#fiction

How is it possible, I think, to change so much and not be able to change anything at all? ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#young-adult-fiction #change

Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have told Steve Jobs that people hate touchscreens. ↗

— Jon Acuff

#inspirational #non-fiction #business

No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can do your brain. ↗

— Ivan Stoikov

#books #fantasy #fiction #humour #kids-funny-business

Ils n'ont aucune raison de faire du business avec nous. Tu fais des affaires avec tes souris de laboratoires ou tes grenouilles d'élevages? ↗

— Bernard Werber

#business

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

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

You’ve got a big ego, Fuentes.” “That’s not all I’ve got. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

But first I had to get through the ironing. It took a lot of patience. I had none. It took forever, and then I had to press the whole shirt again to get out the creases I’d pressed into it. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#humour #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

I had shaved my beard for her-a huge disappointment, because I’d enjoyed my three weeks looking like a bank robber. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

From Chloe's Secret--coming soon “What are you saying?” “I’m saying I want to have a relationship with you. I want to love you.” “Is there a ‘but’ coming next?” “But the funny thing is, when I didn’t want to love you—it happened anyway.” He slipped his arms into my back pockets and hugged the breath out of me. I choked, my eyes stung. “I don’t know what to say.” He smiled. “Say whatever you want to. Just because I said it, you don’t have to.” He was right; I didn’t have to. He wasn’t asking anything of me. ↗

— Shelley K. Wall

#fiction #romance #romantic-comedy #funny