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Vicky Skinner was born and raised in Texas, where she started writing novels about kissing cute boys when she was fifteen and eventually earned a BA in Literary Studies from The University of Texas at Dallas. She’s a full-time writer, a part-time runner, and she currently lives in Dallas with her husband.

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	How to Breathe Underwater 3.80 avg rating — 835 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.”
― Ann Brashares, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

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“I wish for the thing that is best for me.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

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“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
― Markus Zusak

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“Tomorrow will be better.”
“But what if it’s not?” I asked.
“Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

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“I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.'
Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

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Jan 16, 2012 03:25PM

Ta§chima wrote: "Hello! Thank you for the add ^^ So you are reading Forever by Maggie, are you liking it? Hows the series? I have never read it!"

I am. Have you read it? It's so intense! It's a little emotionally exhausting lol

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Jan 16, 2012 07:56AM

Hello! Thank you for the add ^^ So you are reading Forever by Maggie, are you liking it? Hows the series? I have never read it!

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