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."

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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."

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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."

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