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Jill Hathaway

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“You're about as delicate as an AK-47.”

“People have emotional ties to books, more often than you think...”

“Come on," he says. "And try to avoid the broken glass. Can't have you going to the nurse and meeting some other guy.”

“His hands are behind his back. 'Choose,' he says. 'I've already made my choice,' I say, and I grab the sleeve of his leather jacket and pull him inside.”

“Mattie sticks out her tongue, and I take that as my dismissal.”

“When my teacher woke me up, I stared into her face, terrified she'd know about the bad thing I'd just been doing. But then I realized everyone was doing bad things.”

“There's so much shit in this world-what good are friends if not to help shoulder some of the burden?”

“The night is cold, but I welcome it. I need to feel something other than loss, something other than pain. There is only one tree in our backyard, a great big oak tree, but it's perfect. I settle down beneath it and crack the spine on my book. It's not dusk, but it will have to do. Just like Zane said, the experience is totally different. I'm not reading to pass a stupid English quiz. I'm reading for my life, for what Zane's life was. I'm reading to see the book through his eyes. At first, the pages move slowly, but before I know it I'm halfway through. Soon it is light, and I'm finished. It swallowed me whole and then released me, a different person than I was before. I lie back and watch the sun inching its way upward. Maybe I didn't ever really know Zane, but on the other hand-maybe the part he showed to me was the only part of him that was real.”

“The fact is that most people keep secrets hidden behind their eyes.”

“That night, I peer through my telescope, wondering why the sky looks the same when my universe has been turned completely upside down.”

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Book Keywords:

cute, choices, sisters, tongue, humorous, sarcasm

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