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Quotes from Julie Anne Peters

I already know you´re gay" he said. "You don´t even know what that means." "It means you love Sarah.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Wiping the rivulet of sweat running down my ear with the bottom of my muscle shirt, I snuck a sniff under my pit. Whoa. Kill a moose
~ Julie Anne Peters
It's actually the fourth,' I say, 'if you count getting fired from CopyMax.' 'Which we do not.' Jo slit-eyes me. She scoops up a handful of Fritos and tosses them into her mouth. I try to keep a straight face, but it's hard when I add, 'Fired for copying your naked butt and gluing it on your boss's chair.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Nick!' I flinch. 'What?' Jo widens her eyes at Mom. 'Forget it, Jo,' Mom says. 'He's not ready.' 'Yes, I am,' I tell her. 'I know I don't have a dad. Kenny DiPoto doesn't have a dad either because his dad got knifed in jail.' 'Geezus,' Jo breathes. 'What kind of neighbourhood is this?
~ Julie Anne Peters
I knew if I gave into it, I'd have to surrender myself completely. I'd lose all control. Everything I knew, everything I was, the walls I'd built up to protect myself all these years would come crashing down. I might get lost in the rubble. Yet, she made me feel alive in a way I'd only ever imagined I could feel. Bells, whistles, music.
~ Julie Anne Peters
She was perfectly normal." "What do you mean?" I turned around again. "What do you mean, what do I mean?" I clucked my tongue in disgust. "You know, normal. Happy, healthy. Someone with friends and family. Shelley had all kinds of friends. She was popular." "So if you're not popular, you're not normal?" "I didn't say that." Did I?
~ Julie Anne Peters
Black_Venus: Here it goes: Curious mosaic Continental drift Parabolic metaphor Elemental rift Time and transposition Conscious intermission Assertion? Desertion -- Black_Venus: That's all I have so far. You finish it. Me: How about "Spanish Inquisition.
~ Julie Anne Peters
She smiled. "You did. And my gaydar never lies. Although later, I thought you might be bi." No, I wasn't bi. I was sure of that now. The depth of desire—it was unbelievable. That, and the certainty of this being right. Being me.
~ Julie Anne Peters
If we'd found each other, though, the tormented, the weak and powerless, we couldn't bound together. What made me weak was the sense that I was alone. But maybe I wasn't alone. All the people on Through-the-Light, where were they? Living in dark space, the gray place. If we could've found each other sooner, would it have changed the outcome?
~ Julie Anne Peters
He makes me feel all jiggly inside. STOP FEELING. Stop caring.
~ Julie Anne Peters
When I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a starving, stunted bird who never grew wings and lost all reason sing.
~ Julie Anne Peters
When you discover the joy of reading, your mind opens to a world of wondrous discoveries and infinite possibilities.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Suicide is not the answer.'' They don't know the question.
~ Julie Anne Peters
The stone bench is gray. The grass is gray. My life is dirty gray
~ Julie Anne Peters
My hand is whole, unblemished. It's still attached to my arm. It feels contaminated, though, and I have the strongest urge to wash my hands. I can control that urge, wash them later.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Most of all I'm mad at Swanee for dying and taking from me the most precious thing I ever owned. I didn't own her, but she was mine. Mine, Liana. Do you hear me?
~ Julie Anne Peters
That's why they call it a dream, Tone. Because it'll never be a reality.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Flush me down the toilet. Human waste.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Tus fracasos y tus culpas. Se quedan contigo. Se aglomeran y afean, crecen cancerosos dentro de ti y te dan ganas de morir.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Dammit." Kate folded her arms. "I don't understand why she has to flaunt her sexuality. It's a private thing. She should keep it that way. Be discreet, like her sister. I don't see you out there exposing yourself to the world." Not because I wouldn't, I wanted to say. And it wasn't about sexuality. Not entirely. It was about identify. Love. Kate added, "She's just asking for trouble." I thought she was asking for acceptance.
~ Julie Anne Peters
The worst is waking up in a hospital. Your parents are there, crying. Or your mother is yelling at the doctors and nurses. You come back wrecked. You ruin everyone's day. It won't happen again. I promise.
~ Julie Anne Peters
I always do that, pick a spot the first day and never move. What does that say about me? Boring and predictable.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Please," I'd say. "Don't leave. Come back and subject yourself to more violation and sexual assault." God, what if she felt that way? What if she felt threatened? I was up all night obsessing about it. About her.
~ Julie Anne Peters
If I could speak, I'd tell her, "What can happen in a few minutes changes you forever.
~ Julie Anne Peters