Quotes by Lish McBride

About Lish McBride:

Lish McBride is an American writer of urban fantasy. Her first book was Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, a young-adult novel about a fast-food fry cook who learns he is a necromancer. It won a 2011 Washington State Book Award and the annual William C. Morris YA Debut Award.[citation needed] Her second novel, Necromancing the Stone, was released in September 2012.
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People often talk about the pain and degradation of being bullied. No one really talks about the cost. Not that money is more important than those other things, but having to pay the expenses of your own humiliation just rubbed rock salt into the wou...

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Don’t you think it’s a bad sign that your best argument for your beau is that nothing has been proved in court?

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Aves hasn’t mentioned a boyfriend,” Lock chimed in, “and we’re just dying to hear all about you.” Liar. My friends were filthy lying sadists.

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There’d been some nights when my fat ass had saved my ass (ba-dum-tsh).

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But nowhere in the file had anyone said, “Oh, and by the way, he runs like a gazelle with an espresso addiction.” At least not in the parts I’d skimmed.

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Mrs. Winalski owned a candy-apple-red 1965 Mustang GT convertible, and she drove it like she could die at any minute and needed to get five things done before that happened.

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There were no windows in my bedroom, so I had to sit up and read my clock to figure out how angry I should be at my visitor. Eight A.M. I hated whoever woke me up. Had they come an hour earlier, I would have also hated their families and any househol...

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She whistled when she noticed my back. I assume because of my injuries. I mean, my ass just isn't that spectacular.

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You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.

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Most people felt lost after high school. Sometimes I felt like I'd never really been found in the first place.

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So you're the guy who did the no-no cha-cha with my baby sister.

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Pity. What a useless emotion when you don't act on it. Pity is supposed to trigger compassion.

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She looked away, trying not to cry. She hated crying, and in public she hated it more.

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There were upsides to the whole mess. While Douglas was holding me hostage, I’d met a girl—I mean, screw dating websites and house parties; apparently all the really eligible ladies are being held in cages these days. I would have liked to see Br...

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Fear, left unchecked, can spread like a virus.

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When you break up with someone, and I’m not talking casual breakups here, it’s hard to take the sudden absence of such an important person in your life. It reminded me of when I’d stopped going to school and the weird uneasy feeling I’d gotte...

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Douglas’s fridge was a stainless-steel masterpiece. I’m not that into appliances or anything, but this one was nice and probably cost more than my last apartment. I had the strange desire to hug it every time I came into the kitchen.

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Please stop,” I said politely—he was that big. One should always mind one’s manners around big things.

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He was not used to being at a loss. Usually, he was the gentleman with the plan. Every little detail cataloged and put in its place. But now he had no place, and the details were everywhere.

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You are quite possibly the least smooth guy I know,” she mumbled. “You can’t even put your arm around me without tripping up.

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Author Bio

  • NameLish McBride
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter