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1 " This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency. "
― Amy Ewing , The Jewel (The Lone City, #1)
2 " It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life. "
3 " Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone. "
4 " I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors. "
5 " What is life without a bit of excitement. "
6 " Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt. "
7 " It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more. "
8 " My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart. "
9 " I feel myself dissolve into a thousand molecules, amazed at how three small words can completely alter my state of being. "
10 " I think the last dinner was preferable to this one. At least Raven was there. And Lucien. "
11 " Something had to be done. No one deserves this life. No one deserves to have their choices taken away. "
12 " Doctors are idiots," ...."It's the surrogate that counts. "
13 " I hate him. But I hate myself more, for being idiotic enough to believe that I could have that sort of happiness. "
14 " Once a small crack reveals itself, suddenly a hundred others appear. And then the walls that have been so carefully constructed begin to crumble. "
15 " Title does not protect you from everything. "
16 " I press my face against the wrought-iron bars on my window - they are arched and curl into the shape of roses, as i by making a pretty pattern, they can pretend they're something they're not. "
17 " I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the world coming to life in a thousand colors. It's hopeful. "
18 " This is what I'm wearing. This is my favorite thing to wear, and since it's the last time I'll ever get to choose my own outfit, I'm choosing this, because I love it and it's mine. I don't care what I look like. "
19 " Knowing that it would happen and experiencing it are two entirely different things. "
20 " Ash, do you honestly think that what they've made you do affects who you are? You are a good person, and don't ever let anyone make you feel differently. "
