Into all lives a little turbulence must fall

“prom·ise (ˈpräməs) n. pl. - es. 1. The lie you want to keep. [2015, Whittier]”

— Nicola Yoon

“The ocean will swallow you whole and burp you out and not notice you were even there.”

— Nicola Yoon

He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.

— Michel de Montaigne

To journey for the sake of saving our own lives is little by little to cease to live in any sense that really matters,…

— Frederick Buechner

“It's hard to come for someplace or someone you're not proud of.”

— Nicola Yoon

“If people who were actually born had to prove they were worthy enough to live in America, this would be a much less populated…

— Nicola Yoon

“This country can't have everything.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Words shouldn't be allowed to change meanings. Who decides that the meaning has changed, and when? Is there an in-between time when word means…

— Nicola Yoon

“No one can put a price on losing everything.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Love always changes everything.”

— Nicola Yoon

“It takes three years Natasha's natural hair to grow in fully. She doesn't do it to make a political statement. In fact, she liked…

— Nicola Yoon

“They don't know what poor is. They don't know that poverty is a sharp knife carving away at you. They don't know what it…

— Nicola Yoon

“Growing up and seeing your parents' flaws like is losing your religion. I don't believe in God anymore. I don't believe in my father…

— Nicola Yoon

“Kissing is just another way of talking expect without the words.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Everyone’s got someplace to be. Finding God is not on the schedule. - The sun is also a star”

— Nicola Yoon