Sometimes you are just readin’.. minding your own business, and there it is…
A line that is so good you want to melt.
That’s what these quotes are.
Teen books are often put down as not being real literature. But you know what? Books can change your life. it doesn’t matter if it s a classic or a young adult story released this month. It did for me.
I didn’t really read for 20 years… then I picked up Hunger Games and it did something to me. It changed my life. It made me want to write a book.
How have books changed you? And do YOU have any favorite quotes. Please share them.
“District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”
― The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
“Even when the world throws it worst and then turns in its back, there is still always hope”
― The Power of Six, by Pittacus Lore
“I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”
—Divergent, by Veronica Roth
“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”
—The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
“I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”
—Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
“There’s nothing wrong with being different.”
—Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard
“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
—Legend, by Marie Lu
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
“You weren’t born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.”
“You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it too, and that’s what scares you the most.”
—Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
—Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi
“Some walks you have to take alone.”
—Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
“But if I’m it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I’m going to let the story end this way…Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity’s last war, then I am the battlefield.”
—The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
“The memory fades, and I’m left hanging on to the ghosts of his words.”
“I don’t want to lose the boy with the bread.”
―The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
—Legend, by Marie Lu
love it!
*Nothing lasts forever, even love is a lie, a tool for manipulation, there’s no God beyond the sky* ~Dean Koontz Midnight
nice
“Cuts heal, bruises fade—but broken hearts? They carry scars for a lifetime.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elite
“Dive deep. Drown willingly”
― Ted Dekker, White: The Great Pursuit
“Oh holy alien babies everywhere!”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Onyx
“If someone could reach into my chest and tear out my heart and turn it into a living, breathing person, Isaiah would be it.”
― Airicka Phoenix, Touching Fire
“There is no pretending,” Jace said with absolute clarity. “I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I’ll love you then.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
“It’s the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom.”
― Ted Dekker, Forbidden
“I need you like I need my heart to pump blood through my body, like I need air to breathe, like we need gravity.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elite
“Tex?” I whispered.
“Yeah?”
“Enemies or lovers right now?”
He sighed and kissed my head. “Both, we’ll always be both.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elicit
“I could never hate you as much as I love you.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elicit
“…my heart will always beat for you and you alone, my friend, my lover, my enemy, my soul.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elicit
“There is no power greater than sacrificial love. It can destroy the strongest of enemies, pierce the darkest of nights, and heal the most damaged of hearts.”
― Quinn Loftis, Into the Fae
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…” he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
“What a stupid lamb,” I sighed.
“What a sick, masochistic lion.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
….Sorry I got carried away
lol.. no, it’s fine.. these are great!
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless
“You mind your tongue!”
“Oh, I do,” I said. “I sharpen it every evening on your name.”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime
“Because the dumb slut slept with him, and he’s too nice to–” WHAM, out of nowhere he nose-butts me in the fist!”
― Eliza Crewe, Crushed
these are great
“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ” ~Sally Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
“No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.” Hylla Ramirez-Arellano, Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus
“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
― Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian
“I’m not choosing one of your paths. I’m making my own.” ~ Hazel Levesque, Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades
“Getting a second life, that’s easy. Making it a better one, that’s the trick.” ~Nico di Angelo, Heroes of Olympus: Blood of Olympus
“Eventually we all must return home, Praetor. We must embrace our past, no matter how bitter and dark.” ~Orion, Heroes of Olympus: Blood Of Olympus