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1 " It’s like I’d been walking a tightrope with a big safety net underneath me, but I never really thought about the net until someone took it away. And then every single step scared me to death. "
― Margaret Peterson Haddix , Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
2 " But things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something. "
3 " I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thinking, “Is this as good as it gets? "
4 " But, really, are there any guys out there who aren’t jerks? I don’t even know any grown-up men who aren’t jerks. "
5 " But it’d be nice to have someone who cared about me, someone I could talk toabout anything, someone who’d tell me I was really special. "