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Ilsa J. Bick quotes: What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.

What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: The grief in her green eyes slips then hardens and, for an instant, Pendleton sees the woman she has become and has no right being, not at sixteen.

The grief in her green eyes slips then hardens and, for an instant, Pendleton sees the woman she has become and has no right being, not at sixteen.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: We were like matching bookends, almost touching but with volumes between us and stories, so many stories.

We were like matching bookends, almost touching but with volumes between us and stories, so many stories.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Monster or not, he was risking his neck to save her.

Monster or not, he was risking his neck to save her.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: She'd drawn the moment of her death.No. NO. She'd DRAWN herself to death.

She'd drawn the moment of her death.
No. NO. She'd DRAWN herself to death.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Run, she told herself. Run, you idiot, run.But she didn't. She couldn't. She just ... couldn't.

Run, she told herself. Run, you idiot, run.
But she didn't. She couldn't. She just ... couldn't.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: We all have our fictions, little lies we tell ourselves to keep going from one day to the next.

We all have our fictions, little lies we tell ourselves to keep going from one day to the next.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone

Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: She said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy.

She said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.

My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Tell yourself you're dead, the way Matt does, so the past can't hurt you.

Tell yourself you're dead, the way Matt does, so the past can't hurt you.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: How people react is going to be based on how you react.

How people react is going to be based on how you react.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Those brain-zapped kids weren't the only - or maybe even the worst - enemy.

Those brain-zapped kids weren't the only - or maybe even the worst - enemy.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.

But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: What about study hall? Shouldn't I go to the library? "What for, Ms. Lord?" Mr. anderson said. "You're with me

What about study hall? Shouldn't I go to the library?
"What for, Ms. Lord?" Mr. anderson said. "You're with me

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: She's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs.

She's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I didn't throw the paper away.Maybe I should have.Oh, the things you know in retrospect.

I didn't throw the paper away.
Maybe I should have.
Oh, the things you know in retrospect.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Desire is so much sweeter when you cant have it.

Desire is so much sweeter when you cant have it.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and forgotten nightmares.

I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and forgotten nightmares.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: This Army of Light was mine. I had summoned it. I had DRAWN it.Could I have stopped it? I don't know.The truth is, I didn't want to.

This Army of Light was mine. I had summoned it. I had DRAWN it.
Could I have stopped it? I don't know.
The truth is, I didn't want to.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and remembered nightmares.

I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and remembered nightmares.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Dewerman was this bearded 1960's throwback: a Teletubby in tie-dye, suspenders, and thinning hair scraped back into a stringy gray rat.

Dewerman was this bearded 1960's throwback: a Teletubby in tie-dye, suspenders, and thinning hair scraped back into a stringy gray rat.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I don't know what I expected.No, I'm lying. I know what I wanted.

I don't know what I expected.
No, I'm lying. I know what I wanted.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Neither was evil. They were both true to who they are.

Neither was evil. They were both true to who they are.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.

This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: No one can help but stare at the monster, because horror is a cousin to awe.

No one can help but stare at the monster, because horror is a cousin to awe.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I gargled a laugh, but I'd never felt more like crying in my life. I'm fine.

I gargled a laugh, but I'd never felt more like crying in my life. I'm fine.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.

Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I doubted I would need my eyes. I drew in the dark, after all.

I doubted I would need my eyes. I drew in the dark, after all.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: I think. I sense. I wonder.

I think. I sense. I wonder.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Honestly, Bob: how do you carve a scream?

Honestly, Bob: how do you carve a scream?

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: The familiar was usually invisible; how many people really noticed everything they saw?

The familiar was usually invisible; how many people really noticed everything they saw?

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: So I need the story, Jenna. I need the truth.Right, like the two are the same thing.

So I need the story, Jenna. I need the truth.
Right, like the two are the same thing.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Don't get so caught up in looking behind you forget to look ahead.

Don't get so caught up in looking behind you forget to look ahead.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: What you couldn't see and only imagined was always scarier than what was real.

What you couldn't see and only imagined was always scarier than what was real.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: Not everyone wears their scars on their skin.

Not everyone wears their scars on their skin.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: You really didn't appreciate how thick, how powerful water was until you had to fight it.

You really didn't appreciate how thick, how powerful water was until you had to fight it.

Ilsa J. Bick quotes: The things you think about when you're a hair's breath away from getting yourself killed.

The things you think about when you're a hair's breath away from getting yourself killed.