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“Most times mens look pretty much alike to me.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“Comparing ourselves to others always leaves us discontented, regardless of how much we have.”
― Will Bowen, Happy This Year!: The Secret to Getting Happy Once and for All

“I promise to be the Mario to your Luigi, except I won’t hog the spotlight.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“You shouldn’t donate to charity, help the elderly cross the street, or rescue puppies in the hopes you’ll be repaid later. I may not be able to cure cancer or end world hunger, but small kindnesses go a long way.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“Yes, we live, or we’re given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“If anything, it only further proves my point: Mateo doesn’t deserve to die.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“I kiss the guy who brought me to life on the day we’re going to die.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“That's the trick of growing up. Nothing stays the same." Hook sounded oddly sympathetic. "You see the faults in everything. Including yourself.”
― Austin Chant, Peter Darling

“The very world here bends for the sake of your stories, Pan. I see no reason why I, a mere man, should not.”
― Austin Chant, Peter Darling

“I wonder if she stares at the ceiling too, counting sheep or doing what I do when I can’t sleep, namely, wondering what would’ve happened if Barbara Gordon never answered the door in The Killing Joke.”
― Ashley Poston, Geekerella

“Because you’re right; you aren’t Carmindor. You’re Amara. And you know why you are? Because you’ve taken a crappy subplot and managed to live through it, and you are selfless and you’re brave.”
― Ashley Poston, Geekerella

“But the things that make other people nervous have never scared me. I'm not afraid of men in golf carts or horror movies or roller coasters. I didn't know precisely what I was afraid of, but it wasn't this.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“Your now is not your forever.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“I was not always stuck inside myself, or inside my selves. I wasn’t only crazy.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“And I said, “It’s so weird, to know you’re crazy and not be able to do anything about it, you know? It’s not like you believe yourself to be normal. You know there is a problem. But you can’t figure a way through to fixing it. Because you can’t be sure, you know?”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“What does it say about me that my dearest friend is a cat?” I whisper as I begin to drift. “It says you have the very best taste in companions.”
― Shari L. Tapscott, Puss without Boots

“But she still found a lot of these stories incredibly tedious. Many were about men rescuing women, or women falling in love with men in ways she couldn’t relate to. She couldn’t see herself ever falling for a man—but that’s how all the stories went, if they had love in them at all. Every single one. Was there something wrong with her?”
― M. Hollis, Ripped Pages

“I love men, women, and people who are neither or both at the same time.”
― M. Hollis, Ripped Pages

“Holy shit. Who the fuck complains about going to Harry Potter World? Or Butter Beer? Or wands?”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“He nods. “Even if he was, I knew that boy. Watched him grow up with you. He was more than any bad decision he made,” he says. “I hate that I let myself fall into that mind-set of trying to rationalize his death. And at the end of the day, you don’t kill someone for opening a car door. If you do, you shouldn’t be a cop.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“If he took you camping after he died, my boy, then you would have a story to tell!”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

“I want you to be you. You’re magic, Alex. I always thought so, even before I knew your secrets.”
― Zoraida Córdova, Labyrinth Lost

“This is the girl they keep calling a monster. I want you to keep that firmly in mind. The girl who could be satisfied with a hamburger and a dime root beer after her only school dance so her momma wouldn't be worried . . .”
― Stephen King, Carrie

“I give myself three more seconds to look at him, and it’s like another punch to the gut. He’s my person. He’s always been my person. My best friend, my confidant, probably the love of my life.”
― Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

“You knew that. You had to have known that I’d be here, waiting.”
― Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

“You’re the love of my life. I assumed I would get over you eventually, but seeing you yesterday?” He shakes his head. “I couldn’t go home to someone else and pretend to love her with everything I have.”
― Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words