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"They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail."
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"I pictured the two of them alone. Perhaps showering together, as Rome and I liked to do. My stomach clenched painfully, amusement forgotten. "Cody, will you take me to the nearest clinic? I need someone to dig the knife out of my back. Lexis might need it again. And the good doctor might want to give me a tetanus shot. I think she bled on me. Stunned silence. I often had that effect."

"There's nothing easier to control than a person who trusts you. They place their hope in your hands. They place their respect in your hands. What is truly fearsome about such delusional admiration, is the betrayal that you don't see, hidden within the white void of truth."

"I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit."

"This is one place an opinion has to be made: that this body is a betrayal."

"Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you."
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"If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are."


"Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes."


"You don't just get over it. And it doesn't make any difference if you're supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away."


"It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say."


"Above all, staring at my old bedroom ceiling, I feel safe. Cocooned from the world; wrapped up in cotton wool. No one can get me here. No one even knows I'm here. I won't get any nasty letters and I won't get any nasty phone calls and I won't get any nasty visitors. It's like a sanctuary. I feel as if I'm fifteen again, with nothing to worry about but my Homework. (And I haven't even got any of that.)"


"If you can't be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?"
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