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Grady Hendrix Quote: “We’re just the high school quarterback, talking about the touchdown pass he threw in ’72,” she said. “High school was everyone’s glory days. For us, high school is all tangled up in memories of our trauma. We have the same normal nostalgic inclinations as other people, but when we walk back in our minds to this supposedly wonderful time we have people trying to kill us. For us, nostalgia and violence are inextricably linked.”

151. “We’re just the high school quarterback, talking about the touchdown pass he threw in ’72,” she said. “High school was everyone’s glory days. For us, high school is all tangled up in memories of our trauma. We have the same normal nostalgic inclinations as other people, but when we walk back in our minds to this supposedly wonderful time we have people trying to kill us. For us, nostalgia and violence are inextricably linked.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “What do you say to people after you cut off your brother’s arm? What do you say to your brother?”

152. “What do you say to people after you cut off your brother’s arm? What do you say to your brother?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “The days dawned noonday hot, and gas tanks hissed when you took off their caps. The sunlight fell hard and sharp, and insects roared in the bushes, only taking a break in the dead hour between three and four in the morning. Windows came down and doors shut tight. Every house became a hermetically sealed space station...”

153. “The days dawned noonday hot, and gas tanks hissed when you took off their caps. The sunlight fell hard and sharp, and insects roared in the bushes, only taking a break in the dead hour between three and four in the morning. Windows came down and doors shut tight. Every house became a hermetically sealed space station...”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I know this is your religion, but for me it’s just a job.”

154. “I know this is your religion, but for me it’s just a job.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “So,” Glee said. “If you want to communicate with Satan, you’d be better off brushing your teeth than doing ouija.”

155. “So,” Glee said. “If you want to communicate with Satan, you’d be better off brushing your teeth than doing ouija.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Of course, what have I ever created except an empty fortress that I locked myself inside, a life with no friends except for a plant that was only alive inside my head? And my book? And those letters?”

156. “Of course, what have I ever created except an empty fortress that I locked myself inside, a life with no friends except for a plant that was only alive inside my head? And my book? And those letters?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Good girl. Smart girl. Final girl.”

157. “Good girl. Smart girl. Final girl.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “She’s a final girl. Keith can’t do anything to her; he has to save himself for you. She has her own monster.” Chrissy shakes her head and smiles. “This isn’t a religion,” she says. “It’s not like Keith’s going to Hell if he goes off his diet.”

158. “She’s a final girl. Keith can’t do anything to her; he has to save himself for you. She has her own monster.” Chrissy shakes her head and smiles. “This isn’t a religion,” she says. “It’s not like Keith’s going to Hell if he goes off his diet.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Abby’s guts were so full of stomach acid, her burps could etch steel.”

159. “Abby’s guts were so full of stomach acid, her burps could etch steel.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop thoughts on its own. What did the dolls think about?”

160. “There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop thoughts on its own. What did the dolls think about?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “A puppet is a possession that possesses the possessor. And a mask turns a person into a puppet.”

161. “A puppet is a possession that possesses the possessor. And a mask turns a person into a puppet.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “He thinks we’re what we look like on the outside: nice Southern ladies. Let me tell you something... there’s nothing nice about Southern ladies.”

162. “He thinks we’re what we look like on the outside: nice Southern ladies. Let me tell you something... there’s nothing nice about Southern ladies.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Her parents are the ones who sold the prom dress,” I say. “Sometimes you need the money more than you need to live with yourself.”

163. “Her parents are the ones who sold the prom dress,” I say. “Sometimes you need the money more than you need to live with yourself.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “He left no one behind, no children, no shared memories, no history, no one told stories about him. All he left to mark his passing was pain, and that would fade over time.”

164. “He left no one behind, no children, no shared memories, no history, no one told stories about him. All he left to mark his passing was pain, and that would fade over time.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Chrissy said there were only two forces in the world and they balance each other: life and death. Creation and destruction. But she’s wrong. There’s only one. Because no matter how hard we try, we can’t stop life. No matter how much we fight, no matter how many we kill, things keep changing, and growing, and living, and people get lost, and fall away, and come back, and get born, and move on, and no matter what it’s all so much, it’s all so hard, the way life just keeps going and going.”

