Barry Lyga Quotes - Page 3

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• Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew it wasn't hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.

  Barry Lyga

  Flower, Heart, Cutting

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• ...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked his knife with my guts, to no avail." "Did you get a good look at him? Could you describe him?" Howie smiled wanly. "Yeah. He was about yay long" --he held up his hands, four inches apart-- "thin, made of steel. Pointy. Sharp.

  Barry Lyga

  Hands, Knives, Long

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• Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.

  Barry Lyga

  Secret, Josh, Mendel

  Barry Lyga (2009). “Boy Toy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Yes,” Howie said solemnly. “I can teach you how to be more ‘street’”. “For God’s sake…” “Or is it ‘urban’? I can’t remember. Anyway, I can teach you, grasshopper. Or hip-hopper.

  Barry Lyga

  Sake, Hips, Urban

  Barry Lyga (2014). “Game”, p.145, Random House

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• One time you told me that the opposite of love isn't hate. And I didn't understand that, but I think I do know. Because if you hate someone, you most still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live. Or lived.

  Barry Lyga

  Hate, Thinking, Opposites

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• You can't rely on love. Love will let you down every time. Every. Single. Time. I don't love Jecca. I don't love Fanboy. But... God, the buts in life will kill you absolutely every time, won't they. I don't love. But I need. I can admit that to myself.

  Barry Lyga

  Needs, Rely, I Can

  Barry Lyga (2009). “Goth Girl Rising”, p.182, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I don't know and I don't care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it. I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.

  Barry Lyga

  Care, Want, Way

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