"(page 327) Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find."
— Libba Bray (Rebel Angels)

"I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers."
— Cecily von Ziegesar (You Know You Love Me)

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

"Don't think or judge, just listen."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

"Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself."
— Sarah Dessen

"There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

"Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should!"
— Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl)

"The people you know best are the ones most capable of surprising you.(Gossip Girl)"
— Rufus Humphrey/Matthew Settle

"After being broken up with my boyfriend for exactly 20 minutes, I succumbed to inebriation, performed at a speakeasy, and surrendered my virtue to a self-absorbed ass. The only good news is that he's a total pig who'll act it never happened. Thank God... Sorry. Truthfully I'm not even Catholic."
— Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girl)

"You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples."
— Emily Giffin (Baby Proof)

"They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now"
— Edna St. Vincent Millay

"When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he’s come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he’s been waiting patiently for me to arrive. He doesn’t utter a word, but his smile says everything: I’ve missed you."
— Libba Bray (The Sweet Far Thing)

"He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.

She was the book thief without the words.

Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

"I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes.

“You’re right, Angelina - I’m here to save you.”

“Can you? Really?”

“I’ll try,” I say and the girl smiles."
— Markus Zusak (I Am the Messenger)