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“They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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“ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RULES

They weren't meant to be broken.
They were meant for the broken

to follow.”
― Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

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“Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

tags: bravery, fear, overcoming, persistence

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“It's hard not to lose your foothold when someone peers inside you, sees all those things you tried the hardest to keep hidden, all those ugly shames you've tried to tell yourself aren't really as bad as they seem. All those lies disintegrate in the light.”
― Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light

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“You’re too precious to put into words. I think … it’s like one of Theodore’s buttons. If you asked him why he cared about them so, he would tell you it’s because they exist at all.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

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Books With Friends — 1095 members — last activity Mar 29, 2026 01:50PM
📖✨A monthly YA book club hosted by Books With Chloe and Common Spence!

A Court of Books and Magic ✧･ﾟ: * — 889 members — last activity Jun 16, 2025 02:48PM
"To the stars who listen - and the dreams that are answered." - Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury As the newest addition to the courts, we are ...more

Buzzwordathon — 6264 members — last activity May 05, 2026 08:35AM
The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more

Literally Dead Book Club — 16519 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 12:04PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more