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ebd6b5e Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one. mystery nerdfighters ya young-adult John Green
3a640a4 The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. Like, I will probably never be struck by lightening, or win a Nobel Prize, or become the dictator of a small nation in the Pacific Islands, or contract terminal ear cancer, or spontaneously combust. But if you consider all the unlikely things together, at least one of them will probably happen to each of us. I could have seen it rain frogs. I could have stepped foot on Mars. I could have been eaten by a whale. I could have married the Queen of England or survived months at sea. But my miracle was different. My miracle was this: out of all the houses in all the subdivisions in all of Florida, I ended up living next door to Margo Roth Spiegelman. ya ya-lit young-adult John Green
17c2674 "She turned back to Jace. "Do you have to be so-," she began, but stopped when she saw his face. It looked stripped down, oddly vulnerable. "Unpleasant?" he finishes for her. "Only at days when my adoptive mother tosses me out of the house with instructions never to darken her door again. Usually I'm remarkably good-natured. Try me on any day that doesn't end in y." young-adult Cassandra Clare
dace3a1 "I should have guessed you were Jace's sister," he said. "You both have the same artistic talent." Clary paused, her foot on the lowest stair. She was taken aback. "Jace can draw?" Nah." When Alec smiled, his eyes lit like blue lamps and Clary could see what Magnus had found so captivating about him. "I was just kidding. He can't draw a straight line." -- talents young-adult Cassandra Clare
f2853a5 "You were just worried about me." An exhale, relieved that I had understood. "Yeah" I turned. "Because you think I'm worth it" He put his fingers under my chin. "I absolutely think your worth it." "But you don't think you are." His mouth opened. Shut. "That's what this is about, Derek. You won't let us worry about you because you don't think you're worth it. But I do. I absolutely do." romance young-adult Kelley Armstrong
d3e1702 Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find. young-adult Libba Bray
1686dda Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it. inspirational life love young-adult Nicola Yoon
a481344 Because you are the superhero fledgling. I'm just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions. fantasy romance young-adult zoey P.C. Cast
2244055 Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles dystopia hate inspirational love shatter-me young-adult Tahereh Mafi
abdc7e5 "When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, 'It's all in Plato' -- meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absolute primacy of the material life, rather than the spiritual or the afterlife. beauty belief book books children-s-books offense philip-pullman value wisdom young-adult Philip Pullman
732a0dd You know children, always playing with the forces of darkness. necromancer urban-fantasy young-adult Kelley Armstrong
961d6a1 At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness: All these I place, By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness! speculative-fiction young-adult Madeleine L'Engle
708d31b "He was trying to tell me something." Derek snorted. "Aren't they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook--if in danger of evaporating, make sure you're in the middle of a dire pronouncement." -- derek ghosts necromancer supernatural urban-fantasy young-adult Kelley Armstrong
bdefc8b "I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die." fiction humor young-adult Diana Wynne Jones
8534e78 Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind. blue-bloods fiction martin-kingsley van-alen-legacy young-adult Melissa de la Cruz
9823963 If I shot an arrow and thought about an ass, would it surprise you that I hit Erik?' Stark asked me in a pleasant, nonchalant voice. vampire young-adult P.C. Cast
2dfb210 The wish of death had been palpably hanging over this otherwise idyllic paradise for a good many years humour inspirational romance thriller young-adult John Richard Spencer
cccd81e "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world. beauty belief book books children-s-books offense paraphrased philip-pullman plot value wisdom young-adult philip pullman
a51a043 Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time. fiction young-adult Jane Yolen
483a395 I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death. shades-of-london southerners the-name-of-the-star ya young-adult Maureen Johnson
50a2d3b Tonight the sky was utterly black. Perhaps there was no moon tonight--a lunar eclipse, a new moon. A new moon. I shivered, though I wasn't cold. twilight-saga young-adult Stephenie Meyer
8dbad8c "When you got captured, I didn't know..." He trailed off, had to chug whiskey before he could continue. "If it'd be like..." "What?" "Like it was with Clotile." "Oh, Jackson, no. I was okay. I'm unharmed." "Didn't know if I'd get there too late," he said with a shudder. Then he crossed over to me, until we stood toe-to-toe. "Evie, if you ever get taken from me again, you better know that I'll be coming for you." He cupped my face with a bloodstained hand. "So you stay the hell alive! You don't do like Clotile, you doan take that way out. You and me can get through anything, just give me a chance."--his voice broke lower "just give me a chance to get to you." He buried his face in my hair, inhaling deeply. "There is nothing that can happen to you that we can't get past." ... "When you say we...?" He pulled back, gazing down at me, his eyes blazing. "I'm goan to lay it all out there for you. Laugh in my face--I don't care. But I'm goan to get this off my chest." "I won't laugh. I'm listening." "Evie, I've wanted you from the first time I saw you. Even when I hated you, I wanted you." He raked his fingers through his hair. "I got it bad, me." My heart felt like it'd stopped--so that I could hear him better. "For as long as you've been looking down your nose at me, I've been craving you, an envie like I've never known." "I don't look down at you! I'm too busy looking up to you." ... "The corners of his lips curled for an instant before he grew serious again. "You asked me if I had that phone with your pictures, if I'd looked at it. Damn right, I did! I saw you playing with a dog at the beach, and doing a crazy-ass flip off a high dive, and making faces for the camera. I learned about you"- his voice grew hoarse -"and I wanted more of you. To see you every day." With a humourless laugh, he admitted, "After the Flash, I was constantly sourcing ways to charge a goddamned phone--that would never make a call." I murmured, "I didn't know...I couldn't be sure." "It's you for me, peekon." love romance science-fiction young-adult Kresley Cole
c890643 Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive. accidents fantasy heartbreak hurt inspiration inspirational life life-goes-on love moïra-fowley-doyle staying-alive the-accident-season truth unique young-adult Moïra Fowley-Doyle
81325b9 Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken? eragon inheritance inheritance-cycle inspirational life spiritual young-adult Christopher Paolini
dc2bc57 He had killed his way across the world; he had gone to war and back more times than he cared to remember. And despite it all, despite the rage and despair and ice he'd wrapped around his heart, he'd still found Aelin. Every horizon he'd gazed toward, unable and unwilling to rest during those centuries, every mountain and ocean he'd seen and wondered what lay beyond ... It had been her. It had been Aelin, the silent call of the mating bond driving him, even when he could not feel it. They'd walked this dark path together back to the light. He would not let the road end here. fiction kingdom-of-ash sarah-j-maas throne-of-glass young-adult Sarah J. Maas
1fc8395 No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me. queen-s-thief young-adult Megan Whalen Turner
0da2093 For him, I had done this-for him I'd gladly wrecked myself and my immortal soul. And now I had an eternity to live with it. feyre immortal sacrifice sarah-j-maas tamlin young-adult Sarah J. Maas
c2cec0e "Each of the dancers took a partner, the living with the dead, each to each. Bod reached out his hand and found himself touching fingers with, and gazing into the grey eyes of, the lady in the cobweb dress. She smiled at him. "Hello, Bod," she said. "Hello," he said, as he danced with her. "I don't know your name." "Names aren't really important," she said. "I love your horse. He's so big! I never knew horses could be that big." "He is gentle enough to bear the mightiest of you away on his broad back, and strong enough for the smallest of you as well." "Can I ride him?" asked Bod. "One day," she told him, and her cobweb skirts shimmered. "One day. Everybody does." "Promise?" I promise." fantasy young-adult Neil Gaiman
12b5a43 "Evangeline," he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it?" fiction romance young-adult Kresley Cole
589a13c "I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost." fantasy young-adult Garth Nix
fa3109e Maybe I'd always been broken and dark inside. Maybe someone who've been born whole and good would have put down the ash dagger and embraced death rather than what lay before me. beautiful-quote beginning broken dark feyre introduction sarah-j-maas young-adult Sarah J. Maas
1a630fb I wanted Kat out. Every cell of my being demanded that I protect her, even though I knew she was hella capable of doing so herself, but I wanted her far away from here. Hell, I'd keep her in Bubble Wrap if it weren't so damn creepy and also inconvenient, considering I had a terrible habit of obsessively popping the damn things until not a single bubble was left. lux-series opposition paranormal-romance romance young-adult Jennifer L. Armentrout
