Kristena

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Kristena’s Quotes

“Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it.”
― Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

tags: inspirational

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“This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself.”
― Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

tags: death, death-of-a-loved-one

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“You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserve itself, and the bigger you let your life and perspective and heart get, the less air you give fear to survive.”
― Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

tags: inspirational

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“The downside is the fear of something happening to her. The pressure of there being two bodies in the world that I want to keep from harm and only being able to watchfully inhabit one of them. I wonder if you know what I mean. I hope that you do, for your sake. It’s a worry I’ll have to learn to live with because I’m definitely out of wishes.”
― David Mitchell, Back Story

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“I’ll survive this. I’ll live. But there’s a hole in me, never to be filled. Maybe that’s why people die of old age. Maybe we could live forever if we didn’t love so completely. But we do. And by the time old age comes, we’re filled with holes, so many that it’s too hard to breathe. So many that our insides aren’t even ours anymore. We’re just one big empty space, waiting to be filled by the darkness. Waiting to be free.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

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School Librarians & Teachers — 1466 members — last activity Jul 22, 2026 03:39AM
A group where teachers and school librarians can recommend and discuss great books for kids and teens or professional resources.

Best Teen Books — 2816 members — last activity Jul 04, 2026 08:56AM
A group for librarians, teens, or other folks who enjoy the best of teen fiction, non-fiction, or graphic novels.

Young Adult Book Reading Challenges — 8274 members — last activity Jun 26, 2026 01:01PM
Welcome to the Young Adult Book Reading Challenges! Welcome everyone who is interested in YA books! We have amazing reading challenges going on all t ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 333174 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Young Adult Fiction! — 589 members — last activity Jun 06, 2025 07:55AM
a group for anyone up for a little teen induced fiction! embarrassed about that book you read when you were thirteen and secretly still love? don't b ...more

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