Young Adult Quotes
Perfect should never be a goal. Perfect just happens if you let it.
Maybe I'd always been broken and dark inside. Maybe someone who've been born whole and good would have put down the ash dagger and embraced death rather than what lay before me.
All I did was offer to kill your dog, and the next thing I know I’m being judged.
This just didn’t happen to girls like me. This just didn’t happen to anyone.
I already fear for my life just because of who I am, you think adding a little inconsequential vampire to the equation will change any of that?
I’ve always found wildlife very calming-- except when animals are eating each other, of course.
I look into his sorrowless eyes and a door in my heart blows open. And when we kiss, i see that on the other side of that door is sky.
At some point, you just pull off the band aid and it hurts. But when it is over, you are relieved.
Hmm, I officially amend my previous statement. Clearly one of them is that stupid.
All I know is I want you to be happy, and if I could do anything to give that to you, I would.
Maybe that's what growing up is. When you can't be who you are and do what everyone's telling you to do at the same time anymore. - Rowie from Sister Mischief
The guys can't take their eyes off Colleen... one of them... probably sees her just like I do, she's the gatekeeper to another world.
Do you know why you feel destined for something greater?” “Why?” Kip asked, quiet, hopeful. “Because you’re an arrogant little shit.
Who am I really? Am I still the same person if I'm not even technically a person anymore? Does being stronger make me different? Will it?
Ember was mine. The other half of me. And I would fight Talon, St George, and the entire d world to keep her safe.
You see the world for what it is and what it could be, ” Jack says. “What you don’t see is the gaping chasm in between … and that’s what I found.
To describe a kiss is to describe a diary entry or a pair of underwear—each is personal and private, slightly awkward. Very awkward. But necessary.
She trailed behind Baba and Jiji as they left the palace, nightingales singing a sad farewell.
This was her heritage. Her people. So why did she feel so small and weak? So far removed from it?
I look up and watch the bad parts of me shrinking to dots in the wide blue.
Parents aren't supposed to cry. Or get scared. Or lie. Right? I thought I knew all the rules. But there are no rules.
And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?
There are good days and hard days for me. Don't let the hard days win ~Mor ~A Court of Mist and Fury
Some human beings in their craftiness thought they can pretend to be good when they are actually bad.
Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth.
I DON’T KNOW! I HAVE NO FREAKIN’ IDEA. I’M ONLY FIFTEEN. I want my mom.
That's when I realized the chill wasn't coming from outside—it was coming from within me.
The sun had begun its descent toward the horizon, and the sounds of the carnival played like a familiar song behind me.
Darkness engulfed me...There was no ground below me, no sky above. Only the black, and the cold.
He looked at me then, his deep golden eyes meeting mine, and I saw a heat in them that I felt reflecting in my own.
Are you here for a reason, Cheshire?Why, yes, I would enjoy a cup of tea. I take mine with lots of cream, and no tea. Thank you.
Wanna know the secret to nailing a great speech? It's simple--don't trust words.
This typewriter is the only one that has listened to me throughout the years, the only one who wants to know the girl beneath my layers.
My dad believes that bad disguises itself - that danger hides. I think it's the opposite. The truly horrible things about the world are always reaching out for you.
When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God.
He was telling war stories. The funny, innocuous ones that made everyone forget that war could leave you without fingers, or legs, or a soul.
I can’t help to feel like they’re staring at me, too. Judging me. Deeming me not good enough. Not pretty enough. Not cool enough.And to be honest, sometimes I wonder if they’re right.
The thing that hurts the most, that makes it hard to sleep at night, is not being with you" -Jess Tyler
You've got nothing to be worried about, " he whispers slowly, his breath hot against my cheek, "because, baby, I'm all yours.
Is there a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?
There are so many unknowns, and so many possibilities. Sometimes there are things you can say, and talking makes it better. But sometimes, there are no words.