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“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

“You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“Well sure, who doesn't need a boyfriend? but realistically, those exotic creatures are hard to come by. At least a quality one.”
― Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“I want to believe there is a somebody out there just for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's not getting over that.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here's a hint - ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn't just the women. It's the great male fantasy - all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know - this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don't want a very long courtships. They want to know immediately.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“We believe in the wrong things, that's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“You should never wish for wishful thinking.”
― Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.”
― Rachel Cohn & David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“The universe doesn't decide what's right or not right. You do.”
― Rachel Cohn & David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“It is much harder to lie to someone's face.
But.
It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“She's cinematic and I'm a fucking sitcom.”
― David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

“He who leaps for the sky may fall, it's true. But he may also fly.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The trouble is, sometimes words are like arrows. Once you shoot them, there's no going back.”
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“You can obsess and obsess over how things ended—what you did wrong or could have done differently—but there's not much of a point. It's not like it'll change anything. So really, why worry?”
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“Some people have lives; some people have music.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that.”
― John Green