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  • #1
    Libba Bray
    “Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?" Nicole asked. "You go on websites and some girl leaves a post and if it's longer than three sentences or she's expressing her thoughts about some topic, she usually ends with, 'Sorry for the rant' or 'That may be dumb, but that's what I think.”
    Libba Bray, Beauty Queens

  • #2
    Marie Lu
    “Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
    Marie Lu, Legend

  • #3
    Marie Lu
    “The memory fades, and I’m left hanging on to the ghosts of his
    words.”
    Marie Lu, Legend

  • #4
    Rachel Hawkins
    “I picked up the nearest weapon I could lay my hands on: a stapler. I lifted it, going for “menacing.” I admit it lacked a certain elegance, but hey. It was worth a shot. David placed his hand on my arm and pushed it back down.
    “What?”
    “Just . . . that’s embarrassing for all of us,” he replied.”
    Rachel Hawkins, Rebel Belle

  • #5
    Rachel Hawkins
    “Bruce Wayne's parents get killed and he goes to Tibet or whatever, and Superman is an alien, and Spiderman had that radioactive spider. Me? I kissed a janitor in the school bathroom.”
    Rachel Hawkins, Rebel Belle

  • #6
    Rachel Hawkins
    “Honestly, not enough people know how to use good manners as a weapon.”
    Rachel Hawkins, Miss Mayhem

  • #7
    Rachel Hawkins
    “Deep-fried Oreos were sent from heaven to prove God loves us.”
    Rachel Hawkins, Miss Mayhem

  • #8
    Amie Kaufman
    “And there it is, against all hope, like the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. The smallest hint of a smile.”
    Amie Kaufman, These Broken Stars

  • #9
    Sabaa Tahir
    “Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
    Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

  • #10
    Sabaa Tahir
    “There are two kinds of guilt. The kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged but it's there. Don't let them take it from you.”
    Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

  • #11
    Sabaa Tahir
    “I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff’s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing.”
    Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes
    tags: fear

  • #12
    Nancy Garden
    “The thing about mountains is that you have to keep on climbing them, and that it's always hard, but there's a view from top every time when you finally get there.”
    Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

  • #13
    Nancy Garden
    “The 1st day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to do that forever.”
    Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
    tags: sweet

  • #14
    Amie Kaufman
    “You're the most important thing in this universe. You; this vessel; the people of this planet; lovers, warriors, artists, leaders, dreams more numerous than stars. Each mind unique, each thought created for an instant and then broken apart to form new ones. You don't understand the unbearable beauty of being you.”
    Amie Kaufman, This Shattered World

  • #15
    Amie Kaufman
    “She's gazing down at me, Stone-faced Chase, absolutely unforgiving, soot and ashes streaking her face like war paint.”
    Amie Kaufman, This Shattered World

  • #16
    Matthew Flaming
    “Whether beautiful or terrible, the past is always a ruin.”
    Matthew Flaming, The Kingdom of Ohio

  • #17
    Amie Kaufman
    “You don't mention death when it's hovering near someone you love. You don't want t attract the reaper's attention.”
    Amie Kaufman, These Broken Stars

  • #18
    J. Sheridan Le Fanu
    “Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.”
    Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

  • #19
    J. Sheridan Le Fanu
    “But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.”
    Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

  • #20
    J. Sheridan Le Fanu
    “But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.”
    Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

  • #21
    David Levithan
    “We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment. ”
    David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

  • #22
    David Levithan
    “Now, I don't believe in doing hugs halfway. I can't stand people who try to hug without touching. A hug should be a full embrace - as I wrap my arms around Tony, I am not just holding him, but also trying to lift off his troubles for a moment so that the only thing he can feel is my presence, my support.”
    David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

  • #23
    David Levithan
    “I wonder if it's possible to have happiness without it being at someone else's expense.”
    David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

  • #24
    David Levithan
    “I think they have compatible silences.”
    David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

  • #25
    Stuart Hill
    “If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.”
    Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark

  • #26
    Ally Condie
    “Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.”
    Ally Condie, Matched

  • #27
    George R.R. Martin
    “Glory may be everlasting, yet it is fleeting as well—soon forgotten in the aftermath of even the most famous of victories if they lead to greater disasters.”
    George R.R. Martin, The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

  • #28
    George R.R. Martin
    “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
    'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #29
    George R.R. Martin
    “Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #30
    George R.R. Martin
    “A lady's armor is courtesy”
    George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings



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