Jessica Brody · 352 pages
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“Because apart we might be as different as night and day, black and white, right and wrong, but together we create two sides of a whole. Together we balance.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“People can be so annoying sometimes. With all their stupid opinions and hidden agendas. But dogs? Dogs don’t have any agendas. They’re as honest and open and devoted as you can get. And that’s why they’ll always cheer you up. They’ll always love you. No matter how badly you screw up.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“New languages are not something you can pick up overnight. They take time. Patience. The willingness to change the way you think about what you already know.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“Instead of constantly living up to everyone's expectations, why not destroy them?”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“Aren’t universal transmissions supposed to be pure and uncorrupted?”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“And for the last ten or so years of my life, whenever my father was in the house, I've learned how to make myself scarce.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“No hay mat que por bien no venga --there is no bad that doesn't come with good”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“Calm?” I screeched. “Calm? Ryan, I nearly killed you! How could I possibly be calm?” Ryan studied my face for a minute and then rolled his eyes.
His smile turned to a frown. “You’re not going to let me kiss you ever again, are you?” It wasn’t really a question.
“And you say you’re not that smart.”
― Kelly Oram, quote from Being Jamie Baker
“The heart is a map of the world, did you know that?” “I don’t even know what it means,” he said. “I saw a medieval map once. It showed the earth as a flat disc with Jerusalem in the center. Rome was bigger than Africa, and America was not even shown, of course. The heart is that kind of map. The self is in the middle and everything else is out of proportion. You draw the friends of your youth large, then later it’s impossible to rescale them when other more important people need to be added. Anyone who has done you wrong is shown too big, and so is anyone you loved.”
― Ken Follett, quote from Edge of Eternity
“Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio.”
― Machado de Assis, quote from O Alienista
“Once upon a time, I lost everything and I was so alone. The sadness, the hurt, it all seemed so infinite. When you're wandering alone in a storm, you can't see the end, or if there even is one, and how close it might be.
I'm still wandering, but maybe I don't feel so lost now.
I'll keep trying. I promise.”
― Kelley York, quote from Suicide Watch
“Miss Bri-Bri has designed a gazillion booty-ful dresses for very famous and important people, like Princess Sugar Plum, Selena Gomez, Beyoncé, and Mrs. Claus! And”
― Rachel Renée Russell, quote from Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
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