Young-adult-fiction Quotes

“Abuse doesn't define you.”

— C. Kennedy

“Oh my God, cheese burn!”

— Susan Bischoff

“I am the shadow of the flame.”

— Victoria Aveyard

“Do You Believe?”

— John T. Montgomery

“Too long, much too long.”

— Jessica Verday

“Christy isn’t a case, he’s a person.”

— C. Kennedy

“You look like a hot tamale.” “That’s not really a compliment.”

— Simone Elkeles

“Reading is fuel for the brain. Writing is fuel for the spirit...”

— Megan S. Johnston

“She affected me, even when she was absent.”

— Shannon A. Thompson

“Creating is like the oxygen in my air.”

— Syd Murray

“Let the spirits guide you, but never let them take you.”

— E.J. Stevens

“No one is only one thing, my dear.”

— Nikolas Lee

“I had good intentions once upon a time. Well, September.”

— Claire Hennessy

“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“My days are filled with you, and for that I am more grateful than you could ever know”

— Kennedy Vega

“How would you like to star in your very own commercial?" "I'd rather swim in battery acid.”

— Robin Benway

“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.”

— Megan Duke

“I don’t mean to take the bow off the end of your rain, but you gotta be smart about your first boyfriend.”

— C. Kennedy

“She actually isn't so bad, now that I'm getting to know her. She's just a little messy on the outside. But aren't…

— S. Elle Cameron

“What’s with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.” “I suspect I am a hooligan.”

— Simone Elkeles

“[Reggie] had a way of picking the bad ideas, which is why we should’ve just said no. (from GAMELAND Episode 1: Deep…

— Saul Tanpepper

“If I could have looked into the future to see what I would have become, I wouldn't have become the person I…

— Lisa Wiedmeier

“I ran to the beat of the forest song, the pulse of the wind and melody of the birds seemed ignite a…

— Kennedy Vega

“I brooded over it. If it had been any other dream, I would have ignored it. But it was one of those…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“From what I can see of humans, you often destroy wonderful things in the pursuit of something that your delusions make you…

— A.L. Davroe

“The embrace was long and tight, but more like a complex language then a simple prolonged act. She said nothing at all,…

— Pierce Minor

“They say you can never step into the same river twice. And maybe that's how it was for Papi now, memories shifting…

— Sarah Ockler

“He’d promised her forever, but now that there was another option, would he want to take it? He’d said not, but Bessina…

— Inger Iversen

“Hey, Mrs. Jakes, how come people can’t afford new shoes or food, but they can still buy candy?” She smiled and waved…

— Jack C. Monroe

“As I was escorted outside by the officers, my friends looked back at me with blank expressions. I don’t think they knew…

— Jen Naumann

“Hold still, Meg, you’re dripping blood on my car seats.” I reached behind the passenger seat of Tennyson’s car looking for the…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Mister Pope continued, “Now there are cliffs on both coasts. There’s an ocean on either coast. I mean, you are a bird.…

— Mark T. Sneed

“He is a free man, not because is in a poition of political power and influence that you will never be able…

— Evan Meekins

“I needed out. The Jeep wasn’t fast enough. I shut it down, grabbed the keys and started running like a bear was…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I have this idea stuck in my head that you have to be born beautiful in order to dream beautiful things. God…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Do you know how hard it is to paint kindness?” She leaned her hip against a desk in the corner of the…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned,…

— Evan Meekins

“The right person when he comes, he will not be keeping score.”

— Mehwish Younus

“I was too proud to show him how hurt I was.”

— Kate Le Vann

“It’s hard keeping a secret… even when it’s your own.”

— Laura Hesse