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“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“When people fall in love, they burst into flames.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Pockets are hand jails.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one.
Ronan wasn't a fan of lamps.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them.
Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness.
Her raven boys.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“If you never saw the stars, candles were enough.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“I am being perfectly fucking civil.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Ronan's bedroom door burst open. Hanging on the door frame, Ronan leaned out to peer past Gansey. He was doing that thing where he looked like both the dangerous Ronan he was now and the cheerier Ronan he had been when Gansey first met him.

"Hold on," Gansey told Adam. Then, to Ronan: "Why would he be?"

"No reason. Just no reason." Ronan slammed his door.

Gansey asked Adam, "Sorry. You still have that suit for the party?"

Adam's response was buried in the sound of the second-story door falling open. Noah slouched in. In a wounded tone, he said, "He threw me out the window!"

Ronan's voice sang out from behind his closed door: "You're already dead!”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Dying's a boring side effect.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Drugs?"
"Rituals. Are you messing around with drugs?"
"No. But maybe rituals."
"Drugs might be better.”
― Maggie Stiefvater

“You're looking for a god. Didn't you suspect that there was also a devil?”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“Are you crying?"
"Only a little."
"Why?"
"Generalized sadness.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“The one reality was this: He was home.
How badly he wanted to stay.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Fuck the past. This was the present.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“And it was a lie.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Life isn't just sex and drugs and cars.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“She was both very happy and very sad.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“There was no other sound in the world like a car crash.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Why is the tea so good here?"

"I spit in it.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Boys like him didn't die; they got bronzed and installed outside public libraries.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Reality's what other people dream for you.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“All it takes is 20 seconds of insane courage and great things will happen.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.”
― Kim Harrison, Pale Demon

“The word in your mouth is anarchy.”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

“life is too short for fake butter or fake people.”
― Karen Salmansohn