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“What did they do to you, Kazi?�� His voice was low, earnest. Even in the dim light, I was able to see the worry in his eyes.
I pretended I didn’t know what he was talking about. “Who did what?��
“Who made you afraid of an open world? An open sky? Was it Venda? Your parents?��
“No one did anything,�� I answered quietly.
“Then hold on to me,�� he said. “Let me show you the stars.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“I do want tomorrows with you, Jase. I want a lifetime of tomorrows.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”
― Margaret A. Edwards

“And to think of all the colors in the world, blood chose to be red.”
― Nelou Keramati

“Among my stillness was a pounding heart.”
― Shannon A. Thompson, Seconds Before Sunrise

“Yes, I want to kiss you, Jase Ballenger. Not for show or to make the best of it. I want to kiss you because I want you, every part of you, even the parts that infuriate me beyond telling, because you’ve infected me with a poison that I don’t want to flush out, because you’re a mad viper twisting
around my middle, cutting off my breath, yet I want you more than I want to breathe. Yes, Jase, I want to kiss you, just because I do, but the one thing I cannot do is promise you any tomorrows.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated.”
― Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy

“I guess I like things that take time and attention. More worthwhile that way.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“Sometimes I wish there were do over years or fast forward days”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“No bikinis on a first date.�� He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“His shrill cries flood the forest like light engulfing a silhouette.”
― Nelou Keramati

“When they’re together, the world could fall apart around them and they’d never notice or care as long as they have each other.

About Alex and Brittany.”
― Simone Elkeles, Rules of Attraction

“It was our story. It didn't have to have a happy beginning or a happy ending, but the middle was a feast at a banquet, a rich soapy bath, a night's rest at an inn and full stomach, a warm chest nestled up against my back, the soft heat of lips at my nape, stories whispered in my ear.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“This is Sailor Supergirl,�� George says. “She knows all about black holes.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“If I'm going to die, I'd like to actually live first. And then i'll die”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“When I turn back to Jase, he’s again beaming at me. “You’re nice.�� He sounds pleased, as if he hadn’t expected this aspect of my personality.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“Right. Because if you have trouble putting ketchup and mustard on a hot dog, you should totally move on to saving lives.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“Jase props himself up on an elbow, looking at me for a minute without saying anything. His face gets an unreadable expression, and I wish I could take back walking over.
Then he observes, “I’m guessing that’s a uniform.��
Crap. I’d forgotten I was still wearing it.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door

“Is that your cheap way of telling me you want to kiss me?��
He looks into my eyes, his dark gaze capturing mine. ��Querida, I always want to kiss you.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“There’s always time for arguin�� when you’re a Fuentes.”
― Simone Elkeles, Chain Reaction

“Dignity is overrated. You know what trumps dignity? Kissing.”
― Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You

“You kissed me once and now you feel as if you’ve got some special kind of licence to do it whenever you want?”
― Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice

“You like it,�� he says. There’s a glint
in his eyes, like he understands something I don’t. “You like that nickname."

And . . . I kind of do. It hasn’t felt irritating in a while. It’s only his, a language only we have, even if it’s a reference I don’t understand.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“I look up at the sky again and whisper, ‘I will live for you.”
― Emma Thomas, Live for Me

“You don’t see the real me. You don’t know what all I’ve done.- Rush Finlay”
― Abbi Glines, Fallen Too Far

“I can't look at you. I don't want to talk to you. I just want my things. I want to go home.-Blaire Wynn”
― Abbi Glines, Fallen Too Far

“moonbeam hearts and sunshine smiles”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“I realized that the whole time I was holding this beautiful stranger in my arms, feeding on her, it felt like I was betraying Sofia.”
― Bella Forrest, A Shade of Vampire

“You're not who I thought you'd be, Cas."
"No?"
"Your so much better.”
― Amy Tintera, Ruined