“She wanted to be irresponsible, she wanted to be looked after, to be told that she didn’t have to worry about a thing and that someone else would take care of everything. How easy life would be without having grown-up problems to worry about. And then she could grow up all over again.”
—Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You
July 2011
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“I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.”
—Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
“It felt like I’d been living underground, and for a moment, I’d been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you’ve seen that, how can you go back where you came from?”
—Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn’t depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”
—Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society
“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
—Brandon Mull, Fablehaven
“Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.”
—Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death
“When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real. It’s like it’s happening to someone else.”
—Jenny Han, It’s Not Summer Without You
“In life, the most interesting things tend to happen when you’re on your way to do something else.”
—Gabrielle Zevin, Margarettown
“When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer
“Can you hate someone for what they have done, but still love them for whom they had been?”
—Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
“I know that life isn’t life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point, the only point, is to find the things that matter and hold onto them and fight for them and refuse to let them go.”
—Lauren Oliver, Delirium
“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.”
—Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night
“Sometimes, I even try to imagine what it would be like to see him again. Which is crazy. It’s been so long I doubt I’d even recognize him now. I could probably walk past him in the street and not even know it was him. Oh, who am I kidding? I’d recognize him in an instant. Even in a crowd. And do you want to know something else? Deep down inside, I know if I saw him again, I would still feel exactly the same.”
—Alexandra Potter, You’re The One That I Don’t Want
“I don’t believe in failure, because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.”
—Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there’s a tomorrow. Maybe for you there’s one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around in it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there’s only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
—Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
“I didn’t want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn’t want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.”
—Jenny Han, It’s Not Summer Without You
“It’s so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.”
—Sarah Dessen, Dreamland
“You asked why I couldn’t forgive you. It was because you were the love of my life. And you didn’t want to be. That’s hard to let go.”
—Kristan Higgins, My One and Only
