Barry Lyga · 311 pages
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“I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors.”
“I don't know and I don't care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it.
I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.”
“The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.”
“I suddenly realize that I'm naked, which shouldn't bother me since it's the phone, but for some reason it does.
"How's it hanging?" Kyra asks and now I think I'm blushing. It's just an expression, but jeez!”
“It's a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.”
“It just means that if someone hates you, they still have feelings for you. If they really didn't care about you, they'd just forget about you. They wouldn't even waste the time hating you.”
“...She's not buying [the lie], but there's nothing else on the shelves.”
“A guy next to me sees the massive bruise on my arm.
"God, what a wuss! You got bruised from playing dodge ball?" I look at him, and I realize that I don't know him. I don't even recognize him from walking through the halls or assemblies. I couldn't tell you what grade he's in or what classes he takes. So why does he even bother? Why does he even bother being mean to me?”
“Oh, that was smooth. I'm as subtle as a fart.”
“Thanks to the very best in Microsoft/Intel engineering, it crashes every time you exhale too hard in its general vicinity.
--Fanboy on his computer”
“Push not the river; it will flow on its own accord. —Polish Proverb”
“A daughter is a woman that cares about where she come from and takes care of them that took care of her.”
“This might be good, I thought as I studied the crowd. There were several definitely intelligent guys present, not strobe-light intellects but people who could make you uncomfortable in a debate if you got too much beyond what you absolutely had the facts on.”
“No school without spectacular eccentrics and crazy hearts is worth attending.”
“If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now.”
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