"You know what?" His breath was warm against my cheek. "There are a lot of stupid things to do, but I really want to do the stupidest thing possible." "What's that?" "I want to kiss you."
"You know what? Lets go." I shot Aiden a defiant look. "Come on Seth. Let's go continue our lovers' quarrel." "Yes my love, that sounds fantastic. Don't forget to grab a dagger so you can poke my eyeballs out."
"Since when do you care about rules?" "I'm a changed person." "When did you change? Just now? 'Cuz I heard about your smack down in the cafeteria yesterday."
Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you understand my love-because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.
I will not eat cakes or cookies or food. I will be thin, thin, pure. I will be pure and empty. Weight dropping off. Ninety-nine... ninety-five... ninety-two... ninety. Just one more to eighty-nine. Where does it go? Where in the universe does it go?
"B-b-but who will I have cleaning marathons with?" "Casey. I'll be there in spirit." "She's not neurotic and cranky like you." "You'll miss that, ay?" "Hell yes, I'll miss that! When you're obsessive and pissy, you tell those floors who's boss. They won't shine like that when Casey scrubs them. And don't get me started on our Covenant Series discussions. The girl thinks Alex should pick Seth. Seth, Em. How can I clean with someone who isn't Team Aiden? It's like...madness. Madness on Earth. The fucking apocalypse--" "Whitney," I chuckled, squeezing her tighter, "I assure you, you'll survive. The second she starts running her mouth about Aiden, just spray her with bleach. That'll teach her a lesson." -Emma and Whitney"
"But I've been in so much trouble. I threw an apple at Lea's face. I fought guards. I cheated on my trig exam." Aiden looked at me, frowning. "You cheated on your math exam?" "Uh, forget that. Anyway, wow, I'm just surprised."
The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimming when once the actions have become a lie.
--No quiero saber sobre el amor. --Pero deberias, hija mia. Tienes que saber sobre el amor. Las cosas que la gente haria por amor. Todas las verdades se acaban reduciendo al amor ?verdad? De una forma u otra lo hacen. Sabes, hay una diferencia entre amor y necesidad. A veces, lo que sientes es inmediato y sin ton ni son --se sento un poco mas recta--. Dos personas se miran desde el otro lado de una habitacion o se rozan la piel. Sus almas reconocen a esa persona como suya. No hace falta tiempo para adivinarlo. El alma siempre sabe... si esta bien o mal. (...) --El primero... el primero es siempre el mas poderoso --cerro los ojos, suspirando-- Luego hay necesidad y destino. Ese es otro tipo. La necesidad se disfraza de amor, pero la necesidad... la necesidad nunca es amor. Ten siempre cuidado de quien te necesita. Siempre hay un querer tras una necesidad, sabes. (...) --A veces confundireis necesidad con amor. Tened cuidado. El camino con necesidad nunca es justo, nunca es bueno. Tened cuidado de quien necesita.