Sarah Mlynowski · 317 pages
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“That's our story.
How we became a we.
And that's what we are these day. A we.
When you're a group that can hear each other's thoughts, the line between I and We gets kind of blurry.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It
“Normal is boring. Who wants that?”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It
“He knew he was sounding a little Holden Caulfield-esque calling everyone a phony, but he really did think everyone was a phony.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It
“We were not always freaks. Sure, most of us occasionally exhibited freakish behavior. But that’s not the same thing. This is the story of how we became freaks. It’s how a group of Is became a we.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It
“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?"
-Royce Westmoreland”
― Judith McNaught, quote from A Kingdom of Dreams
“She wanted to stop, but she was riding a wave of memory and it was carrying her backward to that night, that room, and the blood that had spattered her mother's star charts like the map of a new constellation.”
― Philip Reeve, quote from Mortal Engines
“Они выбросили из человеческой цивилизации все, что не было подчинено какой-то практической цели, что было связано с игрой, фантазией или древностью, — и тем самым лишили ее всего человеческого, переняв только голый утилитаризм, техническую и практическую ее сторону. И вот эта-то убогая карикатура на человеческую цивилизацию процветает — создает технические чудеса, обновляет нашу старую планету и, в конце концов, начинает вдохновлять само человечество. Фауст теперь будет учиться секретам успеха и посредственности у своего ученика и слуги! Или”
― Karel Čapek, quote from War with the Newts
“Sometimes I feel kind of wrong here. I used to be normal, but now... I don't know. I feel like I should be one way, but I'm not." Toby stared at her. "I hear that." He sighed. "There are all these perfect people here. And... it's like, if you're not one of the,. then you're messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just as messed up as we are.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Flawless
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