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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“This moment will just be another story someday.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.”
― Karin Slaughter

“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.”
― Karin Slaughter

“You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.”
― Karin Slaughter, Undone

“Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.”
― Karin Slaughter, Fractured

“You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time”
― Karin Slaughter, Fractured

“Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Given enough idleness & time, she could talk herself into either loving or hating the man”
― Karin Slaughter, Criminal

“Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Having a teenager is like having a really, really shitty roommate. They eat all your food and steal your clothes and take money out of your purse and borrow your car without asking.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“He always took lateness as being rude. It said to the other person that their time was more valuable than yours.”
― Karin Slaughter, Triptych

“A woman can run faster with her skirt up than a man can with his pants down.”
― Karin Slaughter, Fallen

“If you wanted to know shit about a woman, all you had to do was ask the woman who was pretending to be her friend.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Kept Woman

“She had felt capable of anything.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“He was playing chess and she was sucking at checkers.”
― Karin Slaughter, Broken

“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers”
― Karin Slaughter, Fallen

“I loved him. I know you don’t want to believe that, but I really, truly, giddy, heart-breaking, longing, achingly loved him.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Broken:
Never underestimate the power of a shared history.”
― Karin Slaughter, Broken

“I still want it to die. Like immediately. With fire.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Kept Woman

“The problem with books is that they end.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“The only thing crueler than a cage so
small that a bird can’t fly is a cage so
large that a bird thinks it can fly.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“Work in a bookstore and learn that most people in this world feel guilty about being who they are.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“Happiness is believing that you're gonna be happy. It's hope.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“If people could handle their self-loathing, customer service would be smoother.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“It is possible to know people. They show you who they are. You just have to be looking.”
― Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies