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1 " Coach told me once, when I was too busy screwing around to pay attention that the only way he could get through to me, make me hear him was to spell everything out. I wanted you to hear me. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Hear Me Now (Count on Me, #2)
2 " I don’t know whose bright idea it was to turn the prom into a masquerade ball, but whoever it was, I’m going to kick them in the balls for it. "
3 " Being deaf is not a weakness or it shouldn’t be seen as one and that’s what I wanted to get across that day. It’s still what I want people to see. It’s the same thing with the special needs kids. They are no different than I am, than anyone is really. Just because they might act in ways that ‘normal’ people don’t or experience life in a different way, it doesn’t make them wrong or less than anyone else. We’re not weak or what’s wrong with the world. "
4 " You can't change ignorance by beating a hole into someone's face. Doing that only makes you as ignorant as they are. "
5 " It doesn’t matter to them that we didn’t ask to be the way we are; that some of us were born this way and we’re only trying to get along and survive like everyone else. No, instead they’ve got to go out of their way to call attention to the things that set us apart from them instead of embracing the ways we’re the same. "
6 " It’s easy to tell someone something you know they want to hear. What’s not so easy is following up on those easy words and making what you said come to life. It’s in taking the words and turning them into actions where most people give up and bail out. "
7 " Caring about someone, it's never easy. Seeing past their imperfections; the things you don't necessarily like, it speaks to the size of your heart and the person you are. That can never be wrong. "
8 " The thing is, she sounds fucking beautiful and I want to tell her that so badly it's giving me a headache just thinking about it, but I don't because I can't lead her on. "
9 " That girl you can’t stop thinking about; the one that makes you feel shit you don’t think you’re allowed to feel; Dillon, she can’t hear a word you say. Cadence—she’s deaf. "
10 " This isn't about weakness and strength anymore. I know I've made it about that because of what Bruce drilled into my head, but what this girl went through, it has nothing to do with her being weak. I've only talked to her two days out of the last four and I know she's stronger than all of the people I call friends. I know it because she's stronger than me. "
11 " Whoever said that the truth will set you free was full of shit. "
12 " Getting to know her, it’s supposed to be a game. A way to keep me occupied, but now there’s nothing about it that feels like a game. I want her attention because I actually like the way it feels when I have it. "
13 " You know what Ames? Come find me when you pull the stick out of your ass. You’re delusional and I’m over it. "
14 " Doing the right thing isn’t supposed to hurt this bad. When you’re faced with a choice and you choose the right one, there’s supposed to be this big moment of clarity you experience. It’s an overall kind of feeling; where you just know instinctively that the choice you’ve made is right and you move ahead feeling lighter and better than you’ve ever felt because of it. "
15 " I'm only going to hurt this girl. I hurt everyone I touch. It's the way I'm wired. "
16 " I have no idea what the hell is going on with me lately. I haven’t had any contact with this girl for two days, yet she’s the first thing that comes to mind before I go into the fight from hell and now I’m sitting here practically dying inside to read what she’s writing to me. I shouldn’t give two shits but it seems to be all I care about. "
17 " Dillon; somewhere in there is the guy I met four years ago. The decent one that wasn’t always so fucking mad at the world. I get why you do the shit you do, but take it from someone who knows, it’s not worth it. "
18 " I’ve known you a long time. I’ve seen you before you made the team and gained the popularity, turning into the jerk that’s standing here now. I’ve seen you care about people even though you didn’t want anyone to know you did. I heard some stuff today and it’s because I know the person you used to be that I’m here. "
19 " So you’re not talking to Cadence, laughing in class because of the notes the two of you pass back and forth? You didn’t just get up and walk away from your friends after they ran her off? All of that, it’s all bullshit right?Shit. He knows. "
20 " You never got her last name, did you?” Kayden asks, covering his mouth with his hand to try and hide a laugh. The one that still breaks through and makes the urge to hit him even worse.“It didn’t seem important. You wanna clue me in?”“Taylor. Cadence Taylor. Dumbass. "
