Maya

“There's always beauty, if you know where to look.”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This

“I know what it's like to tell yourself a lie so often that it becomes the truth.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“People see stories everywhere,” Regine says. “That’s what my father used to say. We take random events and we put them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how much it obviously isn’t true.” She glances back at Seth. “We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we’d go crazy.”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This

“He looked at you like you were the brightest planet in the galaxy.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars