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1 " Do or Do Not. There is no Try. - Archer Deveraux "
― April White , Tempting Fate (The Immortal Descendants, #2)
2 " He obviously didn't get slapped nearly enough for the trouble he stirred up. "
3 " Awesome. Seth Walters was one of my very favorite people on the planet. It always gave me the warm fuzzies when he was around, and based on Mr. Shaw’s expression, I wasn’t the only one who thought he was only slightly less nasty than a port-a-potty at a Burning Man festival. "
4 " I sincerely hoped I’d beaten the bedding enough that any unwelcome guests of the microscopic variety had gotten the word their invitation was revoked. Pancho "
5 " It wouldn’t matter. Even death would be better than living like this.” “Dude, you’re twelve. You don’t get to talk like that.” “Some lives have been lived through in twelve years.” Ringo, with his own sixteen years, had just told a bigger truth than any philosophy book I’d ever read. "
6 " She’d been so blindly accepting of her fate before she’d looked into the cuff, and blind acceptance just pissed me off on principle. "
7 " I have immense respect for teachers who know what they’re doing. I feel like I’m just winging it most of the time, and a pack of wild twelve-year-olds will see my weakness and tear me to shreds. "
8 " Wilder’s father might have known Darwin when he studied at Cambridge. "
9 " Archer seemed startled, and I realized they’d never actually met face to face. He took Elizabeth’s hand and grazed the back of it with his lips. It made me want to change trajectory and hit him. “Lady Elizabeth. I’m honored.” His tone was formal, thank God. If it had been low and growly I might have ended the Tudor line about forty years early. "
10 " Okay. We need to be touching, right?” I reached over to Archer, then held my hand out for Elizabeth. Her skin was cool and so soft I wondered if she’d ever done anything rougher than hold a pen with that hand. Ringo completed the circle and I stifled a smirk. There should have been a Ouija board on the table in front of us. "
11 " It doesn’t pay the bills. And if I’m not going to do what my mother and Millicent want, I better be able to pay my own way. Because it’s just a matter of time before they cut me off financially. "
12 " I need to know I can take care of myself in all ways; financially, physically and emotionally. Because if I can’t count on myself to do it, I’ll never be confident enough to accept anyone else’s help. "
13 " If we do run, you’ll need four legs to keep up with me today, Edwards. Oh that’s right, you’ve been holding back because you’re English, and it’s not sporting to run down a girl. Well, this girl’s been kicking your butt. "