165. “Chrissy said there were only two forces in the world and they balance each other: life and death. Creation and destruction. But she’s wrong. There’s only one. Because no matter how hard we try, we can’t stop life. No matter how much we fight, no matter how many we kill, things keep changing, and growing, and living, and people get lost, and fall away, and come back, and get born, and move on, and no matter what it’s all so much, it’s all so hard, the way life just keeps going and going.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “It’s not too clever for a girl to be clever,’ and they laugh at us and think we only care about our hair. The only books they give us are cookbooks because in their minds we are silly, lightweight know-nothings. And you’ve just proven them right.”

166. “It’s not too clever for a girl to be clever,’ and they laugh at us and think we only care about our hair. The only books they give us are cookbooks because in their minds we are silly, lightweight know-nothings. And you’ve just proven them right.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You keep rescuing me and I don’t know why,” Gretchen said. “But every day I tell myself my life must be worth something because you keep saving it. They can’t keep us apart. I don’t care what happens. You never stopped trying to save me.”

167. “You keep rescuing me and I don’t know why,” Gretchen said. “But every day I tell myself my life must be worth something because you keep saving it. They can’t keep us apart. I don’t care what happens. You never stopped trying to save me.”

— Grady Hendrix

Grady Hendrix Quote: “Reality is not a consensus!” Louise said. “We don’t all get a vote!”

168. “Reality is not a consensus!” Louise said. “We don’t all get a vote!”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Dying isn’t the important thing. It’s nothing more than the punctuation mark on the end of your life. It’s everything that came before that matters.”

169. “Dying isn’t the important thing. It’s nothing more than the punctuation mark on the end of your life. It’s everything that came before that matters.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “The spirit of Christmas, it seemed, had touched us all, each in different ways. Some of us were rich, some of us were dead, some of us were on a steamship to Brazil, and some of us had avoided prosecution for manslaughter.”

170. “The spirit of Christmas, it seemed, had touched us all, each in different ways. Some of us were rich, some of us were dead, some of us were on a steamship to Brazil, and some of us had avoided prosecution for manslaughter.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “It’s a child a year, for three years,” Patricia said. “I know they’re not our children, but they’re children. Are we not supposed to care about them because they’re poor and black? That’s how we acted before and now he wants Blue. When will he stop? Maybe he’ll want Tiger next, or Merit, or one of Maryellen’s?”

171. “It’s a child a year, for three years,” Patricia said. “I know they’re not our children, but they’re children. Are we not supposed to care about them because they’re poor and black? That’s how we acted before and now he wants Blue. When will he stop? Maybe he’ll want Tiger next, or Merit, or one of Maryellen’s?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Carter stood by the door, not moving, arms folded, surveying the scene he had created, not going to comfort their son, not unstrapping her arms so she could do it instead, and Patricia thought, I will never forgive you for this. Never. Never. Never.”

172. “Carter stood by the door, not moving, arms folded, surveying the scene he had created, not going to comfort their son, not unstrapping her arms so she could do it instead, and Patricia thought, I will never forgive you for this. Never. Never. Never.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “We love them to death, but we don’t like them.”

173. “We love them to death, but we don’t like them.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “His words resonated with something deep inside Amy’s mind. She did run around, trying desperately to get somewhere, and what was the point? Was there a point?”

174. “His words resonated with something deep inside Amy’s mind. She did run around, trying desperately to get somewhere, and what was the point? Was there a point?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Skye and I will be heroes. People will be talking about the statement we made here for years to come. You’re just pointless nostalgia and we’re here to sweep you into the trash. Everyone needs to stop clinging to the past.”

