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It wasn't badass. I don't really do badass.

Claudia Gray

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Claudia Gray
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 12
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New York City
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Amy Vincent
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I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.” I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.
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Everyone is lonely, we have to remember that life is to be lived one day at a time. You cannot worry about the past or future. Happiness is in the now.
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Hear me out. Would you eat a hamburger if there was any chance it could punch you in the face? - How is a hamburger supposed to punch me in the face? Just say that it can. Would you bother? Or would you eat something else?
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About time you grew up and became a vampire like the rest of us.
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He frames my face with his hands as he says, Tess. Only you could be brave enough to die with me. But I want you to live for me. We kiss, as desperate as though we were drowning. When our lips part, Alec says, Forgive me.
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I apologized to her once for spending less time with her, but she blew it off. You're in love. That makes you actually kind of boring to people who aren't in love. You know, the sane ones.
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I wonder how much of the rest of his clothes I could convince him to take off, then wonder where that thought came from. Well I guess I know.
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Is this what it means to die? Lucas thought. Because I’m not scared of it anymore. Not if it means I finally get this close to you.
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Every single day was just a box on the calendar that I could put a red X through each one brought me closer to Lucas and to liberty.
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I went to him in the doorway and embraced him tightly. Thank you, I whispered. You've done so much for us, and we've done nothing for you. Don't say that. Vic's hands patted my back. You're my friends. Nothing else to it.
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He’d protect me and shelter me forever. But I was beginning to realize that being sheltered came at a price.
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As far as I can see, in this world, you’re a fool for not using whatever gifts you’re given. It’s not as though you lied or cheated or stole to get Howard Marlowe as your father. That’s who he is that’s who you are. You got dealt a bad card when you were bitten—so use one of the better cards you have in your hand to make up for it.
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Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.
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Forget normal.” He grinned. “We’re going to be extraordinary.
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Nobody else will ever be able to save me if I’m not fighting as hard as I can to save myself.
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Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony, Lucas pointed out. Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.
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I know we only talked once- But it meant something to you. Our eyes met for only an instant. It meant something to me, too. I just didn't realize - Well, I thought it was only me.
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You’re strong enough to stand up to anyone. Smart enough to do anything you want. Don’t sell yourself short don’t be afraid of what your new life is going to offer. Because I know—if there’s any justice in this world, good things are going to come to you. Better things than you ever dreamed.
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You’re going to tell me that last night shouldn’t have happened.” No. I’m glad it happened. For too long, I’ve been telling myself that I could spend all this time with yo and flirt with you and not have it mean anything. It does mean something. You mean something to me. But I’m not in love with you.
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Lucas had told me only one lie, ever he kept the secret of black Cross because it wasn’t his secret to tell. In every other way, he’d been honest with me and shared the hard truths nobody else thought I deserved to hear.
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