“Inside, Lexi saw only people on gurneys. Coughing, screaming, prostrate patients, but no doctors. She yelled for help, flapping open each curtain as she ducked through the maze of rooms. But there was no one.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Something terrible was going on in this mall. Shay just had to keep Preeti and Nani safe. Hide them until this—whatever it was—was over. If she could do that, everything would be fine.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“With the rising emotional barometer, Marco began to consider whether there was any possible scenario for survival within the mall. Each new malevolent customer made escape seem the best option. But was it even possible?”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“I’m Shaila Dixit,” she said, holding out her free hand. Mike shook it. “A little formal,” he said. He looked at Ryan, smiled, and let go of her hand. “But any friend of Ryan’s is a pal of mine.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Maddie began regaling Lexi with another tale from the History of Irvington Country Day. Apparently, it was not all tea parties and polo games. The last story ended with, “And then we had to call the fire department because the bonfire lit up the grass clippings in the lawn.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Take, for instance, Maddie Flynn. Not the brightest chip on the circuit board, but totally entertaining.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“So a guy likes your tits and says so. Why let it get to you?” Maddie asked, giving Lexi the raised-eyebrow once-over. “I’m not like you,” Lexi said. Maddie’s eyebrows sunk into a scowl. Lexi scrambled for a better explanation. “I mean, I’m not good with boys.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Ryan felt tingly all over, like maybe he’d been tossed from his own body. But he was all right. By some small miracle, they were all okay.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“If she could have deleted herself from the universe, she would have.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“So how did you two meet?” the sister asked in a sing-songy, playground-taunt voice. Marco responded viscerally to the tone.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Years of abuse had trained Marco in the tactics of survival, which boiled down to this: If every time someone spoke to you, you fired back some sarcastic, fuck-you response, people tended to leave you alone. This method had served him well; now in his junior year, Marco was practically invisible to his peers. But not completely, as he was now aware.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“How can you seem so normal?” she said. “Knowing what we know.” Her voice was muffled by her folded arms. “What, that we’re caught in a death trap?” Shay glanced up at Marco like he’d bitten her. He decided to holster his usual mode of response. He wanted to talk to this girl.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Having the job makes it easier,” he said, sitting opposite her. “Keeps my mind off things.” He would not say anything about his spy operation. “My job isn’t helping me at all.” She waved her hand up, then let it flop back onto her arm. “Job?” Marco asked. “Taking care of my grandmother and sister,” Shay said. “My grandmother’s diabetic. She needs insulin shots. And my sister is just, well.” Shay looked at him, eyebrows raised. “You have a little sister?” “I’m the little brother, so you’ll get no sympathy from me.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“He forged ahead. “Where’d you move from?” “Jersey,” she said, without adding more. “Why hasn’t the bomb blown up already?” “Maybe it did and we’re all dead,” he said. “Heaven’s a bit of a disappointment.” “Yeah, and the food sucks.” She smiled. She got his gallows humor. He felt suddenly grateful for having been trapped in the squad car for all of yesterday.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Anyway, I thought you and Darren were cybernetically connected.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“The man who’d found Lexi—Dr. Chen, she was told—joined the Senator.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“What would telling people accomplish?” her mother asked. “Run this through with me: We tell people that if they get sick, they’re most likely going to die. Next, people will try to hide their symptoms, lie to themselves about being sick. This means they won’t seek treatment, they’ll stay out in the populace and infect more people.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Nani could always be counted on to act as a coconspirator.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“At least she had a handle on her family. Arthur was convalescing on the couch in the Apple Store stockroom and Lexi was sitting next to him helping to type in the population database she’d asked them to create. It was nice having all of the Rosses on the same page.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“She just had to keep them hopeful. If they had hope, they could be controlled.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Dotty laughed because that was what you did when someone thought they were funny. There should be Oscars for politicians. She took the key and stalked out to the hall.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Lexi shuffled into a sit. Her brain began scratching together an appropriate response. Talking was so different from texting—one had to string words together so quickly in real life.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“I had a good teacher.” Shay felt an incredible urge to touch him, but feared she might burst into flame.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Her ears were blue. Somehow, all Shay could focus on were the ears. They looked like something off a Halloween mask.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“You’re just going to let this happen?” Marco asked, incredulous.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“Suddenly the divide between them and everyone outside seemed insurmountable.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“A man—the boy’s father, it seemed—stepped forward and put one hand on his son’s shoulder, the other around his wife. When the hazmat man stood, the father picked his kid up and tried to leave.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
“The news channels were all blocked—not that they’d shown more than vapid speculation over the last few days.”
― Dayna Lorentz, quote from No Safety in Numbers
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From: gblake@theacademy.gr
Subject: If I could do it over...
...I wouldn't treat you so badly.
I'm sorry.
Today wasn't about the bet.
Give me another chance.
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Just like him: brief, cryptic, and full of crap.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, quote from Oh. My. Gods.
“Mrs O'Leary said, 'Tis the child I feel sorry for', and all the people looked up and saw me, so I looked especially sad, I expect the experience will give me a trauma at some stage in the future. I'm all right at the moment, but you never know.”
― Sue Townsend, quote from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
“To find your true identity within the will of Tze Yo Tzuh...that is the highest of all freedoms.”
― Gene Luen Yang, quote from American Born Chinese
“So it had always been and apparently would be. The terms “peace” and “war” as understood by the Americans had no meaning to the Indians. Hostilities could break out at any time, for no apparent cause other than the restlessness of the young warriors, spurred by their desire for honor and glory, which could only be won on raids, which always brought on revenge raids, in a regular cycle. The captains were hopelessly naïve on this point. Lewis was sure he had created a peace in the face of overwhelming evidence that his words were carried away by the wind. He told Larocque of his confidence in his “very grand plan,” but Larocque had doubts, and rightly so.13 The”
― Stephen E. Ambrose, quote from Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
“When we finally left the storms of the Midwest behind us, I turned to the man beside me, a Boeing engineer, and asked him if he had been afraid. “No. I’ve already been there.” It was a strange answer. He explained that he had been clinically dead as a youth, crushed beneath a car after he and several friends had hit a utility pole. “I watched from somewhere up above and saw the troopers lift the car off someone. Then I saw that it was me lying there. I wasn’t afraid, and I didn’t feel any pain—not until I woke up in the hospital three days later. Since then, I’ve known that the soul doesn’t die, only the body, and I’ve never been afraid.” I”
― Ann Rule, quote from The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story
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