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“I was standing on two feet, without crutches, wearing two shoes. I could read and I could sing. I had walked to church even though it was a long way. I needed to remember that. I tried to force myself to feel happy, but underneath the happiness I felt prickly, like my skin was stretched too tight all over. I might not be a cripple, but I didn’t know who I was. • • • At home Susan made us hang our stockings and chivvied us off to bed. In the morning my stocking bulged with something I never expected, or wanted at all.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I shrugged. “I can say that,” I said. “It’s harder to believe it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Mam had never been anything but angry. Even when she smiled, she always stayed angry inside. No sadness, no joy. Just anger.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“But I’m used to him not being around, especially when I’m at school. I mostly didn’t live with him. So I don’t actually miss him even though I’m sorry that he’s dead. Sometimes I realize that for a few hours I’ve forgotten all about him. I think I miss the idea of him more than miss his real self. Does that make me a bad person? I’m afraid it does.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Potato picking was tedious, dirty, exhausting, and cold. I rather liked it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Sometimes, Ada,” she said, “I get very tired of you setting the example for us all.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I love you,” I whispered. I buried my head against Susan’s shoulder. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you before.” “Don’t be sorry,” she whispered back. “I know you love me. You know I love you too.” • •”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Fear and what you did with it were two separate things.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Younger people learn faster and are able to retain more information in their brains,”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“His eyes were warm and they glinted in the moonlight. “I am alrrready herrre forrr you, Alex. Wheneverrr you need me, as long as you need me. And even longerrr,” he said. “It is my duty. But it’s also my pleasurrre.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“It was because he was, to put it boldly, quite amazingly good at fighting.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“We’re awesome,” he said finally. “I’m smiling because we are awesome.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“To understand the rules, one must first break the rules,”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Library? Yes!”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There will always be times we struggle, make bad decisions, even fail. What’s important is not that we fail, but that we learn and grow. And that we know that there is always someone out there who believes in us.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Whatever problems you may face, you must know this: I do believe in you.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“he had to admit getting to hang around with two creative, smart, talented girls on a beautiful beach was not his idea of a bad time at all.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“When he awoke, it was a bright new day. But everything came flooding back too fast. Meghan was still unconscious, Sam and Lani were still missing, Simber was still at the bottom of the ocean, and Mr. Today was still dead.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There is a natural path to success, Aaron. But you’re too angry and bitter to follow it.” He held his arms obediently behind his back for Liam. “You just flail around stubbornly in the brush alongside it, angry with the world for not making the path exactly where you wish to walk.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“You are beautiful, my dear, truly. Do not ever forget that, even if I am not here to remind you.”
― Serena Valentino, Fairest of All

“What sort of woman would do that—give up her life so easily, sacrificing her freedom for her father’s? The Beast wondered if he was capable of such a sacrifice. He wondered if he was capable of love.”
― Serena Valentino, The Beast Within

“Don’t hide your own light because you’re afraid of outshining others,” Hayley continued. “People say hateful things because of their own insecurities. You can’t let them change who you are.”
― Alexandra Moody, The Wrong Bachelor

“Life is long, my dearie, if you’re lucky,” she continues. “And these things happen. As long as you don’t hold on to anger and you’re able to let some things go, all will be well. But—” She pauses and raises a finger. “You also have to tell people when they’ve hurt you. Sometimes they just don’t realize it.”
― Lisa Greenwald, 11 Before 12

“A big part of friendship is meeting people on their terms, I’m realizing, and not expecting them to be someone they’re not. Just because you’re BFFs with someone doesn’t mean you’re exactly the same as they are. And that’s okay. That’s probably better, actually.”
― Lisa Greenwald, 11 Before 12

“They should not be treated as though they are under us. They do not think they are over us. They are friends on the same level.”
― Pamela Merritt, The Way of Cats: How to use their instincts to train, understand, and love them

“The only thing cruelty does is add to the total amount of cruelty in the world.”
― Pamela Merritt, The Way of Cats: How to use their instincts to train, understand, and love them

“Just because someone doubts you doesn’t mean you should doubt yourself. You can do whatever you want to do,”
― Jillian Dodd, The Exchange

“A name is important. It isn’t something you drop in the litter basket or on the ground. Your name is how people know you. The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it’s a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can’t be knocked down. Your name is who you are and how you’re known even when you do something great or something dumb.”
― Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban