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“Will you buckle in? It’s bad enough we kidnapped you.”
― C.L. Stone, Introductions

“My hands shot up over my head, grabbing his ears. I yanked, bending forward.

North sailed over me. I gasped, stunned by what I just did.

"Holy shit," Nathan uttered.
"Kota," Gabriel whined. "Mommy and daddy are fighting again.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“Are you going to take Sang to the football games, Dakota? It'd make a nice date."

(...) "Holy shit," Gabriel said. "The first time Sang gets asked out and it's by Kota's mother.”
― C.L. Stone, Friends vs. Family

“Sang: Nathan, are you awake?
Nathan: Nope.
Sang: Sleep texting?
Nathan: Yes.
Sang: That's a talent.”
― C.L. Stone, Friends vs. Family

“Will you stop being cute? Your nose is smudging the window. My god, you’re worse than a puppy,”
― C.L. Stone, Introductions

“You don't give warnings. If someone's close enough that you can't run, and they won't let you get away, you're done. Kick, swing, whatever you have to do."

"It sounds mean."

"Ugh," Nathan groaned behind us. (...) "Peanut, will you just listen? If someone isn't letting you run away, he's not a nice person. Beat the shit out of him.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“Did you finish yours, Kota?"
"Working on it now, Actually."
"How's it going?"

He sat up, turning in his chair and holding up his notebook. "I don't know. What rhymes with formaldehyde?"

My eyes widened. Gabriel laughed, rubbing his fingers against his forehead. "Dude, what kind of poem are you writing?"

Kota blinked at us. "It's about a doctor."

"Does the doctor fall in love?" Gabriel asked.
"No."
"Does someone die?"
"Not in the story, technically."
"What does he do?"
"He performs an autopsy.”
― C.L. Stone, First Days

“I hate running."
He laughed. "You know what's the best part about running?"
"What?"
"The stopping.”
― C.L. Stone, First Days

“Family is a choice?"
"It is?"

His thumb pressed into my palm firmly. "It's your choice. Parents and siblings are your relations. Family takes care of one another and helps each other. When each side is working together, when everyone wants it, that makes the difference.”
― C.L. Stone, Friends vs. Family

“Bye, Dr. Green.â€� I opened the door, stepping out. “I said, call me Sean,â€� he called after me. “Bye, Dr. Sean.â€� “Bye, smart ass.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“You like books?â€� Victor asked, catching my look. “Who doesn’t?”
― C.L. Stone, Introductions

“I may dump the whole class. Except you and Victor. " His light eyes caught mine. "Maybe even Victor.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“Good afternoon, class," he said.

I said a soft good afternoon, but no one else in the class joined me.

Dr. Green laughed. "I think my class is missing. Did no one show up today? I'll have to mark everyone as absent. I believe I said good afternoon."

The room chorused a low murmuring of 'good afternoon' in reply.

"This won't do," Dr. Green said. "I'm here to teach you Japanese. I can't very well teach you English, too.”
― C.L. Stone, First Days

“Well, if it isn’t the future Mrs. Green.â€� He rocked his eyebrows up and turned back, winking at the woman in the bed. “Excuse me, won’t you? I have to ask my future wife where she might like to go on our first date.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“If it took me showing some warmth to get warmth in return, I'd do it.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“Not long enough,â€� he said. His green eyes smiled at me. “And no giggling. You girls and your incessant giggling. If it wasn’t so cute, I’d give you all detention for it.â€� “I ...â€� “And you’re the worst. Your giggling’s infectious and it sets everyone else off. Don’t think I haven’t noticed. First Luke breaks out, and then the rest of them start.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“If you let her eat,â€� Raven said, “she gets nice.â€� “What?â€� Marc asked, relaxing his hand. “What do you mean?â€� “I mean if you feed her, she stops hitting you. She won’t even be angry anymore.”
― C.L. Stone, Liar

“She fell over," Nathan said. "Yeah," Gabriel said. "I thought fainted all graceful. She just crashed”
― C.L. Stone, Push and Shove

“Hey there, little mermaid. You don’t want to start that game with me. I win every time.”
― C.L. Stone, Introductions

“Dr. Green beamed. “A girl after my own heart. Give her five minutes and she’s ready to go.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“I didn’t care if he was Russian and huge. I’d kill him for a fry.”
― C.L. Stone, Liar

“I was hunting a thief, and I found a beautiful wreck.”
― C.L. Stone, Thief

“Nathan made an evil-sounding cackle. “Brave words from a dead girl who forgot to load her gun.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“He sighed against my hair. "Be good. Listen to the boys. Try not to get them into any trouble." I scoffed. "I don't do that.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“I want her,â€� Nathan said.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“Kinda wished I had met you sooner,â€� he said quietly.”
― C.L. Stone, Forgiveness and Permission

“What did I tell you about that giggle? If you start now, you’ll go all evening and get all my patients started and it’ll take me forever to calm them down.”
― C.L. Stone, Drop of Doubt

“Aw,â€� Raven said. He planted a palm on my head and massaged my scalp. “Little thief, don’t worry about it. I’ve got you now.”
― C.L. Stone, Thief

“Heard you missed me", he said, half turning and looking down at me. The smile on his lips broadened. "And that you're beating up the boys at school in protest to get me to come back. Couldn't let that happen.”
― C.L. Stone, First Days

“The second rule is family is a choice.â€�
I thought about that. “You can’t choose your family. It’s all blood relations.�
“Family consists of people you care about, who care about you, who try to make an effort.”
― C.L. Stone, Liar