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Need (Need, #1) QUOTES

81 " He motions to the glue brush. "Can I have some?"
I start to grab it so I can pass it to him. He reaches for it at the same time. Our fingers touch, and the moment they do the fluorescent lights overhead flicker and then fizzle out.
Everyone moans, even though we can all still see. There's enough light from the outside filtering in, just not enough for us to really focus on the finer details.
Nick's fingers stroke mine lightly, so lightly that I'm almost not sure the touch is real. My insides flicker like the art room lights. They do not, however, fizzle. I turn my head to look him in the eye.
He leans over and whispers, "It will be hard to be just your friend."
The lights come back on.
"Just a little brownout." The art teacher smiles and holds out her arms. "Welcome to Maine, Zara. Land of a million power failures."
Nick's breath touches my ear. "I heard you didn't drive to school. I'll bring you home after cross-country,okay?"
"Okay," I say, trying to be all calm, but what I really want to do is leap up and do a happy dance all over the art room. Nick is driving me home. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

82 " Phone service is back up and Devyn calls Issie, and then leaves to bring her over. Gram calls Mrs. Nix, the school secretary.
"She's a bear," Betty exclaims after she hangs up the phone. "I trust her."
I don't even blink. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

83 " Nick laughs. Dimples crinkle up the skin near his lips.I will not look at his lips. How can he never have used those? That's a crime against humanity right there. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

84 " I swear,if she were a cat she'd be hissing. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

85 " Take her home."
Nick fake salutes. "Sir,yes sir."
"Sarcasm doesn't become you,Colt," Coach Walsh says,but he smiles when he says it, so obviously he is only mad at me,not superboy Nick Colt,beloved of coaches everywhere. If I were a guy he would let me run tomorrow. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

86 " He takes a pick out of it and starts cleaning his nails.
"Nice intimidation tactic," I say. "Very textbook. I'd expect something more original from pixies. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

87 " That is Nick Colt, otherwise known as bad news. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

88 " He's not my boyfriend."
"Ha. That's a good one. I saw you two tonsil surfing out there."
I could kill her. "I don't even have tonsils!"
"I know that and I bet Nick knows that too, now." She slaps her leg because she's just too funny for words. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

89 " It’s hard to save the world when you can’t save yourself, "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

90 " Fear makes us stronger, puts us on our toes. We’ve got to embrace it.” Issie "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

91 " Do I need to ask Mr. Colt to move?” She wiggles her lips. “Are we having a little love in the afternoon?”

Everybody titters-not laughs, but titters. I can feel my face turning red. “No. No, it’s fine. He’s fine.”

“He sure is,” mutters some girl with mall bangs at the next table. Her table mate slaps her five. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

92 " Friedrich Nietzsche says, “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

93 " They should be beautiful, but I know what they are. They are not beautiful, because beauty is about grace and love and hope. They are all about need. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

94 " Booker T. once said, “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)

95 " we should expect the best in people. "

― Carrie Jones , Need (Need, #1)