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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

We Were Liars is a 2014 young-adult novel by E. Lockhart. The novel has received critical acclaim and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. It was also listed as an ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015.We Were Liars focuses on the theme of self-acceptance, family morals, and the possibly-deadly consequences of one's mistakes. It is centered on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer gathered on their private island. However, not every summer is the same—when something happens to Cadence during the summer of her fifteenth year, the four "Liars" re-emerge two years later to prompt Cadence to remember the incident.

“She is sugar, curiosity, and rain.”

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“What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?”

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“The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.”

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“am not talking about fate. I don’t believe in destiny or soul mates or the supernatural. I just mean we understood each other. All the way.”

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“I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools. I like a twist of meaning. I endure.”

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Variant: I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.
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“My boyfriend is named Percocet," I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer.”

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“We looked at the sky. So many stars, it seemed like a celebration, a grand, illicit party the galaxy was holding after the humans had been put to bed.”

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“He was a person who couldn't fake a smile but smiled often.”

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“A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.”

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“For Gat with everything, everything. Cady”

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“One day I looked at Gat, lying in the Clairmont hammock with a book, and he seemed, well, like he was mine. Like he was my particular person.”

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“Always do what you're afraid to do.”

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“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

Also, here is a green toothbrush tied in a ribbon. It expresses my feelings inadequately.”

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“He asked about Dad and about Gran- as if talking about something could make it better. As if wounds needed attention.”

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“You remind us that we’re selfish bastards. You’re not one of us, that way.”

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“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.”

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“Silence is a protective coating over pain.”

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“We are Sinclairs. Beautiful. Privileged. Damaged. Liar. We live, least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Perhaps that is all you need to know.”

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