Cecily von Ziegesar · 240 pages
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“I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from You Know You Love Me
“Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from You Know You Love Me
“Nobody can make me smile like the way you do.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from You Know You Love Me
“But she'd wanted him there and there he was. A lamb ready for slaughter.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from You Know You Love Me
“She couldn't believe how quickly life could change. How could she have known when she'd woken up that morning that today was the day she'd fall in love?”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from You Know You Love Me
“the mundane can be quite satisfying. In fact, being ordinary in general is highly underrated.”
― Stephenie Meyer, quote from The Chemist
“You don't have to have it all figured out now or ever. We're all just bumbling through, really. But you'll find something to be passionate about. You just need to leave high school and your town behind.”
― Matthew Quick, quote from Every Exquisite Thing
“If you look like you belong in a place, most people think you do.”
― Stephen King, quote from Finders Keepers
“According to the Post, Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintains fifteen detention centers around the country and on any given day there are 35,000 people in custody. Last year ICE detained over 400,000 undocumented workers and deported about the same number, at a cost of over $20,000 per deportee. The entire detention system eats over $2 billion a year. It’s the largest immigrant detention system in the world. In addition to the fifteen ICE facilities, the Feds contract with hundreds of county jails, juvenile detention centers, and state prisons to house their detainees, at a cost of about 150 bucks a day per person, 350 for a family. Two-thirds of all facilities are run by private companies. The more bodies they have, the more money they make. Homeland Security, which ICE answers to, has a quota, one mandated by Congress. No other law enforcement agency operates on a quota system.” “And conditions are deplorable,” Zola said, as if she knew more than Mark. “Indeed they are. Since there is no independent oversight, the detainees are often subjected to abuse, including long-term solitary confinement and inadequate medical care and bad food. They are vulnerable to assault, even rape. Last year, 150 died in custody. Detainees are often housed with violent criminals. In many cases, legal representation is nonexistent. On paper, ICE has standards for the facilities, but these are not legally enforceable. There is almost no accountability for how the federal funds are spent. The truth is, no one is looking and no one cares, except for the detainees and their families. They are forgotten people.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Rooster Bar
“This was not her Ambrose, she thought at first. But then, apparently, it was.”
― C.S. Richardson, quote from The End of the Alphabet
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