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I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.
Sarah Rees Brennan
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Sarah Rees Brennan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 21
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I wish, Jared began, and stopped, breathing in. Do you remember how you used to believe I wasn't real? Sometimes I wish that was true. If I was just a thought in the back of your mind, then I'd be with you, and I'd be better.
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If I wasn't going to be a world-famous journalist and if I didn't have such respect for truth and justice, I could be an amazing master criminal.
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Oh God, Mae, said Jamie in a hollow voice, descending the stairs. I will never drink again. I'm only seeing in black and white. My arms feel all floppy, like flightless wings. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I looked like a very sad penguin.
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Ash should take the ladies, because he's charming. Ash looked pleased. Jared raised his eyebrows. Are you saying that I'm not a charmer? You are very dear to me, but you have all the savoir faire of a wildebeest, Kami told him. A wildebeest, Jared repeated. A dashingly handsome wildebeest, Kami assured him.
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Would it help if I stood around uselessly not knowing what to say?
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My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.
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I can try to wheedle information out of people, Holly offered. For which I'll need a lower-cut top.
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How do you deal with it? Kami asked Jared. The laughing at nothing and occasionally stopping dead in your tracks. I have a system where when I stop, I lean casually against something, Jared told her. It makes people think I'm a bad boy. Or possibly that I have a bad back.
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Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.
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If you’re calling her a floozy, I’m by way of being a bit of a floozy myself.” “Oh, Jared,” said Kami, who was well aware of his romantic experience, or total lack thereof. “You are not.” “Well, I have floozy ambitions.
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Forest deep, silent bells There's a secret no one tells Valley quiet, water still Lynburns watching on the hill Apples red, corn gold Almost everyone grows old
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Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression.
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And about that, he continued. Now that Kami and I have met, she likes me better than you. So you can leave.
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If you weren’t there, how do you know someone pushed her?” Sergeant Kenn asked. “Well …,” said Jared. “And what were you doing, running through a strange town at night?” “I was jogging?” Jared offered. “Without your shirt or your shoes?” “Uh,” said Jared.
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Have you seen a unicorn in the woods? I imagine that's next, Jared muttered. Right, said Holly. Well. If the unicorn is pink, about two feet tall, with a sparkly mane, we'll know my imaginary friend is real too.
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I expected something a little more castle-shaped, said Jamie. Nothing lasts forever, Nick said. Except demons, of course. Has anyone ever told you that you're a charming conversationalist? Jamie asked. No, Nick replied honestly. I cannot tell you how much that surprises me, Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.
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