Quotes from book
How I Live Now

Name: How I Live Now
Author: Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature.

“Every war has turning points and every person too.”

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“And after awhile of this my brain and my body and every single inch of me that was alive was flooded with the feeling that I was starving, starving for Edmond.

And what a coincidence, that was the feeling I loved best in the world.”

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“Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.”

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“I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be saints.”

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“I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.”

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“If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.”

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“Somewhere along the line I'd lost the will not to eat.”

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“I noticed that once you realize
someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself
watching them back.”

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“After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.”

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Variant: After all this time, I know exactly where I belong.
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“The things that break your heart when you think there`s nothing left to break”

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“Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”

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