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  1. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    If you touch me, I'll cram your nose into your brain with the heel of my hand.
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  2. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    A trained assassin who babysits.
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  3. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    Hurry up," Gracie called after him. "I want to talk to dead people.
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  4. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    You can't say that, you can't know what's going to happen." "As soon as you get a higher security clearance, I'll show you the crystal ball that I keep hidden in the bottom of my closet, but until then . . ." He kissed me. "Until then we're going to keep making memories like this, moments when we're the only two people in the whole world. And when we get scared or lonely or confused, we'll pull out these memories and wrap them around us and they'll make us feel safe." He kissed me again. "And strong.
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  5. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    Keep breathing. It took a few minutes but I won. The grey pulled away from my eyes in ribbons and whispered that it would be back soon.
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    Could he hear my heart pounding?
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  7. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    The rest of the class looked away. He {Jonas} was a quiet freak, not a zombie. The horde would not protect him. They'd stand by and watch the culling.
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  8. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    Now you are burnt-out husks, your spirits haggard, sere, always breeding over your wanderings long and hard, your hearts never lifting with any joy - you've suffered far too much.
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  9. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    You can only be brave if you're scared.
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  10. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    want to go out with me? ??? chill, im not gay ???? r u shur you're not my type G wats yr typ? people who can spell
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  11. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    That's such bullshit, Mythology repeated by parents because it lets them force their kids into sports and push them too hard by pretending that in the end it will pay off with the holy scholarship. You know how many kids get a free ride? Hardly any. Like, maybe fourteen.' -Finn {165}
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  12. Laurie Halse Anderson _ The Impossible Knife of Memory

    our culture has the expectation that the memories of a happy childhood will somehow ground you and prepare you for adult life. But what about the memories that cut, that wound, that won't heal?
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