a4520ed You can only chase a butterfly for so long. butterfly chase culloden historical-fiction jane-yolen scottish stuart young-adult Jane Yolen
f7c4989 "Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us who are not making out are drunk and tired." funny humor kisses kissing laura looking-for-alaska love making-out miles quote sexy sleeping teenager the-colonel tired young-adult John Green
e57e414 An unspoken question arose in those green eyes. Aelin? She ignored the silent inquiry, unable to bear opening that silent channel between them again, and surveyed the powerful lines of his body, the sheer size of him. A gentle wind kissed with ice and lightning brushed against her wall offlame, an echo of his silent inquiry. Her magic flared in answer, a ripple of power dancing through her. As if it had found a mirror of itself in the world, as if it had found the countermelody to its own song. Not once in those illusions or dreams had it done that. Had her own flame leaped in joy at his nearness, his power. He was here. It was him, and he'd come for her. koa sarah-j-maas throne-of-glass tog young-adult Sarah J. Maas
ebc810a The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender your will to change and experience life. But options are before you; choose one and dedicate yourself to it. The deeds will give you a new hope and purpose. young-adult Christopher Paolini
f11f588 ...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what with their children roasted by witches, maidens poisoned by old crones, and whatnot. young-adult Libba Bray
78b6502 The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has -- I'm not kidding. school young-adult J.D. Salinger
50cdd9d Courage does not take over, it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It's a battle or a dance as to whether you let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous. celestine flawed ya young-adult Cecelia Ahern
20b7eed "Tea? At the beach? No time for luxuries, Holly. There is important work to be done." He winked at Butler. "Are you sure you're at the library? I thought I heard water." humor young-adult Eoin Colfer
b99c19f Sharpen your heart. dark elfham faerie fantasy fiction hollow-hall jude prince-cardan young-adult Holly Black
4fc67d2 The Lord of Rags and Tatters. dialogue fantasy young-adult Megan Whalen Turner
c384fb2 "How can this be real?" I whispered. "I mean you... you... where you come from. Your world. It is so beyond everything I've ever known. And you would... you would take me to the Pumpkin Ball?" "Try and stop me." cthulhu h-p-lovecraft lovecraft paranormal-romance riley-bay serra-elinsen young-adult Serra Elinsen
201e9d3 We connect through our dreams. Like we could be a thousand miles apart and I'd still know you were there. dreams love young-adult Pete Hautman
f3ff774 "So why are you so mad at me for kissing you?" "Because you took too long. If you'd done that, say, three years ago, we wouldn't have only had one kiss before we both get horribly mutilated." -- romance-funny romantic ushers vampires werewolves young-adult zombies Rusty Fischer
03d1570 Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom dangerous dark enemies faerie fiction jude prince-cardan young-adult Holly Black
7060fd3 It's only a scratch, don't cut my arm off! carrie-vaughn diana jill pirates steel swashbuckling teen wound ya young-adult Carrie Vaughn
e4986ba I just held her hand and tried to imagine the world without us and for about one second I was a good enough person to hope she died so she would never know that I was going, too. But then I wanted more time so we could fall in love. romantic young-adult young-adult-romance John Green
fccbcf8 I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee. humor leaving paper-towns pee young-adult John Green
5619f65 It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee. maureen-johnson the-name-of-the-star ya young-adult Maureen Johnson
ff3d0b5 There was something very fishy about Riley Bay. cthulhu h-p-lovecraft lovecraft paranormal-romance riley-bay serra-elinsen young-adult Serra Elinsen
07f74d8 "He took my hand, interlacing our fingers. "We can make whatever rules we want. You have every right to question me, push me--both in private and in public." A snort. "Of course, if you decide to truly kick my ass, I might request that it's done behind closed doors so I don't have to suffer centuries of teasing, but--" feyre love rhysand young-adult Sarah J. Maas
95b7703 Guard your mortal heart. cruel dangerous dark fantasy jude locke prince-cardan young-adult Holly Black
0e31abd A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it. john-green novel paper-towns young-adult John Green
e33e1e0 But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways. young-adult young-adult-fiction young-adult-horror Caroline B. Cooney
16d5baa "He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. "Sorry. I-I didn't mean to. I just- I've been lying here for hours, thinking about blood." blood boys dark imprisoned paranormal paranormal-romance tana tana-bach teens the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya young-adult Holly Black
bf651cc A person is what he says and does; that's how you learn whether his reputation was earned or manufactured. reputation science-fiction young-adult Orson Scott Card
64f5120 I can live without a boy. So why does it feel like I'm going to die? love young-adult Daria Snadowsky
9cca028 In the same way, teenagers imagine dying young because death is more imaginable than the person that all the decisions and burdens of adulthood may make of you. beath burden childhood decision dying future imagination present suicide teenager young-adult youth Rebecca Solnit
dbcbc7b Isn't that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who's your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night.Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning. love romance young-adult Jodi Picoult
f0bb944 And though his face was calm, his shoulders thrown back, I said, I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything that I am. His hand squeezed mine in answer before he laid my fingers on his arm, raising it enough that we must have painted a rather courtly portrait as we entered the chamber. You bow to no one, was all he replied. feyre love rhysand young-adult Sarah J. Maas
f853de7 "Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your future improvement and of your importance among men. If this season is neglected, it will be like cutting off the spring from the year." -- reaction young-adult H.W. Brands
06311fd "Disembodied spirits," said his partner, "are not known to use telephones. Neither are spooks, phantoms, or werewolves." "That was in the old days. Why shouldn't they change with the times and be modern, too?" -- mystery young-adult Robert Arthur
4f77d33 She murmured, in that particular Nancy way of hers that grates most when my inner bitch is aching to be let loose, 'Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.' My eyes popped open to see her lemon face standing over me. 'SOMEONE,' I hissed, 'HASN'T EVEN WOKEN UP YET. GOD, WHAT IS YOUR ANEURYSM? CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE? young-adult Rachel Cohn
6f8b74b You look like a corgi young-adult Stephanie Perkins
b2f2886 She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her. first-love katie-mcgarry love romance young-adult Katie McGarry
6620ad6 Your past comes with you no matter where you go. young-adult Dale Peck
d3af221 I walked out of Rhys's touch--realizing he'd kept silent to let me sort it out. Let me figure out how to deal with both of them, as family, but mostly as their High Lady. feyre love rhysand young-adult Sarah J. Maas
4acbe19 She's your mate, Amren bit at me, not your spy go get her. She is my mate and my spy, I said too quietly. And she is the high lady of the night court. Not a consort,not wife. Feyre is high lady of the night court, my equal in every way. young-adult Sarah J. Maas
d0480fa "So I laid a hand on his forearm, savoring the corded strength beneath, and nestled my head back against his chest. "I wish I had days to spend with you-- like this," I managed to say as my eyelids drooped. "Just me and you." "We will." He kissed my hair. "We will." feyre love rhysand young-adult Sarah J. Maas
eb5b7a6 I'd love to be a tabletop in Paris, where food is art and life combined in one, where people gather and talk for hours. I want lovers to meet over me. I'd want to be covered in drops of candle wax and breadcrumbs and rings from the bottom of wineglasses. I would never be lonely, and I would always serve a good purpose. france paris parisians travel travel-quotes travel-writing young-adult young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance young-adult-series Maureen Johnson
456632a "YA stories feature a young adult protagonist or protagonists and usually focus on that character's journey toward maturity (the tradition of the Bildungsroman.). Learning about love / relationships is an important part of that stage in our lives, so it's not surprising so many writers are building strong romantic elements into their YA stories. I don't remember quite such an emphasis on romance in the books my children read as young adults, so I do think the approach has changed. Within my genre of fantasy, there's been an upsurge of paranormal romance, partly generated by the books, but also reflecting the popularity of this sub-genre with adult readers. There are far more female fantasy writers (and female fantasy readers) than there were, say, twenty years ago, and perhaps female writers are more confident about including a good love story in a fantasy novel. young-adult Juliet Marillier
