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The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) QUOTES

The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) QUOTES

1 " That's the thing, Mystery Girl. I don't think I'm turning anything into a riddle. I don't think I have to. You are a riddle, a puzzle, a game - my grandfather's last. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

2 " The answer to your first riddle,” I told him. “If yes is no and once is never,
then the number of sides a triangle has… is… two.” I drew out my reply, not
bothering to explain how I’d arrived at my answer "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

3 " I was in bed, thinking about everything Max had said, wondering if I was fundamentally selfish or needy person, when I heard a sound like scratching in the wall. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

4 " Nothing is certain but death and taxes. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

5 " ...but if there is one universal truth in the human experience, it is that a finely honed scone-eating palate does not just develop overnight. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

6 " Getting involved with Jameson would just be throwing gasoline on the fire." "And what a lovely fire it would be, "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

7 " I was supposed to have an edge. But sharp-edged girls had feelings, too. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

8 " If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have? "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

9 " I'm a hypercompetitive, bisexual perfectionist who likes to win and looks like this. I'm no stranger to being hated "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

10 " Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

11 " There were people out there who might live or die because of me, futures good or bad might be realized because of my choices.
What right did I even have to be the one making them? "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

12 " Right." ... "No feminism at the dinner table. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

13 " Do you know what philanthropist means?” Libby asked me seriously. “It means rich. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

14 " Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

15 " Sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

16 " We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

17 " Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

18 " He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

19 " As awful as it sounds, money is power, and power is magnetic. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

20 " Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles. "

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)