175. “Skye and I will be heroes. People will be talking about the statement we made here for years to come. You’re just pointless nostalgia and we’re here to sweep you into the trash. Everyone needs to stop clinging to the past.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You’re right,” I say. “None of us have to be defined by the worst thing that ever happened to her. Unfortunately, those things have a bad habit of coming back and trying to kill us again. After a while, you start to realize that your life isn’t the thing that happens between the monsters, your life is the monsters.”

176. “You’re right,” I say. “None of us have to be defined by the worst thing that ever happened to her. Unfortunately, those things have a bad habit of coming back and trying to kill us again. After a while, you start to realize that your life isn’t the thing that happens between the monsters, your life is the monsters.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “We don’t know what happened in there.” “I do,” Amy said. “There was a prison here, and we built a new prison on its ruins, and all the old prisoners came out to give it a try.” Basil kept staring up at the store and then he nodded. “Yeah,” he said. “That sounds about right.”

177. “We don’t know what happened in there.” “I do,” Amy said. “There was a prison here, and we built a new prison on its ruins, and all the old prisoners came out to give it a try.” Basil kept staring up at the store and then he nodded. “Yeah,” he said. “That sounds about right.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I won’t let this keep chewing up more and more people. I won’t let messed-up parents keep making monsters, and I wont let these boys keep making more final girls. It’s not some profound and ancient ritual. It’s just a waste of a life.”

178. “I won’t let this keep chewing up more and more people. I won’t let messed-up parents keep making monsters, and I wont let these boys keep making more final girls. It’s not some profound and ancient ritual. It’s just a waste of a life.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I’m not surprised that your home is infested with demonic forces,” she said. “Your mother’s puppet ministry trivialized the church. When you move off the path of righteousness you risk being co-opted by the Enemy.”

179. “I’m not surprised that your home is infested with demonic forces,” she said. “Your mother’s puppet ministry trivialized the church. When you move off the path of righteousness you risk being co-opted by the Enemy.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “One thing she’d learned about men: they liked to talk.”

180. “One thing she’d learned about men: they liked to talk.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You can’t beg the world to do what you want. You can’t ask it nicely. You must force the world. You must bend it to your will.”

181. “You can’t beg the world to do what you want. You can’t ask it nicely. You must force the world. You must bend it to your will.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Everyone keeps telling me it’s all over, that it’s back to normal, but I don’t want to go back to normal. I don’t like the person I used to be. I want to keep being the person I was that night.”

182. “Everyone keeps telling me it’s all over, that it’s back to normal, but I don’t want to go back to normal. I don’t like the person I used to be. I want to keep being the person I was that night.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You’ve become such a grouch,” she said. “Having your arm sawed off will do that.”

183. “You’ve become such a grouch,” she said. “Having your arm sawed off will do that.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I miss the books we used to read where at least there was a murder,” Maryellen said. “The problem with book club these days is too many men. They don’t know how to pick a book to save their lives and they love to listen to themselves talk. It’s nothing but opinions, all day long.”

184. “I miss the books we used to read where at least there was a murder,” Maryellen said. “The problem with book club these days is too many men. They don’t know how to pick a book to save their lives and they love to listen to themselves talk. It’s nothing but opinions, all day long.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Heather and I used to be close, but when I realized how unstable she was I started keeping my distance.”

185. “Heather and I used to be close, but when I realized how unstable she was I started keeping my distance.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Everyone realizes that at some point, right? It’s part of growing up. You realize you’re not going to be the star of the show. You realize you’re going to be lucky to scrape by and pay the rent.”

186. “Everyone realizes that at some point, right? It’s part of growing up. You realize you’re not going to be the star of the show. You realize you’re going to be lucky to scrape by and pay the rent.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “But everything worth doing is accompanied by fear.”

187. “But everything worth doing is accompanied by fear.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “A haunting doesn’t necessarily indicate the survival of the human soul after bodily death,” he said, chewing. “There’s the stone tape theory of hauntings, which says that powerful emotional experiences leave permanent traces behind. There’s basic thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed. So what happens to the energy generated by intense emotional experiences? It has to go somewhere. That’s just science.”

