Ya Adult Quotes
She ignores me, so I cup my hands over my mouth and do something I haven’t done in years— barnyard sounds.
For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.
His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.
For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.
ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED. He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question.
Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.
But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.
Anyone that looked like that wouldn't need to tie up girls and imprison them in order to get them to marry him
If you love someone, why would you want that person to change?
It feels incredible to be outside when I’m supposed to be inside. The sensation of freedom is intoxicating. - Sara
It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.
You can't believe everything people tell you - not even if those people are your own brain.
I'm not even sure we remembered to kiss. What we had went deeper than a kiss
Em didn't truly understand about my panic attacks - no one did. But she'd never pushed me to explain, never tried to ditch me when things got weird, and never once looked at me like I was a freak.
Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.
Isn’t that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who’s your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night.Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning.
I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you.
I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.
Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.
We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.
You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.
It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee.
I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello?
If you're around someone who makes you feel good, you have to go for it. Don't hold back.
No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.
I always fantasized about having a girl stand on my bar like in that movie Coyote Ugly, but I never thought it would happen.
You should only fall in love with people who will fall in love with you back.
And it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?
Of course the fall semester didn’t start for another eight weeks or so. There was always a chance we were both being overly optimistic in thinking I’d be alive when it rolled around.
The most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice.
Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it.
Chemistry's a tricky thing, and if I'm not feeling it, I'm not gonna pretend.
Best friends make the worst enemies, they know all your secrets and how to hurt you the most.
