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E. Lockhart Quote: “That’s the thing,” said Gat. “Everyone’s always asking Harris about everything. Why should a grown woman have to ask her father to approve her wedding?”

151. “That’s the thing,” said Gat. “Everyone’s always asking Harris about everything. Why should a grown woman have to ask her father to approve her wedding?”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “It is true I suffer migraines since my accident. It is true I do not suffer fools.”

152. “It is true I suffer migraines since my accident. It is true I do not suffer fools.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “I think an inspirational quote can get you through hard times.” “Like what?” asks Gat. Mirren pauses. Then she says: “Be a little kinder than you have to.”

153. “I think an inspirational quote can get you through hard times.” “Like what?” asks Gat. Mirren pauses. Then she says: “Be a little kinder than you have to.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “The jolt of a new purchase makes Mummy feel powerful, if only for a moment.”

154. “The jolt of a new purchase makes Mummy feel powerful, if only for a moment.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “I am the center of the story now, Jule said to herself. I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. I am the center.”

155. “I am the center of the story now, Jule said to herself. I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. I am the center.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “In a profound, symbolic gesture, I am giving you this bar of Vosges I got when we went to Edgartown. You can eat it, or just sit next to it and feel superior.”

156. “In a profound, symbolic gesture, I am giving you this bar of Vosges I got when we went to Edgartown. You can eat it, or just sit next to it and feel superior.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Men still walk around like the US of A is a big cake store and all the cake is for them.”

157. “Men still walk around like the US of A is a big cake store and all the cake is for them.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Jule had loved Immie Sokoloff as well as she knew how to love anyone. She really had.”

158. “Jule had loved Immie Sokoloff as well as she knew how to love anyone. She really had.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Frankie was beginning to realize that the kind of selective memory exhibited by Dean, Star, and their ilk was neither stupidity nor poor recollection. It was a power play – possibly subconscious on the part of the player – but nevertheless intended to discomfit another person who was in some way perceived as a threat.”

159. “Frankie was beginning to realize that the kind of selective memory exhibited by Dean, Star, and their ilk was neither stupidity nor poor recollection. It was a power play – possibly subconscious on the part of the player – but nevertheless intended to discomfit another person who was in some way perceived as a threat.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Yet another technique of the neglected positivist is to impose a new meaning on a word that exists but, through the convolutions of grammar, doesn’t technically mean what you are deciding it means. The neglected positive of incriminate is criminate, which actually, technically means the same thing as incriminate – because the in- isn’t really making a negative in this case – but it is much more amusing if you use it to mean the opposite.”

160. “Yet another technique of the neglected positivist is to impose a new meaning on a word that exists but, through the convolutions of grammar, doesn’t technically mean what you are deciding it means. The neglected positive of incriminate is criminate, which actually, technically means the same thing as incriminate – because the in- isn’t really making a negative in this case – but it is much more amusing if you use it to mean the opposite.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. Before long I was a puddle, soaking into the pretty cotton prints. I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. I was pure liquid loss...”

161. “My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. Before long I was a puddle, soaking into the pretty cotton prints. I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. I was pure liquid loss...”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway. Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it’s not a happy ending, it is delicious.”

162. “Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway. Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it’s not a happy ending, it is delicious.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Mirren took off her shoes and the rest of us followed. We tossed stones into the water. We just existed.”

163. “Mirren took off her shoes and the rest of us followed. We tossed stones into the water. We just existed.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “He asked about Dad and about Gran- as if talking about something could make it better. As if wounds needed attention.”

164. “He asked about Dad and about Gran- as if talking about something could make it better. As if wounds needed attention.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “What a horrible death for those poor, dear, naughty dogs.”

165. “What a horrible death for those poor, dear, naughty dogs.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Do you still miss Gran?” I ask him as we head toward New Clairmont. “Because I miss her. We never talk about her.” “A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.”

166. “Do you still miss Gran?” I ask him as we head toward New Clairmont. “Because I miss her. We never talk about her.” “A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.”

167. “Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Imogen was a New York City child: open-minded in a way Jule had seen only on television, apparently utterly confident in her own desirability as a friend and hostess.”

168. “Imogen was a New York City child: open-minded in a way Jule had seen only on television, apparently utterly confident in her own desirability as a friend and hostess.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “He didn’t shut up when people wanted him to, he made them listen – and then he listened in return. He refused to take things lightly, though he was always quick to laugh.”

169. “He didn’t shut up when people wanted him to, he made them listen – and then he listened in return. He refused to take things lightly, though he was always quick to laugh.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “She had been nobody and he had been golden.”

170. “She had been nobody and he had been golden.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “And now, she was walking down the hall with her books clutched to her chest, looking down at the floor while guys called, “Don’t hide that light under a bushel!”

171. “And now, she was walking down the hall with her books clutched to her chest, looking down at the floor while guys called, “Don’t hide that light under a bushel!”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “But also, he doesn’t like to let us off easy. He wants to make us think – even when we don’t feel like thinking.”

172. “But also, he doesn’t like to let us off easy. He wants to make us think – even when we don’t feel like thinking.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “These guys, they were so sure of their places in life – so deeply confident of their merit and their future – they didn’t need any kind of front at all.”

173. “These guys, they were so sure of their places in life – so deeply confident of their merit and their future – they didn’t need any kind of front at all.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “We can’t know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.”

174. “We can’t know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.”

175. “Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “I guess that is why they’ve been here. I needed them.”

176. “I guess that is why they’ve been here. I needed them.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Please, that is so antiquated. The institutions of male supremacy only have real power over you if you buy into that notion. Go found your own club and tell them they can’t join. Or better yet, drop the idea of clubs altogether because they’re exclusionary, and embrace some other, more flexible way of connecting with people.”

177. “Please, that is so antiquated. The institutions of male supremacy only have real power over you if you buy into that notion. Go found your own club and tell them they can’t join. Or better yet, drop the idea of clubs altogether because they’re exclusionary, and embrace some other, more flexible way of connecting with people.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “She believed that the way you speak is often more important than anything you have to say.”

178. “She believed that the way you speak is often more important than anything you have to say.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “She giggled in a goofy way when she was amused or embarrassed. She felt awkward around popular people, and couldn’t figure out whether she was good-looking or freakishly ugly, because she often felt both within the space of an hour.”

179. “She giggled in a goofy way when she was amused or embarrassed. She felt awkward around popular people, and couldn’t figure out whether she was good-looking or freakishly ugly, because she often felt both within the space of an hour.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?”

180. “How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “It was like being able to fight, she realized. And being able to change accents. They were powers that lived in your body. They would never leave you, no matter how you looked, no matter who loved or didn’t love you.”

181. “It was like being able to fight, she realized. And being able to change accents. They were powers that lived in your body. They would never leave you, no matter how you looked, no matter who loved or didn’t love you.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “It was part of their mission as a secret society – as it is part of the mission of most secret societies, actually – to not be entirely secret.”

182. “It was part of their mission as a secret society – as it is part of the mission of most secret societies, actually – to not be entirely secret.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “In fact, the mark of tragedy became, with time, a mark of glamour.”

183. “In fact, the mark of tragedy became, with time, a mark of glamour.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Do you still miss Gran?” I ask him as we head toward New Clairmont. “Because I miss her. We never talk about her.” “A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.” “You think so?” I ask. “That is all there is to say about it,” says Granddad.”

184. “Do you still miss Gran?” I ask him as we head toward New Clairmont. “Because I miss her. We never talk about her.” “A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.” “You think so?” I ask. “That is all there is to say about it,” says Granddad.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “So I was a monster, she thought. At least I wasn’t someone’s little sister, someone’s girlfriend, some sophomore, some girl – someone whose opinions don’t matter.”

185. “So I was a monster, she thought. At least I wasn’t someone’s little sister, someone’s girlfriend, some sophomore, some girl – someone whose opinions don’t matter.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “She wasn’t a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.”

186. “She wasn’t a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Now I have you, which makes me significantly less mental.” “Less mental is good.”

187. “Now I have you, which makes me significantly less mental.” “Less mental is good.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “In the theater,” Adelaide went on, wanting him to understand why she found this so interesting, “your audience doesn’t expect things to look real. Like, you can’t have a real car on the stage, anyway, can you? So instead, you make something obviously artificial. You just create the feeling. And maybe the thing you make, instead of looking real, feels true.”

188. “In the theater,” Adelaide went on, wanting him to understand why she found this so interesting, “your audience doesn’t expect things to look real. Like, you can’t have a real car on the stage, anyway, can you? So instead, you make something obviously artificial. You just create the feeling. And maybe the thing you make, instead of looking real, feels true.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Not one of these symbols of prosperity and taste has any use at all.”

189. “Not one of these symbols of prosperity and taste has any use at all.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Every curve of his face was familiar, and also, I had never seen him before.”

190. “Every curve of his face was familiar, and also, I had never seen him before.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “She had done the deed with credible efficiency. With style, even. She had committed murder with an effing kitty-cat statue in a beautiful state park over a massive and scenic ravine. There had not been a single witness. She had left no blood anywhere.”

191. “She had done the deed with credible efficiency. With style, even. She had committed murder with an effing kitty-cat statue in a beautiful state park over a massive and scenic ravine. There had not been a single witness. She had left no blood anywhere.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.”

192. “I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are.”

193. “It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “It had been, she felt, a dumb event preceded by excellent invitations.”

194. “It had been, she felt, a dumb event preceded by excellent invitations.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “The counselor also suggested meditation. Finding a bit of time each day to focus on deep breathing and the acceptance of life as it was presently occurring. That was not a productive solution either. Frankie did not accept life as it was presently occurring. It was a fundamental element of her character. Life as it was presently occurring was not acceptable to her. Were she to mellow out – would she not become obedient? Would she not stay on the path that stretched ahead of her, nicely bricked?”

195. “The counselor also suggested meditation. Finding a bit of time each day to focus on deep breathing and the acceptance of life as it was presently occurring. That was not a productive solution either. Frankie did not accept life as it was presently occurring. It was a fundamental element of her character. Life as it was presently occurring was not acceptable to her. Were she to mellow out – would she not become obedient? Would she not stay on the path that stretched ahead of her, nicely bricked?”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “You better live this life of yours while you can – real living, the kind where you get a little dirt on your halo – ’cause, babe, not one of us knows how long we got.”

196. “You better live this life of yours while you can – real living, the kind where you get a little dirt on your halo – ’cause, babe, not one of us knows how long we got.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “My problem is I can think whatever I think – girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah – but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.”

197. “My problem is I can think whatever I think – girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah – but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are old-money Democrats. Our smiles are wide, our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive.”

198. “The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are old-money Democrats. Our smiles are wide, our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.”

199. “Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.”

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E. Lockhart Quote: “I don’t know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.”

200. “I don’t know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.”

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