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"It’s never been a perfect world. It’s never going to be. It’s going to be hard and scary, and if you’re lucky, wonderful and awe-inspiring. But you have to push through the bad parts to get to the good."

—Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves

"There is an unfair responsibility that comes with being an only child—you grow up knowing you aren’t allowed to disappoint, you’re not even allowed to die. There isn’t a replacement toddling around; you’re it. It makes you desperate to be flawless, and it also makes you drunk with the power."

—Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

"When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness."

—Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

"The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs."

—Anna Quindlen, Loud and Clear

"The best way to get even is to forget."

—Debbie Macomber, Mrs. Miracle

"You think you know everything that’s happening around you. But you can’t always see clearly when you’re standing right there in the picture."

—Amanda Howells, The Summer of Skinny Dipping

"What’s the point of living if you’re going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don’t shut it away."

—Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

"If your heart tells you something but your mind tells you something else, which do you believe? Both are just as apt to lie. In fact, they play at deceit all the time. Mostly they balance each other, giving us that crucial reality check. But what happens on the rare occasions when they conspire together?"

—Neal Shusterman, Bruiser