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    Amie Kaufman
    “What does the name you call me mean?" I ask.
    "Be'shmai?" he replies. "There . . . there is no adequate human word for it."
    "What about inadequate words, then?"
    His answer is very soft.
    "Beloved.”
    ― Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising
    tags: aurora-and-kal
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    C.S. Pacat
    “I think if I gave you my heart, you would treat it tenderly.”
    ― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising
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    C.S. Pacat
    “I miss you," said Laurent. "I miss our conversations.”
    ― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising
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    C.S. Pacat
    “Laurent said, ‘Hello, lover.”
    ― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising
    tags: laurent
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    C.S. Pacat
    “I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,”
    ― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising
    tags: damen, damianos-of-akielos, inspirational, inspirational-love-family-loss, inspirational-quote, love-quotes
    199 likes

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    Brandon Sanderson
    “People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward
    tags: hope, life, stories
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
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    Brigid Kemmerer
    “You’re exactly as strong as I thought you were.”
    ― Brigid Kemmerer, Letters to the Lost
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    Brigid Kemmerer
    “...words always carried a bit of the writer’s soul,...”
    ― Brigid Kemmerer, Letters to the Lost
    tags: words, writers, writing
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    Julie Kagawa
    “The future,” she said, her voice echoing over the crowd, “is an ever changing stream. Every choice, every decision we make, sends it down a different path.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox
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    Julie Kagawa
    “Across the river, bathed in light, the samurai smiled. “I’ve finally found you.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Night of the Dragon
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    Julie Kagawa
    “Maybe in a different form, under a different name, but in some small way, our souls will always recognize each other.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Night of the Dragon
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    Julie Kagawa
    “He gazed down at me, his eyes softer than I'd ever seen before. "My life is yours," he said simply, his voice barely above a murmur.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Night of the Dragon
    tags: romance
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    Julie Kagawa
    “One day, you’ll look up and I’ll be there. And you’ll know it’s me because our souls will recognize each other.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Night of the Dragon
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    Julie Kagawa
    “Why are you crying? This isn't the end. Death isn't goodbye forever.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, Night of the Dragon
    tags: death, fantasy-young-adult, friendship
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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: aliens, death, depression, life, loss, love, space, suicide, teen, ya
    584 likes

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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: aliens, bullying, death, depression, history, life, loss, love, space, stars, suicide, teen, ya
    555 likes

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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live.
    The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: death, inspiring, universe, we-are-the-ants
    611 likes

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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “We're not words, Henry, we're people.
    Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: aliens, bullying, death, history, life, loss, love, space, stars, teen, ya
    275 likes

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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “That's the problem with memories: you can visit them, but you can't live in them.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: life, memories, we-are-the-ants
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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: dreams, life, memories, we-are-the-ants
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    Shaun David Hutchinson
    “Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.”
    ― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants
    tags: death, die, life, suffer, we-are-the-ants
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    Alison Cochrun
    “You're so good at seeing other people. I wish you could see yourself.”
    ― Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive
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    Alison Cochrun
    “You're allowed to want the romance parts without the sex parts. Or the sex parts without the romance parts. All of those feelings are valid. You're deserving of a relationship in whatever form you want it.”
    ― Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive
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    Tricia Levenseller
    “There are different kinds of fathers. Those who love unconditionally, those who love on condition, and those who never love at all.”
    ― Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King
    tags: dad, daddy-issues, family, father
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    Tricia Levenseller
    “I live on the cusp of two worlds, trying desperately to fit into one.”
    ― Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King
    tags: alosa, pirate, siren
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    Tricia Levenseller
    “I am me because I choose to be me. I am what I want. Some people say you have to find yourself. Not I. I believe we create ourselves to be what we want.”
    ― Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King
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    T.J. Klune
    “Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
    ― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
    tags: emotion, humanity, mental-health
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    T.J. Klune
    “A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with. You may not live on the island, but you can’t tell me it’s not your home. Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”
    ― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
    tags: found-family
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    T.J. Klune
    “A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
    ― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
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