Tuesday, June 19, 2012

the Best Lines really "Shine"

sharing the best lines from books i've read has become my favorite thing to do here on the blog.

today, i have some "bests" from the fabulous SHINE by Lauren Myracle.


I listened to her yap some more about how upset she was. She just liked tragedy, that's what I thought.
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...by turning a blind eye in high school, I'd said, Go on and hurt him. I don't care. And by doing that, I'd opened the door to more hurt, because when a person did something wrong and got away with it, he tended to do it again.
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He said it to shame me, and it did. It slammed me down on the rough grit of my shortcomings and held me there.
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"...Sheriff Doyle isn't going to do squat."
"Hey. He's doing what he can."
I rolled my eyes. Sheriff Doyle wouldn't know it if his butt was on fire.
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I felt bad for him, because it wasn't his fault. His mama drank too much when he was in the womb. These things happened.


i love each of these lines, but what Myracle really does best in SHINE is evoke a sense of place. and one line can't quite show you how she does it, so i highly recommend picking this one up to see for yourself!