head toward her, to fake John out. Then I cut my eyes at him.He was staring at me, all right. And when he saw I‟d noticed, he didn‟t try to hide it. He grinned at me. "
39 " Do you watch Cops on TV?”“I love Cops,” he said. “It’s like my life, but with the boring parts taken out. "
40 " Maybe my ploy had worked. I wore a respectable shirt that buttoned down the front, only - whoops! – I must have forgotten to fasten the button over my cleavage. No respectable girl would wear her shirt open that low. (Cough.) "