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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“But there is something you must remember about those feelings deep down inside. They come from your soul, and they’re a precious thing. They should be saved for the ones who’ll be cradling them like a new baby. You don’t hand them off to just anyone. The ones that love you protect your feelings because they’ve been given a piece of you. Others may toss them around for just the same reason.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Friendship is like boogie boarding. You have to learn when to hold on and when to let go.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“You can either stay here while they throw shovelfuls of sand on you or just climb out. Your choice not theirs. Then I head toward the stairs, not even loking back at Brandy or Tressa. And it feels really good to step away from the shovels of sand they've been throwing on me for weeks and finally climb out of the hole.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“We'll just wait for nature. She put us in this predicament and will help get us out. No use shouting at the rain. No one was hurt.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“But it turns out . . . I can stop myself. If I stop to think. Feeling mad doesn’t mean I can’t control what I do. I used to use being angry like it was an excuse. Like it wasn’t my fault. But I can stop myself. And it feels good.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Loneliness rises all around me like a fog in the early morning. And I realize how much I miss the friends that don't make my stomach hurt.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“We all make them, and the best we can do is try to make it right. And you have. So enough of this, okay?”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Ronan.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Madre”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“blood and having the same last name. It’s made by the people who love you. Who worry about you and champion you. Who take one look at you and know when you need a talk over that nourishing tea.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“As I wash the dirt from the jar, I think about how, like a seed in the ground, burying made things grow. But not in a good way. Just like how not talking about things can make stuff feel like a bigger problem, and even more confusing.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“She walks around the counter but holds Ronan’s gaze. “So Henry Lasko was here this very morning talking about how brave you are, wanting to jump into the water after sharks—and by the way, I hope someone has told you that ain’t brave. That’s just foolishness. But this is what I want to know: Are you brave enough . . . to flip a good crepe?”

It startles me that the words brave and crepe are in the same sentence.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“So.” I hold up my jar and look at the sun through lemonade. “Would you say that this jar is half empty or half full?”

He stares and thinks for a few seconds. “Neither. The jar is just twice as big as it needs to be.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?"
"I didn't know you were looking."
Well, I've given the matter some serious thought."
"And what have you come up with?"
"Cookie," I anounced proudly.
Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way."
"You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?"
"Worse."
"Snookie-Wookie?"
"Do you have any cyanide?"
"Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love.
So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it to
describe their attachments to possessions, pets, vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In the
same breath they then applied this word to the person they considered most important in their
lives. Wasn’t that insulting? Shouldn’t there be some other term to describe deeper emotion?”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“Love you,” Xavier said just before he drifted back to sleep.
“Love you more,” I said playfully.
“Not a chance,” Xavier said, fully awake now. “I’m bigger, I can contain more love.”
“I’m smaller, therefore my love particles are more compressed, which means I can fit more in.”
Xavier laughed. “That argument makes no sense. Overruled.”
“I’m just basing it on how much I miss you when you’re not around,” I countered.
“How can you possibly know how much I miss you?” he said. “Have you got some sort of built-in miss-o-meter that can give us a reading?”
“I’m a girl; of course I have a built-in miss-o-meter.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“Sometimes it's the little things that count most.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“To make one person the center of your world is bound to end in disaster. There are too many factors outside your control.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“Molly: So how do you think of Bryce Hamilton crowd so far? Boys hot enough for you?
Bethany: I wouldn't say hot. Most of them seem to have a normal body temperature.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo