Second Chance Summer, By Morgan Malson

Page 62: "--the realization that just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere."

Page 157: "And maybe something good will come of it."

Page 165: "In that moment, I knew that things had changed."

Page 272: "...what I've been doing for years now--running away or quitting whenever things got hard. I'd just never had to deal with the reality that this came with a cost... I'd done my very best to avoid ever having to confront the consequences of my actions. But he was the living proof that leaving something or someone was never just free and easy."

Page 413: "It would be like pulling off a Band-Aid--painful at first, but in the end, better for everyone."

Page 454: "--supporting, encouraging, somehow giving me the confidence I needed to start." "And he was brave enough to admit that he was afraid."

Page 460: "Love isn't all we need--love is all there is." "It will be scary. But I know you can do it."

Smile for the Camera, By Kelle James

Page 23: "...I won't remember the good-bye part anymore: I'll just remember the hello part." "Sometimes it's not that easy, though."

Page 126: "Some feelings are too good for words."

Page 268: "Sometimes when you do the right thing, people aren't going to be happy about it. But you have to do it anyway."

Page 277: "It's not the food. It's the company."

Page 304: "Avoiding pain isn't good enough. If it worked, I'd keep doing it. But it doesn't work. No matter how hard I try, it still finds me."

Page 305: "There is something better for me out there... And I'm going to find it."

Page 312: "For the first time in my life, I'm seeing myself through my own eyes."

Page 317: "Sometimes it's good to have someone to walk with."

Page 324: "When he sets his mind to something, he always gets it done."

Page 325: "He may not hear it in his ears, but he'll hear it in his heart."

Page 359: "Pain is weakness leaving the body."

Page 388: "When I need a hand, she offers both. When I feel left behind, she says life's not a straight line, it's a circle... When i'm weak, she gives me something to carry to prove that it's not true. When I forget who I am, she says she remembers... She's my best friend."

Page 390: "They were not going to save me. I had to save me." "They taught me to say enough is enough--and mean it."

Page 392: "Proving that there's more than one way to stand strong." "It wasn't always easy. It's not supposed to be." "... the things that start out the hardest are usually the things that end up being the most satisfying. It's all about earning it." "...--'cause doing things is what changes things." "I act like my life depends on it. Because it does."

The Expressologist, By Kristina Springer

Page 117: "If there is one thing she could use more of, it's confidence. Because everyone else can see what she doesn't see--she's much smarter, stronger, and more beautiful than she realizes."

Page 171: "When you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences."

Page 174: "I'm so done with guys. Maybe I'll get a goldfish."

Page 180: "I'm different, stronger."

How to Save a Life, By Sara Zarr

Page 18: "No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure it in years and by the things that happen to you..."