“Because you are just a pawn. And a pawn can’t help but get played.”
“This is yours,” he said, pressing my hand more tightly to his chest. “And I don’t give it lightly.”
“Perv—I’ve gotten upgraded from stalker.' Wasn’t he the eternal optimist?”
“I love all of you Ember—the ferocious, beautiful girl I first laid eyes on, the fiery girl who punched me in the face when I threw off her sheets, the penitent girl I found curled up in the shower, the curious girl who questioned a wanted man’s guilt, the brave girl who pushed me down when she saw a gun, and the secretive girl who thinks she needs to carry the world on her shoulders.”
“God, he’s sexy. No wonder he was a little shit all the time.”
“Ember, the bad comes in with the good. And I want all of it—I want your secrets, your worry, your pain. I love you—you’re not alone in this life.”
“The government had been controlling my nightly visits.”
“They’d given me a blowtorch. Idiots.”
“Someone so annoying didn’t deserve to look that good.”
“I met his eyes. “Easily. I could love you easily.”
“eyebrows rose. “I’m just going to throw this out there, but I’m okay with being taken advantage of.”
“I never listened to those who told me about the dark side of loving your pair.”
“I love you too.” Funny how those words got easier to say the more I voiced them.”
“Guerilla warfare? I was in way over my head. I told myself that I could do this. It was guerilla warfare every time I went to sleep.”
“Caden might be my partner, but he was also the enemy.”
“Jesus. It was worth it,” Caden said, looking dazed and pleased.”
“Granted, she was obviously one lick away from riding the short bus”
“General Garrison assembled all of the men for a memorial service, and captured their feelings of sadness, fear, and resolve with the famous martial speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V: Whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure since we wish not to die in that man’s company. Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself every year on this day, show his neighbor his scars, and tell embellished stories of all their great feats of battle. These stories he will teach his son and from this day until the end of the world we shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for whoever has shed his blood with me shall be my brother. And those men afraid to go will think themselves lesser men as they hear of how we fought and died together.”
“Zillions of puppies … that’s what they got up in heaven. The softest dogs you’ve ever seen. And no poop. I don’t know what happens to the poop but it’s not in heaven. Because heaven’s clean. All those fluffy white clouds. And these zillions of puppies just jumping from cloud to cloud and you get to run and chase them all day.”
“But remember. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't real.”
“Every one, as you ought to know, has a beast-self—and a bird-self, and a stupid fish-self, ay, and a creeping serpent-self too—which it takes a deal of crushing to kill! In truth he has also a tree-self and a crystal-self, and I don’t know how many selves more—all to get into harmony. You can tell what sort a man is by his creature that comes oftenest to the front.”
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