AE Reads

“Happiness," he says, "is the price of profound thought."
"Who's that quote from?" I ask.
He winks. "Me.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I'm still kind of a mess. But I think we all are. No one's got it all together. I don't think you ever do get it totally together. Probably if you did manage to do it you'd spontaneously combust. I think that's a law of nature. If you ever manage to become perfect, you have to die instantly before you ruin things for everyone else.”
― Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

“In the sanctuary of my thoughts, I am a fearless renegade.”
― Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

“The world is not very helpful to a smart girl. More often it will try to force you inside a box. But I urge you not to listen.”
― Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance