Noticing Sentences

Descriptions The fact that Ivy wasn't conventionally beautiful made it worse. Power you get from being beautiful is cheap. But Ivy's appeal just came from the her of her. p19 "Being in love is a painful nightmare," he'd told me once. p31 She's been the only one of her siblings to visit regularly. I knew she resented it, but she also seemed to secretly like it, too, because it confirmed her belief about how selfish they were. My mother likes to be right, even about bad things. Maybe about bad things especially. p43-44  It felt like he was playing the role of boyfriend on a TV show. Xavier remembered how to do all the things he was supposed to do, but he wasn't sure how to feel. p120 All Xavier could think was that, yes, he is incredibly handsome and good-looking and seemingly full of energy and love for life, but he was missing something, some spark. His view of the world was exactly what deodorant ads and car-insurance commercials said it sho...

Occasionally Jake Bishop from number five would shout things up at me-- things like weirdo, freak , or nutter . It had been a long time since he'd actually called me Matthew -- but then, he was an idiot, so I didn't really care what he said. p1 ___________________________ "Why aren't you answering my texts? Who do you think you are, ignoring me?" He'd stopped at the end of our path, his bike barring her exit. I could see the top of Melody's head as she waited for me to answer. p68 I actually think all of the early interactions between Melody and Jake would make for great discussions about toxic relationships. And how to actually approach someone you're interested in. _________________________________ "Do you know what?" said Mum. "One day you'll be a really big boy and you won't want to hold your mummy's hand anymore." I frowned up at her and she laughed. "It's true! Us mummies know these things....