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“The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“That’s the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“When faced with the scariest of things, all you want to do is turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us, as well.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“In the end, we are two people who exchanged our love story for broken souls. I’m no longer his rain. He’s no longer the drought. We’ve become a tsunami, and left in its path of our destruction are two little cups of sunshine striving to keep shining. Ultimately, our children pay the price for our mistakes.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“My truth is everyone else’s lies. My lies are their comfort. Telling the truth makes people uncomfortable. Who am I to cause anyone discomfort on purpose? Lying works. Lying makes it all better. Lying is my gift to everyone around me. They never even say thank you.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“I know I need to stay strong, but just like rust can weaken even the strongest of metals, depression can weaken even the strongest of people.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“When you’re fighting a raging war inside your own head, the rules of engagement aren’t clear.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“Never take your present for granted because one day you will want it back.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“we never know the battles others are facing. We don’t know the demons they are hiding. Everyone you have ever met is fighting something. You may have thought no one could’ve had the kind of raw deal you were dealt in life, being ailed with a mental illness, yet the truth is, many have the same or worse problems than that of your own.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“For all the invisible girls and for my readers, for seeing me”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall apart and see options instead of endings.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“What you do in your dreams is never your choice.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“You first learn truth, once it's with you, it never really goes away.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they'll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.”
― Colleen Hoover, Confess

“I’ll love you forever. Even when I can’t.”
― Colleen Hoover, Confess

“Please don’t allow anyone to make you feel less than what you are.”
― Colleen Hoover, Confess

“You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“When you're willing to give up the things that mean the most to you just to see someone else happy, that's real love.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“People liked religion but they didn't want to have to exercise any faith. Religion was comforting with all its structure and its rules. It made people feel safe. But faith wasn't safe. Faith was hard and uncomfortable and forced people to step out on a limb.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“If I were to paint you, I would use every color.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“I’m a very ordinary girl, Moses. I know that I am. And I always will be. I can’t paint. I don’t know who Vermeer is, or Manet for that matter. But if you think ordinary can be beautiful, that gives me hope. And maybe sometime you’ll think about me when you need an escape from the hurt in your head.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“Everyone always talks about being color blind. And I get that. I do. But maybe instead of being color blind, we should celebrate color, in all its shades. It kind of bugs me that we’re supposed to ignore our differences like we don’t see them, when seeing them doesn’t have to be a negative.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“he was like water—cold, deep, unpredictable, and, like the pond up the canyon, dangerous, because you could never see what was beneath the surface. And just like I’d done all my life, I jumped in head first, even though I’d been forbidden. But this time, I drowned.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“Forgiveness is usually easier than permission.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“My books promised me that life wasn’t just made up of workday tasks and prosaic things. The world is bigger and more colorful and more important than that.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz

“without desire, there is only duty.”
― Amy Harmon, The Bird and the Sword

“You glow, Lark.” His hand climbed back up again and swept over my unbound hair. I swallowed, suddenly close to tears. Then why does no one see me? “I see you,” he said.”
― Amy Harmon, The Bird and the Sword

“I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until I cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you.”
― Amy Harmon, The Bird and the Sword