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61 " Behind every untrusting girl is a boy who made her that way "
― L.J. Shen , Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1)
62 " We’re sucking air from each other’s mouths. We’re doing it all wrong. My lips open for him. His open, too. My heart is pounding so hard I can feel the blood whooshing in my veins when he says, “Not yet. I’ll take that, too, but not yet. "
63 " Love. I don’t use the L word lightly. I don’t go around telling people I love pizza or chocolate or Riverdale. I like those things. Love, I save for the important stuff. But I am hopelessly, tragically in love with Penn Scully. "
64 " Knight and Vaughn are the closest to each other, practically brothers, which is weird because they are also like fire and ice. Vaughn is a crazy artist with psychotic tendencies, and Knight is the definition of a popular jock.One is Edward Scissorhands; the other is Zac Efron's prettier long-lost brother. "
65 " I've loved you in secret, and I've loved you openly in front of both our worlds, and if you think I'll stop loving you if you put an ocean between us, you're dead wrong. "
66 " You came back to me like a tempestBeautiful and dazzling and destructiveRipping everything in your wakeIncluding, but not limited to, my heart "
67 " Mom and Dad clap. Bailey jumps up and down. Knight gives us a thumbs-up, and Vaughns rolls his eyes but smiles. Luna, Addy, Harper, and Camilo look at us likek they've won something. Happy in our happiness.And that's what good friends and families do.They pick you up and pull you out of the mud of your own mistakes.And when you're not the best version of yourself? Well, they're still there, waiting, because we're all fucking human. "
68 " People are apples. Good apples. Bad apples. Too ripe or too raw. Hard or soft. Sweet or sour. And in every apple, there’s a core. A heart. Something that makes them uniquely themselves. "
69 " This is what it feels like to hold rage inside. That shit’s toxic for you. You’re either going to have to face your mother, your friends, your principal, your fucking life, or prepare to feel like you’re holding the smoke in your lungs for a very long time. Because, baby, it only gets worse from here on out. The older we get, the deeper the shit we’re swimming in gets. "
70 " if there’s one thing I learned this year, it’s that you rise up to the circumstances when they are presented to you. We are so much stronger than we think we are. But sometimes, we go through decades without having a reason to be tested. The thing about life is, it always hits us. No one leads a charmed life.Everyone’s got a story, and we all have chapters we’d rather not read aloud. "
71 " The snake pit is crowded tonight.It always is when Vaughn fights, and Vaughn always fights. He breaks noses almost as well as he breaks hearts. "
72 " I'm Daria Followhill.Cheer Captain.Rich Bitch.Little Miss Popular.See something you like? Too bad. I don't do boys. Men, on the other hand... "
73 " Knight is gorgeous, and not only does he know it, but he would also advertise it on a billboard if it were possible. "
74 " Shying away from your problems only makes them multiply. Kinda like cancer. Left to its own devices, it will spread to other organs in your body. "
75 " Happy in our happiness.And that’s what good friends and families do.They pick you up and pull you out of the mud of your own mistakes.And when you’re not the best version of yourself? Well, they’re still there, waiting, because we’re all fucking human. "
76 " You think you are so fake But you’re the realest thing I’ve ever seen Painful to watch Beautiful to see Shattering to touch "
77 " Vanity cost us every single thing we achieved for ourselves. Our athletic career. Friends. Family. Our love interests. "
78 " I'm turning my back on Vaughn and Knight without saying goodbye because I know they won't let me go. They'll promise to protect me and fight my battles at school, and a part of me still wants that to happen. "
79 " When someone hits me with a stick, I run over them with a tank. "
80 " Game over. You win. You conquered me even though it was me who marched into your territory unannounded.'I'm at a loss of words. So I choose to do the stupidest thing in the moment. I take a bite of the apple, press my lips to his, and we both bite it in the middle.The Lady and the Tramp style. "