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“Hey, all the cool kids are sleeping with stuffed animals these days.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“Fine, but you should at least have to write an epic poem in my honor. Here, I'll help you. "Ode to Keefe Sencen, that brave lovable nut. He may not have teal eyes, but he has a really cute,"
"KEEFE"!”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“Good friendships are durable. They're meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“You're only responsible for your own actions. You can't control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice. Stand by it.”
― Kekla Magoon, The Rock and the River

“The river is motion, turmoil, rage. As the river flows, it wonders what it would be like to be so still, to take a breath, to rest. But the rock will always wonder what lies around the bend in the stream.”
― Kekla Magoon, The Rock and the River

“The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way. Hard work, but that's its nature.”
― Kekla Magoon, The Rock and the River

“Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don't waste time being afraid of tomorrow.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Across far, dark miles a friend can still hold your hand and be there with you.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I don’t think you have to do something so big to be brave. And it’s the little things that are harder anyway.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“All the stuff you can’t wait to get away from, until it’s not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“To be careful with people and with words was a rare and beautiful thing.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“We all fight our own private wars.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Popularity is more than looks. It’s not clothes, hair, or even possessions. When we let go of these labels, we see how flimsy and relative they actually are. Real popularity is kindness and acceptance. It is about who you are, and how you treat others.”
― Maya Van Wagenen, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

“This is the time to remember that I’m the protagonist in my own story, facing every challenge with grace and wit.”
― Maya Van Wagenen, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

“No popularity exists when tragedy strikes. All that's left are human hearts and love and ache. We all love each other, deep down, and when we see another soul in pain we can't help but hurt too.”
― Maya Van Wagenen, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

“I wept because i had no shoes,
until i met a man who had no feet.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“Mother says,
People share
when they know they have escaped hunger.

Shouldn't people share
because there is hunger?”
― Thanhha Lai, Inside Out & Back Again

“When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.”
― R. J. Palacio, Wonder

“Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world. --Auggie”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder