“People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn’t bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn’t bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn’t even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn’t bear not to.” - Looking For Alaska
“Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself.” Dorothea roared at that. “At least,” she said, “you don’t have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland.” “Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.” – City of
“IT’S NOT MY FAULT THAT MY PARENTS OWN THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF BLACK SANTAS!” - Paper Towns by John Green
"You can call me Patch. No, really. Call me." - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
“Margo was not a miracle. She was not an adventure. She was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl.” - Paper Towns by John Green
"I will rain down silver and gold for you. I will shatter the black night, break it open, and pour out a million stars. Turn away from the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes. And know that I am here. That I remember and hope. Open your eyes and look at the light.” – Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
“A last note from your narrator: I am haunted by humans.” – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
“Does death invalidate life? No, it defines it, and in so doing creates its value.” – Confessor by Terry Goodkind“Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.” – Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
“I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” – The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
“You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret… all the best people are.” – Alice
"Oh, but how do I love it when men I respect marry smart women. Nothing marks a man’s character better than his attraction to intelligence.” – Soul of Fire by Terry Goodkind“Destroying things is much easier than making them.” – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
“So it’s you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one let’s you make the plans.” – Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. ‘After all this time?’ ‘Always,’ said Snape.” – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
"That's almost as sweet as that time she slammed the end of a spear into your shuck face." - The Death Cure by James Dashner
"Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorway the doorways to their world, and she was all alone." - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
"But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins." - Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
"Love is natural. Even the human race can't claim to be natural anymore. We are fake, dying things." - Wither by Lauren DeStefano
"Hatshepsut, daughter of one pharaoh, wife of another, a woman with the fearlessness to ask why shouldn't she govern her own land just because she wasn't born a man. They said that she ruled wisely and well. Her reign brought peace and prosperity to the Black Land. The Thumose who succeeded her brought war." - Sphinx's Queen by Esther Friesner
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
"That's almost as sweet as that time she slammed the end of a spear into your shuck face." - The Death Cure by James Dashner
"Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorway the doorways to their world, and she was all alone." - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor"But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins." - Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
"Love is natural. Even the human race can't claim to be natural anymore. We are fake, dying things." - Wither by Lauren DeStefano
"Hatshepsut, daughter of one pharaoh, wife of another, a woman with the fearlessness to ask why shouldn't she govern her own land just because she wasn't born a man. They said that she ruled wisely and well. Her reign brought peace and prosperity to the Black Land. The Thumose who succeeded her brought war." - Sphinx's Queen by Esther Friesner
