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61 " I would like to register the fact that this fucking sucks," she said."Noted," he said, shutting the gate. "
― Alexandra Bracken , In the Afterlight (The Darkest Minds, #3)
62 " You realize that by doing this, all you're accomplishing is reinforcing in America-throughout the world- that the word different means bad, ugly, dangerous. "
63 " Ruby, what does the future look like?” Nico asked.“I see it in colors,” I said. “A deep blue, fading into golds and reds—like fire on a horizon. Afterlight. It’s a sky that wants you to guess if the sun is about to rise or set. "
64 " You’re important. You deserve to speak up and have people shut the hell up and listen to you. "
65 " My bad, Z. I shouldn't have gone bitch on you. We cool? "
66 " Yeah, well, I decided to try running from my nightmares instead of diving into them headfirst. "
67 " Thing is, though, fear is worthless. It stops you when you need to keep moving most. And it only exists inside of your head. You can hate yourself for being scared, but that’s still letting it control your life. Aren’t you tired of that same old shit? It’s just going to keep dragging you "
68 " I've heard some people say life can change in a day, completely flipping you feet over head. But they're wrong. Life doesn't need a day to change. It needs three. "
69 " Clancy. You really want to pretend we're on the same team?""Aren't I basically the mascot? "
70 " Liam sat at the edge of the bed, his shape bright against the dark. He held out a hand and whispered, “Come here.”I swayed a little on my feet as I stepped into the circle of his waiting arms, watching his slow smile. I brushed the hair away from his face, knowing he was waiting for me. This whole time, from the moment we met, he’d been waiting for me to realize he’d known me all along, and he had never once wanted me to change. "
71 " If each memory that drifted up were a star, I was standing at the center of a galaxy. Beneath vast constellations of lost smiles and quiet laughter. Whole, endless days of gray and brown and black that we’d spent with only each other to hold on to. "
72 " If he were to fall over dead, would they just push the body out of the seat and use it as a footrest, do you think? "
73 " of these were linked in my mind now. They’d never fade, not even in the afterlight of all of this. "
74 " The thing is . . . what they don't tell you about forgiveness is this - you don't give it for the other person's sake, but your own. "
75 " You are your abilities and they are you. I can't put it to you more plainly. "
76 " I hope that when you have the chance to crack your world open wide with new possibilities, to meet new people, and to take a turn down an unexpected, new road, you do just one thing: carpe the hell out of that diem. "
77 " I see it in colors,” I said. “A deep blue, fading into golds and reds—like fire on a horizon. Afterlight. It’s a sky that wants you to guess if the sun is about to rise or set. "
78 " Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done. "
79 " He was more p***ed off by us playing a game of who could think up the worst nickname for him.""Let me guess, you won?""It was Boy Scout, actually. I mean, come on. Even I couldn't top Chubby Chubby Choo Choo. "
80 " What I'm trying to get at is, as bad as everything seems, I think, life is good. It doesn't throw you anything at us that we can't handle "