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“...you can't control how people look at you, but you can control how far back you pull your shoulders and how high you lift your chin”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

“Tella was the sister who would destroy the world if anything happened to Scarlett, but Scarlett’s world would be destroyed if anything happened to Tella.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“You have to talk to me, J."
She crosses her arms. "I am."
"No, you're talking through me and sometimes at me, but not to me.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“And I hate the moon.

I hate the Stars. I hate the darkening sky. And rain and fog. I hate hospitals. and beds with sheets. And every machine ever made. And nurses and doctors. Keep her alive, that was the one thing they had to do. That was the one thing I had to do. And I hate myself most of all. My terrible lies. You’re gonna be okay, I told her. I had no right. I wasn’t right. I was the worst wrong.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“You can try your hardest to change something - exhaust every possibility- and sometimes it's still not enough.
But almost means you were there. You did all you could.
In the end, it's the smallest decisions that matter the most.
The seemingly insignificant choices we make every day-
To be honest with the people we love and ourselves-
To let go of the things we can't control, and appreciate the things we can.
Sometimes it's hard to see how much these things mean.
But they add up.
They mean everything.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“I pointed my nose right at the bomber down below, then i hit the overburn. "Cadet?" Ironsides said. "Pilot, what are you doing?"
"My weapons are gone . . . I have to ram it."
"Understood," Ironsides whispered. "Saints' own speed, pilot."
"What?" Jorgen said over the line. "What? Ram it? Spin!"
I dove toward the enemy bomber
"Spin," Jorgen said . . . "Spin you'll die."
"Yes," I whispered. "But I'll win anyway.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“I was wrong though. The hike was longer than I had remembered, and I did manage to get lost. So I was wandering down there, imagining the glory of the awesome battle happening above, when my father infamously broke ranks and fled from the enemy. His own flight shot him down in retribution. By the time I got home, the battle had been won, my father was gone.
And I'd been branded the daughter of a coward.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“But the doors stop swinging, and theres a loud clink, a latching sound that seems better suited for a correctional facitily, as they lock me and the other unauthorized people away from the people we love.

From the people we need.
So that they can try to save them.

So that we're not there when they can't”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“People always say they're happy you're happy until they're afraid that maybe your happiness is affecting their happiness and then they're not so happy about you being so happy.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“We love to say everything's going to be okay, but honestly there's no way to know. And okay can mean so many different things.
Such as:
This cereal is okay.
The movie, eh, it was okay
I'm waiting for Dad to give me the okay about the road trip.
But applied to people it generally sounds terrible --
So, what do you think about the new kid?
Eh. He seems okay
Yo, I heard about your mom. How's she holding up?
She's okay.
Hey, I heard you lost a kidney. How are you doing, man?
I'm okay.
Okay isn't as comforting as I think people intend it to be.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Opposite of Always

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.
In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“In my less charitable moments I might call him a coward, but I get it. I'd opt out, too, if I could. I just don't feel like I can. There's still too much I'm willing to die for.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shadow Me

“Oh my darling Annaleigh, remember when you let the turtles go? Some things can't be kept." He cupped my cheek, and my tears trickled down his fingers. "Be brave. Be strong. You'll always have my whole heart.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“I wondered at the darkness swirling within me -- the secret part that couldn't muster up an ounce of disgust. Perhaps I needed to take up a new hobby. I feared I was becoming addicted to blood.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“No matter how far I traveled or how hard I pushed it from may mind, Jack the Ripper stalked me, invading every aspect of my life.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“You fight. You fight for what you want. You do not wallow or surrender. The lesson in not in lying down and allowing yourself to be stabbed, child. It's in pushing yourself up and battling back." Her eyes flashed. "You fell down. So? Will you stay there, weeping over skinned knees? Or will you brush off your skirts, adjust your hair, and carry on? Do not relinquish your grasp on hope. It's one go the best weapons anyone possesses.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“I can snap open corsets faster than bones." He held his knife up, his attention fixed on my chest. "Interested in a demonstration, fancy lady? Say the word and I'll show you what else I can do with such a fine figure."
Liza stiffened beside me. People often called women of supposedly questionable morals "fancy ladies." If he thought I'd blush and run off, he was sorely mistaken.
"Unfortunately, sir, I find I'm not terribly impressed." I casually slipped a scalpel from my wristlet clutch, enjoying the familiar feel of it. "You see, I also eviscerate bodies. But I don't bother with animals. I butcher humans. Would you care for a demonstration?”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“Beyond life, beyond death, my love for thee is eternal.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“That’s life, little one—lots of little maybes and what ifs all lined up in a row. And if you put your mind to following some of them that never came about, you’ll get lost and not find your way back to the way it really is.”
― Mindy McGinnis, In a Handful of Dust

“Maybe she's beautiful and nice and talented. That should be illegal. It's not fair to the rest of us drudges.”
― Jennifer Dugan, Verona Comics

“When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“this is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it's too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it's not, because there's no way to cross out something like that. the X is a diagram of two paths.”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“I keep thinking of what we should have done," he says. "What we could have done differently. But maybe there was nothing." He snorts. "Sometimes you just lose. After all, someone has to.”
― Kendare Blake, One Dark Throne

“You win"
But she's wrong. I've lost everything.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“You loved him more. I always knew that. And he loved you." Mirabella shakes her head. "He never really loved me."
For a moment Jules is silent. Then she turns and looks at her, dead-on.
"You must think I'm really small, to think that would make me glad.”
― Kendare Blake, Two Dark Reigns

“I know you've got this, but if there's ever a moment when you don't, you've got me.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“I regret that our goals have... estranged us." The High Priestess sighs. "But what use are regrets? We learn our lessons, and we do our best.”
― Kendare Blake, Five ​Dark Fates

“She turns back to the water, and Jules looks out to the sea as well. When the mist appears, hanging in the distance like a swirling, white curtain, she grabs Arsinoe by the arm. But Arsinoe smiles.
"Don't be afraid. It won't hurt us."
"How do you know?"
"Because she's a part of it now," Arsinoe whispers. "And she's only here to say goodbye.”
― Kendare Blake, Five ​Dark Fates