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1 " You can know things all you like, and someday you might believe them. "
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley , The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)
2 " Love isn't as rare as you think it is...You can love all sorts of people, in all sorts of ways. Nor is love in any way dangerous. "
3 " If I started letting myself feel afraid I would never be able to stop. "
4 " What's right and what's permitted are sometimes different things. "
5 " You can know things all you like, but that doesn’t mean you believe them. "
6 " It was horrible how the hardest things could be the truth. "
7 " People used to draw dragons on the edges of old maps. When the world hadn't been fully explored, mapmakers imagined dragons living at the far ends. "
8 " Fear and what you did with it were two separate things. "
9 " Keep going,” Susan said. “The only way out of this is straight through. "
10 " I shrugged. “There’s a war on.” “Yes,” she said, “and you’re winning it. "
11 " I don’t want to have to feel grateful,” I said. Susan smiled. “I understand,” she said. “Do it anyhow. "
12 " You can know things all you like, but that doesn't mean you believe them. "
13 " You can know all the things you like, but that does not mean you believe them. "
14 " I stored this information in my head in the bulging file titled "Things I Wished I Didn't Know." It included what it felt like to walk on a clubfoot for ten years, and what it sounded like to have your mother say she never wanted to see you again. "
15 " I love you,” I whispered. I buried my head against Susan’s shoulder. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you before.” “Don’t be sorry,” she whispered back. “I know you love me. You know I love you too.” • • "
16 " I shook my head. Bombs fell from the sky. Boys fell from trees. Anything might happen. Anytime. "
17 " When we’d settled ourselves on the bed in Jamie’s room, he said quietly, “Mam was angry at everything too.” My head snapped up. “Because of me,” I said. “Because of my foot. "
18 " Mam had never been anything but angry. Even when she smiled, she always stayed angry inside. No sadness, no joy. Just anger. "
19 " But I’m used to him not being around, especially when I’m at school. I mostly didn’t live with him. So I don’t actually miss him even though I’m sorry that he’s dead. Sometimes I realize that for a few hours I’ve forgotten all about him. I think I miss the idea of him more than miss his real self. Does that make me a bad person? I’m afraid it does. "
20 " Potato picking was tedious, dirty, exhausting, and cold. I rather liked it. "
