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#1

“He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

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#2

“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

tags: certain, death, life, taxes

307 likes

#3

“Better the devil you do know than the devil you don't”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

tags: the-inheritance-games

270 likes

#4

“We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

501 likes

#5

“why kill two birds with one stone when you can kill twelve”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

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#6

“Nash picked up a cupcake and took a bite out of it like it was an apple. "For what it's worth, I vote for red velvet next." Libby turned back to me. "Salted caramel it is.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

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#7

“I'm a hypercompetitive, bisexual perfectionist who likes to win and looks like this. I'm no stranger to being hated”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

tags: bisexual, inheritance-games, thea

77 likes

#8

“Right." ... "No feminism at the dinner table.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

tags: feminism, jennifer-lynn-barnes, the-inheritance-games, thea

36 likes

#9

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#10

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

177118 likes

#11

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

165236 likes

#12

“Spoiler alert: Love is worth everything. Everything.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

tags: love

755 likes

#13

“Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

tags: inspirational, life, love, young-adult

739 likes

#14

“Maybe growing up means disappointing the people we love.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

tags: zach

798 likes

#15

“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

916 likes

#16

“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

554 likes

#17

“I don't believe in love."

"It's not a religion," he says. "It exists whether you believe in it or not.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

370 likes

#18

“Stars are important," I say, laughing.

"Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it's our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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#19

“The thing about falling is you don't have any control on your way down.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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#20

“The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it's a long way down.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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#21

“How can you trust something that can end as suddenly as it begins?”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

tags: love, trust

199 likes

#22

“I wonder if she realizes how passionate she is about not being passionate.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

tags: passion

165 likes

#23

“People just want to believe. Otherwise they would have to admit that life is just a random series of good and bad things that happen until one day you die.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star

156 likes

#24

“White and black. Light and dark. And me, in the middle of it all. Gray.”
― Ami Polonsky, Gracefully Grayson

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#25

“Grayson is who he is, she said. Who am I? I want to hear her tell me. I look at the picture of me in the tutu. All I want is for him to be true to himself. My mind races, but I keep coming back to what i know is true: they knew. They knew, and it was okay.”
― Ami Polonsky, Gracefully Grayson

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#26

“Can I try out for Persephone?”
― Ami Polonsky, Gracefully Grayson

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#27

“I remember it now - how it felt when I first knew that I was supposed to be Persephone.
What do you already know?
I am a girl.”
― Ami Polonsky, Gracefully Grayson

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#28

“I'm so proud of what you've done this year. And always remember, Grayson, to be brave.
Fondly,
Mr. Finnegan”
― Ami Polonsky, Gracefully Grayson

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#29