#young_adult

She turned back to Jace. "Do you have to be so-," she began, but stopped when she saw his face. It looked stripped down, oddly vulnerable. "Unpleasant?" he finishes for her. "Only at days when my adoptive mother tosses me out of the house with instructions never to darken her door again. Usually I'm remarkably good-natured. Try me on any day that doesn't end in y. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#young-adult #nature

Respect is a really powerful magic too, you know. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#magic #respect #self-esteem #young-adult #respect

Every thing's for sale out here. Anything you want. About the only thing you can't buy is my dignity and self-respect, cause those were the first to go. And I gave them away for free. - excerpt from: freefalling ↗

— Darlenne Susan Girard

#young-adult #respect

Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them. ↗

— Evan Meekins

#fantasy #fantasy-fiction #fiction #learn #respect

JOH! Thank God I found you.” “I have 9022 gods listed in my database. Must I thank all of them? ↗

— Maureen A. Miller

#science-fiction #young-adult #science

In my family nudity just doesn’t exist; I’m pretty sure my parents were both born fully clothed and still shower that way. ↗

— Huston Piner

#lgbt #romance #ya #young-adult #family

Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we don’t even know we’re making, they’re so dull or routine or automatic. Some are beyond explanation—like my mom choosing Wyatt’s memory over Dad and me. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#dating #family-relationships #glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk

Is it not enough to shine, To know that friends are true? That love is born of friendship, And who you are is you? ↗

— Frederic M. Perrin

#young-adult #young-adult-fantasy #friendship

She forks up a little nibble and wedges it in her mouth. "Yum," she croaks. Mrs. Wong looks pleased. "It's made with tofu." I can't resist. "Free-range tofu?" My mother looks over at me sharply. Mrs. Wong takes the bait. "Now, Cassidy, tofu isn't an animal," she chides. "It's soy bean curd. Soy bean curd doesn't need to roam free." On the floor below me, Emma lets out a little snort. I nudge her again with my foot. We're both grinning at the thought of a corral somewhere with little cubes of tofu wandering around. "Home, home on the range," I sing to her under my breath. "Where the deer and the tofu roam free... ↗

— Heather Vogel Frederick

#humor #young-adult-fiction #humor

For the record, I would like to point out that it is NOT being obsessive to memorize a boy's schedule so that you can accidentally bump into him. It is called being efficient. ↗

— Jess Rothenberg

#humor #love #young-adult #young-love #humor