288e0f2 "Help me out," I pleaded. "You've left me alone to deal with this situation, and now we're being dealt the consequences." I swore I heard Tom growl. I actually pulled the phone from my ear to stare at it to make sure it hadn't turned into a tiny lion." -- fantasy fiction gabriella-moretti humor joseph-carter keepers novella timeless-series tom-morris ya young-adult Laura Kreitzer
2c461a6 She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden. science-fiction-ya the-house-of-the-scorpion young-adult Nancy Farmer
e4a65d2 The wind swoops over the tenements on Orchard Street, where some of those starry-eyed dreams have died and yet other dreams are being born into squalor and poverty, an uphill climb. It gives a slap to the laundry stretched on lines between tenements, over dirty, broken streets where, even at this hour, hungry children scour the bins for food. The wind has existed forever. It has seen much in this country of dreams and soap ads, old horrors and bloodshed. It has played mute witness to its burning witches, and has walked along a Trail of Tears; it has seen the slave ships release their human cargo, blinking and afraid, into the ports, their only possession a grief they can never lose. libba-bray new-york the-diviners young-adult Libba Bray
344189f What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to live. That's a triumph. depression-recovery mental-health young-adult Ned Vizzini
3c53eee Isn't that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who's your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night. Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning. love romance young-adult Jodi Picoult
6abd03d Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them. heroes heroism young-adult Nancy Farmer
0d7be9f "I lived in New York City back in the 1980s, which is when the Bordertown series was created. New York was a different place then -- dirtier, edgier, more dangerous, but also in some ways more exciting. The downtown music scene was exploding -- punk and folk music were everywhere -- and it wasn't as expensive to live there then, so a lot of young artists, musicians, writers, etc. etc. were all living and doing crazy things in scruffy neighborhoods like the East Village. I was a Fantasy Editor for a publishing company back then -- but in those days, "fantasy" to most people meant "imaginary world" books, like Tolkien's . A number of the younger writers in the field, however, wanted to create a branch of fantasy that was rooted in contemporary, urban North America, rather than medieval or pastoral Europe. I'd already been working with some of these folks (Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, etc.), who were writing novels that would become the foundations for the current Urban Fantasy field. At the time, these kinds of stories were considered so strange and different, it was actually hard to get them into print. When I was asked by a publishing company to create a shared-world anthology for Young Adult readers, I wanted to create an Urban Fantasy setting that was something like a magical version of New York...but I didn't want it to actually New York. I want it to be any city and every city -- a place that anyone from anywhere could go to or relate to. The idea of placing it on the border of Elfland came from the fact that I'd just re-read a fantasy classic called by the Irish writer . I love stories that take place on the borderlands between two different worlds...and so I borrowed this concept, but adapted it to a modern, punky, urban setting. I drew upon elements of the various cities I knew best -- New York, Boston, London, Dublin, maybe even a little of Mexico City, where I'd been for a little while as a teen -- and scrambled them up and turned them into Bordertown. There actually IS a Mad River in southern Ohio (where I went to college) and I always thought that was a great name, so I imported it to Bordertown. As for the water being red, that came from the river of blood in the Scottish folk ballad which Thomas must cross to get into Elfland. [speaking about bordertown fantasy urban-fantasy ya young-adult young-adult-urban-fantasy Terri Windling
23e7c1d "I promise I'll take care of you," he whispers. "You're safe with me." Even with an army of motorcycle guys outside that door, I firmly believe him." first-love katie-mcgarry promise thunder-road young-adult Katie McGarry
a9d66e3 We all live within time. It rules us. mental-health time young-adult Ned Vizzini
3317f57 "Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together. Arthur looked up and saw the fizzing sparkling crown coming down. young-adult Garth Nix
9a882ca I'd like to somehow find the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside. courage inner-strength katie-mcgarry young-adult Katie McGarry
