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1 " I used to underline passages in my English books, because certain lines crawled off the page, because those lines were magic and they meant something on a cosmic scale. "
― , The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1)
2 " I guess my point is that teenage girls aren't supposed to be powerful, you know? Everybody hates teenage girls. They hate our bodies and hate us if we want to change them. They hate the things we're supposed to like but hate it when we like other things even more because that means we're ruining their things. Were somehow this great corrupting influence, even though we've barely got legal agency of our own. But the three of us the four of us, counting you were powerful. "
3 " What the fuck are bleacher gods?” The door was in sight, thank the bleacher gods, and "
4 " I cracked my knuckles, click-click-click, but my left ring finger was stuck un-cracked, and it took a substantial amount of willpower not to snap it trying. "
5 " IF TEENS DON’T HAVE SPIRIT, THEN WHAT’S THAT SMELL? "
6 " PEOPLE I’M IN LOVE WITH, and all the entries had been scratched out save three names: Daisy, Yates, and Rico Nasty. "
7 " feathered bobs, "
8 " The katydids were dead by now, so the four of us sat in total silence out by the pool. "
9 " Nice candles. Going for girth, I see. Good girl. "
10 " Daisy could murder someone with a glance. Holy hell, I wanted that. I wanted to be gorgeous and reckless and legendary, or at least somebody people liked. I wanted the privilege of being mistaken for someone like her. I wanted to be her. No, I didn’t. I wanted to be the leather in her jacket. We could be despicable together. "
11 " Jing’s cherry convertible was an inappropriate pop of color; a spot of blood on clean black scales. "
12 " I could fuck with that.” I opened my jaws and felt myself almost say something awful and significantly gayer than I intended, "
