86 Quotes by Amy Engel

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    But there’s something fundamentally wrong in a system where a girl like Meredith would even consider staying with a boy like Dylan if she has the chance to be free of him.

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    Is it still manipulation if you know it’s happening, but it works anyway?

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    No one survives beyond the fence. At least that’s what my father always told me when I was a child. But I’m not a little girl anymore, and I no longer believe in the words of my father. He told me the Lattimers were cruel and deserved to die. He told me my only choice was to kill the boy I loved. He has been wrong about so many things. And I’m determined that he’s going to be wrong about my survival as well.

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    The scars are just something that happened to me. They aren’t me. Not anymore.

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    The real danger has always lived in my granddad’s kind voice, his soft caresses. All of it masquerading as innocent, but really just a gateway drug for girls starved for affection, desperate for someone to love them. He doesn’t force us with a heavy hand. He manipulates with a gentle touch, guides us exactly where he wants us to go. So in the end, we blame only ourselves.

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    When your fate is predetermined, there’s not much benefit in coddling.

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    Maybe I’ll be okay. Maybe I’ll make it to the ocean.

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    I’m glad she’s not faking affection. It’s more honest than what her husband is doing, at least. Dislike is an emotion I can respect.

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    It had always been the apartment of a family who only escaped true poverty through sheer stubbornness and the generosity of others. Others.

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