Danielle (Life of a Literary Nerd)

“But there are so many unspoken rules for navigating high school - for navigating life, maybe - that I can't help but try to figure out which one I broke to get myself into this situation.... There are so many rules for girls.”
― Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“We're fascinated by things we can't figure out, by the things that don't have a right or wrong answer. Even when we can't explain them, we need to make some sort of sense out of them - create lists, find connections, map it out. Maybe that's why, when we can't seem to figure out all sorts of other more commonplace mysteries (like why we all keep looking at the sky as if it might talk to us), we still need to try.
We think maybe it's a lot like love, that need to make sense of the sky. We don't know why we need it, we can't explain it when it happens or when it doesn't, but we need it like we need air or food.
So we keep looking for it.”
― Kim Culbertson, Catch a Falling Star

“What do I do?" Blue asked cannily. What have you guys seen me doing?"
"Traveling," Maura replied. "Changing the world."
"Trees in your eyes," Calla added, more gently than usual. "Stars in your heart.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King