Bethany Griffin Quotes

#1. Will leans forward, pulls off his mask, and kisses my forehead. "I'm glad I was the one to save you this time
" he whispers.

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#2. Hours trickle by, and I wilt. The magic isn't here for me tonight. I can't get away from the heavy feeling of being me. I want to blend in, to be someone besides myself, someone who is part of something secret and subversive and exciting.

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#3. I won't cry. When the guilt is this heavy, you can't. It just settles and stays with you, and it's cold.

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#4. Oblivion. It is what I am always looking for.

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#5. I need some fresh air," I say.
"Then by all means go outside. If it doesn't clear your head, it will probably kill you." Will might be teasing. I can't tell.

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#6. Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.

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#7. Or maybe the ugliness is in us.
That's just the way we are.
Underneath the pretense of civilization.

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#8. She's made herself so artificial; it's okay to wear next to nothing because we aren't real people any longer.

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#9. I always thought about you. From the night I took you home. I never really stopped thinking about you.

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#10. The tension is making him practically vibrate.

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#11. Araby is good at getting men to sleep beside her without anything ... happening

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#12. I've perfected the art of the fake smile. It's not so difficult when you are completely numb.

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#13. And I'm falling in love with you," he whispers. "But I would throw you in the water and watch crocodiles tear you to bits, if I thought that doing so would accomplish my goals. Do. Not. Trust. Anyone. Especially me.

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#14. Do the pamphlets follow the mood of the people, or do the pamphlets encourage certain opinions among the masses?

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#15. Just because you don't want to see something doesn't mean that it will go away. Do you think inhumanity doesn't exist if you pretend not to see it? Or maybe get too drunk to understand? We've forgotten the things that make life worthwhile.

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#16. Thank you for stitching me up" I say.
"I seem to have a talent for it.

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#17. Where do you want to go?
Back to violinist. I want to hear songs about suicide.

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#18. She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies."
"Sometimes I think that's all we owe our parents.

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#19. Does she love you?"
"Not yet," Elliott says. "But she will. Araby's used to loving people who've done terrible things.

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#20. He thinks I'm going to fall apart. But I won't.

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#21. No matter what creatures people fear in the dead of the night, in this city, violence is more likely to be carried out by men

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#22. Sit". I gesture to the chairs.
"I need to tell you something".
"You adore me and are having trouble keeping your hands to yourself?" he suggests.
"No". But my seriousness is lost on him.
He sits and pulls me close. "I'm having trouble keeping my hands to myself

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#23. I was planning to eat that, April says as Henry discovers a pudding and spoons it into his mouth with such intense concentration that I think his eyes have crossed.

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#24. Thank you for keeping her safe," Elliott tells Will.
"I will always keep her safe.

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#25. In the summer evenings, fireflies swarm around the tarn, making something hateful almost beautiful.

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