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440 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 29, 2018
“Don’t look at them. Look at me.” – Elliott
“She said you weren’t her boyfriend.”
“. . . not yet. I’m having a good night, though. I think I just might talk her into it.”
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“ “I know. I’m Elliott. Want to walk down to Braum’s with me for an ice-cream cone?” He was half a head taller than me, but by the looks of it, we weighed the same. His arms and legs were too long and skinny, and he hadn’t quite grown into his ears. His high cheekbones protruded enough to make his cheeks appear sunken, and his long, stringy hair didn’t help the appearance of his oval face.”
“My uncle John says people can only make us angry if we let them, and if we let them, we give them power.” “That you either get good at rising above and meeting ignorance with education, or you get really good at being bitter.”
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“You know why you’ll never outgrow the need to make others feel like shit so you can feel better, Presley?” She narrowed her eyes at him, watching him like a snake ready to strike. Elliott continued, “Because it’s a temporary high. It never lasts, and you’ll never stop because it’s the only happiness you’ll ever have in your sad, pathetic life that revolves around manicures and highlighting your hair. Your friends? They don’t like you. No one ever will because you don’t like yourself. So every time you give Catherine a hard time, she’ll know. She’ll know why you’re doing it, just like your friends will know. Just like you’ll know that you’re overcompensating. Every time you throw insults Catherine’s way, it’s that much less of a secret.” He made eye contact with each clone and then Presley. “Have the day you deserve.”
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Title: All the Little Lights
Author: Jamie McGuire
Genre: Contemporary, YA
Publication Date: May 29, 2018
”It’s good, you know, for things not to come easy. You appreciate them more.”
”You can’t save everyone.”
“I just want to save her.”
”You make me feel beautiful when you’re the beautiful one.”
”Pain is beautiful?”
“Pain . . . Love. Can’t really have one without the other.”
”I probably don’t deserve you, but I know I will love you more than anyone else will.”
”We could save each other.”
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