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1 " And the book (#7) is for whenever the hunt involves a lot of waiting around. Entertainment that won't eat up my batteries is always worth bringing. "
― Marie Lu , Warcross (Warcross, #1)
2 " You have to learn to look at the whole of something, not just the parts. "
3 " Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact. "
4 " But sometimes, people kick you to the ground at recess because they think the shape of your eyes is funny. They lunge at you because they see a vulnerable body. Or a different skin color. Or a different name. Or a girl. They think that you won't hit back - that you'll just lower your eyes and hide. And sometimes, to protect yourself, to make it go away, you do.But sometimes, you find yourself standing in exactly the right position, wielding exactly the right weapon to hit back. "
5 " Death has a terrible habit of cutting straight through every careful line you've drawn between your present and your future. I had a hundred thousand of these lines, and in one day they were severed, leaving me with nothing but a stack of his medical bills and gambling debt. Death didn't even give me somewhere to direct my anger. All I could do was search the sky. "
6 " You don't have to break down every detail. You just need to see the overall pattern to catch the weakness in it. "
7 " When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn't ask for help from you. "
8 " Everyone else goes about their business without even realizing the subtle, significant shift in the NeuroLink that can now control their lives. And is anything different, really? Haven't we all been plugged in for years now, completely addicted to this world beyond reality? Are we this willing to give up? "
9 " My Christmas ornament and Dad's painting had been destroyed, but just because they were destroyed doesn't mean some traces of them, however small and broken, weren't left behind. And if there are enough pieces, you can see what the original object was supposed to be. "
10 " Everyone has a different way of escaping the dark stillness of their mind. "
11 " They believe that objects have souls. The more love you put into one, the more beautiful it becomes. "
12 " But sometimes, you find yourself standing in exactly the right position, wielding exactly the right weapon to hit back. "
13 " I lost my bounty, my landlord is going to come screaming for his money again tomorrow morning, I'm going to drag myself to my waitressing job, and I'm going to be homeless in a couple of days, with nowhere to go...but tonight, I can join in with everyone else, put on my glasses, and watch the magic happen. "
14 " You remind me of myself from several years ago,” she says. “I always offered help—but I refused to accept any. My mother scolded me about that. Do you know what she told me? When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn’t ask for help from you. That you look down on them for needing your help. That you like feeling superior to them. It’s an insult, Emi, to your friends and peers. So don’t be like that. Let us in. "
15 " Everyone pays lip service to world peace. They use it as a pretty answer to pointless questions, to make themselves sound good. "
16 " La muerte tiene la terrible costumbre de cortar todas las líneas que uno trazó cuidadosamente entre el presente y el futuro. "
17 " La muerte ni siquiera me dio algún lugar hacía dónde dirigir mi ira. Lo único que pude hacer fue observar el cielo. "
18 " Todas las puertas cerradas tienen una llave. Todos los problemas tienen una solución. "
19 " Y con respecto a Hideo Tanaka… desde ese día, junto al resto del mundo, se volvió mi obsesión. Lo observaba como si tuviera miedo de parpadear, como si fuera un mago, como si fuera a iniciar otra revolución. "
20 " Todo es ciencia ficción, hasta que alguien lo convierte en ciencia fáctica. "
