Janie Quotes - Page 2

• And I can't die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me. Put me down easy, Janie, I'm a cracked plate.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Thinking, White, Black

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• Cabel smiles and hangs up. "Guess what." What," Janie says. We can go out on our first date." Woo hoo!" And guess what else- You're buying." Me? Why?" Because you lost the bet." Janie thinks for a moment. Punches Cabel in the arm. "You did not fail five quizzes or tests!" I did. I have proof.

  Lisa McMann

  Thinking, Arms, Tests

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• Janies lips part in surprise. She takes it. Feels really strange about opening it in front of him. She wets her lips and examines the box and the ribbon that surounds it. "Thank you." She says softly. "Um..." He clears his throat, "The gift, see is actually inside the box. The box is like an extra bonus gift.It's how we do things here on planet Earth.

  Lisa McMann

  Bonus, Earth, Ribbons

  Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• I lurve you, circus freak," Cabel says. It almost hurts to hear him say that. I lurve you, too, you big lumpy monster man," Janie says. That hurts even more to say.

  Lisa McMann

  Hurt, Men, Monsters

  Lisa McMann (2010). “Gone”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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