188. “A haunting doesn’t necessarily indicate the survival of the human soul after bodily death,” he said, chewing. “There’s the stone tape theory of hauntings, which says that powerful emotional experiences leave permanent traces behind. There’s basic thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed. So what happens to the energy generated by intense emotional experiences? It has to go somewhere. That’s just science.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “How’ve you ignored it for so long?” Louise asked. “It’s what we do,” Mark said. “Our whole family functions on secrets.”

189. “How’ve you ignored it for so long?” Louise asked. “It’s what we do,” Mark said. “Our whole family functions on secrets.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Louise held Poppy’s feverish, limp body for hours, wishing harder than she’d ever wished before that for just sixty seconds someone would hold her, but no one holds moms.”

190. “Louise held Poppy’s feverish, limp body for hours, wishing harder than she’d ever wished before that for just sixty seconds someone would hold her, but no one holds moms.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I did it to mess with you,” Louise said. “Because you always get everything and Mom never told you ‘no,’ but I can’t anymore. Being here is really bad for my mental health. So you win. It’s all yours. I’m done.”

191. “I did it to mess with you,” Louise said. “Because you always get everything and Mom never told you ‘no,’ but I can’t anymore. Being here is really bad for my mental health. So you win. It’s all yours. I’m done.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You said you wanted to live where people watched out for each other,” Patricia told her. “But what’s the good of watching if we’re not going to act?”

192. “You said you wanted to live where people watched out for each other,” Patricia told her. “But what’s the good of watching if we’re not going to act?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “No,” Marilyn says, and she takes my chin and turns my head to face her. “You’re the best of us, Lynnette. You never quit. You never stopped. You saved everyone.”

193. “No,” Marilyn says, and she takes my chin and turns my head to face her. “You’re the best of us, Lynnette. You never quit. You never stopped. You saved everyone.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “You’re both housewives,” he said. “What else do you do all day?”

194. “You’re both housewives,” he said. “What else do you do all day?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “A psycho and his brother tried to kill me,” I say. “Same thing happened to all of us, essentially. What’s to disagree on?”

195. “A psycho and his brother tried to kill me,” I say. “Same thing happened to all of us, essentially. What’s to disagree on?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “I don’t have a therapist,” Louise said. “That explains a lot.” “You’re doing it again! I don’t need relationship advice from a grown man who works in a bar and believes in ghosts.”

196. “I don’t have a therapist,” Louise said. “That explains a lot.” “You’re doing it again! I don’t need relationship advice from a grown man who works in a bar and believes in ghosts.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “The judge encouraged the girl’s parents not to press charges because Riley came from a fine family and had his whole future ahead of him.”

197. “The judge encouraged the girl’s parents not to press charges because Riley came from a fine family and had his whole future ahead of him.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “What good is free love if nobody showers?”

198. “What good is free love if nobody showers?”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “Kris,” he said. “Let us go into a battle from which we may never return. But I have sworn Odin’s Oath to keep you safe, and I believe in our victory. For our hearts are pure, Troglodyte is with us, and I just gave the van its annual emissions inspection.” With that, he dropped the minivan into drive. “Until Valhalla!” he shouted. And they took off on their final ride.”

199. “Kris,” he said. “Let us go into a battle from which we may never return. But I have sworn Odin’s Oath to keep you safe, and I believe in our victory. For our hearts are pure, Troglodyte is with us, and I just gave the van its annual emissions inspection.” With that, he dropped the minivan into drive. “Until Valhalla!” he shouted. And they took off on their final ride.”

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Grady Hendrix Quote: “It touched off a fire inside her, but Patricia had the clarity to see how carefully Carter had built this trap for her. Anything she did would prove him right. She could hear him saying in his smooth psychiatric tones, It’s a sign of how sick you are, that you can’t see how sick you are.”

200. “It touched off a fire inside her, but Patricia had the clarity to see how carefully Carter had built this trap for her. Anything she did would prove him right. She could hear him saying in his smooth psychiatric tones, It’s a sign of how sick you are, that you can’t see how sick you are.”

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