Carrie Jones Quotes
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That's what people who love you do: they hold you and lie. They tell you that you're worthy, that everything will be all right, and they do that even when you both know without a doubt that this is not true, that is it nowhere near the truth.
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Pixies have to be invited in, like vampires. I read it on the Internet." "Well, there you go," I mutter. "Then it must be true.”
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Zara. We all need to rescue and we all need to be rescued.
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Then he smiles at me and my heart starts beating harder, which I'm ashamed to admit, but it's true. Hearts betray you like that. This is why it's perfectly acceptable to be cardiophobic, afraid of hearts.
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"You were going to sacrifice yourself to save everyone else?" I cringed. Then I wimped out.
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Hope is a crazy thing. It will make you believe.
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She is a beautiful creature, but beauty doesn't equal good and it certainly doesn't equal sane.
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Is everyone as wrong about me as I am about them?
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He likes you, Zara. He took care of you. That's what men do when they take a shine to you.
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Fear makes us stronger, puts us on our toes. We've got to embrace it.
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The ending has to fit. The ending has to matter, and make sense. I could care less about whether it's happy or sad or atomic. The ending is the place where you go, “Aha. Of course. That's right.”
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Where'd the dog go?" I ask, sounding panicky. "That wasn't a dog, Zara," he says, words whisper strong. I jerk my head up. "What was it then? A cat? A gerbil? A geriatric hamster?
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We all have to feel empty sometimes.
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I. Am. So. Hungry.
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I don't think we ever find anything, do we? I mean in life. We think we find things and then it turns out those things aren't what we thought.
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You have to face your fear.
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We should expect the best in people.
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I’m not a damsel and there is no distress