Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems like the one thing we can all agree on.

You don't even realize you're living in a before until you wake up one day and find yourself in an after.

Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

I should probably start with the blood.

I believed in happily ever after as much as anyone, because Jane Austen, Prince Charming, and Hugh Grant promised me it could happen. But maybe that particular delusion was universal.

But things don't just fall apart. People break them.

Not that my arms are getting tired or anything, but... how much longer is the hugging phase going to last?

Full Disclosure: I hate David with the passion of a thousand fiery suns all going to supernova at the same time

Nor did I need anyone's pity, but I would accept it with grace, because I have been well trained. Rudeness was a sign of weakness. Grace stemmed from power, the powere to accept anything and move on.

In dreams you can become everything you're not. You can reverse the most fundamental truths of your life. You can taste death, the ultimate opposite.

We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

Black implies white self implies other

Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

I'm no quitter, unless it comes to human relationships or math and science.

I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed.

A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home.

Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

There is no limit to what the Lord can do in and with and through any individual or any married couple who surrender themselves and their resources completely to His will and His way.

You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.