2c6ef38 And, she thought uncomfortably, what would happen if people did not recognize you? Would you know who you were yourself? If tomorrow they started to call her Vanessa or Janet or Elizabeth, would she know how to be, how to feel like, Charlotte? Were you some particular person only because people recognized you as that? identity young-adult Penelope Farmer
4f99864 Ho scoperto una cosa inestimabile in questo viaggio durato un anno intero, cioe che ognuno di noi nasce con un destino: salvare una persona, almeno una. E l'unico dettaglio gia scritto della nostra esistenza ed e un compito inconscio. A volte non ce ne rendiamo nemmeno conto. Non sappiamo calcolare quanto sia determinante essere li in quel momento per qualcuno, non ne capiamo l'importanza. Quel qualcuno, pero, non ci scordera mai. Non dimentichera che lo abbiamo afferrato, aspettato, ascoltato. Comunque andra la mia vita, so che mi ricordero di Dario e Lore. Per sempre. Loro sono la colata d'oro massiccio che ha messo insieme tutti i miei frantumi. fiction friendship narrativa new-adult young-adult Giorgia Penzo
bb81515 Have you thought of doing it? Being a cattle farmer? If that's what it's called? I think we should do that, but replace cattle with bunnies and then we don't milk or eat the bunnies. We just let them multiply. Then we'll take over the world. Me the queen. You the king. Our bunnies the army nobody can defeat. bunnies bunny bunny-army bunny-queen chasing-impossible cute katie-mcgarry pushing-the-limits rabbit rabbits romance ya ya-romance young-adult young-adult-romance Katie McGarry
9498530 But there is one person who expected the unexpected from me and the only time I noticed disappointment on his face was when I cowered like a sheep. And I had to take a moment to figure out I'm not ashamed of him. It's him who should be ashamed of me. I've put Razor in an unfair position. He introduced me to his world. Welcomed me with open arms. Made me feel like I belonged and I've asked him to keep a secret when doing so is killing him. And I told him that we would be over...I did the exact thing to him that Clara did to me and that's not okay. No part of it is okay. courage katie-mcgarry young-adult Katie McGarry
ead7b6a Everything happens at night. The world changes, the shadows grow, there's secrecy and privacy in dark places. First kiss at night, by the monkey bars and the old swings that the children and their parents have vacated; second, longer kiss, by the bike stands, swirl of dust around feet in the dry summer air. Awkward words, like secrets just waiting to be broken, the struggle to find the right ones, the heady fear of exposure --- what if, what if --- the joy when the words are returned. Love, in the parkette, while the moon waxes and the clouds pass. Promises at night. Not first promises --- those are so old they can't be remembered --- but new promises, sharp and biting; they almost hurt to say, but it's a good hurt. Dreams at night, before sleep, and dreams during sleep. Everything, always, happens at night. young-adult Michelle Sagara
c95749f My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to stay away, but even after digesting her advice, knowing the rumors and experiencing what I have, I can't leave. The bandage on Razor's arm and the cuts and bruises along his side testify to how dangerous his life is, but with one long look into those beautiful eyes , I know that I'm a lost cause to logic. I've already fallen in love. falling-in-love first-love katie-mcgarry love romance young-adult Katie McGarry
ef83c99 Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth. gospel-truth hearsay katie-mcgarry pushing-the-limits romance rumor rumors truth young-adult Katie McGarry
fd965e4 I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understand how a guy who stayed behind to protect me when he didn't know me has been shot. I don't understand how a guy who carried me out of an alley full of shattered glass is the enemy everyone is warning me about. katie-mcgarry misunderstanding protecting sacrificing young-adult Katie McGarry
8b2a97b Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me, her head on my shoulder, and her sweet scent becomes a warm blanket. No other place I'd rather be in the world right now. No place at all. contemporary-romance katie-mcgarry romantic thunder-road young-adult Katie McGarry
7b70292 "I promise I'll protect you now. I won't let them touch you again. " "I know you'll try." I can do more than try." katie-mcgarry protective thunder-road young-adult Katie McGarry
bbfbc3c Once you've ridden the roller coaster, the Ferris wheel's kinda restricting. young-adult Daria Snadowsky
