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“You have to go forward: It's the only way. You have to go forward no matter what happens. This is the universal law.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“It seems better to me for a child to have these skills and never use them, than not have them and one day need them," she said.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
― Bob Marley

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The Colonel led all the cheers.
Cornbread!" he screamed.
CHICKEN!" the crowd responded.
Rice!"
PEAS!"
And then, all together: "WE GOT HIGHER SATs."
Hip Hip Hip Hooray!" the Colonel cried.
YOU'LL BE WORKIN' FOR US SOMEDAY!”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.”
― Stéphane Mallarmé

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“I try to live life so that I can live with myself.”
― John Green

“Here's to all the places we went. And all the places we'll go. And here's to me, whispering again and again and again and again: iloveyou”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice.

I smiled. "Sure."

"Tomorrow?" he asked.

"Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager.

"Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow." I rolled my eyes. "I'm serious," he said.

"You don't even know me," I said. I grabbed the book from the center console. "How about I call you when I finish this?"

"But you don't even have my phone number," he said.

"I strongly suspect you wrote it in this book."

He broke out into that goofy smile. "And you say we don't know each other.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“And I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, 'This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The pleasure isn't in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“My professional aspirations were simple - I wanted to be an intergalactic princess.”
― Janet Evanovich

“Okay, take a deep breath, I told myself. Don't go all hormonal. Get the facts straight. Have a mental doughnut.”
― Janet Evanovich, Twelve Sharp

“With the exception of dessert, food is food.”
― Janet Evanovich, Two for the Dough

“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.”
― Scott Westerfeld, So Yesterday

“What happens when perfection isn't good enough?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Specials

“I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."
Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Touching Darkness

“Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee.
-Jonathan”
― Scott Westerfeld, Blue Noon