Kami Garcia - Beautiful Creatures (2009)

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It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. Elton John? Close. Ernest Hemingway. In his own way, sort of the rock star of his time.

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It wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much I was just like the rest of them, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn't.

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The Sisters were Southern Baptist, and they went to church on Saturdays and Sundays, and most other days, too.

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Everyone under the age of sixty called it the War Between the States, while everyone over sixty called it the War of Northern Aggression, as if somehow the North had baited the South into war over a bad bale of cotton.Read

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You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably different.

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If a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it's jewelry.

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If this was a movie, we would've sat down at the table with the guys and they would have learned some kind of valuable lesson, like not to judge people by how they look, or that being different is okay. And Lena would've learned that all jocks weren't stupid and shallow. It always seemed to work in movies, but this wasn't a movie. This was Gatlin, which severely limited what could happen.

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There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. I never even saw it coming.

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I wish I could print up a sign and tape it on my forehead. I OFFICIALLY DO NOT WANT TO KISS ETHAN WATE. NOW PLEASE LET ME BE FRIENDS WITH HIM.

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Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

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Until then, you can do what everyone else your age does. Listen to music. Watch the television. Just keep your nose away from those books.

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Don't think so. We all make our choices, and those choices have consequences.

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I don't want ta hear that kinda dirty talk comin' from you." "What, fanny? Fanny fanny fanny!

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I couldn't sit by and watch them try to take her down. Not her.

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She had the power to destroy. I had only seen the power to love. When you discovered both, who could figure out what to do with that?

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Sharpie? A mischievous smile spread across her face. I thought you said you couldn't control your powers. Beginner's luck.

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I suppose I am a snob. I loathe towns. I loathe townspeople. They have small minds and giant backsides. Which is to say, what they lack in interiors they make up in posteriors.

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The lonely reality of the truth-that the most important person in your life suddenly ceased to exist. Which on a bad day meant maybe she had never existed at all. And on a good day, there was the other fear. That even if you were a hundred percent sure she had been there, maybe you were the only one who cared or remembered.

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Sixteen moons, Sixteen years Sixteen of your deepest fears Sixteen times you dreamed my tears Falling, Falling through the years

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She was wearing a purple T-shirt, with a skinny black dress over it that made you remember how much of a girl she was, and trashed black boots that made you forget.

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I sat up in bed. My T-shirt was soaking wet. My pillow was wet. My hair was wet. And my room was sticky and humid.

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I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma." "You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma.

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Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself.

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It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

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And have her back by midnight. " "Is that some powerful Caster hour?" "No. It's her curfew.

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The way she told it, she was such a criminal even the most God-fearing church ladies got bored of reporting on her; she did the marketing on Sunday, dropped by any church she liked or none at all, was a feminist (which Mrs. Asher sometimes confused with communist), a Democrat (which Mrs. Lincoln pointed out practically had "demon" in the word itself), and, worst of all, a vegetarian (which ruled out any dinner invitations from Mrs. Snow).

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Any book is a Good Book, and wherever they keep the Good Book safe is also the House a the Lord.

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So why did I think about her every second? Why was I so much happier the minute I saw her? I felt like maybe I knew the answer, but how could I be sure? I didn't know, and I didn't have any way to find out. Guys don't talk about stuff like that. We just lie under the pile of bricks.

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It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

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