Milestone! This is a momentous occasion," he tells her cheerily. "It should be witnessed by a friend." She throws him an icy gaze, and he does a verbal back pedal. "Aaaand since no friends are present, I'll have to do.
Neal Shusterman[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jetโand you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head.
Neal ShustermanYou'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.
Neal ShustermanIt does, Tennyson, because thereโs a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Thereโs a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And youโre on the wrong side of both lines.
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