“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
― Summer Reading Books Grade 7 & 8: The Outsiders; War of the Worlds; the Pigman; the Black Pearl; Island of the Blue Dolphins
― Summer Reading Books Grade 7 & 8: The Outsiders; War of the Worlds; the Pigman; the Black Pearl; Island of the Blue Dolphins
“Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
“We accept the love we think we deserve”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't gonna be long enough.”
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