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“It reminds me of that saying: "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“The me I am is not the me I was. Just like the me I am is not the me I will be. Those versions of myself I can't change or predict. I'm not even sure I have much influence over the present me. But it's all I've got. I probably shouldn't fight it.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They're in everything you do. They're in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. Their touch stays on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your mind. You know their dreams because their nightmares pierce your heart and their good dreams are your dreams, too. And you don't think they're perfect, but you know their flaws, the deep-down truth of them, and the shadows of all their secrets, and they don't frighten you away; in fact you love them more for it, because you don't want perfect. You want them.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“Sometimes, she thought, it was as if she were a kite, and Julian the flier: She soared above the ground, and he kept her tethered to the earth. Without him she would be lost among the clouds.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“You're walking the edge of a razor blade, Julian, with everything you hide. Believe me, I've walked that razor blade half my life. You get used to it sometimes you forget you're bleeding.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“The world is terrible. And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them. But not very many. Not everyone can be Julian.”
― Cassandra Clare

“Sometimes you keep wishing for something to happen, and then, after so many times not getting the thing you wished for, you stop wishing, and that's when it suddenly happens.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“My pills correct the chemicals, but Zoe is medicine for the soul. Her words mend my mangled world. "I wish we could have met now. Today. For the first time."

Her eyes, bluer than the sky. "Me too."

Maybe we are meeting for the first time. This is the truest me I can be. I'm just sorry I got here so late.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“We're weaving in between trees, careful not to disturb, on a mission. We mean no trouble. There are so many of us, the lonely souls. All of us who helped build this. Those who will watch it grow. Those we've lost. We march on together. Climbing, falling, soaring. Trying to get closer to the center of everything. Closer to ourselves. Closer to each other. Closer to something true.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“I do stupid things when I'm nervous, which means I'm constantly doing stupid things.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“This is Hugo," the man said, touching the bird on his shoulder. "Hugo is a raven, and, as such, he knows many things. I, meanwhile, am Hodge Starkweather, a professor of history, and, as such, do not know nearly enough.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“Now I'm going to be exiled for the rest of the summer."

"Well, you know, your mom gets like this sometimes," Simon said. "Like when she breathes in or out.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“The door flew open. Jocelyn gave a little scream. “Jesus!” Luke exclaimed. “Actually, it’s just me,” said Simon. “Although I’ve been told the resemblance is startling.” He waved at Clary from the doorway. “You ready?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“There are a million and ten things from the subatomic to the cosmic that can rattle my nerve on a daily basis.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“She never found words hard; her whole life she had always had a pert answer or a gentle insult or a funny riposte to anything the villagers said to her. Now she found that pulling them from her heart - and not her mind - felt like dragging something jagged and reluctant out of a well.”
― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time

“Mom turns away from the map and presents me with a face that is meant to be brave and carefree but looks exactly not those things. She's wounded but still standing. That makes two of us.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“Fact: I once did a search for "how to make friends" and I clicked on one of the videos that came up and I swear I didn't realize until the very end that I was watching a car commercial.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
"I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“In Emma's defense, Cameron's annoying, but he's hot." Julian gave her a look. "I mean, if you like guys who look like a redheaded Captain America, which I... don't?

"Captain America is definitely the most handsome Avenger," said Cristina. "But I like the Hulk. I would like to heal his broken heart."

"We're Nephilim," said Julian. "We're not even supposed to know about the Avengers. Besides," he added, "Iron Man is obviously the best-looking.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“I read once that explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog," Mark said. "You find out how it works, but the frog dies in the process.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“Might I make free with your lettuce, my lady?”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight