Courtney Milan Quotes
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It really is that easy. I can say no. I can tell him I have a problem, and it becomes just a…thing. An obstacle. Something I can attack. It was only silence that made it insurmountable.
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"Because even though you’ve been invisible to the entire world,” he said, “I have always seen you.
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We're friends...And what that means is this: I won't let anyone hurt you. Not if I can stop it.
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Even the illusion of love was preferable to the utter lack of it.
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I'm afraid I might make a fool of myself over him. I'm not even sure he would notice if I did.
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Perhaps God gave one sisters to teach one to love the inexplicable.
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No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.
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“I lie, I forge I blackmail.” Edward shrugged. “But cheating at cards? I'd never stoop so low.” Good to know you have some principles.
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It was hardly the first time she had confused him. He knew just enough to understand that he didn’t understand her.
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“If I’d married,” she said softly, “I would never know what I was capable of doing. It turns out that when you take away my kid gloves and my morning dresses, I can do quite a bit. This may sound ridiculous, but I’m proud of myself.
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“You’ll know,” Judith said. “If you ever see him again, you’ll know it’s him because the world will right itself
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You're perfectly right. There's no two ways about it. When you leave, it will slay me.
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The dog looked up in entreaty. Liquid brown eyes begged: Take me with you. I’ll be good. Oh, the lies that dogs told.
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One mustn’t justify day-to-day morality with extraordinary circumstances. Otherwise, we would all feel free to rape and murder at the drop of a cat.
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Do you remember the time you blackmailed me? Yes, dear. You blackmailed me right back. It was the sweetest thing. I knew then that we were meant for each other.
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Experience tells me that fiction is fiction and that hope leads to disappointment.
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I'm not broken,' he repeated. 'Although at the moment...at the moment, I may be coming a bit unraveled.
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She made everything happen, and still she remained invisible to the people she loved the most.
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It was not lust itself he felt, but the premonition of desire, as if the wind that whipped around his cravat were whispering in his ears. /Her. Choose her.
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Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.
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“Don’t answer, Marshall. Work it through your principles.” Bradenton smiled. “But in the end, we all know how this will work out. It’s one annoying girl against your entire future. Against the future of voting rights.
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When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.
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"Does anyone ever get the best of you?” “Yes,” she returned, “but only when I choose to give it to them."
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But none of that matters. When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself.