Sofia Li

“So Bodee is a friend, I say firmly, a best friend. My honesty with the girl surprises me. But Bodee is right where I love him, in the room down the hall up the stairs from mine. Dinner instead of a dinner date. A hand to hold instead of lips to kiss. He’s my fort, my sanctuary. And I won’t do anything to jeopardize this.”
― Courtney C. Stevens, Faking Normal

“Feelings don't try to kill you, even the painful ones. Anxiety is a feeling grown too large. A feeling grown aggressive and dangerous. You're responsible for its consequences, you're responsible for treating it. But...you're not responsible for causing it. You're not morally at fault for it. No more than you would be for a tumor.”
― Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here

“Men. And their no-good, fool-headed proposals.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“It’s not rocket science, Nan. You show someone they matter to you—do whatever it takes to show that.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, The Boy Most Likely To