Emily Brown

“And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.”
― Lucy Christopher, Stolen

“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars