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Time Bomb

Joelle Charbonneau

Top 10 Best Quotes

“To get what you wanted in life, you must inspire trust - even if you intended to break it.”

“Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be.”

“it took courage to live.”

“Was he scared? Hell, yeah. But sometimes the only way to change something was to break it first.”

“An explosion. Something that should exist only in movies and on the news. And here he was in the middle of it.”

“when she played something beautiful, she almost could convince herself that she was beautiful too.”

“she said that she liked the attention the hijab brought, and it helped her know exactly who her friends were. The hijab signaled who she was and that she was proud of her heritage. She said if people didn’t like it, they could just get out of her way.”

“mending what was broken could be done quickly if you wanted it badly enough.”

“You know what it’s like to be different, but instead of thinking about that, you stand there while your friends hurl insults and believe everything they hear on television. You should know better, but you don’t, so do you actually think my telling you that you’re wrong would change any of that?”

“You can’t really expect us to go out that window on a rope made of braided twine like we’re deranged superheroes.”

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Book Keywords:

trust, change, school, realistic-fiction, pressure, intention, teen, ya, risk, break, inspire, fake-it-til-you-make-it, scared, expectations, taking-chances, winner

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