bbc9510 "I've hated Snowflake for so long," she says. "But then I met you. And you're the person entire town has trashed, a person belonging to the group I've been raised to believe is evil, and you're the only person who is able to make me feel as if every part of me is beautiful." She is beautiful. Inside and out. My fingers tunnel into her hair again, but this time, I gently knot them in. My heart beats hard, and I open my mouth, hoping that doing so will force the right words. That I can explain being near her makes everything that's impossible about me seem possible. But the words become lodged in my throat and silence paralyzes my tongue. Breanna blinks and the hope that had been on her face disappears as she misreads my hesitation. Her hold on me loosens and she ducks her head. "Don't listen to me. I say too much around you. I was being stupid I..." More words meant to wipe away her admission spill from her mouth, but I'm not listening. My grip on her hair tightens, I lower my lips to hers and I kiss Breanna Miller." being-in-love breanna-and-razor inner-beauty katie-mcgarry kissing romance romantic-connection thunder-road young-adult Katie McGarry
34ad71a Can you see the power emotion has to distort out outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day? fantasy-fiction fantasy-series fiction young-adult Brandon Mull
97ee53d [Lying is] a betrayal to one's self. It's evidence of self-loathing. When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie rather than accepting yourself for who you really are... The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you. fantasy-fiction food-for-thought makes-you-think young-adult Michael J. Sullivan
c61cf30 "The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to know that she has something that Stella never did: a place to fall. "And if he hurts you or if anyone hurts you...you have me." It feels unnatural, but I hug my sister. Her arms are limp at her sides, but she doesn't push me away. "Remember, you have me," I repeat." family-relationships novella pushing-the-limits sibiling-bonding young-adult Katie McGarry
0c14fae "Thank you Jonah." He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his eyes and pretend that mine don't sting. "For what?" he whispers. " For showing me that people can change. Even if it is one person out of a million." crying emotional growing-up jonah katie-mcgarry life-lessons stella touching-moments young-adult Katie McGarry
6a61aad The gray paint peels off the wall in odd and beautiful patterns, each cracked polygon of paint a snowflake of decay. imagery young-adult John Green
5b3390d I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough - just smart enough to have problems. mental-health young-adult youth Ned Vizzini
eda5025 There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don't have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way. mental-health young-adult Ned Vizzini
087ddfb Guilt is a strong motivator, sometimes even stronger than love. brothers family fantasy guilt portal-fantasy young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
5d3f0d5 Because that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It's mine. I want to check out with it, drift asleep wrapped in its arms and not wake up for a long, long time. young-adult Stephanie Perkins
dc7d00d Therese of Austry would have made a great treasure hunter if she hadn't been born the daughter of an Emperor. fantasy leaders portal-fantasy queen royalty strong-women treasure-hunting young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
bd09341 You make peace with one sister only to declare war on the other. It's always like that with peace, isn't it? Always to someone's detriment, already sowing the seed for the next war. fairy-tales fantasy peace portal-fantasy war war-and-peace young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
1bb76be The best lies stay close to the truth. fairytales liar lies truth truth-and-lies young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
4d2eaf5 Even the Doughskins had to admit it: in this world, only stone could claim to last. fantasy-world fantasy-young-adult portal-fantasy stone young-adult Cornelia Funke
d93237f Which skin shall I give you, Clara Ferber? Do you want fur? Do you want stone? fear portal-fantasy skin weakness-quotes young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
07bacfa The Dark Fairy touched her chest. No heart, like her sisters. So where did the love come from? fairy-tales fairytales fantasy heartless-love love portal-fantasy young-adult young-adult-fantasy Cornelia Funke
96278da --but then I decided I didn't want any regrets. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed. depression mental-health regrets young-adult Ned Vizzini
3acc391 With every fall of the sun and rise of the moon, I can hear it. The Prophecy. It echoes through the halls of time. It is written on the surface of every star. Even the sun and moon cannot withhold the news of the second coming. I hear it. And I fear it. epic-fantasy fantasy-fiction fiction light moon novel sun young-adult young-adult-fiction Brian A. McBride
4356b60 I was a kid; I had plenty more to do; I'd been through some crap but I was learning from it mental-health young-adult Ned Vizzini
3244de8 khi ta tre va nhay cam, cung la luc ta hay di gieo dau don nhat young-adult Julian Barnes