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."

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..."