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Double Cross
Carolyn Crane
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it's not. It's all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.”
“Sometimes you have to be a bad person to save yourself, and it takes a little chunk out of your soul, but you do it anyway.”
“You think you're charging up that memory? Is that what you think? You are going to be so sorry when I dream about my experience of eating chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream yesterday. Now that was exciting.”
“Without warning, Packard reaches out--I think he's going to touch my cheek, but he slides his hand around the nape of my neck and pulls me to him, kissing me warm and strong, lips soft, breath like coffee. The kiss takes me by surprise. My whole body wants to follow deeper into him, but he pulls away, and we're looking into each other's eyes, and the moment stops. And everything seems to fall out beneath me. "Good luck," he whispers. "Packard--" He opens the door. "It's okay." I stare at the open door. It feels like a closed door. And I leave.”
“A kiss with the right person simply can't be compared to the drudgery of sleeping with the wrong one over and over.”
“I feel strange, like there’s an unformed, unfinished, sad little emotion bottled up in me, and I need to fuck it away.”
“You have the most contact with Packard." "No, I don't." "Yes, you do," they say in unison. "You just saw him," Helmut says. "He had to deliver some gloves to me," I explain. Helmut raises an eyebrow. "And he couldn't have sent them with one of his people?" I don't answer. I'm thinking about those pretty gloves, clearly chosen to match that specific dress of mine. So thoughtful. Did he pick them out himself? Helmut snorts. "And what was he wearing?" "A dinner jacket," I say, "but just to blend in with the crowd." "And did you share any food or beverage-" "It wasn't a date." Simon tips his glass into his mouth and chews ice loudly. "It wasn't a date.”
“I can't say Ah now?" "No," I say sternly. "Even if it's purely innocent? A genuine Ah? Not even that?" He makes a pleading face. It looks silly on him; he's never been the pleading type. He bats his cinnamon lashes once. "Not even ..." I try not to laugh. He keeps the face going and ”
“Do you have no sense of decency?" He pauses, seems to think about this, then turns and walks out the door.”
“You know what happens when you give a kid a calculator instead of teaching him math?" "I think you need my help." I cross my arms. "You know what happens when you give a kid a calculator instead of teaching him math?" He tilts his head, his eyes fetchingly bright. "Sure he can do math that way," I continue, "but then if you take the calculator from him, suddenly he can't do any math at all, because he's learned to rely on the calculator. Your power lets you look at people and see exactly what it takes to make them tick. Or crumble. But without your power, you don't get people.”
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Book Keywords:
packard, justine, inspirational