--- title: "10 Young-adult-literature Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Young-adult-literature quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Young-adult-literature sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/jess-c-scott-15952_beauty_a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fash_2591282.jpg" --- > [“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-c-scott/a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fashion-statement/) [Jess C Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-c-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/jess-c-scott-15952_beauty_a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fash_2591282.jpg) > [“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-c-scott/friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-ithilnin-elven-rogue/) [Jess C Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-c-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/jess-c-scott-15952_cyberpunk_friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-it_2862511.jpg) > [“Everybody knows, nobody's talking - from LIE --debut novel coming September 1st from St. Martin's Press”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-bock/everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-lie-debut-novel-coming/) [Caroline Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-bock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/caroline-bock-59028_books_everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-li_3146256.jpg) > [“Because of you, Michael, my heart begins to grow wings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-kennedy/because-of-you-michael-my-heart-begins-to-grow-wings/) [C. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/c-kennedy-33239_abuse-recovery_because-of-you-michael-my-heart-begins-t_1661155.jpg) > [“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-a-edwards/too-many-adults-wish-to-protect-teenagers-when-they-should-be/) [Margaret A. Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-a-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/margaret-a-edwards-259494_adults_too-many-adults-wish-to-protect-teenager_831133.jpg) > [“In 1938, Louise Rosenblatt introduced reader response theory or the transactional view of reading. She asserted that what the reader brings to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-m-tomlinson/in-1938-louise-rosenblatt-introduced-reader-response-theory-or-the/) [Carl M. Tomlinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-m-tomlinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/carl-m-tomlinson-103943_books_in-1938-louise-rosenblatt-introduced-rea_1795803.jpg) > [“He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwenn-wright/he-speaks-in-that-strange-sports-talk-telling-me-about-the-start-of/) [Gwenn Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwenn-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/gwenn-wright-14566_baseball_he-speaks-in-that-strange-sports-talk-te_809234.jpg) > [“As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/as-a-child-i-read-because-books-violent-and-not-blasphemous-and-not/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/sherman-alexie-444_books_as-a-child-i-read-because-books-violent_1239525.jpg) > [“...epic, epic love is not about having someone. It's about being willing to give them up. It's sacrifice. It's my mom's theater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-serle/epic-epic-love-is-not-about-having-someone-it-s-about-being-willing/) [Rebecca Serle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-serle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/rebecca-serle-4076_love_epic-epic-love-is-not-about-having-someo_1809571.jpg) > [“Esperanza leaned around the side of the truck. As they rounded a curve, it appeared as if the mountains pulled away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-mu-oz-ryan/esperanza-leaned-around-the-side-of-the-truck-as-they-rounded-a-curve/) [Pam Munoz Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-mu-oz-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/pam-mu-oz-ryan-14166_mexican-american_esperanza-leaned-around-the-side-of-the_1711132.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-adult-literature/#itemlist", "name": "Young-adult-literature Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jess C Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-c-scott/a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fashion-statement/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/jess-c-scott-15952_beauty_a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fash_2591282.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/jess-c-scott-15952_beauty_a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fash_2591282.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/jess-c-scott-15952_beauty_a-fit-healthy-body-that-is-the-best-fash_2591282.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement” — Jess C Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jess C Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-c-scott/friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-ithilnin-elven-rogue/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/jess-c-scott-15952_cyberpunk_friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-it_2862511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/jess-c-scott-15952_cyberpunk_friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-it_2862511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/jess-c-scott-15952_cyberpunk_friends-are-the-family-you-choose-nin-it_2862511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).” — Jess C Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everybody knows, nobody's talking - from LIE --debut novel coming September 1st from St. Martin's Press”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caroline Bock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-bock/everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-lie-debut-novel-coming/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/caroline-bock-59028_books_everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-li_3146256.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/caroline-bock-59028_books_everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-li_3146256.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/caroline-bock-59028_books_everybody-knows-nobody-s-talking-from-li_3146256.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody knows, nobody's talking - from LIE --debut novel coming September 1st from St. Martin's Press” — Caroline Bock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Because of you, Michael, my heart begins to grow wings.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. 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I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters. But I became the kid chased by werewolves, vampires, and evil clowns in Stephen King’s books. I read books about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language, because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life. And now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons–in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. 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