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Doll Bones
by Holly Black
"'There's people who do things and people who never do--who say they will someday, but they just don't. I want to go on a quest. …" Poppy (96)
"If they [ghosts] were real, then maybe the world was big enough to have magic in it. And if there was magic--even bad magic, and Zach knew it was more likely that there was bad magic than any good kind--then maybe not everyone had to have a story like his father's, a story like the kind all th adults he knew told, one about giving up and growing bitter." (117)
"'I thought that we could do this thing, and when it was over we'd have something that no one else had--an experience that would keep us together. I can see you changing.'" (199)
"He didn't want to forget, and he wanted everyone to stop talking like it was inevitable, like it would happen whether he wanted it to or not." (199)
"'I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like dying. It feels like each of you is being possessed and I'm next.'" Poppy (200)
"'But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants." Zach's dad (207)
"Maybe all stories were true ones." (240)
"If they [ghosts] were real, then maybe the world was big enough to have magic in it. And if there was magic--even bad magic, and Zach knew it was more likely that there was bad magic than any good kind--then maybe not everyone had to have a story like his father's, a story like the kind all th adults he knew told, one about giving up and growing bitter." (117)
"'I thought that we could do this thing, and when it was over we'd have something that no one else had--an experience that would keep us together. I can see you changing.'" (199)
"He didn't want to forget, and he wanted everyone to stop talking like it was inevitable, like it would happen whether he wanted it to or not." (199)
"'I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like dying. It feels like each of you is being possessed and I'm next.'" Poppy (200)
"'But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants." Zach's dad (207)
"Maybe all stories were true ones." (240)