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Justice is for the victim.” Kick. “Vengeance is for the survivor.

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It's suspiciously quiet in here, and there's a Tod shaped dent in the bean bag. For the sake of both my sanity and my temper, I'm going to pretend I can't tell that you're in his lap, so could you pretend that this is still my house and you are still my daughter, and I'm within my parental rights to kick your boyfriend out after 11:00 p.m.?
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His name's Nash. Aunt Val took a butter knife from the silverware drawer. What year is he? I groaned inwardly. Senior. ...here we go ... Her smile was a little too enthusiastic. Well that's wonderful! Of course, what she really meant was Rise from the shadows, social leper, and walk in the bright light of acceptance!
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There's pressure, but that's true no matter who you are or what you do.
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Hey, do you wanna go out for... His words melted with a sigh when he noticed Tod, but then he rallied with a smile. Hi, Tod, I didn't realise you were here. In my daughter's bedroom. With the door closed. Happy to be here, Tod said, and I groaned out loud.
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Wouldn't you be mad if I told you to give up on someone you cared about? Just... hand her over to someone who doesn't even deserve her? Tod gave me a strange, sad look I couldn't interpret, and the blues in his irises shifted subtly for a moment before he got control of them. Yeah. I guess I would.
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I've seen this episode. This is the one where Sylvester eats Tweety.
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But more than any of that, I was thankful for the possibility he'd shown me: that a man really could love a woman enough that he'd do anything to protect her. That's how much Tod loved Addy. That's how much I wanted Nash to love me.
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Ask for the impossible, then settle instead for what you really wanted in the first place.
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I fell into that kiss like Alice into Wonderland, headfirst and flailing, heart pounding the whole time. The world spun around me and still I fell, and I only crashed down to earth again when someone called my name.
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Is that a joke? Please tell me you're joking. -Sophie I never joke about carnivorous bunnies. -Luca
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She wasn't feeling nothing. She was feeling too much. She was blocking it all out. That was a survival skill, and her still-beating heart was proof that it worked.
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Congratulations. Your official super-nerd badge is in the mail.
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The moment the door opened I knew an ass-kicking was inevitable. Whether I'd be giving it or receiving it was still a bit of a mystery.
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Sophie glanced from me to Sabine, then back, scowling. I'm not scared of her. I can handle myself. Yeah, and hissing kittens think they're badass too, Sabine said.
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And I met Madeline's necromancer. His name's Luca. A death detector? Tod made a face. That's creepy. It gets weirder. He's dating Sophie. On purpose?
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Have you and Nash both lost your minds? This is really a very simple concept--one that you taught me! Hellion equals evil. Period! -Kaylee to Tod
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Nash has been the sun lighting up the horizon of my life, outshining everything else in my world. I'd thought once that he was to good to be true. Turns out I was right.
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I realized that I'd rather die with you than live with someone else.
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I should have said something. ... But my mouth wouldn't open, and the longer I stood there in silence, the better I can to understand the problem. It wasn't that I had nothing to say to him. It was that I had too much to say.
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The problem with getting everything you want in life is that you're not prepared for disappointment when it comes.
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