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1 " Well…I like your attitude,” he told me, smiling. “Although I don’t like yours Mr Lewiston,” he added, his voice suddenly going harsh. “Try to bring a whoopie cushion into my class again and you’ll find that your end of term Maths paper might just be mysteriously downgraded. "
― Adele Rose , Torn (The VIth Element #4)
2 " As soon as I entered the hall, everyone stopped talking. Clearly, as in most places like this one, gossip had spread faster than I could walk.That didn’t bother me, not now. Taking a deep breath, I announced my arrival – ‘Alex’ style "
3 " It had been at least two weeks since Mortimer had escaped and re-entered Darkvoid Dimension and he still felt as if one of the ‘Tweenies’ had picked up ‘Dougal’ and hurled him straight at his body. (This was in an alternate universe of course). "
4 " Chris had been a genuinely nice guy – a guy with a warm heart and friendly demeanour. What’s more, he, Mortimer, had lived and laughed alongside him – something his dead companions didn’t exactly evoke. OK. So they had their uses from time to time and offered him company when he desired it. Even so, that was it. They were dead, not living. Anyway, their conversations weren’t exactly inspiring. "
5 " Stop moping and think of a solution. A voice in his head told him. If you want to find your mojo again, then get on with it and stop wallowing in self-pity. This voice spoke the harsh truth. He needed to man-up. Nodding, Mortimer set his face in a line of steely determination, created a pile of papers and began to draft down possible ideas.Mass suicide? Too messy. Global war? Too soon. Revenge cult? Too predictable. NO. "
6 " I see her in the stars,” he said breathlessly. “I see her in the great lake that surrounds this glorious academy. I see her everywhere.” He looked drunk on love. “She is but a light and I her moth. I can’t help but be drawn into her soft beauty and her wilful manner. "
7 " What makes us bleed? Come on…THINK.Love. The answer came to him in a blink of an eye. Love makes you bleed.Pain. Another answer came to him. Pain makes you bleed.Death. Death makes you bleed.They all made you bleed. Not necessarily physically, but emotionally. Just like now. Just like what was happening to him. The answers kept coming. The answers were infinite. "
8 " Watch out world, I thought, as a rush of air hit me, full pelt. Alex is BACK and she’s here to stay, whether you like it or not! "
9 " I had broken another of her endless rules – never backchat the librarian. "
