Corrine Jackson Quotes

#1. It sounds so perfect. He's defending me because Carey would want him to. It's not about me. It never is, with these two boys. Blake lets me take the blame, and Carey uses me.

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#2. The last time I'd felt safe had been with Gabe.

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#3. I heard you calling to me, love. I'm sorry it took me so long it get here.

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#4. We talk later," he demands. "Or now, with everyone listening."
"Go to hell," I say. It worked before, but not this time.
His voice soft, he asks, "Aren't we already there, Q?

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#5. I've learned that things can always suck worse than they did five minutes ago.

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#6. One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.

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#7. Trust me with your heart, Remy.

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#8. How can you possibly think I'd want you to sacrifice yourself to save me? As if there wasn't enough danger, now I have to worry you'll take a bullet for me."
My arms crossed as his anger ignited my own.
"As if, you jerk. You can take your own stupid bullet.

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#9. That's war, kid. You can hate the guy next to you, but he's always got your back.

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#10. It was odd that Gabe had noticed my habit when I hadn't.
"I notice everything about you," he said softly.

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#11. A first edition of Peter Pan appeared gift-wrapped on my bed - Lucy admitted that Asher had drafted her to help deliver that present.

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#12. I'm two hours late when I pull in to the driveway. It won't matter that I'm always on time. People never see how good you are. Fuck up once, and it's like you are wearing a neon sign.

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#13. Everyone takes the picture of the kid with the birthday cake on his face," he said once. "Wait for the unexpected. That's the magic.

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#14. The truth is, some apologies never see the light of day.

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#15. The changes in her are like music missing the refrain. The song's transformed, though what's left remains familiar.

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#16. Gabe?"
Our eyes met in the rearview mirror. "Thank you. For getting us out of there."
Gabe laid a hand over his heart in a gesture that would have meant "You're welcome" or even "I love you.

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#17. I wonder how much shame people can hold before they ignite.

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#18. It's easier to hang out with the patients in the indoor garden, with its sunlight and picnic tables. Easier to forget that someone's ill when you're not surrounded by the antiseptic reek of hospital-issue debris.

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#19. Two guys and I love them both. Loyalty divides and subtracts me from both of them.

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#20. Some words hit you like a tree branch slapping you in the face. And some words rip into your flesh, leaving scars so deep, they never completely fade.

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#21. Sometimes a moment defines you, defines how people see you for the rest of your life. You can accept it or fight it. If you're lucky, you'll recognize the moment when it happens.

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#22. This isn't about being a good friend.."
"No, you're right.. It's about family. You're my family, stupid.

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#23. You're not one of those cranky old people who uses their age as an excuse to be a prick, are you?

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#24. I'm a ho. I'm a ho. The thought popped into my head before I'd even opened my eyes the next morning. It was the same thought I had when I tried to wear red lipstick.

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#25. This honor crap isn't for the weak.

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#26. You're the one in control here. Be kind.

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#27. Maybe if we both wish hard enough, I will become invisible, with watery veins and glass bones. My translucent heart will beat on but my father will not notice me. He sees only my mother in the spaces around him.

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#28. Discomfort moves in and takes over two inches of the space between us.

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#29. Forgive me," he said in a hard voice. "My heart is breaking over here. I'm doing the best I can.

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#30. We are the Island of Misfit Toys, all broken or smashed in some way.

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#31. These days will be a shitty reminder of a time when we weren't the best versions of ourselves.

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#32. His laugh sands the rough edge inside me, and I smile.

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#33. I'm standing right in front of you and you can't even see me! -Quinn

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#34. Yes"
Somehow, I wasn't surprised to hear his low voice. I opened my eyes, and Asher's fierce, unblinking stare held me captive. I couldn't think while trapped by the power of that intent look.
"Yes what?"
"Yes, you're worth dying for.

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