December 2009
67 posts
“We had heard the story recounted so many times over the years that it was easy...”
– Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
“Each of those things had happened late and out of order, not exactly as they...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“Everyone always wants to tell these stories, all the stories It’s all...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“You couldn’t just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“That was one of the things about the night. Stuff that would be weird in the...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“The basic fact of the matter is that no, this isn’t ideal. Very few things...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“This was my choice, my decision. He was the closest thing I’d ever had to...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“It was terrible and awful when someone left you. You could move on, do the best...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“In truth this latest situation was no surprise. If anything, I’d walked...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“It wasn’t even really a question, only phrased to sound like one. Funny...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“I wasn’t sure what I felt. Not relief, not crushing disappointment, and...”
– Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
“Teenagers— everything is so apocalyptic.”
– Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (submitted by orochellex)
“Dozens of faces turn toward me. They recognize me, but they don’t see...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“I want to say something, to call her name, but my throat tightens. Part of me...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“I was willing to forgive you. I do forgive you. In fact, I forgive almost all of...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“We could have stopped it. We all could have stopped something.”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“I didn’t push her away. I didn’t add to her pain or do anything to...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over...”
– A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread...”
– A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Like and equal are not the same thing at all!”
– A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
– A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.”
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
“‘If everybody minded their own business,’ the Duchess said, in a...”
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
“I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same...”
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
“They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling...”
– Animal Farm by George Orwell
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk,...”
– Animal Farm by George Orwell
“Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences.”
– Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
“I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough,...”
– Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
“You don’t know what went on in the rest of my life. At home. Even at...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“That’s what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“If you could hear other people’s thoughts, you’d overhear things...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“Let someone take away any sense of privacy or security you might still possess....”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they’d heard. And more than...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“Posed. Because when you’re posed, you know someone’s watching. You...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“While I wait for her first words, I stare out the window. It’s darker...”
– Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“Nobody wants to admit this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that’s...”
– Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is...”
– The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
“Beauty is a form of Genius- is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no...”
– The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“I’d thought there could be only one answer, in that one moment. But now, I...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“I kept thinking about this, the idea of distance and accomplishment. The further...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“But the original was there as well—-more jaded and rudimentary, functional...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“It’s a lot easier to be lost than found. It’s the reason we’re...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“It’s kind of impressive. Total commitment. You know, the idea of...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“But that’s just the thing, right? Family isn’t something...”
– Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen 