Extraits

"You do not get a crush on me," I told him. "My life is complicated enough. You want to fall in love with someone, fall in love with yourself."

(p. 235)

It's not arrogant to know who you are.

It's powerful.

And I am powerful.

"You can't stop me," I whispered back. "After you go through, you won't be here to keep me from coming right after you."

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)She glared at me. "I am your mother."

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)"Exactly," I said. "I'm not losing you twice."

(p.225)

"Ryan's father filled the doorway. (…) The kitchen light filtered around him.

I saw all this while my brain helpfully went : Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaahhhhhhh!

"What do we do?" Gabriela whispered.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

(p.162)

Funny how the brain fixates on little details when the big details are too overwhelming.

(p.190)

"We should have blown up the warehouse," Maximus said regretfully. "Then we could have done the slow walk away from the ball of fire."

(p.145)

"i believe in you," Ryan said.

And then, as if to prove it, he kissed me. Cupping my face in his hands, he pressed his lips against mine. You'd think a kiss in such a moment would feel like fireworks. But instead... it felt like coming home.

(p. 144)

"Because you're lonely?" I asked.

(…)"Not for much longer."

Maximus passed by us. "Oh, for goodness' sake, just make out already."

(p.121)

"You're only stealing from someone who stole from you," Gabriela said.

(p.105)

"It won't be fine until we make it fine." Good things Don't just happen. Gold doesn't fall into your lap. Lost mothers don't randomly reapppear. You have to do something if you want something. And I wanted so much!

(p.68)