The Fault in Our Stars, By John Green

Page 9: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Page 14: "LIVING OUR BEST LIFE TODAY"

Page 16: "I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence."

Page 33: "And there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal."

Page 35: "Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?"

Page 84: "Don't worry. Worry is useless. I worried anyway."

Page 138: "You've gotta pick your battles in this world..."

Page 139: "The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives."

Page 145: "Easy comforting isn't comforting,..."

Page 202: "Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon."

Page 216: "This is your battle. And you'll keep fighting."

Page 218: "There is no try... There is only do."

Page 223: "I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience."

Page 272: "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!"

Page 274: "I kind of wanted to be little. I wanted to be like six years old..."

Page 278: "Nothing gold can stay."

Page 286: "Grief doesn't change you...It reveals you."

Page 302: "He wasn't perfect or anything. He wasn't your fairytale Prince Charming or whatever. He tried to be like that sometimes, but I liked him best when that stuff fell away."

Page 310: "Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy...We all want to be remembered. "

Page 311: "The marks humans leave are too often scars."

Page 312: "The real heroes...aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention."

Page 313: "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in the world...but you do have some say in who hurts you."

Allegiant, By Veronica Roth

Page 53: "I feel a strange little ache at the thought, right in the middle of my chest. Some things are hard to let go of."

Page 108: "Adapt. Adapt faster, adapt better..."

Page 110: "Just focus on what's right here, right now..."

Page 128: "The internal war doesn't seem like a product of genetic damage--it seems completely, purely human."

Page 136: "But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters."

Page 143: "I already feel trapped by my own disappointment."

Page 160: "Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing."

Page 174: "You'd be surprised what you have the stomach for, when you have to... She's right. Desperation can make a person do surprising things."

Page 177: "I hear something in her words that's right, but it's hard to believe her right now."

Page 192: "Everything has changed, and it won't stop changing anytime soon." "Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go."

Page 206: "It will be hard to separate myself from everything I know, but maybe it will be good. Maybe it will be a fresh start. I could really use one of those."

Page 213: "Fraught with difficulty as their relationship has been, those ties never really break. They can't possibly."

Page 219: "Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human."

Page 234: "...reassurance that my limitations don't define me.."

Page 239: "Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear."

Page 243: "...it seemed more appealing to opt out of society completely rather than to try try correct the problem from within..."

Page 249: "People are just divided by different things, fighting different wars."

Page 255: "...but I'm struck by how different we are...Different habits, different temperaments, different ways of seeing the world."

Page 277: "...everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them"

Page 286: "Just keep moving. Move now, process later."

Page 308: "You know what [they] used to say about pride?...They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are."

Page 354: "That's what he could be, if he trusted himself more...If [he] wasn't so plagued with self-doubt, he would be one hell of a leader..."

Page 370: "How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?" "...like I've never let my own brokenness blind me?"

Page 391: "Sometimes it's hard to know how to take care of people...I think it's possible that [he] needs someone to run after him, because people have been letting him walk away, letting him withdraw, his entire life."

Page 411: "I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them."

Page 429: "It's not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone."

Page 446: "...if I had forgiven him, I would be able to think of what happened without that hatred..."

Page 455: "I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could."

Page 478: "You could just do the work, you know...You could make better decisions, make a better life." "I know that change is difficult and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten. He is afraid that he will not be able to put in that work, that he will squander those days...I understand being afraid of yourself."

Page 483: "She looks better that way--stronger, when she is not hiding behind a curtain of hair, hiding who she is."

Page 508: "...who lost friend after friend but still decided to stay open, to make new ones." "Appearing in front of me is another choice, brighter and stronger than the ones I gave myself."

Page 509: "There are so many ways to be brave in this world...Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life."

Page 511: "...and it's time to take a step forward, even if it's a small one."

Page 514: "There was only one option left, and it was letting go."

Page 526: "Yeah, sometimes life really sucks,...But you know what I'm holding on for?...The moment's that don't suck,...The trick is to notice them when they come around." "Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But...We can be mended. We mend each other."

The Truth About Forever, By Sarah Dessen

Page 21: "But here in the present, ...I had no choice but to move ahead. [We] worked hard, me at school..."

Page 30: "Now things can only get better, right?"

Page 54: "...did not gloss over her wild past, maintaining instead that it had been crucial to her development as a person."

Page 63: "...doesn't it seem, sometimes, that the whole damn world's uphill?"

Page 81: "No matter how carefully I worked at it, by the time I finished all I could see was the raw sadness in the lines as I scanned them, all my failings and flaws cropping up in the spaces between the words."

Page 87: "...maybe it wasn't just a season or a time but a whole world I'd forgotten. I'd never know until I stepped out into it. So I did."

Page 93: "...some things are just meant to be the way they are." "It's just that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is."

Page 97: "I didn't want to fix it, to forget. It wasn't something that was broken. It's just...something that happened. And like that hole, I'm just finding ways, every day, of working around it. Respecting and remembering and getting on at the same time." "Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and the way over or around it, whichever you choose in the end."

Page 112: "It's okay... it's all going to be okay."

**TO BE CONTINUED; PAGE 112**

The Beginning of Everything, By Robyn Schneider

Page 12: "I still think that everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a singular... encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. The moment is a catalyst--the first step in the equation. But knowing the first step will get you nowhere--it's what comes after that determines the result."

Page 66: "Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many. Jokes could be grandly miscalculated, or stories deemed boring, and I'd learned early on that my...ideas about what sorts of things were fascinating didn't exactly overlap with my friends."

Page 96: "...she didn't think anyone was looking and had let her guard down, the way you do in an empty room." "...equally fascinated and horrified by the thoughts racing through my brain."

Page 109: "...walked out of a classroom with my mind racing because of what I'd learned, and I wanted to savor the feeling as long as possible. It was as though my brain was suddenly capable of considering the world with far more complexity, as though there was so much more to see and do and learn."

Page 114: "...remind myself that I didn't have to be embarrassed by the past and afraid of the future." "...what is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

So Much Closer, By Susane Colansanti

Page 2: "I imagined how amazing it would be to let someone in. To trust someone completely."

Page 4: "...how I'm throwing my life away by 'not working to my full potential.'"

Page 17: "But I have to hold on to that hope anyway. Hope is what keeps me going."

Page 26: "When is life ever easy? It's usually one problem after another." "It doesn't look like there's a problem from the outside."

Page 27: "...it held endless possibilities for a better life." "You can always do better than you did before."

Page 28: "Real life isn't confined by exact dimensions. It extends beyond the boundaries. It comes with flaws. Things are never easy, especially when you expect them to be."

Page 43: "...so close to the new life that was waiting [for her] after high school."

Page 44: "You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be parts of their lives they leave out. There will always be some truth about them you don't ever get to know."

Page 69: "...the world isn't black and white. There are shades of gray."

Page 82: "You come off like you have it all together."

Page 89: "It's amazing what you see when you look up...Always look up." "We can improve things any time we want."

Page 63: "Things don't get better just because you want them to...It's usually when you're wishing things would chance the most that something gets in your way."

Page 102: "It's interesting how something that comes so easily to one person can be so impossible for someone else."

Page 103: "You can't keep your true self hidden forever, no matter how hard you try."

Page 107: "I hope this rush of getting to be a part of everything I dreamed about never goes away."

Page 122: "I hate not knowing what I want to do. I want to know. I just don't know how to know."

Page 133: "He's so motivated. Despite his problems...and how hard...[writing] is for him, he never gives up. His career goal is so important to him that nothing can stand in his way."

Page 135: "I can tell he endures way more than he reveals."

Page 140: "...That we can help each other in ways no one else can."

Page 138: "All of this possibility makes me want to be a better person."

Page 157: "I just never stopped believing that what I wanted could be real."

Page 161: "So what if things aren't the way I imagined they would be? When are they ever?" "Maybe I should focus on what I have instead of what I don't have."

Page 183: "...At least you put yourself out there."

Page 199: "He seems to be understanding things in a new way that's working for him."

Page 202: "...why are you doing this to yourself? You could be so much more than you let yourself be. You are so much more. Why can't you just let yourself be the real you?"

Page 204: "He motivates me to care."

Page 206: "It was about discovering who I am, realizing what I could be."

Page 207: "The only person I can count on is myself. It's up to me to create the life I want. I can't blame my parents... or anyone else for the way things are." "Now that I know where this life is going, it's time to decide how I'll get there."

Page 213: "...but the important thing is that I start using education as a way to get where I want to go." "It's never too late to turn your life around."

Page 214: "There are so many possibilities waiting to be discovered. Any of them could shape my future."

Page 215: "It's unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know."

Page 216: "I want deeper connections with the people around me. I need to reach out more. Because not everyone leaves. Sometimes if you reach out, the person you're trying to reach will be right there waiting." "I hate that I wasted all those years rebelling against a system I could have used to my advantage."

Page 217: "Having a tangible goal I feel passionate about makes all the difference."

Page 230: "It's awesome that you're taking your life more seriously."

Page 232: "He's never let his guard down before, which I didn't even know he had...It's surprising that he has hidden insecurities and doubts, too, but it's also comforting. It makes me feel less alone."

Page 238: "It's such a relief to just relax and be myself, especially when I'm starting to understand what that is."

Ordinary People, By Judith Guest

Page 1: "To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. a belief of some kind."

Page 3: "Keep moving, keep busy, everything will fall into place."

Page 13: "Growing up is serious business."

Page 15: "Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced."

Page 23: "...there is only one way to do everything(,) only one main street." 

Page 30: "...are we going to live like this? With it always hanging over our heads?"

Page 31: "Too much thinking can ruin you."

Page 34: "It has to be his fault, because fault equals responsibility equals control equals eventual understanding. How things happened. Why they happened." "...was nobody's fault...That is the truth. That is what makes it all so impossible to understand."

Page 43: "That's a problem. So, how do we solve it?"

Page 55: "...the only one who can help you is you." "You can't live with all that emotion floating around, looking for a place to land. It's too exhausting. It takes so much energy, just to get through a day..."

Page 79: "Sometimes,...people say stupid things." "A good, healthy problem needs a good, healthy solution."

Page 84: "...you cannot fire up, cannot manufacture desire, when there is no spark at all to build on."

Page 85: "Everything seems excessive now, and too intense, too important." "...learn to relax, don't think so much, just be."

Page 87: "The things which hurt don't always instruct. Sometimes they merely hurt."

Page 88: "He has forgotten how easy she is to talk to, how genuine."

Page 89: "...lack of meaning in such perfection."

Page 90: "...it is chance and not perfection that rules the world."

Page 93: "...things change; people change."

Page 98: "People have a right to be the way they are."

Page 100: "...you got any idea how much energy it takes to hold the door closed like you do?" "Sometimes...when you let yourself feel, all you feel is lousy." "Maybe you gotta feel lousy sometime, in order to feel better. A little advice,..., about feeling. Don't think too much about it."

Page 118: "...this problem is very specific. It is not necessary to pull the whole world in on top of you."

Page 119: "Tough to be sure if you haven't tried."

Page 120: "...you keep asking the same old questions, but you only listen for the one answer."

Page 121: "People don't change on command from other people."

Page 131: "His whole life is in place and it spreads out around him, steady and full of purpose." "He wants to go off in every direction at the same time."

Page 138: "That box,... I feel like I've been in it forever. Everybody looking in, to see how you're doing. Even when they're on your side, they're still looking in. Like, nobody can get in there with you."

**TO BE CONTINUED**

Bloom, By Elizabeth Scott

Page 3: "I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting than yours will ever be."

Page 9: "He told me that he really wanted to live right, and that it was hard, but he thought it was worth it."

Page 62: "...but that's not how life works. There are some things that can't be fixed."

Page 91: " 'I'm fine.' she says, and the way she says it chills me because i know all to well what it can mean. What it actually does mean."

Page 113: "I was just so freaked out that I thought I'd use up every single bit of worry last night, when I didn't fall asleep till after three."

Page 136: "It's just you have to--I don't know. Let go of being scared or something. Just be who you are."

Page 173: "I think what really matters is what you [I] think."

Page 181: "I am not strong or brave or anything like I should be. I am just me."

Page 199: "You'd think something would be different but nothing ever is. Everyone has their own little groups, and everything is all about who's doing what and who they're...with,... it all seems so pointless." "...part of a group but not part of it at all."

Page 218: "But now you're more--I don't know. More here. More like who you are."

Page 219: "I was worrying myself. I was afraid to be me."

Page 220: "I'm not perfect,... Not even close. Nobody is. If we were really in love with each other things wouldn't be perfect. They couldn't because nothing real is perfect."

Someday, Someday, Maybe, By Lauren Graham

Page 19:"I keep trying different looks, but I'm not sure what 'me' wears yet."

Page 25: "I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me."

Page 26: "I read somewhere that positive thinking is very powerful and you should train your mind to think about happy things more often."

*STILL READING: Page 36*

First Date, By Krista McGee

Page 13: "Better at life, better at Christianity, better at stepping out and doing things that scared her."

Page 26: "'You're different', he said with a smile."

Page 37: "I want to move people. [We] can be part of something bugger than ourselves. We can make people think. We can make statements. We can change the world."

Page 46: "Don't get so caught up in what's happening around you that you forget what's going on above. God has a plan for everything... He put you there. For a reason. You don't have to go around preaching. Just be a light."

Page 57: "...you get angry when you're uncomfortable. You don't want to admit you're scared or nervous, so you get angry to cover it up."

Page 68: "... God loves you more. He will always be with you. And no matter what happens, He is good. He has great plans for you. Never forget that."

Page 78: "You're real. I like that."

*STILL READING: Page 70*

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Keep Holding On, By Susane Colasanti

Page 3: "How cool would it be if differences were celebrated? And the more different you were, the better? Fitting in would be a totally foreign concept."

Page 7: "I want to help make the world a better place...Because if we're not improving the world in some way, then what's the point?"  "Things will get better after this. They have to."

Page 12: "How could would it be if my class were a place where students could be themselves?...There wouldn't be all this stress and nervousness involved." "You never know when inspiration will strike."

Page 13: "If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?"

Page 20: "Julian's designs give you the impression that there are much better ways to live. His philosophy is that your home should be a unique reflection of your personality."

Page 22: "Every single day is an opportunity to improve your life."

Page 24: "School would be way more tolerable if everyone wasn't so afraid to be who they really are. And if everyone else would let them."

Page 37: "Seeing is not believing. What's in front of you is not necessarily the entire story."

Page 62: "And I mean, what, like I've never done anything stupid? We all do things we regret. my past is packed with things I wish I could take back. And there are lots of things I'm afraid of. Fear is understandable."

Page 63: "I love how he never seems to care what anyone thinks." "Trying to ignore a bully when you're bothered by what they're doing is completely different from not caring. They can tell you're trying really hard to ignore them when you care. They know they're getting to you, which makes them want to harass you even more."

Page 75: "I just don't want to rush into anything before I absolutely know for sure that I'm ready."

Page 76: "It's the road to freedom. It's the road to a better life, to a place where dreams have a chance to become reality."

Page 78: "Maybe she thinks that if she keeps saying she's okay, her emotions will believe her. Like how if you smile enough times you can trick your brain into thinking you're happy." "If I had a pet, I would be constantly worrying that something horrible was about to happen to him. I wouldn't be able to just enjoy the time we had together like a normal person."

Page 80: "Trying to make things look nice takes a lot of effort."

Page 82: "I don't Simon sees school the same way we do."

Page 86: "It's so weird how connecting with someone in a different setting can bring out this whole other side of them. Like how certain places inspire us to act in ways we normally wouldn't."

Page 89: "How could tons of styled food be there for anyone who could afford it, while people around the world were dying because they didn't even have clean water?"

Page 106: "My shows and books are an instant mood adjuster."

Page 112: "That's the thing about life. You can never trade yours in for a better one (you just have to make it better yourself)."

Page 120: "I wish emotional bruises healed like physical ones."

Page 121: "Making things happen behind the scenes of a publication,..., is kind of cool." "Even though his family is crazy wealthy, he's not conceited at all. He's one of the few kids around here who hasn't been brainwashed by excessive privilege."

Page 122: "It's the truth. Do yourself a favor and start believing it."

Page 123: "Everything will work out the way it's supposed to."

Page 134: "You can violate someone's trust and expect there to be no consequences."

Page 136: "...sometimes I think about how I'm seeing things differently from everyone else because I'm the only one looking at everything from my eyes. Every other person in this room is seeing a different configuration of the room. They're seeing me the way I can't. The more you think about perception like that, the weirder it gets." "...no two people can see the world in the same way. No matter what you're looking at, no one is seeing it the same way you are."

Page 141: "I guess there are somethings you just can't cover up. No matter how hard you try."

Page 142: "You can choose choose to be suffocated. Or you can find a way to keep breathing."

Page 149: "I can tell she's asking because she cares."

Page 150: "Worst time ever. But it won't always be like this. I know that doesn't help much right now, but it's something to hold on to. If I'd stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don't think I would have survived..." "I wish things were easier for you, Noelle. But all of the pain you're feeling right now will make you stronger. Trust me: that strength will make you a better person. Then you can help other people who aren't as strong."

Page 154: "I should've done a lot of things I'll never get another chance to do."

Page 157: "We were both careful not to let our secret agony show, even when we were screaming inside. Why didn't I do something to let her know she's not alone? That she wasn't alone. I wish I'd told her about The Road. About how it can lead to a better life if we keep holding on. If she had just held on a little longer..."

Page 161: "And whether it remains a complete disaster or starts getting better is up to me. I can't control everything, but there are some things I can change. We're products of our choices. I can make a choice to do more than just survive. Which is why I'm going to start shaping my life into the one I want."

Page 163: "You don't want him to get too close because you're afraid he's not going to like you anymore, right?"

Page 166: "And maybe I can find a way to start making things better now instead of waiting until later."

Page 169: "Love is never guaranteed. Love is as risk we take because we hope it will make us happy."

Page 171: "It's wild how unexpected experiences can shape your life in ways you never saw coming." "The piece I wrote is about how we all affect the people around us, whether or not we realize it. It's about how everything is connected. And how each one of us can influence the fate of others by our own actions."

Page 176: "The kids here look like they're having deep conversations about meaningful things."

Page 177: "It's charged and laid back at the same time, you know?"

Page 181: "Like people who live their lives with no regrets." "Let me try. Let me be the one you can count on."

Page 183: "I heard that every time you access a memory, you rewrite it a little bit. So our memories change over time. This is one memory I want to keep intact for as long as I can."

Page 187: "Being done means not hiding anymore. I t means not letting fear or shame dictate my decisions."

Page 188: "I have to trust that there are people in my life who actually care about me. And I have to let them help."

Page 191: "No one should be ashamed to speak up. Shame makes it easy for neglect and abuse and bullying to stay huddled together..."

Page 193: "Top 5 ways people can surprise you: 5. Just when you think they've given up on you, they prove that they never will. 4. they find a way to speak up after staying silent for so long. 3. They defend you when you least expect it. 2. By showing you how life can get better now. 1. By helping you find a place to belong."

Page 194: "If you feel stuck, you have the power to unstick yourself." "The good kind of motion, where you're moving forward. Where you refuse to let a bad day stop you. Where you're committed to keep going no matter what."

Page 199: "I just have to understand where she's coming from." "Someone who sees the true me and likes what he sees. I love that he wants to take care of me. And now I'm ready to let him."

Page 201: "No matter what happens, never ever give up. Happiness is not limited. There's enough for everyone. You can start right now, today, to move toward a happier life. Your life is shaped by your choices. Make ones that will help you get where you want to go. Find your place to belong. It may not be a physical place. At least, not yet. Maybe your place is somewhere you let your imagination take you. Maybe it's your vision of the way your ideal life will be." "You're whole world will open up in ways you kept believing were possible. and you'll be so happy you held on long enough to make it there."

Page 202: "Let's own what makes us unique. Let's refuse to allow haters to stop us from moving forward. Let's turn our dreams into reality. Starting now."

We'll Always Have Summer, By Jenny Han ☆

Page 34: "Not telling is the same thing as lying."

Page 44: "But just because you bury something, that doesn't mean it stops existing. Those feelings, they'd been there all along. All that time, I had to just face it."

Page 45: "Firsts were important. But I was pretty sure lasts were even more important." "...he was going to be my last and my every and my always."

Page 46: "...a piece that she would always treasure, but that was all, because history is just that. History."

Page 54: "We were growing up. We were still figuring out how to be in each other's lives without being everything to each other."

Page 56: "I know that I hurt us, that I'm going to have to work really hard to get you to trust me again. I'll do whatever it takes if you'll let me."

Page 58: "I didn't want to see a mark on his face one day and not know how it got there." "All I could think was, if we just get through this storm, we will make it. He'd made mistakes, I had too. But we loved each other, and that was what mattered."

Page 59: "That day, without another word about it, we decided to leave the past in the past. The future was where we were headed."

Page 61: "Remember, remember, or the dream will slip away forever...And then I had it... I let out a sigh. I felt so relieved."

Page 64: "...it made me feel that even with all the changes over the past few years, he was still the same boy and I was still the same girl."

Page 73: "You care too much about what other people think." "Friendship in college was different that way. You spend all this time with people, sometimes every day, every meal. There was no hiding who you were in front of your friends."

Page 116: "I started seeing things more clearly. I just needed to separate emotion from reason."

Page 119: "But you're my little sister. You come first." "If you guys love each other that much, you can wait a couple of years to be together."

Page 149: "He knew almost everything about me and still loved me."

Page 161: "There hadn't been one specific moment. It was like gradually waking up. You go from being asleep to the space between dreaming and awake and then into consciousness. It's a slow process, but when you're awake, there's no mistaking it. There was no mistaking that it had been love."

Page 162: "You're an honest guy, Conrad. But you don't let people in. It's impossible to get close to you."

Page 181: "And then I despised him for not being perfect. For being human."

Page 187: "She was an upbeat kind of person, naturally cheerful, like Jere. If there was a bright side, Belly would find it."

Page 210: "He's family. Family's family. Never forget that..."

Page 244: "I never felt more alive. Anger, sadness, joy. He made me feel it all. No one else had that kind of effect on me. No one."

Page 245: "When [he] told a girl he loved her, he meant it. A girl could believe in that. A girl could maybe even bet her whole life on it."

Page 253: "...knowing without me having to tell her."

Page 257: "If it was nothing, you would have told me about it. Instead you kept it a secret. After all that stuff you said to me about trust, you kept that to yourself."

Page 260: "...of all days, I should look like me."

Page 274: "They all seemed to know exactly where they were going. Some clear destination in mind. Home."

Page 286: "There are moments in every girl's life that are bigger than we know at the time. You look back, you say, That was one of those life-changing, fork-in-the-end moments and I didn't even see it coming. I had no idea. And then there are the moments that you know are big. That whatever you do next, there will be an impact. your life could go in one of two directions."

All I Need, By Susane Colasanti

Page 10: "Sometimes I miss how simple life used to be." "When did everything get so complicated?"

Page 11: "I hate how everyone's stuck in front of screens all the time. It's like people don't want to interact with the real world anymore." "Every collage tells a story in such a unique way. They're like pieces of a puzzle or chapters in a book. They can be subtle and speak volumes at the same time. I love how the final effect is greater than the sum of its parts."

Page 12: "Standing here..., I'm overwhelmed with possibility. May I really can have the life I want someday."

Page 13: "...Everyone has their thing...No one is perfect. You can work on one problem, but even if you solve it there's always going to be another problem. So your 'thing' is your biggest problem at any time."

Page 37: "College is awesome in so many ways. The freedom. The new people. Getting to know yourself in a way that's impossible in high school." "Inspiration is everywhere. The energy feeds my soul."

Page 39: "I'm living in the Now. The Now is all we ever have."

Page 45: "It must be awesome to know what you want to do. I know that I want to make the world a better place. I just don't exactly how yet."

Page 51: "You have to take a risk if you want things to change." "But it's scary every time you get closer to someone... No matter who started it."

Page 52: "We've all been there. Feeling like things will never get better." "Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding true love to be stronger than your fear of rejection."

Page 55: "When you have a strong connection with someone instantly, when it feels like you've known them forever even though you've just met, the intensity is undeniable."

Page 58: "She makes me feel like when good things happen to me, they're happening to her, too."

Page 68: "...It's like people don't appreciate meaningful connections anymore."

Page 70: "This..makes me think about how different we all are. What makes one person obsess over stamp collecting while someone else has never even noticed stamps? Are our proclivities mostly due to environmental influence? Is a lifetime love of figurine collecting genetic? The awesome thing is that no matter how esoteric your interests are, you can probably find at least one other person who feels the same way."

Page 72: "When other people see my work, I want them to feel the exact same way I did when I was creating it."

Page 81: "...I like making you happy."

Page 85: "...I get how fun it could be. It's just not for me."

Page 90: "We'll go our separate ways again. Except this time will be different. This time we'll stay together...Tomorrow isn't goodbye. Tomorrow is only see you soon."

Page 93: "It's really about changing your lifestyle. You have to take a holistic approach if you want to look better and feel better."

Page 95: "Isn't that what you're supposed to do? Share the unedited version of your lives?"

Page 96: "I think I'll just go with the flow. Say it when it feels right. The worst would be if it sounds forced."

Page 122: "But Skye is different."

Page 104: "I'm not sure what I want to do yet... I don't know what I want to be, but I know what I don't want to be. Typical. Average. I want more from my life than to sleepwalk through the expected motions. I want my life to really mean something. I want it to be amazing."

Page 135: "She's in that frustrating/euphoric/traumatic new relationship phase of uncertainty where all you want to do is impress the boy. Even if it compromises who you are. Even if it turns you into someone you don't recognize. Why do girls get like that? It's like we'd rather be who we think the boy wants us to be instead of actually being ourselves."

Page 137: "Just because I have less relationship experience doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about." "I guess when you're carrying so much weight around, you never know when it might get too heavy to keep carrying." "

Page 140: " 'I hate all this stress...When did everything start sucking so hard?' 'When we weren't looking.' "

Page 144: "The thing about saying 'I love you' is that there's no going back once you say it." "Trusting that we'll make this work isn't easy. But it's what I have to do if we're going to move forward."

Page 163: "You can choose not to be in the middle anymore."

Page 169: "It took her a while to trust that she's enough for him. But she finally got there. She realized that if she can't be herself around him, what's the point?"

Page 171: "But you tolerate the unknown because what you do know is powerful."

Page 176: "Skye needs to know more of me in order to understand who I really am. The parts I was showering her weren't enough. If I'm going to trust her with my whole heart, I can't hide parts I don't like. I have to trust that she'll still love me with all of my flaws."

Page 183: "I can't wait to figure out what I want to do with my life. Who I really am. How I'll make the world a better place."

Page 186: "The last thing I want to do is hide anything... Especially after realizing how important it is to share all the parts of my life with her."

Page 194: "He's still scared of being hurt...he keeps holding back. It's like her can't share his life with me completely." "We all have baggage. But at some point, you have to open those bags and confront what's inside."

Page 195: "It's weird that we're dealing with all these changes. If someone told me this would be our lives two years ago, I wouldn't have believed them."

Page 196: "She makes everything look so perfect. So easy."

Page 197: "We've had our share of challenges. There will always be challenges in a relationship. The important thing is working as a team to overcome them." "It is easier with the right person. A good test of a relationship is how well you both deal with challenges. If one person is more invested, it shows. If you're with the wrong person, it feels likes too much work...If you're unhappy more than you're happy, it's not the relationship for you."

Page 199: "Guess it goes to show that when you have enough passion for something, anything is possible."

Page 201: "All I want to do now is follow my heart. In all aspects of life." "Desperation isn't my most attractive quality." "You came late to the realization that you belong here. Nevertheless, it's clear that you belong."

Page 207: "Baggage is emotional turmoil that accumulates from painful experiences, right? Who hasn't had at least one painful experience?"

Page 210: "Things happen that you can't explain to anyone else. Sometimes you can't even explain them to yourself. The connection you have defies all logic."

Incredibly Alice, By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Page 2: "Was I afraid to compete, or was I just genuinely not interested?"

Page 6: "'This is a make-each-moment-count time, everybody, because who knows where we'll be a year from now?'" "And I wondered why, just as in physics, for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction; for every new thing I looked forward to after high school, there seemed to be some opposite feeling I could hardly describe..."

Page 24: "There ought to be a recess. A time-out. Some plateau you could count on where absolutely nothing happened, good or bad, and you could catch your breath. When did that happen? After your married? Had your children? Retired? Never?"

Page 28: "It always amazes me how some of the most beautiful girls don't even know they're gorgeous enough."

Page 32: "I want a guy who loves all of me, not just a part. 'It's a package deal'..."

Page 37: "...I'd feel I'd be letting them down. I just... what if I'm saying no because I'm afraid I'll fail?...And how do I know if I might be refusing for the wrong reasons?"

Page 38: "I keep telling myself that if I say no, I'm closing a door...and I will have lost the chance..., to have that honor."

Page 40: "You guys are good at hiding feelings from each other."

Page 41: "...It's a lot less scary when you recognize what you're feeling instead of trying to hide it from yourself." "Remind yourself of the things you've faced in the past and how you managed to get through them." "'I guess you sort of have to take a deep breath and tell yourself to get over it...' 'No. Not get over it. Get through it. Go into it staying up front with yourself and remind yourself of all the ways you have of coping.'"

Page 44: "Of I'm missing something. But I've never Taj Mahal either. I never played the violin. I never wrote a novel or learned to fly or met a president...I think, 'we're all incomplete in some way.' I don't know anyone who has done everything she wanted to do in life."

Page 65: "But sometimes we find out we're a lot braver than we think."

Page 71: "Just do it! I told myself. Get up there and take a chance...I was doing this for me. I'd made a decision, and right or wrong, it was mine."

Page 98: "If you want to meet a guy who shares your interests, get involved in things you love."

Page 127: " 'Life is what happens when you're planning something else.' "

Page 140: "You open your mind to the world, Alice. That's what makes you you."

Page 242: "The secret is to make a list before you turn in all you have to do the next day so you won't forget something. Then tell yourself that those things are off-limits once you get int bed. You'll deal with them tomorrow."

Page 144: " 'What if I get so nervous that I throw up?'....'That's what custodians are for, Alice.' "

Page 190: "That's me--always jumping ahead. Planning my life weeks, months, years ahead instead of savoring each minute of every day."

Page 200:...--about how you can be curious and intellectual and all the rest right where you are at the moment. You didn't have to go to someplace big."

Page 202: "And it's okay to feel sad along with happy, loss along with gain, regret along with excitement. It's part of the process. Expected, in fact."

Page 204: "How could you ever try anything new if you had to be good at it first?"

Page 205: "But maybe we make time for the things that we like best."

Page 220: "I just get annoyed when people aren't honest with me"

Page 235: "If only the here and now could last forever..."

Page 250: "I had a checklist of things I needed to complete for every class before finals, and I set myself on automatic."

Page 252: "You want [him] to come back to you because he wants to, not because he said he would."

Page 277: "She thanked our parents for all they had done for us and said that graduation was a fork in the road in many ways, but we would be choosing the best parts of our parents to take along with us on life's journey, leaving the rest behind,...And it was this fork in the road, this choosing, these choices, that would, hopefully, make the world a better place."

The Moon and More, By Sarah Dessen

Page 86: "But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you."

Page 131: "Hearing this, I felt a strange mix of annoyance and shame. Like when you hear something you don't want to be true, but have a feeling probably is."

Page 143: "And like most times I found myself with hard choices, I just wished there was something clear and easy, right in between."

Page 147: "It's funny the things you remember."

Page 175: "As long as you were moving, you were always going somewhere."

Page 180: "'...But you take the bad to get to the great. That's just how it works. Right?'"

Page 192: "'Demarcation?'...'It means a clear separation between two things... A solid end before a clean beginning. No murky borders. Clarity.'"

Page 218: "...there was a comfort in there being no question, no room for doubt."

Page 232: "In between ahd high above, I did all I could to soak up the stillness while it lasted."

Page 237: "'It's John Wayne.'Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.'"

Page 238: "I don't know you, I thought. And yet I do. It was the weirdest feeling."

Page 244: "'Well,...someone's gotta be first to buck the trend, right?'"

Page 254: "There are just moments you look up from any once place and realize, suddenly, you have no idea how you got there."

Page 265: "It struck at something deep and primal in me, flipping a switch I couldn't reach no matter how I contorted myself."

Page 282: "It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world as well."

Page 292: "'You're special, Emaline. You're not just any other girl.'" "All this time, I'd seen it from the other side, as a way of focusing on all the things I wasn't. But to him, to be different was the better choice, even ideal. Yet again, he was giving me another view, and I liked how I looked from here."

Page 306: "Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again."

Page 316: "And right then, while I still could, it was exactly where I wanted to be."

Page 326: "we were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love--all kinds--was really all about."

Page 328: "'...Just a way of giving my older stuff another chance. I mean, an opportunity to do things differently, with the benefit of hindsight? That's a hard thing to turn down.'"

Page 329: "'I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. They replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting for a chance to change it.'" "'Just because you don't get a chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.'"

Page 337: "'I'm driven. I don't settle. If I see something better within reach, I go for it...Risk is part of ambition...'"

Page 345: "'...The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you. If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.'"

Page 352: "'Disappointment, is part of life. Just like change.'"

Page 353: "'But from there, I can go anywhere. It's supposed to be a start, not a finish.'" "'You have no idea how one bad choice, one stupid mistake, can change everything for you. And once it's done,  believe me: it's done. But the sick part is, you'll still spend your whole life trying to fix it.'"

Page 356: "Worse, I had no idea where to go, or anyone who could understand."

Page 381: "Then again, I kind of admire his ability to go for what he wanted. I agonized and worried before making the safest movie; Theo saw his opportunity and took it..."

Page 410: "A reminder that not everyone is what they seem right at first glance."

Page 435: "The thing is, you can't always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns."

My Life After Now, By Jessica Verdi

Page 39: "I couldn't keep going on like this. I needed to be me again." "...the importance of forgetting the past and living for today... The only question was, how?"

Page 40: "I heard somewhere that just the physical act of smiling can actually make you happier."

Page 47: "I'm always overanalyzing everything--it's why I can't ever sleep."

Page 49: "...--tonight made me excited for my future, but I still hadn't fully recovered from my past."

Page 211: "Everything was so still, so beautiful. It was hard to imagine that this was the same world where so many people were dying senselessly,..., where fear triumphed over love."

Fly on the Wall, By E. Lockhart

Page 10: "He just seems good, somehow. Like the core of him is good when the core of other people is dark, or sour. Like he'd do the reading even if no one was checking, because he cares about stuff."

Page 13: "--you wouldn't think she'd be pretty if you made a list of her features, but somehow she is."

Page 44: "'So the picture's like loving the bare truth about love, not the crap that people think is love from Hallmark cards and chick flicks."

Page 46: "I love the idea of the big life--the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where stuff happens, where people take action."

Page 54: "You think you'll be like this forever, but you'll change before you know it." "Sixteen is a treasure. You treasure it."

Page 84: "Or is that the nature of lust? It's like an urge that disregards all the stuff that your brain knows you actually think."

Page 179: "But if I never ask for what I want, I may never get it--... I have to do something myself." 

The Story of Us, By Deb Caletti

Waiting, By Carol Lynch Williams

Page 9: "Everyone's the same you know? Even when they say they're different, they aren't."

Page 131: "What are you looking at?"

Page 208: "Still alone, yes, but not really, because I have three..." Still recovering quote(s) :-(

Where it Began, By Ann Redisch Stampler

Page 46: "... Your eyes close and you are still you, only somewhere else."

Christy Miller Book Collection Books 1-3, By Robin Jones Gunn

Book One: Summer Promise 

Page 22: "Take control of your destiny...Plan your goals and then go after them. Force yourself to be the one in control...It's the only way you're going to make it."

Page 30: "...God is all around and part of everything, you can worship Him wherever you are. You don't have to [only] go to church for that." 

Page 67: "Promises can change your life, you know. Most people don't realize it, but a promise can last a forever." 

Page 71: ""But he's my best friend! I can't just let it go like I don't care! You've never understood that about me... I stick up for my friends, even when they're being jerks."

Page 93: "Why do I have such a hard time making simple decisions? Why do I always lose my confidence at key moments and act like a total idiot? Does [he] notice my insecurities?..."

Page 163: "But inside she knew she was different. Not wildly emotional or anything, just clean. Secure. Happy."

Book Two: A Whisper and a Wish
Page 197: ""I heard this lady talk about how you could spend your whole life in the 'Lady of If Only' by always looking back and saying, 'If only I'd done this' or 'If only I hadn't done that.' It can really mess you up if you're always wishing things were different than they are. She said that when things happen to you that you don't understand, you have to believe God is still in control and nothing happens by mistake.""

Page 199: "..Sometimes I think dating is a strange way of looking at things. It's so much more fun being friends with a bunch of people and all going places together."

Page 228: "...My life was a mess. It still is--I mean my family is all messed up. But I don't feel all that agony inside anymore. I feel as though I'm part of God's family."

Page 258: "Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong."

Page 274: "I'd like to be more like Tracy...She thinks about her friends and their needs more than she thinks of herself."

**TO BE CONTINUED; Page 274**

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, By Jennifer E. Smith

Page 14: "That's the thing about flying: You could talk to someone for hours and never even know his name, share your deepest secrets and then never see him again."

Page 19: "In the end, it's not the changes that will break your heart; it's that tug of familiarity."

Page 31: "...like the one small imperfection that makes the whole painting work somehow."

Page 36: "As if it were far easier to start over completely than to try to put everything back together again."

Page 37: "There's always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization."

Page 40: "...but some fragile instinct, some mistaken sense of pride, made her refuse to turn around again."

Page 47: "'It's easy when you find the right person.'"

Page 50: "You shouldn't need to prove anything if you really mean it." "The important part is that you had someone to stick by you all the time. Even when everything sucked."

Page 58: "'I suppose it's all a matter of perspective.'"

Page 67: "Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?"

Page 72: "...you're facing up to it. That you're moving on. It's brave."

Page 76: "I just find it interesting...that you're so open about it."

Page 122: "If you love something, set it free."

Page 127: "...though whether it's a wish to protect or to be protected, she's not really sure."

Page 165: "'Love is the strangest, most illogical thing in the world.'" "It's a small gesture, but there's something  meaningful about it, the two of them stepping into the world as one."

Page 178: "She closes her eyes against the flood of words that never reached her, all those things left unsaid." "...whatever momentum was propelling her before seems to have disappeared entirely." "'No one is useless in this world...who lightens the burden of it for any one else.'"

Page 222: "Look what a hard time I've given him. But no matter how many times I've pushed him away, he always come back around again. And I wouldn't want it any other way."

Page 229: "That I'd had the nerve to tell him what I thought before it was too late."

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour, By Morgan Matson

Page 179: "And most of them are so busy looking at the horizon that they can't even see what's right in front of them."

Page 188: "Deep down, somewhere, I knew that it would be better in the long run, to face it."

Page 202: "...it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard."

Page 225: "--he actually seemed to really mean the things he said he felt."

Page 247: "But you can't let that stop you... I mean, if you have a gift for something, I think it's wrong not to work at it, just because it gets hard, or because you're scared."

Page 315: "...letting out everything I'd been holding tightly inside." "... that I'd been holding onto this when I didn't have to."

Page 318: "The feeling that I was about to do something without being sure of the outcome. The feeling of just jumping off something and hoping that the ground would be there when I landed."

Page 337: "So I think we have to be open to what happens... We can't know exactly what's coming." "What I wanted was some kind of guarantee, and he couldn't give that to me. Nobody could." "We can't know what's going to happen. We can just try to figure it out as we go along. Right?" "The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them."