“We all have skeletons in our closets. Some of us are just better at hiding them behind the hangers filled with clothes."… — Gretchen de la O Copy Share Image
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Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong…… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
“And, she thought uncomfortably, what would happen if people did not recognize you? Would you know who you were yourself? If tomorrow… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“I remember being on the edge of seventeen, that dangerous time between childhood and young adult when the cement is still wet… — John Goode Copy Share Image
“I feel his intense gaze skimming my face and force myself to look him in the eye. This time, when he leans… — Kate Avelynn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes books feel like the only thing that keep her sane. Actually, she knows that they're the only reason she's still even… — Steph Bowe Copy Share Image
“The wind swoops over the tenements on Orchard Street, where some of those starry-eyed dreams have died and yet other dreams are… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“The only bright corner of my heart, where nothing seemed to hurt, was where Grey was. When I thought of him, I… — Kirby Howell Copy Share Image
“What do you know? This is where it all began,” he said. “Began?” “This is exactly where I was when I wanted… — C.J. Duggan Copy Share Image
“Cath liked Levi. A lot. She liked looking at him. She liked listening to him -- though sometimes she hated listening to… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I imagined the lies the valedictorian was telling them right now. About the exciting future that lies ahead. I wish she'd tell… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Somewhere beyond all that, on an unseeable horizon, was Morrighan and all the people who lived there, going about their lives, unaware.… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if it's the real world or fictional," I insisted. "Crushes are the best part of liking someone, and they… — Liz Czukas Copy Share Image
“You want to go to college?” She’d have thought that he’d be done with school as soon as he graduated. “I’ve flirted… — Jacqueline E. Smith Copy Share Image
“But it was different, somehow, to be reading it here, where the actual events had taken place all those hundreds of thousands… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“I opened the door and stepped in. Raw pain filled me at the sight of my painting. 'Show me what it looked… — Kimberly Kinrade Copy Share Image
“The smell of cigarette smoke in the air in a tavern that changes names often, a bar cursed because of a girl… — Taylor Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Stacey muttered, "But I hate this school, and this city, and the sooner I leave, the better. I want to start over… — J.M. Reep Copy Share Image
“The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gone.… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“But I knew he wouldn't kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“there were moments throughout the whole day when she had to shake herself because she found her thoughts climbing over her like… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
“You cannot make this kind of decision," he said. "Go off with someone you barely know. You're seventeen." "And you're the guy… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“An elegant sari was draped across her figure; magnificent, painstakingly embroidered, and in a shade of deep red, it was even more… — Katie Lynn Johnson Copy Share Image
“A glance would not be enough to tell you this was the daughter of Katherine Raquel Demure. Even a lingering gaze would… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“You’re not going to disappear,” I said. “I won’t let you”. “Even if this is all there is? Going to school and… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“By the sound of things, you know nothing about mathematics.' 'You can put it like that. I'm utterly useless.' 'Useless is such… — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
I didn't write these books specifically for the young-adult audience. I wrote them for me. I don't know why they span the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“Why are you in my room?” “Because I can be.” “You shouldn’t be.” “Save it, Rochester. You broke my nose.” “Does it… — Lindy Zart Copy Share Image
The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
“I don't know how it happened. Through the din of the crowd, I heard this tiny scream. As small and distant as… — Tess Oliver Copy Share Image
“All the carriages filed out in single file but in a fashion that seemed to mean that they were competing against each… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“As our kissing progresses, I don’t care that our tryst seems raunchy and wrong. I don’t care that I’m at school, in… — Lauren Hammond Copy Share Image
“The mouse began to shift and Kammy marvelled at the sight. Soon a second boy stood before her. She hardly noticed Eric… — Natalie Crown Copy Share Image
“When he wasn’t busy chasing unseen mice around the academy, Ion spent hours in the Borean Study, searching through dusty books for… — Nikolas Lee Copy Share Image
Whenever I would see horror movies I would be traumatized and I'd have to watch them behind my hands or behind the… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I want to keep working. I want to step away from young adult fiction. I want to do theater periodically - Farragut… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
“That’s when I notice Cheryl and Mickey cuddled up on the couch. She’s leaning on his shoulder, his arm around her, her… — Kea Alwang Copy Share Image
As a mother, anything to do with my children, whether it's supporting their school or programs that support their education and enrichment.… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
“Ramon looked closely at the little guy as he ate. "Maybe he's Jewish. I mean, if Sammy Davis Jr. could convert to… — Lish McBride Copy Share Image