Do you like him? Ty asked. "Not that I care." "I do," I said, because it was true. Even though it didn't matter anymore. "Not that I care you don't care. Though you clearly do care, and I don't care about that either." "Well, I don't care that you don't care that I don't care. In fact i'm glad. Because, um, if I were seeming someone that I liked, I'd want you to be happy for me.""Are you seeing someone?" I asked, pretty sure he wasn't. "Not that I care.
Sarah Rees BrennanIf the truth didn't help anyone, and love didn't last, what was there left to struggle toward?
Sarah Rees BrennanIt was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but now he was and everything was all right. He did not have to speak, he was not able to move, all he could do was lie there and have his brother hold him, hunched over and shielding him from the world.
Sarah Rees BrennanListen to me. I donโt know whatโs going on. I donโt know what any of this means. But I know this much. It doesnโt matter. Youโre not one of them. You never were. Youโre not theirs. Youโre mine.
Sarah Rees BrennanOnce you start thinking about the lies people tell when they don't know they're telling them, the truths people reveal when they think they're lying, then you can start to build a world.
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