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"Because in most cases, I believe that people deserve a second chance. And because I couldn't have lived with myself if I'd stood by and let them both die souless, when I could have helped."
"In the end, it only comes down to one thing: choosing the one you can’t live without."
"Marc didn’t want to win by default. He wanted to win for real. Forever."
"Pain is what I feed from when nothing else will nourish the noxious fury in my heart. It’s what I cling to when everything else—everyone else—slips right between my grasping fingers."
"And I don't think I want to meet this super-reaper." Nash stuffed his hands in his front pockets. "The garden variety's weird enough."
"Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count."
"Sorry, but the whole walking corpse epiphany kind of threw me off my game."
"So,would you say I’m closer to a zombie or a vampire? I gotta know—are my parts going to rot and fall off, or am I forever frozen in youthful perfection?"
"How does Parker’s body compare with yours ” Great. A pop quiz I thought recognizing his transition into lecture mode. “How does Parker’s body compare with mine Hmm.” I gave Parker a quick theatrical once-over and he smiled clearly catching on to my line of thought. “Nice legs and killer biceps. But I have better boobs. No question."
"This would be so much easier if they actually issued black hoods."
"Why do you hang out with him?" "We're teammates." Ahhh. And if blood was thicker than water, then football, evidently, would congeal in one's veins."
"There was just no good way for a dead son to greet his mother almost two weeks after his funeral."
"So you’re saying the afterlife is hard on the libido? FYI, that’s probably not a good bullet point for your recruiting brochure."
"Talking. According to Marc, I could talk the color off a crayon."
"it isn’t healthy, how wrapped up they are in each other. Relationships like that burn bright, but when they burn out, they leave everyone blistered."
"Now if you’ll excuse me, Death waits for no man. Except me."
"You mostly.” Her hands went still again as her eyes stared off into the past with a look so wistful it made me ache for her. “The boys tended to take care of each other but you were too much for anyone else to handle.” I poked at the ball of yarn avoiding her eyes. “I wasn’t that bad.” She smiled. “You broke Ethan’s arm.” “It was self-defense. He wouldn’t let go of my foot.” “He was helping you tie your shoe."
"Have either of you seen your mother ” “Yeah ” Ethan said and my heart actually skipped a beat. But I should have known Ethan was joking. “Slim lady. Blue eyes and a gray pageboy ” he continued his eyes glistening in appreciation of his own humor. “Answers to the name ‘Mom'."
"Because the alternative sucks!"
"I could take care of that obstacle for her - I'd tear down anything standing between us - but I couldn't destroy what I couldn't even see."