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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, notbothering to explain how I’d arrived at my answer "
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. "
4 " Nothing is certain but death and taxes. "
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. "
6 " Getting involved with Jameson would just be throwing gasoline on the fire." "And what a lovely fire it would be, "
7 " I was supposed to have an edge. But sharp-edged girls had feelings, too. "
8 " If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have? "
9 " I'm a hypercompetitive, bisexual perfectionist who likes to win and looks like this. I'm no stranger to being hated "
10 " Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table. "
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? "
12 " Right." ... "No feminism at the dinner table. "
13 " Do you know what philanthropist means?” Libby asked me seriously. “It means rich. "
14 " Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win. "
15 " Sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core. "
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. "
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. "
18 " He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you. "
19 " As awful as it sounds, money is power, and power is magnetic. "
20 " Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles. "