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121 " And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God can't control us, all God does is watch and change channels when He gets bored. "
― Chuck Palahniuk , Invisible Monsters
122 " It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't love. "
123 " The wild daisies and Indian paintbrush whizzing past are just the genitals of a different life form "
124 " You can't kiss someone who has no lips. Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be. "
125 " A blush only reminds me how blood is just under the surface of everything. "
126 " Honey, times like this, it helps to think of yourself as a sofa or a newspaper, something made by a lot of other people but not made to last forever. "
127 " How can I not laugh? I'm already dead. "
128 " Brandy says, "The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger. "
129 " Your past is just a story. And once you realize this, it has no power over you. "
130 " I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through anything. I didn't want to pick up any pieces. Lower my expectations. Get on with my less-than life. I didn't want to feel better about being still alive. Start compensating. "
131 " The truth is nobody here is as stupid or evil as I let on. Except me. "
132 " Wherever we end up, I just won't go back to normal. "
133 " And sometimes being mutilated can work to your advantage. All those people now with piercings and tattoos and brandings and scarification... What I mean is, attention is attention. "
134 " She named me Daisy St. Patience and never wanted to know what name I walked in the door with. "
135 " Driving east, I'm not sure what we're running from. Evie or the police of Mr. Baxter or the Rhea sisters. Or nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up, getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if by running we won't have to get on with our lives. "
136 " People will just knock each other down to dial 911 and be the big hero. "
137 " Fuck me. I'm so tired of being me. Me beautiful. Me ugly. Blonde. Brunette. A million fucking fashion makeovers that only leave me trapped being me. "
138 " Miss Rona says nothing is gross. Miss Rona says the only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. "
139 " Oh, I wish I could make my poor heart just burst. "
140 " A sphinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined. Unknowable. Indefinable. Those were all the words Brandy used to describe me in my veils. Not just a story that goes and then, and then, and then, and then until you die. "