#young_adult

He saw the rules of life clearly for the first time and they were simple: it was a game where Death was the only winner. ↗

— Sharon Sant

#fantasy #science-fiction #young-adult #death

The ice cold fear I’d felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by guys who were unspeakably brave, hit my body again in a wave. This was trauma—the gift that keeps on giving. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #gun-violence #love #meg-kavanagh

Love, Jamie P.S. I can't believe you're dying. Please don't die. ↗

— Adam Rapp

#love

Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing? ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

Never give up. Dare to Dream. Dare to believe. ↗

— Stacey T. Hunt

#author #awesome #believe #books #dare

You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there. ↗

— Natasha Larry

#short-stories #young-adult-fantasy #attitude

Creativity is the catalyst to the future. ↗

— Ann Marie Frohoff

#coming-of-age #music #music-lyrics #romance #teen

I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about Emmett Till and the world's brutality. ↗

— Elle Thornton

#historic-fiction #military-history #north-carolina #race-relations #young-adult-fiction

Who’s driving the boat?” Over the motor, I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

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

She murmured, in that particular Nancy way of hers that grates most when my inner bitch is aching to be let loose, 'Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.' My eyes popped open to see her lemon face standing over me. 'SOMEONE,' I hissed, 'HASN'T EVEN WOKEN UP YET. GOD, WHAT IS YOUR ANEURYSM? CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE? ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#young-adult #life