![]() For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. by Tony DiTerlizzi About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, Ingrid giggled, and I tried to ignore the feeling that something good between us was changing.” I wanted to ask Ingrid if it hurt to do that to herself, but I felt stupid, like I must have been missing something, so what I said was, F*** you too, b****. They wore their long sleeves pulled down past their wrists and made slits for their thumbs so that the scars on their arms wouldn't show. I knew that a lot of girls at our school cut themselves. The cuts were shallow, so the scabs only stood out a little bit. Instead, I reached my hand out and traced the words. ![]() Look, I would've said to the nurse at her little desk, eyeglasses perched on her pointed nose. I should have lifted Ingrid's shirt to show the cuts. I should have grabbed her arm and taken her straight to the nurse's office, into that small room with two cots covered in paper sheets and the sweet, stale medicinal smell. I stood quiet for a moment, feeling the breath get knocked out of me. ![]() She had scrawled F*** YOU on her stomach. She lifted up her shirt to show me after the cuts had scabbed over. “The first time she carved something into her skin, she used the sharp tip of an X-Acto knife. ![]()
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