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161 " I’ve got so much inside me I have no idea about. I’m like the mayor of a city I’ve never seen.”He smiles at my phrasing. “If you knew the kind of little miracles happening every moment you breathe in, you wouldn’t be able to handle it. A valve could close and not open; an artery could split, you could die. At any moment. It’s nothing but miracles inside your tiny city.” He presses a kiss to my temple.“Holy shit.” I clutch at him.“You wouldn’t believe the stats on people who go to bed one night and never wake up. Normal, healthy people who aren’t even old.”“Why would you tell me this? Is this what you think about?”There’s the longest pause. “I used to. Not so much anymore.”“I think I preferred it when I thought I was full of white bones and red goo. Why am I now thinking about dying tonight?”“Now you see why I can’t do small talk. "
― Sally Thorne , The Hating Game
162 " I haven’t seen you today. I’ve been feeling mixed up and desperately sad, and for some reason seeing you might help the weird pain in my chest. I don’t have friends. Except for you. Except you’re not. "
163 " —Fresita.—Deja de llamarme Fresita. —Trato de ponerme de lado, pero él me sujeta de los hombros nuevamente. Dejo de respirar.—Para mi, ver cómo finges que no soportas ese apodo es el mejor momento del día.No respondo; él casi sonríe y me suelta. "
164 " —... Oye, Josh.—Sí, Fresita.—Tú me quieres. —Veo en el espejo cómo sonríe ante mi tono perplejo y asombrado.—Desde el primer momento en que te vi. En cuanto me sonreíste, me sentí como si cayera hacia atrás por un precipicio. Y ya no he dejado de sentirlo. He estado intentando arrastraste en mi caída. De la peor manera posible, de un modo extravagante y propio de un tarado. "
165 " No quiero nada que pueda significar perderte. No hay nada que valga tanto la pena. "
166 " How strange to imagine him putting my tiny folded scrap in his pocket and bringing it home. "
167 " Alguna vez deberías intentar que no te importara una mierda la opinión de los demás. Es una sensación liberadora, te lo aseguro. "
168 " orients "
169 " Underneath that T-shirt is a body that could fog an elderly librarian’s glasses. I think my underwear is curling off me like burning paper. "
170 " Neither Josh nor his father are easy men. Some men are a delight. Patrick, for example. Reasonable, calm, ready with a smile. Josh has a nickname for him, too. Mr. Nice Guy. It’s true. He is. It takes a strong woman to love someone like Josh, and I think it’s you. Patrick’s an open book. Josh is a safety-deposit box. But he’s worth it. "
171 " -Ay Dios, ¿como reacciono el señor Bexley? El no es un romantico, -Se puso furioso, estuvo a punto de llamar a seguridad. Cuando les conte mis motivos para marcharme fueron bastante comprensivos. -Motivos... -Tenia un fin de semana para hacer que me amaras "
172 " You wouldn’t have been sitting there alone. I would have been there. It would have been me. "
173 " Los libros eran, y serían siempre, algo digno de respeto y dotado de magia. "
174 " When he puts one hand on my jaw and tilts my head back, I wait for the squeeze to start. At any moment, his warm palm will snap tight and I’ll begin to die. Nose to nose. Breath against breath. One of his fingertips is behind my earlobe and I shiver when it slides. “Shortcake.” The sweet little word dissolves and I swallow. “I’m not going to kill you. You’re so dramatic.” Then he presses his mouth lightly against mine. "
175 " I have a theory. Hating someone feels disturbingly similar to being in love with them. "
176 " If Joshua becomes my boss I will have to resign. "
177 " He touches his fingers underneath my chin, raising my face to his. "
178 " I’ve got so much inside me I have no idea about. I’m like the mayor of a city I’ve never seen. "
179 " Un hombre con semejante complexión, con una cara como ésta, ¿poniéndose tanridículamente tierno? Yo misma me moriría de ganas al verlo; aunque, por suerte, estoyen el otro lado. Debe de ser como mirar a un curtido gorila de discoteca achuchando auna niña con tutú; o a un púgil de lucha libre mandándole un besito a su novia en laprimera fila. La cruda virilidad hermanada, en sorprendente contraste, con la ternura yla delicadeza, es la combinación más atractiva del mundo.Josh es el hombre más atractivo del mundo. "
180 " But not for any nefarious purpose. It’s mainly because I’m a lonely loser. "