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See How They Run (Embassy Row, #2) See How They Run by Ally Carter
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“that history almost always repeats itself. And it is almost always written by men.”
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“You are my best friend. And sometimes I like to check and make sure my friends aren’t dead.”
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“It's not safe out there," he says, too close to my ear.
"Yeah...well..." I look at him. "Maybe it's not safe in here either.”
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“So you’re a secret society … of librarians?”
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“Some people, after all, don’t care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.”
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“Not all people with scars are evil.”
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“But that's the thing about being the girl who's spent years convincing the world she's not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out you're afraid of everything.”
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“And no matter how many people surround you, that is still the loneliest place on earth.”
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“But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.”
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“Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.”
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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
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“I don't understand boys.”
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“I've been wrong, and I've been crazy. But this is the first time I've ever truly felt like a fool.”
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“Honor is overrated.”
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“Are you ashamed of me or ashamed of him?” “Both,”
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“I am my own worst enemy. But if there were to be a second place, it would go to this girl.”
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“Hush, little princess, wait and see. No one's gonna know that you are me.”
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“According to my sources," Megan says, which I'm pretty sure is code for I hacked into the police mainframe, but please don't tell my mom...”
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“I find there is a lack of international intrigue at the moment. - Rosie”
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“They stayed in the Shadows. But shadows are the perfect place from which to watch, to see.”
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“I'm sure I don't know what you mean.”
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“given enough rope, eventually, I am bound to hang myself.”
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“I have never been one to fall when I can jump.”
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tags: fall, jump, life
“Of course I believe in ghosts. I just don't think they'd waste their time haunting an Island where no one ever goes.”
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“And, most of all, these women remembered what their mothers and grandmothers had learned from the Romans, the Byzantines, the Turks, and the Mongols: that history almost always repeats itself. And it is almost always written by men.”
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“And all around me, there are people. Beautiful people. Awkward people. People who are so engrossed with the person beside them that I highly doubt they even remember where they are. People who want to be anywhere but here.”
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tags: people
“mostly it makes me want to pull Lila out of Alexei’s arms and toss her in the pool. I”
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“Embassy kids are supposed to be good at blending into the wallpaper and making ourselves scarce. We're not supposed to charge into the center of international drama. But I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to cause any international drama either.”
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“For a second, I actually wonder if my brother, the saint, might actually be lying.”
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tags: funny
“How is your injury?" Dominic asks.
"My what?" It says a lot about me that I don't even notice the ache of a stab wound anymore, that a part of me is so utterly immune to pain. "It's fine. I mean, it hurts. But I'm used to that.”
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