Brian James Quotes

#1. My dad believes that bad disguises itself - that danger hides. I think it's the opposite. The truly horrible things about the world are always reaching out for you.

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#2. We have to find a place that is ours. The doctors keep trying to make us fit into this world, but they're wrong. We need a world that fits us.

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#3. My memories are like a shuffled deck of cards, each one coming up at random.

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#4. Some memories are presents that I'm unable to unwrap over and over.

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#5. Yeah? How was I?"
"You were . . . kind of perfect" I say
"Kind of?" Alec throws his hands out to his sides, pretending to be offended. "Can I try again? I'd hate for my reputation to be spoiled by a 'kind of.

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#6. Because there's nothing wrong with me," Alec says. "You know what is? Our society is so screwed up from top to bottom, everything about it, that it's become impossible to fix. It's easier to change people and make them fit into something that's broken. Know what I mean?

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#7. When did life start being something you had to work at and not something that just is?

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#8. Puberty flicked a switch inside of them and dreams were replaced by hormones and college prep courses and varsity sports while I continued to look for faeries in the woods behind my house.

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#9. I'm glad I was sent here after all" Alec says.
"Why?"
"Because you're here

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#10. Maybe that's where we're supposed to meet then" I say.
"What do you mean? When?"
"I mean, maybe that's where our perfect world begins

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#11. I should never have loved him . I should never love anyone because it ends up being worse than being alone.

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#12. Sometimes it is easier when you can't see your hands or your arms. Sometimes it's easier when you don't try. Because it's too hard to talk when you are trying . too hard to say what you feel inside.

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#13. The boy I used to know as Thomas Merker has been erased
replaced with a personality programmed by television and commercials to act a certain way.

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