“It's hard to reconcile this August with the other one. and to be honest I don't try very hard. I've seen flashes of this August before-This brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit-but I know what he's capable of, and I won't forget it. The others can believe what they like, but I don't believe for a second that this is the real August and the other an aberration And yet I can see how they might be fooled-” AugustWater For ElephantsChapter 17Page 294Jacob JankowskiPage 293 Book:Water for Elephants Source: Water for Elephants
“But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenseless that I couldn't do it. It was as if what I wanted to kill wasn't in that skin or the thin blue pulse that jumped under my tumb, but somewhere else, deeper, more secret, and a whole lot harder to get at” John GreenPapertownsPage 294 Book:Paper Towns Source: Paper Towns
“The lies we tell ourselves are the worst ones.” InvisibilityElizabethDavid LevithanAndrea CremerChapter 26Page 294 Book:Invisibility Source: Invisibility