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“The thought of publishing—of the whole world reading Afterworlds—had always made Darcy feel naked and exposed, but loving had left her skinless.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Afterworlds

“You can’t be really happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes. You know that, right?”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“I know that life isn’t life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Love: It will kill you and save you, both.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Am I trying to prove or improve?”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions

“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions

“But it is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions

“It was so extraordinarily out of the ordinary.”
― Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors

“If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Did I want him to act? Or would I prefer a lifetime of longing provided we both kept this little Ping-Pong game going: not knowing, not-not-knowing, not-not-not-knowing? Just be quiet, say nothing, and if you can't say "yes," don't say "no," say "later." Is this why people say "maybe" when they mean "yes," but hope you'll think it's "no" when all they really mean is, Please, just ask me once more, and once more after that?”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Why do we want to kill all the broken people?”
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy

“Because we do believe in the light. Yes, we know that Harry Potter is not real, but we know that colective light is is real. And powerful. And in the face of hatred and bigotry and cruelty and everything that dark sky stood for, we were so much stronger together.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness

“Genevieve, you have to choose to live for yourself. You are the most real thing you’ll ever be able to experience. Your light. Your determination. You can search every corner of the universe for something else and it will never be enough if you’re trying to escape yourself. I don’t know who told you that you weren’t good enough, but they were fucking wrong. You’re more than good enough. Your heart is more than good enough. No matter how many times it has been burned. How many scars it might have. It will keep on beating, brave and passionate, if you will only let it.”
― Kaylie Smith, Enchantra