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“Freddie used to say that Life could be safe, or it could be interesting, but it couldn't be both.”
― April Genevieve Tucholke, Between the Spark and the Burn

“I know you don't love me that way. Don't you think I know that by now? But you don't know how I feel about you. No one does."

"Tell me, then."

"Day, you mean more to me than some crush. When the entire world turned its back on me and left me to die, you took me in. You were the person that cared about what might happen to me. You were everything. Everything. You became my entire family - you were my parents and my siblings and my caretaker, my only friend and companion, you were both my protector and someone who needed protecting. You see? I didn't love you in the way you might've thought I did, although I can't deny that was part of it. But the way I feel goes beyond that.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“Maybe growing up means disappointing the people we love.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

“There are two kinds of guilt. The kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged but it's there. Don't let them take it from you.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes