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How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1) QUOTES

How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1) QUOTES

1 " Losing control is how you prove you care more about me than you do about being in control, you selfish asshole. "

― Emily Foster , How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1)

2 " Spring has finally come and the air has that fresh, muddy smell from rain earlier today. I think the sun should never set before eight p.m. There should be a rule.

“Petrichor,”

Charles says, walking beside me, his hands in his pockets and his satchel over his shoulder.
The word for that smell you’ve been inhaling as if it’ll get you high. It’s called petrichor. The stones release oils when they get wet, and that’s what the smell is. "

― Emily Foster , How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1)

3 " Fear. The nature of evil is fear."..
"Everyone feels fear, though. Not everyone-...It doesn't seem to matter whether a person has money or an education or social status or anything. The world just seems to break some people...so fear..plus fragility. "

― Emily Foster , How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1)

4 " We’ll talk about it on Friday,” he says, with a repressive eyebrow. “It isn’t certain that we’re ‘gonna’ anything, young Coffey, so don’t start imagining it.” “Dude.” I shake my head—then stop. I feel better, but not that much better. I drink more coffee and then start my sentence over. “Dude, I’ve been imagining ‘gonna’ for, like, two years almost. That ship has sailed. "

― Emily Foster , How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1)