Emma Barclay

“Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Every human being needs to know what she's fighting for.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. ”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower