“How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.” ― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones.

"I wasn't lost, or frozen, or gone... I was alive; I was alive in my own perfect world" - Lovely Bones.

“Every day a question mark.” ― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones.

“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly” ― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides.

“You don't understand me. I'm a teenager. I've got problems!” ― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides.

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls.

“You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia, caught in between the worlds. You’re a ghost with a beating heart. Soon you’ll cross the border and be with me. I’m so stoked. I miss you wicked.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls.

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die". ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls.

“I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls.

“When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls.

"We had a dream that we would always be best friends. When we were born, for some it was the end. Now it seems there may not be tomorrow. But despite the horror and the sorrow, I love our world. I want us all to live. Now Rosa, you've asked me to forgive. One day, if mom survives this bitter night, then we shall meet again, and I will say, I loved you Rosa. Don't you see? But we are different, you dream of everlasting love. Not me. Because what really matters is to live. And if we do, there will be nothing to forgive. But I'll forgive you anyway". - Ginger and Rosa.

“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.” ― Scott Westerfeld, Extras.

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.” ― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies.

“Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.” ― Scott Westerfeld, Specials.

“You are so... 11:59” ― Scott Westerfeld, The Secret Hour.

"You aren't alone, Tally. Don't pretend you're" - Pretties.

“humanity is a cancer on the body of the world” ― Scott Westerfeld.

"If we burn, you burn with us". - Catching Fire.

“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.” ― John Green.

“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?” ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines.

“I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.” ― John Green, Looking for Alaska.

“I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire.

“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

“You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

“I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice Adventures in Wonderland.

“If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

"There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way, we're on our own." - City of Bones.

“If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.” ― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now.

“Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.” ― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now.

“I noticed that once you realize someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself watching them back.” ― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now.

“...she sometimes makes me think of a planet rocketing along in a parallel universe” ― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now.

nov 16 2013 ∞
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