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" “Kendrick, if you haven't seen them in a really long time, don't believe these things. He's probably changed in a really good way that you don't know about." "You're probably right Loretta, but one thing I'm extremely sure about is my aunty. There's no way she's changed." "Why do you think that?" Loretta asks, puzzled. She's the speaker and writer of all these motivational talks and quotes. You've probably heard of 'Bay Books. " "No, I'm sorry, I haven't really needed to read any of them. I'm my own motivator. " "That's impressive. Well, when she talks, she does these things with stages, like she's reading from one of her books. "

I waited for Kristen to sit on the corner and plunged on the seat. “What quote?” Kristen questioned. “It is better to live for those who love us than to sacrifice for those who don’t even turn blind eye to us.” Kristen moved her pupils thinking deeply. “Who the hell said that?” I raised my right palm. “The Great Prisha Everdeen…” Suddenly someone patted my shoulder. I turned my head to see who it was before becoming stunned. “Newt?” I was astounded to see him sitting in the next row close to my seat.

She is just trying to be honest. “You're welcome,” said Quan in the end, feeling the need to return her teacher's thanks, no matter how impudent the reason was. “And where did your answer come from, Quan Durbysch?” Mr. Kei asked while tilting his head. Realizing that all the eyes in the class were on her, Quan's head felt as if an invisible ant was biting her. “From the boring book entitled Children of the Night which is now in the museum,” Quan said finally. “People say it's just bullshit, I say it's interesting.”

“We’re taking it a day at a time.” “That’s the best way to do things,” Brown proclaimed. “Epicurus said, ‘Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.’” Sarah grinned. Brown had an incredible brain for memorization, and always had a few words of wisdom from a philosopher at the ready. “I’ve missed your quotes.”

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They are amazed that someone like Dokyeom knows deep quotes like this. “Me too! Me too! I also know one quotes,” Hoshi cheerfully said while raising his hands. He also forged a cough and fixed his sitting postures. Next, he squinted his eyes, and acted as if he’s going to cry. “Wayne Charlie once said this: ‘I guess I am still holding on to something that I know will probably never happen, because somehow deep down inside me, I have this little piece of hope that someday, it will.”

They were all adjusted alphabetically. He then randomly picked a book. ‘If I had your Face – By Frances Cha’ He read the title. He opened the book. On the first page, there was her name and a date written. The date when she either got the book or started reading it. He flipped through the pages. She had underlined some context. Marked notes somewhere. Scribbled replies to some lines. He laughed to himself. There was this line she had highlighted, “In New York, you can talk to anyone about anything at any time and have a conversation so long you'll fall a little in love with that person, and then never see them again.”

She found Joel still seated comfortably as he bobbed his head to the music in his ears. Shooting him a killing look, she sat on one of the chairs close to the door. The motivational posters of various colours that decorated the sky-blue painted walls caught her attention. And most of them, she observed, contained quotes from famous people. Some she had heard of and some she had read about. "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. That one made her smile. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Nelson Mandela

Just then a quote caught my attention, You may think you are useless but the small stars still give lights to people who don't have any. That quote was so touching and true. Well literally it's true. It was as if the writer was talking to me. Before I could stop myself I turned back to the hoody boy and called him. "Hey Kevin." "Yes?" I slowly looked up at me. He had an unsure look on his face. "Did you draw and wrote all these quotes?" I asked. He nodded and I smiled. "Thank you." I said and beamed more at him. "I needed it." With that I turned to my front. I don't want to see the look he'll give to me next.

But I'm just sitting here, my dinner cooling in front of me, waiting until the person posts one of those motivational quotes they put up every night. It's late, around the time the posts normally come. I refresh the feed. Nothing. I refresh again. My thumb is shaking. And then I see it. The post of today. > "The road is long and the shadows are deep, but if you just keep breathing, you'll find your way home. Don't let the weight of the world stop your heart from beating." > It's exactly what I used to say to her. Word for word. I breathe in and out, the air finally reaching the bottom of my lungs. I relax back into the chair, a ghost of a smile touching my lips. I just have this crazy feelin